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Game #125 | Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies) | Arthur W. Perdue Stadium Brendan Gulick, Director of Broadcasting Arthur W. Perdue Stadium | 6400 Hobbs Road Salisbury, Md. 21804 O: 410-219-3112 ext. 142 | C: 440-781-2093 BASEBALL [email protected] | www.theshorebirds.com 1997 & 2000 SAL Champions | 2002 & 2005 Northern Division Champs | 21st Season of Baseball Note of the Day Alex Murphy’s 420 foot home run in the GAME PREP eighth inning of last night’s game was Location.....................Salisbury, MD the second longest home run hit by a Date.......................August 20, 2016 Shorebird at home this season. It was his first trip around the bases since July Venue.....Arthur W. Perdue Stadium 12th at Columbia. First Pitch............................7:05 pm 2016 League Standings Radio......WTGM Fox Sports 960 AM NORTHERN DIVISION Online.......www.theshorebirds.com Team Record GB Year-to-Date Attendance.....336,550 Lakewood 31-23 - Hagerstown 30-24 1 2016 Series..............LWD leads 10-9 Kannapolis 29-25 2 Delmarva (63-59) 2015 Series................DEL won 15-8 DelmarvaLakewood (0-0)(60-63) Hickory 27-27 4 DEL Current Streak.......................1L West Virginia 27-27 4 SHOREBIRDS SHOREBIRDSBLUECLAWS Greensboro 26-27 4.5 Delmarva 21-32 9.5 TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS SOUTHERN DIVISION LHP Brian Gonzalez (8-7, 2.54) vs. RHP Seranthony Dominguez (2-2, 3.86) Team Record GB Augusta 33-19 - Rome 31-23 3 UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Greenville 28-26 6 Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup Asheville 27-26 6.5 Aug 21 5:05 pm vs. Lakewood RHP Ofelky Peralta (7-5, 3.78) vs. RHP Franklyn Kilome (5-8, 4.01) Charleston 25-29 9 Aug 22 7:05 pm vs. Lakewood LHP Reid Love (7-9, 3.59) vs. RHP Jose Taveras (6-8, 3.54) Lexington 21-33 13 Aug 23 7:05 pm at Hagerstown RHP Francisco Jimenez (7-9, 4.72) vs. TBA Columbia 19-34 14.5 Aug 24 7:05 pm at Hagerstown RHP Cristian Alvarado (9-8, 3.41) vs. TBA Team Statistics Batting PREVIEW: The Shorebirds continue a short four game series in Salisbury this weekend, wrapping Avg. - .252 Runs - 480 from Friday to Monday, against the Lakewood BlueClaws. Lakewood is the Class A Affiliate of the 2B - 207 3B - 35 Philadelphia Phillies. Delmarva is coming off of their best road trip in several weeks, winning four HR - 92 SB - 76 of the six games they played in West Virginia and Greensboro. Lakewood is coming back to the Pitching Eastern Shore for their fifth and final time this season, with only four of the 22 scheduled games ERA - 3.38 K - 978 in the series being played in New Jersey. Lakewood went 4-4 on their recent homestand, losing a SV - 38 HLD - 17 series against Kannapolis. The BlueClaws are at the top of the Northern Division in the second half Fielding and are looking for the a playoff spot in September. Field% - .976 Errors - 108 Team Leaders TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: Right-hander Seranthony Dominguez makes his eighth start of the season AVG - .353, Yermin Mercedes for the BlueClaws and only his 10 start of the season overall. He was transferred to Lakewood from short-season Williamsport in the NYPL in early July, where he was 1-1 with a 2.12 ERA in H - 120, Yermin Mercedes three starts. Tonight marks his 56th career appearance and his 37th professional start. He spent RBI - 60, Yermin Mercedes all of 2012-2014 with the Phillies, split 2015 between the Phillies and Red Sox and is back with R - 66, Cedric Mullins Philadelphia as of this season. His first start with Lakewood in 2016 came against the Shorebirds in 2B - 32, Cedric Mullins a losing effort - Delmarva plated five runs on four hits in just 1.2 innings against him. 3B - 10, Cedric Mullins LAST GAME QUICK HITS: Delmarva never got rolling offensively against Alberto Tirado, who tied HR - 15, Alex Murphy a career-high with nine strikeouts. Tirado threw five shutout innings and scattered just three hits. XBH - 51, Cedric Mullins Ricardo Andujar logged his third triple of the season and Alex Murphy broke a lengthy HR drought TB - 198, Cedric Mullins with a 2-run shot to left field. Drew Turbin recorded