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Columbus Clippers Game #86 Game Information Home Game #45 Media Relations Department - 330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, OH 43215 - (614)-462-5250 - [email protected] Saturday, August 14 (5:05) - Huntington Park Toledo Mud Hens Columbus Clippers (Detroit Tigers) vs. (Cleveland Indians) RHP Pedro Payano (2-3, 5.67) RHP Cody Morris (0-0, 0.00) (49-37) (37-48) LAST GAME Upcoming Probables August 13 R H E LOB Saturday, August 14 vs. Toledo (-): TBA vs. RHP Heath Fillmyer (1-5, 8.02) Toledo 5 10 1 5 Sunday, August 15 vs. Toledo (4:05): RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (5-1, 3.21) vs. RHP Brad Peacock (0-2, 9.15) Columbus 4 10 0 7 Tuesday, August 17 at Omaha (8:05): TBA vs. TBA W: Logan Shore (3-2) Wednesday, August 18 at Omaha (8:05): TBA vs. TBA L: Kirk McCarty (6-3) Tonight's Game S: Alex Lange (1) The Clippers will send RHP Cody Morris to the mound in game one, followed by RHP Heath Fillmyer in game two. Toledo will counter HR: Lester (1) with RHP Pedro Payano and a bullpen game. The Clippers are 31-38 (.449) against right handers this year. Payano has faced the Highlights Clippers three times in his career, going 1-1 with a 7.98ERA (14.2IP, 19H, 13R, 13ER, 7BB, 17K). Connor Marabell doubled twice and scored a pair of runs. vs. the Mud Hens Columbus is 7-14 opposing the Mud Hens this season, but managed a 4-2 series when they met in HP (6/15-6/20). Individually, Nolan Jones has hit .306 (22x72) with 3HR and 11RBI against Toledo this year (21G). Renato Nunez and Aderlin Rodriguez (19RBI in 19G) have 6HR against the Clippers this year, Yariel Gonzalez has 5HR. Be Reasonable Over the last 32G, the Clippers have pitched five shutouts and gone 2-3 in games after a shuout (gave up zero total runs in both wins after a shutout; 30 total runs in losses after a shutout, at least nine in each). In the 27G in which the Clippers have allowed runners to score (207 total, 7.7 per), they have given up at least nine on 12 occasions (had three shutouts, 9G with 9+ runs through first 53). If Only CLIPPER QUICK FACTS The Clippers lead the IL with a .920 winning percentage when they hold opponents to fewer than four runs (23-2, won 15 straight), Current Streak: L3 unfortunately they rank 13th in the IL in such games (Charlotte has only 23G). Toledo enters today with the league's 2nd best win Home Streak: L3 percentage (.861, 31-5), but they have allowed the Clippers to score exactly four runs in each of the last 4G (still won each game). Home: 19-25 August: 4-6 Clean Slate Saturday: 5-9 When beginning a new inning, only Toledo's .272 average tops that of Columbus (.268) in the IL (Clippers score in 57% of innings that Night Games: 31-40 start with a hit). Among players that have led off at least 50 innings, Toledo's Aderlin Rodriguez has the best average (.421, 24x57), vs. West: 34-39 followed by Alex Call (2nd, .372, 16x43), Yariel Gonzalez (4th, .350, 21x60) and Trenton Brooks (6th, .339, 20x59). Last 10: 4-6 Consecutive days in 6th: 1 Rarified Air-ias Scoring at least 4 runs: 30-23 Gabriel Arias enters tonight riding a 22G on base streak that has seen a couple of close calls recently (.396OBP since 7/18; singled in Scoring less than 4 runs: 7-25 10th on 8/6, in 9th on 8/5, in 8th last night). His streak is a new career best (previous was 21G) and started with him tying his career best Come from behind wins: 16 with a 9G hit streak from 7/18-7/28. Since 6/12, Arias is hitting .321 (62x193) and has reached base safely in 45 of 50G (.374OBP). Last at bat wins: 7 Team Batting: .251, 6th DJ Scratching it Out Team Pitching: 5.56, 14th Daniel Johnson hasn't gotten a hit in his last 2G, but has drawn 3BB, extending his on base streak to 10G (.378OBP since 6/30 at Team Defense: .982, 4th Toledo). Along with Gabriel Arias and Trenton Brooks, Johnson forms a trio of Clippers with active double-digit on base streaks (Yu Chang, Andres Gimenez and Bradley Zimmer each have active streaks of 10+, but got promoted to Cleveland). LEAGUE STANDINGS