2019 Idaho Falls Chukars Media Notes
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2019 Idaho Falls Chukars Media Notes June 29th 2019 - Game 12 (Game 12 - 1st Half) - 7:15 PM MT Idaho Falls Chukars (KC) (10-1) vs Great Falls Voyagers (CHW) (5-6) Melaleuca Field - Idaho Falls, ID Broadcast - KSPZ 980 The Zone RHP #29 Stephen Ridings: 1-0, 10.80 RHP #28 Jason Morgan: 0-0, 5.14 ERA, 5 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 8 BB, 11 SO, .238 VS ERA, 7 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, .259 Opp Avg, 2.60 WHIP Opp Avg, 1.43 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Chukars Pitcher Opposing Pitcher June 30 Great Falls 4:00 PM RHP Bryar Johnson RHP Chase Solesky July 1 @Missoula 7:05 PM RHP Nathan Webb TBD Chukars vs Chukars By The Numbers Previous Game (6/28/19) R H E Voyagers Streaks (2019 Season) Longest Win Streak 9 2 9 0 Overall Record: 1-1 Home: 1-0 Road: 0-1 Longest Losing Streak 1 6/25 - IF 5, GF 7, 6/28 - IF 14, GF 2 Current Streak W1 Lead/Trail 14 18 0 6/16 - IF 7, BIL 5, 6/21 - IF 4, BIL 3, 6/22 - IF 8, BIL 6 Leading After 5 Innings 8-0 Home Cooking Continues: Leading After 6 Innings 9-0 The Chukars, who are 7-0 at home in 2019, look to 2019 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 6-0 move to 8-0 today as they take on the Great Falls Voyagers. Stephen Ridings goes Leading After 8 Innings 6-0 for the Chukars, making his third appearance and first start. Ridings was an 8th Batting Average ERA round selection by the Cubs in 2016 before being traded to the Royals this Tied After 5 Innings - offseason. Former North Carolina Tar Heel Jason Morgan takes the ball for the Tied After 6 Innings - Voyagers, making his third start, Morgan was drafted in the 35th round last year by Tied After 7 Innings 2-0 the White Sox but did not pitch. Tied After 8 Innings 2-0 Trailing After 5 Innings 2-1 Set Of Sevens: With three unscheduled off days this week, the Chukars were Trailing After 6 Innings 1-1 anxious to get back on the field last night, and it showed with their offensive per- Trailing After 7 Innings 2-1 formance. Idaho Falls scored seven runs in the second & third innings, cruising to Trailing After 8 Innings 2-1 a 14-2 victory. In their last two home games, the Chukars have plated 32 runs on Jose Marquez - (.440) 6 Tied - (0.00) Extra Innings 2-0 37 hits. Brady McConnell had four RBI, including his first home run as a Chukar, Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends while Juan Carlos Negret homered and drove in three. Michael Emodi knocked out Scoring First 6-0 four hits, making him the fourth different Chukar with a 4+ hit game. Opponent Scores First 4-1 Scoring At Least 4 Runs 9-1 Familiar Faces: Omar Ramirez returns to manage the Chukars for the second Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 1-0 straight season and fifth overall. Ramirez was the skipper from 2012-2014, Scoring In The 1st Inning 3-0 presiding over the 2013 Pioneer League champion Chukars. Damon Hollins re- Allowing At Least 4 Runs 5-1 turns to the club but in a new capacity, shifting from hitting coach to bench coach. Hollins is also serving as a roving outfield & base running coordinator this season. Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 5-0 Rhett Aplin - (5) Adams/Wang - (2) Six players who have previously donned Idaho Falls uniforms are back in 2019. Scoring The Final Run 6-0 Infielders Tyler James and pitcher Nathan Webb all played for Idaho Falls at some RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 4-1 point in 2018. Brady Cox also returns, but he has been converted from a catcher Record In 1 Run Games 3-0 to a pitcher. Jose Ramirez has also returned to the Chukars after being on loan to Times Scoring 10+ Runs 2 Oaxaca of the Mexican League. Record Splits Versus LH Starter 1-0 So What’s New?: With the relocation of the Helena Brewers to Colorado Springs, Versus RH Starter 9-1 the Chukars have been moved into the Northern Division. This means that they Home 7-0 will play the majority of their games against Great Falls, Missoula, and Billings. Away 3-1 They will also only play two of the teams from the Southern Division this year, Rhett Aplin - (12) Nathan Webb - (14.1) Night Games 8-1 with those home and home matchups coming against Ogden & Orem. The Hits Strikeouts Day Games 2-0 Chukars have a new pitching coach in Clayton Mortensen, who takes over for Jeff Versus Northern Division Opponents 10-1 Suppan after four seasons. Mortensen is a former major leaguer who is in his first Versus Southern Division Opponents - professional season as a coach. The former St Louis Cardinals first round selection Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 0-1 is a native of Rexburg, ID, located just north of Idaho Falls. Former major league infielder Chris Nelson takes over as hitting coach after spending last season as a Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 10-0 coach with AA Northwest Arkansas. Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 6-0 Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 4-0 Need For Speed: In just 47 games last season, Tyler James stole 38 bases, which Against Opponents With 4.00> Team ERA 6-0 led the Pioneer League. 2018 Chukar Nate Eaton was second in the league in Clay Dungan - (13) Nathan Webb - (22) Against Opponents With 4.00< Team ERA 4-1 steals, but finished 19 behind James. Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 6-0 When Outhit By Opponent 4-1 A Dun-good Performance: On Sunday Chukars shortstop Clay Dungan recorded When Starter Completes 6 Innings - six hits in six at bats, making him the second Chukar in as many seasons to do so, When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 10-0 as Kyle Kasser accomplished the feat against Orem. Dungan has hit safely in five When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 6-1 of six games he’s played in and has multiple hits in three of them. The 9th round When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 3-0 selection by the Royals out of Indiana State has smacked five doubles and a triple, When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 8-1 accounting for half of his total hits. When Going Homerless 2-0 Clay Dungan - (12) 5 Tied - (1) Some League Leaders: When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 3-0 The Chukars are currently first in the league in team ERA (3.42) and are the only team in the Pioneer League with a team ERA under four. 1st Half 10-1 Idaho Falls Chukars Rhett Aplin currently leads the league in homers while Jose Marquez paces the @ifchukars Walkoff Situations 3-0 league in batting average. Tonight’s Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #29 Stephen Ridings Born: August 14, 1995 - Height/Weight: 6’8”, 220 LBS - Resides: Huntington, NY - Acquired: Trade with Cubs Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2017 AZL Cubs 0-2 4.09 12/8 22.0 17 11 10 20 26 1 4 .218 1.68 2018 Eugene 3-3 4.15 22/0 34.2 29 19 16 15 44 4 1 .230 1.27 Stephen Ridings - 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 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 5 3.00 .250 8 0 0 12 61 - 31 6/23/19 IDF BIL 1 0 10.80 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 1 1 4 0 6 2.60 .238 13 1 0 18 72 - 42 Total 1 0 10.80 2 0 0 5.0 5 6 6 1 1 8 0 11 2.60 .238 21 1 0 30 133 - 73 Stephen Ridings - Pitching - Game Log - 2018 - 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 6/17/18 EUG VAN 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3.00 .400 5 1 0 6 19 - 13 6/21/18 EUG @HIL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2.50 .333 4 2 0 6 28 - 15 6/23/18 EUG BOI 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.25 .200 6 0 0 6 30 - 22 6/26/18 EUG @SK 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.33 .261 8 1 0 8 36 - 22 7/1/18 EUG EVE 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 .207 6 0 0 6 23 - 16 7/4/18 EUG @BOI 0 0 5.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1.22 .250 7 0 0 7 26 - 17 7/7/18 EUG HIL 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.40 .268 5 0 0 6 19 - 10 7/14/18 EUG @SPO 0 0 6.55 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 1.73 .283 5 0 0 8 40 - 19 7/18/18 EUG SK 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.58 .265 3 0 0 3 15 - 10 7/22/18 EUG @TRI 0 1 6.23 1 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.54 .250 3 2 0 4 19 - 12 7/26/18 EUG SK 1 0 6.60 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 1.47 .237 7 0 0 8 29 - 21 7/29/18 EUG @VAN 0 0 6.32 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.47 .230 2 0 0 3 15 - 6 8/2/18 EUG SPO 0 0 5.60 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.30 .212 5 0 0 6 20 - 12 8/5/18 EUG SPO 0 0 4.95 1 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.25 .200 9 1 0 10 41 - 27 8/9/18 EUG @EVE 1 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.23 .198 6 0 0 7 33 - 21 8/13/18 EUG @EVE 0 0 4.01 1 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.22 .198 10 0 0 11 47 - 29 8/16/18 EUG HIL 1 0 3.90 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.19 .210 9 0 0 10 24 - 18 8/20/18 EUG @HIL 0 0 3.72 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.21 .210 5 0 0 6 N/A - N/A 8/24/18 EUG TRI 0 1 3.48 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.19 .212 8 0 0 8 25 - 22 8/26/18 EUG TRI 0 0 3.66 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.25 .222 4 1 0 5 20 - 10 8/30/18 EUG @SK 0 0 3.48 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.19 .215 4 0 0 5 14 - 10 9/1/18 EUG @BOI 0 1 4.15 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 1.27 .230 5 0 0 7 23 - 14 Total 3 3 4.15 22 0 0 34.2 29 19 16 4 1 15 1 44 1.27 .230 126 8 0 146 546 - 346 Meet Stephen Ridings: Stephen Ridings is in his third season of professional baseball.