2019 Idaho Falls Chukars Media Notes June 28th 2019 - Games 11 (Game 11 - 1st Half) - 7:15 PM MT Idaho Falls Chukars (KC) (9-1) vs Great Falls Voyagers (CHW) (5-5) Melaleuca Field - Idaho Falls, ID Broadcast - KSPZ 980 The Zone RHP #48 Alec Marsh: 0-0, 3.60 ERA, RHP #33 Carter Love: 1-1, 3.60 ERA, 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 SO, .211 Opp VS 10 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, .300 Avg, 0.80 WHIP Opp Avg, 1.40 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Chukars Pitcher Opposing Pitcher June 29 Great Falls 7:15 PM RHP Stephen Ridings RHP Jason Morgan June 30 Great Falls 4:00 PM RHP Bryar Johnson RHP Chase Solesky Chukars vs Chukars By The Numbers Previous Game (6/25/19) R H E Voyagers Streaks (2019 Season) Longest Win Streak 9 5 3 2 Overall Record: 0-1 Home: - Road: 0-1 Longest Losing Streak 1 Current Streak L1 6/25 - IF 5, GF 7 Lead/Trail 7 9 2 6/16 - IF 7, BIL 5, 6/21 - IF 4, BIL 3, 6/22 - IF 8, BIL 6 Leading After 5 Innings 7-0 Back Home Again: Leading After 6 Innings 8-0 After suffering their first loss of the season Tuesday night, the 2019 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 5-0 Chukars look to rebound against the Voyagers following two rainouts and pick up Leading After 8 Innings 5-0 their tenth win of the season. 2019 Compensation B round selection Alec Marsh Batting Average ERA goes for Idaho Falls, making his third start of the year. Marsh allowed two runs Tied After 5 Innings - over three innings on Sunday against Billings. Second year Voyager Carter Love Tied After 6 Innings - goes for Great Falls, making his third start of the year. Tied After 7 Innings 2-0 Tied After 8 Innings 2-0 Can’t Win Them All: The old saying goes that you can’t win them all, but the Trailing After 5 Innings 2-1 Chukars certainly were doing their best to after winning the first nine games of Trailing After 6 Innings 1-1 the 2019 season. Idaho Falls got down in an early 4-0 hole as Great Falls knocked Trailing After 7 Innings 2-1 out four hits in the first frame on Tuesday, with two runs scoring on a throwing Trailing After 8 Innings 2-1 error. The Chukars cut the deficit in half with a two run second, and took the lead Clay Dungan - (.462) 5 Tied - (0.00) Extra Innings 2-0 briefly in the top of the sixth inning on a Rhett Aplin three run home run. Great Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends Falls though sustained their attack, using a triple to tie the game in the bottom of Scoring First 6-0 the sixth, with that triple coming home on a two out single. Clay Dungan reaches Opponent Scores First 3-1 on a leadoff error and got to third with one out in the eighth inning, but couldn’t Scoring At Least 4 Runs 8-1 score as the tying run was left at third. Great Falls added on a run in the eighth, Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 1-0 eventually winning by two. The Chukars first loss of the year saw them manage a Scoring In The 1st Inning 3-0 season low in hits. Allowing At Least 4 Runs 5-1 Familiar Faces: Omar Ramirez returns to manage the Chukars for the second Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 4-0 Rhett Aplin - (5) Adams/Wang - (2) straight season and fifth overall. Ramirez was the skipper from 2012-2014, Scoring The Final Run 6-0 presiding over the 2013 Pioneer League champion Chukars. Damon Hollins re- RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 3-1 turns to the club but in a new capacity, shifting from hitting coach to bench coach. Record In 1 Run Games 3-0 Hollins is also serving as a roving outfield & base running coordinator this season. Times Scoring 10+ Runs 1 Six players who have previously donned Idaho Falls uniforms are back in 2019. Record Splits Infielders Tyler James and pitcher Nathan Webb all played for Idaho Falls at some Versus LH Starter 1-0 point in 2018. Brady Cox also returns, but he has been converted from a catcher Versus RH Starter 8-1 to a pitcher. Jose Ramirez has also returned to the Chukars after being on loan to Home 6-0 Oaxaca of the Mexican League. Away 3-1 Rhett Aplin - (12) Nathan Webb - (14.1) Night Games 7-1 So What’s New?: With the relocation of the Helena Brewers to Colorado Springs, Hits Strikeouts Day Games 2-0 the Chukars have been moved into the Northern