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Jackson Generals Game Notes Page 1 Friday, May 1, 2015 | 7:05 p.m. CT | The Ballpark at Jackson | Jackson, Tenn. | Game #20| Home Game #10 Pensacola Blue Wahoos (6-14) at Jackson Generals (7-11) RHP Robert Stephenson (0-2, 5.40) vs. LHP Danny Hultzen (0-0, 0.00) Upcoming Schedule & Probable Starters Date Time Opponent Generals Starter Opposing Starter Promotion *First 500 fans Sat, 5/2 6:05 pm CT vs. Pensacola LHP Misael Siverio (0-1, 1.10) vs. RHP Daniel Wright (0-3, 6.11) Star Wars Night presented by JEA Sun, 5/3 6:05 pm CT vs. Pensacola RHP Stephen Landazuri (0-0, 1.45) vs. RHP Josh Smith (1-1, 4.15) Bancorp South Family FunDay Sunday Mon, 5/4 11:05 am CT vs. Pensacola LHP Jake Zokan (0-0, 5.79) vs. LHP Wandy Peralta (1-1, 2.30) School Day at The Ballpark Tues, 5/5 OFF DAY Today’s Game: Jackson hosts Pensacola for the second game of a five-game series...Both teams occupy Radio: TJ Network (AM 1390, FM 94.1, 94.3) | WTJS.com | fifth place in their respective divisions - Blue Wahoos in the South, Generals in the North...Danny Hultzen makes jacksongeneralsbaseball.com (Brandon Liebhaber, Chris Kleinhans-Schulz) his long-awaited return to the mound on Friday, making his first start in 20 months...Hultzen will square off against Pensacola’s Robert Stephenson, who is the top-ranked prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization. Video: MiLB.tv | jacksongeneralsbaseball.com Twitter/Instagram: @jacksongenerals Versus Pensacola: The Blue Wahoos have an early 1-0 lead in a 15-game season series with the Gen- Facebook: facebook.com/jacksongenerals erals...Jackson is scheduled to host 10 of the 15 games in this season series at The Ballpark at Jackson...The Blue Wahoos will host a five-game series late in May and return to Jackson for the final Generals homestand of the sea- 2015 Generals At a Glance son in late August...Last season’s series was won by Pensacola, taking six of 10 games against Jackson in 2014. Overall Record 7-11 st th 2012 Phenomenon: Danny Hultzen’s comeback brings back memories of his first stint with Jackson 1 Half Record/Standing 7-11/5 (3.5 GB) nd during a very successful 2012 season. Part of Jackson’s “Big Three” with Taijuan Walker and James Paxton, Hul- 2 Half Record/Standing -- tzen went 8-3 with a microscopic 1.19 ERA over 13 starts. The Generals won the Southern Division title in 2012, Home Record 3-6 clinching a playoff berth with a first-half title at 42-28. Jackson defeated the Chattanooga Lookouts 3-games-to-1 Road Record 4-5 to advance to the 2012 Southern League Championship before losing 3-games-to-1 against the Mobile BayBears. Streak Loss 1 Last 10 5-5 It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over: Jackson has come from behind in six of its seven wins this season, vs. Pensacola 0-1 including each of the team’s three wins at Montgomery earlier this week...On April 27, Jackson posted its first win vs. Pensacola at Home/on Road 0-1/0-0 when trailing after the eighth inning after rallying from a 4-3 hole to take a 5-4 victory...The Generals also came back from deficits on April 16 versus Mississippi (down 4-2, won 5-4), April 20 versus Tennessee (down 1-0, won Southern League Standings 7-1), April 21 versus Tennessee (down 3-1, won 5-3), April 28 at Montgomery (down 1-0, won 7-6) and April 29 at Montgomery (down 3-0, won 4-3)..Jackson’s lone victory in which it did not have to come from behind was on North Division W-L Pct. GB L10 Streak Opening Night (April 9) at Jacksonville when the Generals broke a scoreless tie in the ninth to grab a 2-0 victory. Tennessee Smokies (CHC) 11-8 .579 -- 5-5 L2 Birmingham Barons (CHW) 10-10 .500 1.5 6-4 W2 All I Do Is Hit: Generals outfielder Dario Pizzano has a team-best 12-game hitting streak and has hit Montgomery Biscuits (TB) 10-11 .476 2.0 5-5 W1 safely in 14 of 15 appearances this season. On April 13, he was 0-for-2 and due to lead off the eighth inning at Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN) 9-11 .450 2.5 3-7 L1 Jacksonville when Jackson’s game was called a 0-0 seven-inning tie. During this hitting streak, Pizzano is batting Jackson Generals (SEA) 7-11 .389 3.5 5-5 L1 .408 (20-for-49) with one double, one triple, one home run and five runs batted in. He is second in the Southern South Division W-L Pct. GB L10 Streak League to Biloxi’s Orlando Arcia in overall hitting (.409 to .393) and has the league’s second-longest hitting streak behind 13-game stretches for Mississippi’s Matt Lipka (active) and Daniel Castro. Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) 14-7 .667 -- 8-2 L1 Mobile BayBears (ARI) 13-7 .650 0.5 7-3 W6 In Need of a Fresh Start: A natural product of Jackson’s numerous come-from-behind wins is the Jacksonville Suns (MIA) 10-10 .500 3.5 5-5 W1 lack of victories by Generals starting pitchers. Jackson is currently the only team in affiliated baseball (MLB and Mississippi Braves (ATL) 9-10 .474 4.0 4-6 L6 MiLB) that does not have a win from any of its starters. Eight different Generals have started at least once this Pensacola Blue Wahoos (CIN) 6-14 .300 7.5 3-7 W1 season, combining to go 0-8 while pitching 19 fewer innings than Jackson relievers. In today’s game, southpaw Danny Hultzen will become Jackson’s ninth different starting pitcher this season and its third in as many days Southern League Scoreboard (Jake Zokan on Wednesday at Montgomery, James Gillheeney on Thursday against Pensacola). Thursday, April 30th Friday, May 1st Jacksonville 6, Chattanooga 4 JAX at CHA, 7:15 pm ET Officially on the Clock: Double-A and Triple-A umpires will need to be ready to enforce the new Mobile 3, Biloxi 1 (in Huntsville) MTG at MIS, 7:00 pm CT pace-of-play initiatives after April’s grace period. Pitchers are on 20-second timers to either begin the wind-up Montgomery 10, Mississippi 6 PNS at JXN, 7:05 pm CT or begin to come set, batters are encouraged to stay in the batter’s box between pitches, and breaks between Pensacola 3, Jackson 1 TNS at BIR, 7:05 pm CT innings and pitching changes will last two minutes and 25 seconds. After a grace period through April that only Tennessee 3, Birmingham 5 MOB at BLX (in HVL), 7:10 pm CT featured warnings, pace-of-play violations will now be enforced for the rest of the season. Automatic balls and automated strikes will be charged for as dictated for violations of these points of emphasis. Generals vs. Pensacola Jackson (Rank) Stat Pensacola (Rank) Last Game: April 30, 2015 vs Pensacola .220 (8th) Average .210 (9th) 63 (8th) Runs 50 (10th) Final R H E LOB wp: Layne Somsen (2-0) 138 (8th) Hits 124 (10th) lp: James Gillheeney (2-1) Blue Wahoos 3 10 2 7 4 (10th) Home Runs 7 (t-7th) sv: Ben Klimesh (4) 59 (9th) Walks 71 (3rd) Generals 1 6 0 9 time: 2:39 161 (t-7th) Strikeouts 148 (5th) Ballpark: The Ballpark at Jackson (Jackson, Tenn.) Attendance: 2,454 15 (6th) Steals 11 (t-7th) .293 (9th) On-Base % .303 (8th) HR: PNS: None | JXN: None .295 (10th) Slugging % .321 (8th) Recap: Pensacola came back from an early 1-0 deficit to notch a 3-1 victory on Thursday...Jackson’s lone run scored in .587 (9th) OPS .624 (8th) 4.42 (9th) ERA 3.71 (6th) the first inning on a wild pitch from Keyvius Sampson, who was making his Reds organization debut...Marquez Smith and Cam 182 (10th) Hits Allowed 163 (6th) Maron led off the second inning with back-to-back hits and scored to put Pensacola in front...Sampson escaped bases-loaded 138 (8th) Strikeouts 129 (9th) jams in the second and fourth...Jesse Winker tripled in the fifth and scored for a 3-1 Blue Wahoos lead...Layne Somsen retired 67 (t-4th) Walks 68 (6th) all nine batters in faced from the fifth through the seventh innings to earn the victory 1.509 (10th) WHIP 1.420 (7th) Southern League Champions 2000 | Division Champions 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012 | Southern League since 1998 Jackson Generals Game Notes Page 2 Today’s Starting Pitcher #24 Danny Hultzen LHP Full Name: Daniel Alexander Hultzen Born: November 28, 1989 Birthplace: Bethesda, Maryland Age: 25 Last School: Virginia Height/Weight: 6-3/210 Drafted: 1st Round in 2011 Draft (2nd overall) Pitches: Fastball (4-seam, 2-seam), Curve, Slider, Changeup Acquired: Drafted by Seattle Pro Career: Fourth professional season; All with Seattle 2013 Season Statistics (Did Not Pitch in 2014) Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB WP BK BB SO WHIP Tacoma 4-1 2.05 6 6 0 0 0 30.2 19 9 7 1 1 4 0 7 34 0.848 AZL Mariners 1-0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.600 vs.