FORT WAYNE TIN CAPS 2012 G AME NOTES MIDWEST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSIP SERIES Fort Wayne TinCaps (4-2, 73-73) vs. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (5-1, 83-62) RHP Colin Rea (5-10, 4.11) vs. RHP Chad Pierce (7-5, 3.47) September 13, 2012 —Grand Chute, Wisconsin— First Pitch 1:05 PM — Game #147 FOR UP-TO-DATE PLAYER AND TEAM NEWS, STATS AND OTHER INFORMATION VISIT WWW.TINCAPS.COM All 140 games air live on ESPN Radio 1380 (WKJG). All 70 home games are on televised on Comcast Digital Cable Channel 81. Apple Slices Headlines Asencio Wins Batting Title Overall Record: 72-73 Since 1993 when professional Today’s Game: The TinCaps take on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in game Current Streak: L1 baseball returned to Fort two of the Midwest League Championship series, a best-of-five set. 2012 Best Mark: 63-61 Wayne, no member of either the 2012 Worst Mark: 33-41 How They Got Here: Following a 31-39 first half, Fort Wayne earned its eighth Wizards (‘93-’08) or the April Record: 10-15 playoff berth in ten years with a 38-32 second half. Fort Wayne never dropped TinCaps (‘09-present) had ever May Record: 14-14 lower than third in the second-half standings and held a share of first place for won the Midwest League June Record: 13-13 22 of the 70 games. In the opening round, the TinCaps defeated the first-half batting title. Yeison Asencio, July Record: 17-11 champion Lansing Lugnuts two games to none. Game one was a 5-2 Fort who hit .323 during this regular Aug/Sept Record: 17-22 Wayne victory. Game two saw the TinCaps piece together their largest season, becomes the first in comeback of the year, scratching out nine answered runs to win, 9-6. The six- franchise history to do so. Sunday Record: 8-14 run deficit was the second-largest ever overcome by a TinCaps time. The Monday Record: 10-12 Asencio had the exact minimum TinCaps have twice (8/3/09 & 7/4/10) overcome seven-run deficits. In the Tuesday Record: 10-4 (378) number of plate Wednesday Record: 10-10 Eastern Division Championship series, the TinCaps went to a third and decisive appearances to qualify for the Thursday Record: 11-11 game against the Lake County Captains, winning, 13-6, to earn a trip to the title. In the 65 years the Friday Record: 10-13 championship series for the second time in four years. Midwest League has been in Saturday Record: 13-9 operation, Asencio won with the Last Night: With the loss, Fort Wayne fell to 3-7 in extra-inning games this Home Record: 39-33 season and 19-25 in one-run games. It was the first extra-inning game for the 14th-lowest average among Road Record: 33-42 TinCaps since July 21st. It was not, however, the first time they’ve lost on a batting champions. vs. East: 58-62 walk-off wild pitch this season. A James Needy wild pitch gave South Bend an vs. West: 14-11 11-inning, 4-3, win over Fort Wayne on May 25th. Daytime Record: 14-15 What’s Inside Night Record: 59-58 Bullpen: The Fort Wayne relief corps has played a large role in the team’s success in the postseason. In the six games the TinCaps have played, the pen Page 2: Today’s Starting Pitcher TinCaps Score First: 51-25 has tossed 28 innings, allowed 20 hits, five earned runs, walked eight and Page 3: Fort Wayne Playoff History Opp. Scores First: 22-48 struck out 34, working to a 1.61 ERA. Matt Stites has earned a save in three of Pages 4-7: Individual Hitting Notes Wins in Last AB: 8 the six games. Page 7: Miscellaneous Hitting Notes Opp. Wins, Last AB: 5 Pages 8-9: Individual Bullpen Notes Series: Fort Wayne and Wisconsin met three times during the regular season, Page 10: Misc. Pitching Notes 1-Run Games: 19-25 with the TinCaps taking two of three at Parkview Field. In the all-time series, Page 11: Season Highs and Lows 2-Run Games: 6-10 the Timber Rattlers lead the TinCaps/Wizards 65-64-1, with a rain-shortened tie Page 12: Transactions Shutouts: 10-6 on June 6, 2003 at Fox Cities Stadium. Page 13: Day by Day (1st Half) Page 14: Day by Day (2nd Half) TinCaps Not Hitting HR: 38-58 Streaking: Travis Jankowski carries the TinCaps’ longest hitting streak of the Page 15: Padres Farm Report TinCaps HR in Game: 35-15 