Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes Game 37 Charleston RiverDogs (20-16) vs. Hickory Crawdads (23-12) L.P. Frans Stadium, Hickory, N.C. 10:30 a.m. – Monday , May 13, 2019 RHP Roansy Contreras (3-1, 3.60) Today’s Starters RHP Yerry Rodriguez (3-1, 1.38) Last RiverDogs Game: May 12 South Atlantic League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CSC 0 2 3 3 4 0 0 1 0 13 16 1 HIC 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 After coming out on the losing end of a 13-inning affair Saturday night, the RiverDogs needed to 2019 First-Half Standings break out in a big way Sunday afternoon. They certainly did. Led by left fielder Canaan Smith's cycle, Charleston (20-16) won its 20th game of the season in convincing fashion by a final score of 13-5 Northern Division W L GB over the Hickory Crawdads at L.P. Frans Stadium. Delmarva (Orioles) 26 6 - Greensboro (Pirates) 23 11 4.0 Crawdads (23-12) starter Tim Brennan (2-2, 5.45) was able to work around a first-inning, two-out Hickory (Rangers) 23 12 4.5 double by Smith in a scoreless top of the frame, something that would prove tough to come by for West Virginia (Mariners) 20 15 7.5 Crawdads pitching Sunday afternoon. RiverDogs righty Luis Medina (0-2, 8.49) did one better, Kannapolis (White Sox) 16 18 11.0 striking out Curtis Terry in a perfect bottom half of the inning. Hagerstown (Nationals) 16 19 11.5 Lakewood (Phillies) 11 24 16.5 Doggie Bites • RiverDogs, So Hot Right Now: Following the 13-5 rout yesterday, the RiverDogs enter Game 3 having won 12 of their last 16. After ranking among the bottom four in the league in runs scored Southern Division W L GB (3.4 per game) over the first 20 games of the season, the RiverDogs have scored 90 over their Charleston (Yankees) 20 16 - current 16-game tear (5.6 per game), while continuing their strong run prevention with 55 allowed Lexington (Royals) 17 18 2.5 over that stretch. Augusta (Giants) 17 18 2.5 • The Crawdads can pitch: The Hickory Crawdads enter Monday morning with the third-best Rome (Braves) 16 19 3.5 team ERA in the South Atlantic League (3.10) in 310.2 IP, as well as the fifth-best starting staff Greenville (Red Sox) 14 21 5.5 ERA in the SAL (3.34). The staff has also walked the third-fewest hitters in the SAL (94) and Asheville (Rockies) 13 22 6.5 owns the third-best WHIP in the league (1.13). Today’s starter, Yerry Rodriguez, enters the Columbia (Mets) 11 24 8.5 contest coming off a brilliant 12-strikeout performance against the Kannapolis Intimidators on May 6, when he allowed only a single hit and four walks in 5 IP. • Watch out for these guys: Crawdads 1B Curtis Terry, 3B Jonathan Ornelas and OF Pedro Gonzalez have been tearing the th RiverDogs Quick Stats cover off the ball as of late, with all three ranking among the league leaders in several offensive categories: Ornelas is# Second4 in -Half Division1st Half Record: Winner 20-16 AVG (.327), 9th in OPS (.881), 11th in total hits (35); Terry is T-4th in HR (7), T-1st in RBI (29), 5th in SLG (.556), 8th in OPS 2nd Half Record: 0-0 (.884, one spot above Ornelas), 1st in 2B (16), 1st in XBH (22), 4th in TB (70); Gonzalez is T-4th in HR (7). Charleston just Home Record: 8-9 missed facing catcher Sam Huff, who was called up to the Class-A Advanced Down East Wood Ducks on May 9. At the time of Road Record: 12-7 his callup, Huff was leading the league in HR (15), RBI (29, tied with Terry), SLG (.796), OPS (1.165, one of six players with an Current Streak: W1 OPS north of 1.000), TB (86), and was second in XBH (20, behind Terry). Current Home Streak: L1 Current Road Streak: W1 • Keep them reeling: After losing Game 2 yesterday, the Crawdads enter Monday morning having lost their last series, 2 games Last Homestand: 2-1 to 1, to the Asheville Tourists after splitting a 4-game series with the Kannapolis Intimidators. Hickory dropped to 23-12, and This Road Trip: 1-1 has won just four of its last nine games, dating back to the opener against Kannapolis on May 3. Charleston enters Game 2 Last Five: 3-2 tied for 1st in the SAL in hitting (.266), and 2nd in OPS (.771), SLG (.435), OBP (.335) and total bases (242) since April 25. With Last Ten: 7-3 their five doubles yesterday, the Dogs have taken the league lead in two-baggers during that span as well (43). How are they Team AVG (rank): .241 (5th) doing it? Hitting the ball in the air; since April 25, the Dogs have grounded into only three double plays, 12 overall this season, Team HR (rank): 27 (T3rd) both marking the fewest in the SAL, so they’ll look to keep