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Jackson Generals (68-49 Overall, 29-18 2nd Half) Up Next JXN Starter (W-L, ERA) MTG Starter (W-L, ERA) Vs. Montgomery Biscuits (76-44, 32-18 2nd Half) Tu 8/13 RHP Bo Takahashi, 8-5, 3.74 RHP Paul Campbell, 6-4, 3.18 We 8/14 RHP Matt Peacock, 8-4, 2.56 RHP Joe Ryan, Double-A debut Tuesday, August 13 | 6:05 pm CT | Game 118 | 2nd Half Game 48 Th 8/15 RHP Emilio Vargas, 4-3, 4.08 LHP Shane McClanahan, 1-0, 0.00 Generals SP: RHP Bo Takahashi (8-5, 3.74 ERA) Fr 8/16 RHP J.B. Bukauskas, 0-1, 7.71 LHP Kenny Rosenberg, 11-3, 3.15 Opponent SP: RHP Paul Campbell (6-4, 3.18 ERA) Sa 8/17 RHP Josh Green, 2-1, 2.59 RHP Jason Garcia, 6-0, 3.38 Su 8/18 TBA vs. Tennessee Smokies TBA vs. Biloxi Shuckers G E N E R A L N O T E S MOST RECENT RESULT SERIES PRIMER: The Generals host the Montgomery Biscuits (AA, Tampa Bay Rays) for Last Game R H E the second and final time in 2019. The two North Division playoff entrants from 2018 play JACKSON GENERALS 6 17 3 only 18 games this season, with thirteen of them coming in the Second Half. Jackson was Chattanooga Lookouts 4 10 2 the only team to win four games against the Biscuits in the First Half, but Montgomery W: Green (2-1) |HOME RUNS| won the North Division title to earn a playoff bid. The Generals have won 4 of the last 8. L: Bautista (1-2) JXN Varsho (15) TBR Top-30 Prospects at MTG (with rank): 2B Vidal Brujan (#3), LHP Shane S: Tunnell (2) OPP -- McLanahan (#10), OF Josh Lowe (#12), RHP Joe Ryan (#16), SS Taylor Walls (#19), SS Lucius Fox (#20) GENERALS AT A GLANCE Overall Record (140 Games) 68-49 LAST GAME: Chattanooga, Tenn. – The Jackson Generals, the Double-A affiliate of Second Half (70 Games) 29-18 Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks, finished their season series finale against First Half (70 Games) 39-31 the Chattanooga Lookouts with a 6-4 victory at AT&T Field on Sunday, winning their first rubber game in four tries this season. The Generals (68-49) won their 40th road game of Home (70 games, 35 per half) 28-24 Road (70 games, 35 per half) 40-25 the season with a four-run surge in the fourth inning, racking up 17 hits in the matinee Current Streak W1 victory over Chattanooga (53-65). Full Recap: JacksonGeneralsBaseball.com SL SEASON STATS ENTERING SERIES TODAY’S PITCHING MATCHUP: Right-hander Bo Takahashi gets the ball to begin an Generals Stats (Ranked out of 10) Biscuits important series for the Generals, who are 1.5 games behind the Biscuits entering 68-49/2nd North Overall W-L & Standing 76-44/1st North Tuesday in the North Division race for the Second Half title. Takahashi has allowed three (+108)/2nd Run Differential (+120)/1st runs or fewer in each of his last 3 starts, but his two starts against the Biscuits have been nd rd very different. He beat them in May after allowing one run in five innings, but .715/2 On-Base-Plus-Slugging .713/3 st th Montgomery tagged him for five runs in a mid-July no-decision over 5 1/3 innings. Paul 113/1 Home Runs 89/5 th st Campbell, a former teammate of Seth Beer at Clemson, is the opponent. He threw two 61/10 Stolen Bases 190/1 innings in relief against Birmingham on August 9 with one run allowed; he hasn’t made a 3.32/5th Earned Run Average 3.10/1st .239/5th Opp. Batting Average .236/4th scoreless appearance in any of his last three outings, working only 12 IP. LEAGUE STANDINGS WELCOME BACK: Jackson right-hander Sam Lewis was activated from the injured list North Division Teams 2nd Half W-L Games Back on Saturday, returning to Jackson for the first time since May. Lewis pitched to a 2.23 Montgomery Biscuits (TB)* 32-18 -- ERA over his first 40.1 innings in the 2019 season, the sixth-best mark in the Southern Jackson Generals (ARI) 29-18 1.5 League at the time of his departure. Birmingham Barons (CWS) 25-22 5.5 Chattanooga Lookouts (CIN) 17-32 14.5 BEST MEN: Because of the Zack Greinke trade, Jackson has the rare benefit of rostering two simultaneous Players of the Month. Generals first baseman Pavin Smith Tennessee Smokies (CHC) 16-34 16.0 won the Southern League’s Player of the Month award for his July performance, leading *-1st Half division champions South Division Teams 2nd Half W-L Games Back all Southern