year—23 games—into the championship series. A stretch that began on Comeback Wins: 12 August 17th at Lansing lived on with a 1-5 performance on Wednesday, with Jankowski having gone 31-93 (.333) over those 23 games. TinCaps Online vs. RH Starter: 52-53 vs. LH Starter: 21-19 Today’s Starting Pitchers: Fort Wayne sends RHP Colin Rea to the mound Facebook.com/TinCaps TinCaps Starter 6+ IP: 23-11 against Wisconsin RHP Chad Pierce. TinCaps Starter 7+ IP: 2-2 TinCaps Starter 8+ IP: 1-1 Rea, 22, makes his first career postseason start. The last time he took the mound was on Monday, firing three innings of relief, in the TinCaps’ 13-6 win Lead Entering 8th: 54-11 over Lake County. Rea joined the rotation on May 10th, filling in for the injured Twitter.com/TinCaps Tied Entering 8th: 7-5 Joe Ross, and went 5-7 with a 3.95 ERA in the starting rotation. Trail Entering 8th: 7-51 Lead Entering 9th: 63-3 Pierce, 24, starts for the second time in the 2012 playoffs. In his first Tied Entering 9th: 2-5 appearance he tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout against the Youtube.com/TheTinCaps Trail Entering 9th: 4-57 Burlington Bees, helping the Timber Rattlers to a 4-0 victory. In 12 starts during the regular season, Pierce went 6-3 with a 3.28 ERA. Extra Innings: 3-7 Doubleheaders (3): 4-2 Series Record: 22-22-3 Recent Transactions Quotation of the Day Scoring 4 or Less: 21-66 September 11: RHP Joe Ross and RHP Matt Wisler transferred from Short-Season A “Most folks are as happy as they Scoring 5 or More: 52-5 Eugene to Fort Wayne. RHP Ruben Mejia and RHP Dennis O’Grady transferred from Fort make up their minds to be.” Allowing 4 or Less: 57-25 Wayne to Short-Season A Eugene. September 8: RHP Matt Wisler transferred to Short-Season A Eugene. RHP Colin Rea Allowing 5 or More: 11-41 transferred from Short-Season A Eugene to Fort Wayne. —Abraham Lincoln September 5: LHP Brandon Alger transferred from Eugene to Fort Wayne. RHP Colin Rea transferred from Fort Wayne to Eugene. C Matt Colantonio reinstated from disabled list. C Chris O’Dowd transferred from Fort Wayne to Eugene. INF BJ Guinn transferred from Fort Wayne to Advanced-A Lake Elsinore. OF Jeremy Baltz transferred from Eugene to Fort Wayne. Upcoming Games and Probable Rotation (All times Eastern) Friday, September 14 OFF Saturday, September 15 vs. Wisconsin 7:05 PM LHP Frank Garces vs. RHP David Goforth Sunday, September 16 vs. Wisconsin 5:05 PM RHP James Needy vs. RHP Chad Thompson — if necessary Monday, September 17 vs. Wisconsin 7:05 PM RHP Matt Wisler vs. RHP Mark Williams — if necessary Media Contact: Mike Couzens, Broadcasting and Media Relations Manager — [email protected] — 260-407-2804 (O) — 914-844-8350 (C) FORT WAYNE TIN CAPS 2012 G AME NOTES TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER #29 Colin Rea HT: 6’5” WT: 225 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Cascade, IA AGE: 21 BORN: 07/01/1990 ACQUIRED: Selected in the 12th round of the 2011 draft by the San Diego Padres YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 11 Eugene (SS-A) 3-4 2.21 1515 0 0 53.0 47 18 13 21 43 .236 MILB CAREER 3-4 2.21 1515 0 0 53.0 47 18 13 21 43 .236 Game-by-Game Results (starts with Fort Wayne) Rea Notes Date Opponent Dec IP H R ER BB K RESULT -Led the Eugene Emeralds with 15 starts in 2011 5/10 South Bend ND 4.0 2 1 1 1 0 L 3-2 -Posted a record of 3-4 with a 2.21 ERA 5/15 West Michgan ND 4.0 4 3 3 1 1 W 5-4 -In 53 innings, struck out 43 and walked 2 -Attended Indiana State, served as the Sycamores Friday night starter, going 5/20 Bowling Green ND 5.0 3 1 0 3 5 W 2-1 8-4 with a 3.68 ERA. Made 15 starts along with three relief appearances, with 5/26 Bowling Green ND 6.1 5 2 0 3 4 L 11-2 one save 6/1 Great Lakes ND 4.0 3 1 1 6 2 W 6-5 -Led the team with 95 ⅓ innings pitched, four pickoffs and a .204 batting average against 6/8 West Michigan W 6.0 4 0 0 2 4 W 5-0 -Spent his sophomore season at St. Petersburg College 6/14 Lansing ND 6.0 4 1 1 0 8 L 5-4 -Played freshman season at Northern Iowa...baseball program was cancelled 6/24 Lake County L 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 L 4-2 due to state budget cuts after 2009 season.