their bats hot in the series finale with the stingy Hickory pitching Runs Scored: 157 (6th) Team ERA (rank): 3.53 (9th) staff. Team K (rank): 377 (1st) • Swing and Miss Stuff: Charleston’s dominant staff enters play leading the South Atlantic League with 377 strikeouts (10.7 Team SV (rank): 9 (T4th) K/9). The RiverDogs’ swing-and-miss staff has racked up double-digit strikeouts in 21 of their last 30 contests. Luis Gil leads 2019 vs. HIC: 1-1 the Dogs with 44 strikeouts on the season and has fanned at least 8 batters in each of his last four starts. • Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: Despite all the occasional offensive struggles to start the 2019 campaign, the RiverDogs’ six-man rotation has held up its end so far this season. While Charleston’s staff ERA ranks just 9th in the league, the starting staff has produced a 3.09 ERA that is 2nd in the SAL circuit; if you remove Luis’ Medina’s forgettable first start in which he allowed 10 runs in two innings, that starters’ ERA drops to 2.61, which would rank as the second-best starting rotation in the league. On the other end, Charleston’s bullpen has struggled to start the year, producing a 4.06 ERA that is the 3rd-worst in the league. • Pinstriped Prospects: The RiverDogs will again tap into a deep farm system in the New York Yankees. Losing some of their organizational talent due to promotions and trades in the last year, the Yankees’ farm system fell from the second-best system in the game to 20th on the Baseball America rankings heading into 2019. Despite this, the Bronx Bombers are stocked with intriguing talent at the lower levels of the farm system, including seven of the Yanks’ pre- season Top-30 prospects opening the season with the RiverDogs (MLB.com/BA): RHP Roansy Contreras (10/7), RHP Luis Medina (14/11), RHP Luis Gil (13/25), C Josh Breaux (15/30), RHP Matt Sauer (17/10), OF Josh Stowers (25/--), and RHP Tanner Myatt (29/--). Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Tuesday, May 14, 7:05PM: Charleston vs West Virginia: TBD vs Clay Chandler (4-1, 0.84) Wednesday, May 15, 7:05PM: Charleston vs West Virginia: TBD vs Ryne Inman (4-2, 3.38 Thursday, May 16, 7:05PM: Charleston vs West Virginia: TBD vs Damon Casetta-Stubbs (2-1, 5.95) Friday, May 17, 7:05PM: Charleston vs Augusta: TBD vs TBD Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected] Today’s Starter #7 ROANSY CONTRERAS (RHP) HT: 6’0” WT: 175 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Peralvillo, D.R. AGE: 19 BORN: 11/7/99 ACQUIRED: 2016, NDFA Repertoire: 4SM, CB, CH W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 2019 3-1 3.60 6/6 0 0 30.0 29 15 12 6 23 .244 MiLB Career 7-7 3.24 32/29 0 0 147.0 133 71 53 44 117 .238 (3 Seasons) 2019 IP- 5.2, (@GVL, 5/6) H- 6, (@ASH, 4/10) ER- 3 (@GVL, 5/6) BB- 2, 2x (vs GVL, 4/16) K- 6, (@COL, 4/4) Highs: Career IP- 7.0 (7/16/18) H- 9, (7/15/17) ER- 5, (7/15/17) BB- 3, 3x (8/31/18) K- 10, (6/24/18) Highs: Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K Career Notes… @GVL (5/6) 5.2 5 3 3 1 3 • Rated the No. 7 prospect in the Yankees system per @KAN (4/30) 5.1 5 3 2 0 4 Baseball America and No. 10 per MLB.com in pre-season vs KAN (4/23) 4.2 4 4 2 1 2 • In 2018, made 7 starts with the RiverDogs after a July 21 call up and went 0-2, 3.38 ERA (28 SO, 12 BB, 34.2 IP) 2019 Notes… Added to RiverDogs Opening Day o As a then 18-year-old, became the youngest Dogs roster…Got the Opening Night nod for the RiverDogs and garnered the win with 5.0 innings of one-run ball with 6 SO pitcher since Manny Banuelos in 2009 on 4/4 @ COL (was the youngest pitcher to start on o Recorded a 1.26 ERA in 5 starts with Staten Island to Opening Night for the RiverDogs in the Yankees era at start the year 19)…Won his first two starts of the season from 4/4- • Made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer 4/10…allowed two or fewer runs in his first three starts of the season…took his first loss on 4/23 vs KAN, yielding a League Yankees and GCL Yankees in 2017, posting a 4-4 season-high four runs in 4.2 IP… record with a 4.02 ERA in 14 appearances (11 starts) Made six starts in the DSL before being moved to the GCL RiverDogs Starters in 2019 Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Gm Bies 3 2-0 3-0 15 5 Contreras 6 3-1 4-2 29 4.8 Gil 6 1-1 3-3 27 4.5 Medina 6 0-2 3-3 27 4.5 Myatt 3 0-0 1-2 12 4.0 Orozco 4 3-1 3-1 21 5.3 Sauer 2 0-1 1-1 6 3.0 Vizcaino 6 2-2 2-4 14 2.3 SITUATIONAL RECORDS SCORING BY INNING TOTAL HOME AWAY DAY NIGHT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X ALL vs.