South W - L Pct GB Month On, Month Off DUR 55 - 32 .632 - Beginning on 8/4, Nolan Jones has four multi-hit games in his last eight, batting .333 (10x30) with 2HR and 6RBI (.394OBP, .567SLG). JAX 51 - 38 .573 5.0 In the month prior, 7/4-8/3, Jones hit .172/.287/.368 with 5HR and 11RBI over 25G. For the month from 6/4-7/3, he hit .292/.411/.573 with GWN 50 - 38 .568 5.5 3HR and 17RBI in 27G (also had 14 doubles) and from opening day to 6/3, he struggled to .173/.313/.272 with a HR and 7RBI in 24G. NAS 50 - 38 .568 5.5 MEM 41 - 47 .466 14.5 Brooks is Back NOR 35 - 51.407 19.5 Starting with a hitless game in which he drew 3BB, Trenton Brooks has put together an 12G on base streak since 7/30 in Nashville CHA 31 - 57 .352 24.5 (.471OBP). He has a hit in 10 of the 12 (.357, 15x42) and has 5XBH (.524SLG), including Tuesday's homer (first since 7/22 vs. Iowa). Following a 2HR game at Iowa on 6/10, his last 5HR have come in Huntington Park (last 9HR from Nolan Jones have been at home). West W - L Pct GB TOL 49 - 37 .570 - Bullpen Bashers OMA 48 - 38 .558 1.0 The Clipper bullpen (Logan Allen) recorded 5.0IP with 0ER on Sunday, marking the 12th time this year the relievers have had at least STP47 40 .540 2.5 5.0IP and 0ER (no other IL team has more than eight such games). However, only one of those games has come against Toledo (5/18, IND 42 -45 .483 7.5 first matchup), as the Mud Hens have pounded the Clipper bullpen to a 6.51ERA in the last 19G (84.1IP, 61ER) IOW38 - 48 .442 11.0 COL 37 - 48 .435 11.5 ORGANIZATION REPORT vs. TOLEDO LOU 35 -52 .402 14.5 Cleveland (56-58), 2nd place Akron (54-32), 1st place All-Time August 13 R H E 8/13 at Reading, won, 9-3 Home Road Overall League Notes Cleveland 7 90 8/14 at Reading, 4:30 (DH) 217-194 215-207 432-401 Detroit 4 7 2 Lake County (46-41), 2nd place 2021 W- Plesac (7-4), L- Alexander (2-2) 8/13 vs. West Michigan, won, 5-4 (7) Home Road Overall HR- Clement (1, 2), Chang (3); Haase (19), Nunez (4 8/14 vs. West Michigan, 4:00 (DH) 4-5 3-9 7-14 Clement: 2x4, 2R, 2RBI, 2HR Lynchburg (44-44), 3rd place 2019 Chang: 2x3, 2R, 2RBI, 3B, HR 8/13 vs. Delmarva, lost, 7-1 Home Road Overall 8/14 at DET, 6:10 (TBA vs. Peralta) 8/14 vs. Delmarva, 6:30 5-6 9-3 14-9 Governors' Cup Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019 IL West Division Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 Columbus Clippers Game Information Saturday, August 14 This Date in Clipper History Huntington (Small) Park 8/14/1985 In each of the first 11 years since the move downtown, Huntington Park has ranked among the top two in the IL in homers per game, Bob Tewksbury dominated totaling 2.25 per contest (1,763HR, 783 games). In 2019, HP averaged over three per game for the first time ever (seventh time Richmond, allowing 1ER in averaging over a pair), as the Clippers surrendered a record 127HR and just missed out on triple digits themselves (97HR was second 7.0IP, to pick up his first win of highest team total). Including the postseason, the Clippers have been out-homered over the life of the park (1,002 to 954). the season. The Clippers won 8- 2 with offensive contributions year gmsCOL opp total avg rankyeargmsCOL opp total avg rank year gms COL opp total avg rank coming from Scott Bradley 2009 71 57 73 130 1.832nd 2013 72 63 72 135 1.882nd 2017 71 95 88 183 2.58 1st 2010 72 90 83 173 2.40 2nd2014 72 64 85 149 2.07 2nd 2018 69 68 76 144 2.09 2nd (1HR, 2RBI), the 1984 IL MVP, 2011 72 100 77 177 2.46 1st 2015 72 62 64 126 1.752nd 2019 69 97 127 224 3.25 2nd and Dan Pasqua (1HR, 3RBI), 2012 71 91 88 179 2.521st 2016 72 74 69 143 1.99 1st 2021 44 60 79 139 3.16 1st the 1985 IL MVP. Both Bradley and Pasqua also won the IL Homers, Homers and More Homers Rookie of the Year in their The franchise record for homers was destroyed in 2019 (213, +31 from '83), as was the record for homers allowed (198, +42 from '98). respective MVP seasons (J.T. This season's Clippers are homering at a rate of 1.27 per game, putting them four off of the pace of the pre-2019 record (adjusted for Snow became the 3rd double 140G).