Division. This means that they Versus Northern Division Opponents 9-1 will play the majority of their games against Great Falls, Missoula, and Billings. Versus Southern Division Opponents - They will also only play two of the teams from the Southern Division this year, Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 0-1 with those home and home matchups coming against Ogden & Orem. The Chukars have a new pitching coach in Clayton Mortensen, who takes over for Jeff Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 9-0 Suppan after four seasons. Mortensen is a former major leaguer who is in his first Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 5-0 professional season as a coach. The former St Louis Cardinals first round selection Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 4-0 is a native of Rexburg, ID, located just north of Idaho Falls. Former major league Against Opponents With 4.00> Team ERA 6-0 infielder Chris Nelson takes over as hitting coach after spending last season as a Clay Dungan - (12) Nathan Webb - (22) Against Opponents With 4.00< Team ERA 3-1 coach with AA Northwest Arkansas. Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 5-0 When Outhit By Opponent 4-1 Need For Speed: In just 47 games last season, Tyler James stole 38 bases, which When Starter Completes 6 Innings - led the Pioneer League. 2018 Chukar Nate Eaton was second in the league in When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 9-0 steals, but finished 19 behind James. When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 6-1 When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 3-0 A Dun-good Performance: On Sunday Chukars shortstop Clay Dungan recorded When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 7-1 six hits in six at bats, making him the second Chukar in as many seasons to do so, When Going Homerless 2-0 as Kyle Kasser accomplished the feat against Orem. Dungan has hit safely in five Clay Dungan - (8) 5 Tied - (1) When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 3-0 of six games he’s played in and has multiple hits in three of them. The 9th round selection by the Royals out of Indiana State has smacked five doubles and a triple, 1st Half 9-1 Idaho Falls Chukars accounting for half of his total hits. @ifchukars Walkoff Situations 3-0 Today’s Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #48 Alec Marsh Born: May 14, 1998 - Height/Weight: 6’2”, 220 LBS - Resides: Milwaukee, WI - Acquired: Compensation B Round - 2019 Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2018 Arizona St 3-3 3.89 15/12 71.2 61 34 31 31 64 4 10 .232 1.28 2019 Arizona St 9-4 3.46 17/16 101.1 91 45 39 36 99 11 8 .244 1.25 2019 Idaho Falls 0-0 3.60 2/2 5.0 4 2 2 0 8 1 0 .211 0.80 Alec Marsh - Pitching - Game Log - 2019 - Regular Season Date Team Opp W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WHIP AVG AB WP BK TBF NP-S 6/18/19 IDF MIS 00 0.001 1 0 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .000 6 0 0 6 23 - 18 6/23/19 IDF BIL 00 3.601 1 0 3.042 2 1 0 0 0 5 0.80 .211 13 0 0 13 39 - 28 Total 0 0 3.60 2 2 0 5.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 8 0.80 .211 19 0 0 19 62 - 46 Meet Alec Marsh: Alec Marsh is entering his first professional season and is making his third professional ap- pearance. Marsh was drafted by the Royals in the Compensation B round of the 2019 draft out of Arizona State University. Marsh pitched two perfect innings in his pro debut on June 18 against Missoula The College Days: Marsh spent three seasons at Arizona State, where he won 12 games and made 29 starts. Marsh won nine games in 2019, which paced all Sun Devils. He was a Midseason 1st Team All American by Perfect Game, where at the time of the announcement he had a 0.94 ERA. Personal: Marsh was ranked as the 5th overall prospect in Wisconsin in high school. He was majoring in sports business at ASU. 2019 Coaching Staff 3 Manager - Omar Ramirez (2nd Season, 5th Overall) Omar Ramirez enters his 11th season in the Royals’ organization, his second as manager in Idaho Falls. He previously managed at Burlington (2017), Lexington (2015-16) and Idaho Falls (2012-14) and was the Chukars’ hitting coach in 2011, the same role he had at Burlington (R) in 2009 and Burlington (A) in 2010.