Game #31| Stoickton Ports vs. San Jose Giants |Banner Island Ballpark Alex Jensen, Broadcaster Banner Island Ballpark 404 W Fremont St | Stockton, CA 95203 O: 209-644-1900 | C: 510-717-0733 [email protected] | www.stocktonports.com California League Champions - 1946, 1947, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2008 Stat of the Day Brayan Buelvas' two home run day was GAME PREP just the Ports' second multi-home run Location ..........................Fresno, CA game of the season. Tyler Soderstrom Date ...........................June 17, 2021 hit two home runs against the Giants on Thursday, June 10th at Banner Island Venue ..........Banner Island Ballpark Ballpark. First Pitch ..........................6:50 p.m. League Standings Radio ...............Fox Sports AM 1280 NORTH DIVISION Online ................stocktonports.com Team Record GB 2021 Series .................................1-1 San Jose 26-12 -- Fresno 25-13 1.0 2019 Series .................................NA Modesto 21-17 5.0 Fresno (25-13) Current Ports Streak .................. W1 DelmarvaStockton (14-24) (0-0) Stockton 14-24 12.0 SOUTH DIVISION GRIZZLIES SHOREBIRDSPORTS Rancho Cuca. 20-17 -- Upcoming Games & Pitching Probables Lake Elsniore 19-19 1.5 Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup Inland Empire 16-21 4.0 Thur, 6/17 6:50 p.m. at Fresno RHP Jack Cushing (1-0, 2.67) vs LHP Sam Weatherly (1-3, 5.79) Visalia 10-28 10.5 Fri. 6/18 6:50 p.m. at Fresno RHP Jake Walkinshaw (1-2, 4.50) vs RHP Keegan James (2-0, 2.08) Sat. 6/19 6:50 p.m. at Fresno RHP Grant Judkins (0-2, 4.07) vs LHP Breiling Eusebio (0-0, 0.00) 2021 Team Stzaatistics Sun. 6/20 5:05 p.m. at Fresno LHP Kumar Nambiar (0-2, 3.42) vs RHP Mike Ruff (4-1, 3.66) Batting Avg. - .235 (6th) OBP: .342 (t-3rd) YESTERDAY’S GAME OPS: .708 (6th) Runs - 180 (7th) PREVIEW: The Ports will try for back-to-back wins in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 2B - 67 (t-5th) 3B - 8 (7th) game three of their six game series against the Fresno HR - 28 (5th) SB - 36 (7th) Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park. Stockton snapped a four- STK 0 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 11 12 3 Pitching game losing streak on Wednesday with an 11-6 victory FRE 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 6 9 1 ERA - 5.34 (7th) WHIP - 1.47 (6th) over the Grizzlies. The Ports had also lost nine of their K - 376 (8th) BB - 138 (5th) last ten games going into play last night. SV - 7 (t-6th) HLD - 6 (7th) Fielding OPPOSING STARTER: Left-hander Sam Weatherly will make his eighth start of the season for the Grizzles... Fld% - .970 (t-2nd) Errors - 41 (t-6th) Has gone 1-3, 5.79 ERA through his first seven, allowing 26 hits in 28 innings while striking out 49 and walk- DP - 26 (4th) CS - 17 (t-2nd) ing 18...Suffered his worst start of the season last Friday at Modesto, taking the loss allowing six runs (all earned) on six hits in 1.2 IP while walking three and striking out three...Is 1-1 over two starts in June with a 10.29 ERA...Selected by the Rockies in the third round (81st overall) of the 2020 draft out of Clemson 2021 Team Leaders University...Went to Clemson in 2018 as a two-way player seeing limited action as a Freshman, but became one of the Tigers' best relievers in 2019 and the team's Friday night starter in 2020...4-0 record with a 3.48 AVG ................Tyler Soderstrom (.288) ERA over 2.5 years at Clemson...Opponents hit just .195...Won the Stone Award (team MVP) in pandemic- H .......................Tyler Soderstrom (42) shortened 2020 college season, going 2-0 with a 0.79 ERA in four starts...Drafted in the 27th round by the RBI ....................Tyler Soderstrom (26) Blue Jays in 2017 out of high school...Michigan Mr. baseball as high school senior...Dad played baseball at R ........................ Lawrence Butler (24) Central Michigan, sister basketball at Northern Michigan, brother baseball at Ball State...22 years old 2B .....................Tyler Soderstrom (14) OLD FRIENDS REUNITE: When the Ports take on the Grizzlies on Tuesday to start this six-game series, it will 3B ........................ Lawrence Butler (3) be the first matchup between Stockton and Fresno since 1988, when the Ports and Fresno Suns played in HR .......................... Brayan Buelvas (7) the California League. Stockton won the regular season title that year with a record of 94-49 but was swept XBH ...................Tyler Soderstrom (19) by the Riverside Red Wave in the California League Finals 3-0. The Grizzlies enter the series 11 games ahead TB .....................Tyler Soderstrom (71) of the Ports in the Low-A West standings. BB ...................... Lawrence Butler (23) OBP ................ Sahid Valenzuela (.393) PLAYER TO WATCH WHO’S HOT/WHO ELSE SLG .................... Brayan Buelvas (.522) JOSHWAN WRIGHT | INF WHO’S HOT • BRAYAN BUELVAS | OF SB ....................... Lawrence Butler (10) After going 1-for-3 on Buelvas has found his power stroke since ERA (SP) ................Jack Cushing (2.67) Tuesday, Ports infielder returning to the Ports from the Olympic W ................Martinez/Mora/Acton (2) Joshwan Wright extended Qualifyier Tournament last week. Since last IP ..................... Osvaldo Berrios (31.0) his season-long hitting Tuesday (June 8), Buelvas' four home runs is streak to eight games. tied for tops in the league. G ........................... Garrett Acton (12) The last time Wright went WHO ELSE • LAWRENCE BUTLER | 1B/OF SV ..................................Jose Mora (2) hitless was an 0-for-2 It may be a smaller sample size, but Law- HLD ................................Jose Mora (3) showing on June 1 against rence Butler is heating up again, going 6-for- K ............................. Jack Cushing (37) Lake Elsinore. During his 13 over his last four games with two doubles streak, Wright is 10-for-35 WHIP (SP) .............Jack Cushing (1.05) and two triples. Butler has an .877 OPS in (.286) with two doubles June despite hitting just .234. and five RBIs. Game #31 | Stockton Ports vs San Jose Giants | Banner Island Ballpark PORTS STORIES AND SIDEBARS QUICK HITS: BUELVAS STARS AS PORTS SNAP SKID: Brayan BANNER ISLAND TO THE BIGS: Buelvas hit two home runs and drove in five as Since the Ports' first season in - 2020: season was canceled due to the CO- the Ports snapped their four-game losing streak 1941, 306 former Ports have made VID-19 pandemic with an 11-6 win over the Fresno Grizzlies at the majors. Rex Cecil was the first, Chukchansi Park on Wednesday night. The Ports debuting for the Boston Red Sox in - 2019 marked the first time the Ports finished pounded out 11 hits in the victory, evening this 1944. Most recently: alone in last place since 2012, completing the six-game series at one a piece. 300. Kyle Finnegan.......WSH, 7/25/20 season 60-78 on the season 301. Jonah Heim.......OAK, 8/25/20 UP & DOWN: The Ports' 2021 season has been 302. Daulton Jefferies......OAK, 9/12/20 - 2018 was the first time the Ports won a 1st a roller coaster ride when it comes to wins and 303. James Kaprielian..OAK, 8/16/20 half title since becoming an A’s affiliate. Stock- losses. After starting the seaosn 7-9, the Ports 304. John Nogowski... STL, 8/16/20 ton went 44-26 in the 1st half and finished with would lose six of their next seven before going 305. Max Schrock.......STL, 8/15/20 an overall record of 77-63, the 2nd best mark on a four game winning streak. The Ports have 306. Luis Barrera.......OAK, 5/19/21 in the Cal League behind Rancho Cucamonga. followed that four game winning streak by losing The Ports lost to Visalia in the best-of-5 North nine of their next eleven, snapping a four-game RUNS PER GAME: Here is a look at Division Championship Series, falling at home in skid with an 11-6 win over Fresno on Wednes- the Ports’ offensive numbers over Game 5 by a 3-0 final. day night. They have yet to win a series in 2021. the last 10 years. - The Ports won the Second Half title in 2017, PORTS' STAFF LOOKS TO REBOUND: After a Year Runs Scored Per Game finishing with an overall record of 71-69. They stretch in which the Ports moved up the ERA were swept by Modesto in the best-of-five North ranks in Low-A West with a 3.94 mark between 2021 180 4.7 Division Finals. May 30 and June 7, the Ports have pitched to a 2019 587 4.2 7.10 ERA over their last eight games since June 2018 653 4.7 - 2016 marked the fifth time the Ports missed 8. Stockton's team ERA now sits at 5.34 for the 2017 717 5.1 the post-season as an A’s affiliate as they fin- season, ranking seventh in Low-A West. 2016 691 4.9 ished the season with a record of 60-80, tied for 2015 647 4.6 last in the North Division FIVE RUNS IS KEY: Through the first 37 games of 2014 761 5.4 2021, scoring five runs has been the barometer 2013 731 5.2 - Stockton finished the 2015 season with a for the Ports’ success. Stockton is 13-8 when 2012 695 4.9 record of 74-66 which garnered them the No. 2 scoring five or more runs, and just 1-16 when seed in the North Division in the playoffs.