2021 Game Notes Pensacola Blue Wahoos Double-A Affiliate Miami Marlins www.BlueWahoos.com/Media Double-A South Game #23, Away Game #11 (7-3), Pensacola Blue Wahoos (14-8) at Biloxi Shuckers (9-13), 6:35 PM CT Probable Pitching Matchup LHP Will Stewart (0-1, 3.21) vs. LHP Nick Bennett (0-0, -,--) Saturday, May 29, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Biloxi Shuckers, 6:35 PM CT Sunday, May 30, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Biloxi Shuckers, 1:05 PM, RHP Max Meyer (2-1, 2.29) vs. RHP Matt Hardy (1-1, 3.46) Monday, May 31, OFF DAY Tuesday, June 1, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Mississippi Braves, 6:35 PM, LHP Jake Eder (1-1, 0.45) vs. RHP Nolan Kingham (2-1, 4.43) Wednesday, June 2, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Mississippi Braves, 6:35 PM, LHP Brandon Leibrandt (0-2, 7.31) vs. LHP Hayden Deal (0-2, 4.24) Thursday, June 3, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Mississippi Braves, 6:35 PM, RHP Jeff Lindgren (2-1, 2.91) vs. RHP Odalvi Javier (1-0, 1.76) 2021 At A Glance Blue Wahoos vs. Shuckers Record 14-8, 1st, -- GB 2021 Overall: 3-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 3-1 Home Attendance (Total/Average) 48,534/4,045 2019 Overall: 9-11 Home: 6-4 Away: 3-7 Come From Behind Wins 4 Last Shutout By Blue Wahoos (0 in 2021) 9/2/19 at MTG (8-0) -Today is the 4th of 30 matchups between the Marlins and Brewers Dou- Last Shutout By Opponent 8/19/19 at MIS (0-1; F/7) ble-A affiliates; thru 4 games the Wahoos have outscored the Shuckers Vs. RHS/LHS 8-6/6-2 15-12 with 3 of the 4 games being decided by 1 run. Blue Wahoos/Opponents scoring first 11-2/3-6 -The Jumbo Shrimp (Marlins AA affiliate in 2019) went 8-14 against the Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off 2-0/0-0 Shuckers in 2019 (4-6 at MGM Park). 1-Run Games 8-2 2021 Matchups: Home/Road 7-5/7-3 May 25 - 30 in Biloxi (3-1) Series Openers/Finales 3-1/1-2 June 29 - July 4 in Pensacola (6) After 7.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 11-2/1-1/2-4 August 3 - 8 in Biloxi (6) After 8.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 11-1/1-1/2-5 August 17 - 22 in Pensacola (6) Extra Inning Games/Home/Road 1-1/1-1/0-0 September 7 - 12 in Pensacola (6) Last Night’s Recap: Player of the Week -Peyton Burdick blasted a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the ninth against Braden Webb -OF Peyton Burdick was named Double-A South Player of the Week last week after hitting (L, 1-1) to give the Blue Wahoos an improbably 5-4 win against the Shuckers on Friday night. .320 (8-25) with three home runs, three doubles, and a triple against Rocket City. -Pensacola entered the top of ninth trailing 3-1. Webb, who was one of six pitchers used by -Burdick has homered twice in this series including a go-ahead Grand Slam in Friday’s 5-4 the Shuckers on Friday, was making his third in appearance in four nights. He opened the win… he now leads the Double-A South in extra base hits (13). ninth by walking Lazaro Alonso before striking out Lorenzo Hampton. After the strikeout, -Burdick has hit safely in 8 straight. Bubba Hollins and Devin Hairston delivered back-to-back singles with two strikes to load the bases. That brought up Burdick, who fell behind 0-2, crushed a 2-2 changeup over the left- field netting to put the Wahoos up 5-3. Did You Know? -With the sudden lead, the Wahoos quickly got Colton Hock (S, 5) up and into the game in the -The last time the Blue Wahoos hit a Grand Slam was also in the 9th inning and also against bottom of the ninth. Chad Spanberger and Tyler Friis led off the inning with singles, setting the the Shuckers. Shuckers up with the winning run at the plate and nobody out. Hock escaped peril by striking -On 9/4/19 in the SL South Division Championship Series, Alex Kirilloff hit a game-tying out Ryan Aguilar before Tristen Lutz grounded into am RBI fielder’s choice. With the Shuckers Grand Slam off Nate Griep to tie the game at 9-9. The next batter for the Wahoos (Royce down 5-4 and the tying run on, Brice Turang popped out to third to end the game. Lewis) homered to give the Wahoos a 10-9 lead, only to see the Shuckers tie the game in the bottom of the 9th and walk it off with a Dillon Thomas HR in the 10th. 2021 Offensive Leaders Patience at the Plate Games: Several (3 or more) 22 -The Blue Wahoos have drawn the most walks (103) in the Double-A South and rank 3rd Runs: Peyton Burdick 14 in all of Double-A. Hits: Burdick, Encarnacion 15 -Lazaro