a hit for the second straight night and Cedric BB - 42, D.J. Stewart Mullins extended his league-best hitting streak to 19 games. OBP - .411, Yermin Mercedes PLAYER TO WATCH WHO’S HOT/WHO ELSE SLG - .579 Yermin Mercedes RANDOLPH GASSAWAY| OF WHO’S HOT • CEDRIC MULLINS SB - 25, Cedric Mullins Randolph Gassaway has Despite missing a few games two weeks ERA - 1.89, Lex Rutledge burst on to the scene in ago with lower back tightness, Mullins has W - 9, Cristian Alvarado his first opportunity with continued to swing a hot bat. He’s hit safely IP - 132.0, Cristian Alvarado Delmarva. The 2013 draft in 19 games in a row, which is the longest pick has hit safely in 29 of hitting streak for any player in the South QS - 13, Brian Gonzalez his first 39 games. He is Atlantic League this season. G - 36, Christian Turnipseed hitting .379 in 17 games WHO ELSE • OFELKY PERALTA SV - 17, Christian Turnipseed in August with 6 walks, Peralta was recently named the Orioles HLD - 5, Mike Bruke 5 doubles, 4 homers and Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July, 10 RBI’s. K - 133, Cristian Alvarado 2016. He finished July 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA WHIP - 0.79, Lex Rutledge and threw his first career no-hitter. TONIGHT’S SHOREBIRDS STARTER | #25 LHP Brian Gonzalez (8-7, 2.54) Height: 6’3” 2016 SINGLE GAME STATS PRO CAREER GAME HIGHS Weight: 230 Low Runs: 0, five times Innings: 6.1 twice (both vs. LWD) High Runs: 6, 7/6 vs. LWD Runs: 7 vs. HAG (6/29/15) Age: 20 (October 25, 1995) Low Hit: 2, 5/24 vs. GBO Hits: 8, twice in 2016 Hometown: Miramar, FL High Hits: 9, 7/23 vs. KAN Walks: 6, vs. KAN (4/24/16) School: Archbishop McCarthy HS Innings: 6.1, 8/9 vs. LWD Strikeouts: 10, vs. GBO (5/24/16) Acquired: 3rd Round, 2014 Most Walks: 6 , 4/24 vs. KAN Pitches: 98-61 vs. LWD (7/6/16) 2016 GAME-BY-GAME Strikeouts: 10, 5/24 vs. GBO Hit Batters: 2, 3x (last 5/2/16) DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER HR BB K Left W/L 4/8 HAG ND 5.2 6 3 2 1 1 5 Trail 3-1 L 6-4 2016 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS W L ERA GS IP ER AVG AB H HR BB SO 4/13 KAN ND 5.0 6 4 3 1 2 7 Up 7-4 L 8-7 Home 2 5 3.44 10 55.0 21 4/19 GBO W 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 2 Up 3-1 W 3-1 vs. Left: .188 133 25 0 11 30 Road 6 2 1.86 13 72.2 15 vs. Right: .274 340 93 5 40 68 4/24 KAN W 5.0 5 2 2 0 6 3 Led 5-2 W 13-2 Day 1 1 3.27 4 22.0 8 TOTALS: .249 473 118 5 51 98 5/2 CSC-1 W 6.0 4 0 0 0 2 3 Led 5-0 W 5-0 Night 7 6 2.38 19 105.2 28 5/8 ASH ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 1 5 Tied 1-1 W, 3-1 5/14 GBO L 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 5 Trail 1-0 L, 1-0 2016 INNING-BY-INNING 5/19 LWD W 6.0 5 0 0 0 3 7 Led 3-0 W, 4-0 Inning ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG GIDP 5/24 GBO W 6.0 2 1 1 0 1 10 Led, 5-1 W, 5-1 1 3.52 23.0 25 14 9 3 10 19 .291 3 5/29 LWD L 5.0 8 4 3 0 2 4 Trail, 4-1 L, 4-2 2 1.57 23.0 19 5 4 0 5 15 .235 5 6/4 GBO ND 5.0 6 2 2 0 2 2 Trail, 2-1 L, 4-3 3 1.57 23.0 20 4 4 0 9 15 .238 1 6/10 LWD L 5.0 4 5 1 0 3 5 Trail, 5-2 L, 6-3 4 1.17 23.0 17 6 3 0 8 17 .207 1 6/15 KAN ND 6.0 7 3 3 0 3 4 Tied, 3-3 W, 4-3 5 3.00 21.0 20 9 7 1 11 18 .250 4 6/25 KAN L 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 1 Led, 2-1 W, 2-1 6 3.77 14.1 15 6 6 0 7 14 .263 1 6/30 HAG ND 6.0 3 1 1 0 3 2 Tied, 1-1 L, 3-2 7 81.00 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 .667 0 7/6 LWD L 5.2 8 6 6 1 3 4 Trail, 5-1 L, 7-1 8 7/12 COL W 6.0 5 0 0 0 2 8 Led, 3-0 W, 7-3 9+ 7/17 AUG L 4.0 4 4 0 0 5 6 Trail, 4-0 L, 6-0 7/23 KAN ND 4.0 9 3 3 0 2 0 Tied, 3-3 W, 8-6 7/30 WV W 6.0 4 0 0 0 2 4 Led, 6-0 W, 6-0 2016 MONTH-BY-MONTH 8/4 WV ND 6.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 Tied, 0-0 L, 3-0 Month Record ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG 8/9 LWD L 6.1 5 3 3 1 2 1 Trail, 3-1 L, 3-1 April 2-0 3.48 20.2 21 10 8 2 10 17 .263 8/14 WV W 6.0 6 1 1 0 2 6 Led, 4-1 W, 4-3 May 3-2 1.54 35.0 28 7 6 0 10 34 .220 June 0-2 2.89 28.0 25 13 9 0 12 14 .238 July 2-2 3.16 25.2 30 13 9 1 14 22 .303 TONIGHT’S STARTER: The Shorebirds hand the ball to southpaw Brian August 1-1 1.96 18.1 14 4 4 2 5 11 .226 Gonzalez in the final game of the series against the Power.