League hitters with a .998 OPS, batting .341 with a league-high 55 total bases and 18 RBI. Likewise, the recently arrived Seth Beer won Texas League Player of Biloxi Shuckers (MIL)* 31-18 -- the Month for his July performance with Corpus Christi, leading that league with 9 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (MIA) 29-20 2.0 homers, a 1.125 OPS, 24 runs scored, and 63 total bases. Pensacola Blue Wahoos (MIN) 25-23 5.5 Mississippi Braves (ATL) 23-26 8.0 AND THE NOMINEES ARE: As voting nears for the Southern League’s Postseason All- Mobile BayBears (LAA) 16-32 14.5 Stars, the Generals have some strong cases for inclusion (August 13): *-1st Half division champions >>C Daulton Varsho (92 G) leads the SL in runs (68), OPS (.875), and the advanced GENERALS VS. THIS OPPONENT metric wOBA (.396) while playing a premier defensive position. >>1B/OF Pavin Smith (106 G) ranks among the league’s top 10 in hits (106), doubles DATE PARK SCORE NOTES vs. MTG (18 games) (24), triples (5), RBI (53), walks (51), and OPS (.801). 5/22 W @MTG L 3-0 McKay: 6.0 IP, 0 R, 9 K; JXN: just 1 BB >>3B Drew Ellis (107 G) tops the circuit with 57 walks and is one of two SL players 5/23 Th @MTG W 5-0 Valdez: 7.0 IP; Varsho: 3-4, HR, 3 RBI with at least 50 walks, 50 RBI, and 50 runs scored. He’s also 6th in doubles (22). 5/24 F @MTG W 3-2 Grotjohn: HR, 2 RBI; Chisholm: HR 5/25 Sa @MTG W 6-5 Varsho: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 R, HR >> OF Jamie Westbrook (98 G) was promoted to Reno at the end of July, but he holds top-10 marks in homers (13), RBI (59), and OPS (.787). 5/26 Su @MTG W 8-1 Takahashi: 5.0 IP; Young: 3 H, 3 RBI >> RHP Matt Peacock (17 G) ranks third in ERA (2.56), 2nd in wins (8), 5th in WHIP 6/30 Su JXN L 6-3 McCanna: 3.2 IP, 4 R; JXN: no R after B3 (1.15), and 8th in BAA (.227). Peacock leads all of MILB in groundball rate (68.6%). 7/1 M JXN W 10-3 Stapler: 5.0 IP, 3 ER; P. Smith: 5 RBI >>RHP Bo Takahashi (20 G) has the 2nd-most wins (8) and eighth-best WHIP (1.24). 7/2 Tu JXN W 3-2 JXN: 0 hits after B1; Chisholm: 3-R D 7/3 W JXN L 4-2 Payamps: 7 IP, 2 ER; Brujan: 4-5, RBI, R >> LHP Miguel Aguilar (21 G) has the most holds (7) in the SL since his arrival on June B2B HRs by Varsho, Westbrook in T7 1. He’s the only active SL pitcher with at least 10 combined holds and saves in that span, 7/18 Th @MTG W 6-4 Green: 6.0 IP, 4 ER; JXN: 4 H, 1 BB, 0 HR and he’s done it while posting a 1.75 ERA. 7/19 F @MTG L 4-1 7/20 Sa @MTG W 9-6 Cribbs: T9 3-R HR (1) to take 6-5 lead Mastrobuoni: 2-out RBI double in B8 ALL-STAR 2020: On July 29, the Generals announced that they would play host to the 7/21 Su @MTG L 4-3 2020 Southern League All-Star Game at The Ballpark at Jackson, their first All-Star Game 8/13 Tu JXN 6:05pm 8/14 W JXN 6:05pm since 2011. Current Jackson manager Blake Lalli was a participant in that 2011 game as 8/15 Th JXN 6:05pm a representative of the Tennessee Smokies. The 2020 ASG will happen on June 23, 2020. 8/16 F JXN 6:05pm 8/17 Sa JXN 6:05pm 2019 Jackson Generals Game Notes 2 Starting Pitcher RHP #19 Bo Takahashi / 6th Year Pro / Presidente Prudente, Brazil NDFA, December 2013 / 6-0, 197 lbs. / Age 22 2018: 6-6, 4.03 ERA between Hi-A/AA Notes on 2018: Struggled with home runs early at Double-A, but 23 GS, 120.2 IP, 130 K, .246 BAA, 16 HR figured things out towards the end of the year. Threw 5.1 IP with 2 2019 SL Midseason All-Star ER in North Division Series clincher @ MTG. Pitched mostly in relief in April/May: 4-2, 3.20 ERA, 45.0 IP, 39 K Arizona Fall League, with 5 scoreless outings in 8 appearances. Career Notes/Facts: Third-generation Brazilian with Japanese ARSENAL: roots…fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and can understand FB (89-94), CB, SL, CH Japanese…initially played soccer before focusing on baseball… signed at age 16…first Brazilian-born player in D-backs system… Career High IP: 8.0, 3x (7/21/18 @BIR) Last Outing: @CHA: Shut out the Lookouts through the first five Career High Ks: 12 (4/6/18 for A+ Visalia, 5.0 IP) innings, allowing only three hits in those frames… relied heavily on Career Low H: 1 (8/25/17 for A+ Visalia, 8.0 IP) his breaking pitches in his first two times through the order… allowed 2019 vs.