Alonso 1st in the Double-A South in walks (19) while JJ Bleday ranks third (16). Doubles: Peyton Burdick 6 -Alonso trails only Adley Rutschman (Bowie - 21) for the most walks in Double-A Triples: Several 1 -Pensacola pitchers have allowed the second-fewest walks (56) in the Double-A. Home Runs: Peyton Burdick 6 Runs Batted In: Alonso, Burdick 13 Strikeout Machine Total Bases: Peyton Burdick 41 -Jake Eder ranks 2nd in the Double-A South with 34 strikeouts and T-4th in Double-A. -Eder’s 0.45 ERA ranks 4th-best in all of Minor League Baseball and 2nd-best in the AA-S. Stolen Bases: Jerar Encarnacion 3 -Eder’s .113 average against ranks 5th-best in MiLB and #1 in the AA-S. Average Nick Fortes .241 On-Base: Lazaro Alonso .372 Pitching Prowess Slugging: Peyton Burdick .506 -Pensacola enters play with the lowest team ERA in the Double-A South (3.20) and the 3rd-lowest in Double-A. Pensacola pitchers have held opponents to a .218 average against, 2021 Pitching Leaders second-lowest in the Double-A South and 9th-lowest in Double-A Games: Colton Hock 9 -During last week’s series against Rocket City, Pensacola pitchers held a 1.80 ERA, allowing Wins: Brian McKenna 3 11 earned runs and striking out 76 in 55.0 innings. The Pensacola bullpen struck out 41 Starts: Eder, Meyer 4 batters and walked just two in 27.1 innings against the Trash Pandas. -Against BLX, the Wahoos have a 2.57 ERA (10 ER / 35 IP) while the bullpen has a 1.65 ERA Saves: Colton Hock 5 (3 ER / 16.1 IP). The ‘pen has 5 batters while striking out 18. Innings Pitched: Jeff Lindgren 21.2 -Pensacola’s bullpen leads the Double-A South with 9 saves and 10 holds. Blue Wahoos Strikeouts: Jake Eder 34 relievers hold the third-best ERA (3.80) in the AA-S, the best WHIP (1.07), and have allowed ERA Jake Eder 0.45 the fewest walks (23). Colton Hock is second saves (4) and Anthony Maldonado is tied for WHIP: Jake Eder 0.95 third in the league in saves (3). Around The Farm: Triple Crown -In 2020, the Blue Wahoos became the first team in MiLB history to win the ‘triple crown’ AAA-Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (13-9): The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of major Minor League awards, taking home the MiLB Best Overall Golden Bobblehead, tallied 13 hits Friday but went just 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position, leaving 15 Ballpark Digest’s Best Double-A Ballpark, and the Baseball America Bob Freitas Award as runners aboard in a 9-1 loss to Durham in front of a reduced capacity sellout crowd the Best Double-A Organization. of 3,454 at 121 Financial Ballpark. JAX has now lost five in a row, with the club being outscored 40-9 over that stretch. Durham belted two more home runs on their way to Top Prospects their seventh consecutive win. -According to MLB Pipeline, the Miami Marlins possess the 4th best farm system in baseball. -Pensacola’s roster features five of the Marlins top 30 prospects: OF JJ Bleday (2), RHP Max High A-Beloit Snappers (12-9): The snappers were meant to play a double- Meyer (3), OF Jerar Encarnacion (18), LHP Jake Eder (29) and OF Victor Victor Mesa (30). header on Friday, but only managed to get one game in due to weather. However, the Upcoming Events: Snappers walked off the Chiefs 5-4 on Friday. -Nitro Circus will bring their high-flying, action-packed adventure sports show to Blue Wahoos Stadium on October 14 as part of their nationwide You Got This Tour. Tickets went A-Jupiter Hammerheads (12-10): The Hammerheads picked up a 6-0 win on-sale through Blue Wahoos social medias on Friday morning, with over 1,000 tickets over Clearwater for their first shutout win of the season. RHP George Soriano tossed 6 selling over the weekend. shutout frames for Jupiter while striking out 6 and only walking 1. Dalvy Rosario led the way offensively for the Sharks with a 3-for-3 night, which included a walk. Starting Pitcher Will Stewart, LHP, #25 Hometown: Huntsville, AL Age: 23 Year Team LEVEL W-L ERA G GS IP H ER BB K AVG WHIP 2015 PHI GCL 1-0 4.79 12 0 20.2 18 11 15 20 .228 1.60 2016 PHI GCL 2-3 4.06 11 7 44.1 34 20 19 35 .217 1.20 2017 WIL A (SHRT) 4-2 4.18 13 13 60.1 64 28 25 58 .267 1.48 2018 LWD A 8-1 2.06 20 20 113.2 90 26 21 90 .218 0.98 2019 JUP A+ 6-12 5.43 23 21 129.1 137 78 42 96 .275 1.38 MiLB Career 21-18 3.98 79 61 368.1 343 163 122 299 .247 1.26 B/T: L/L HT: 6’1” WT: 180 Born: 7/14/1997 2021 Highs Acquired: Traded from PHI to MIA on 2/7/2019 along with C Jorge Alfaro and RHP Sixto San- Innings: 6.0, last 5/15 vs.