2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Sunday, August 4, 2019 - 1:35 p.m. Prince George's Stadium -- Bowie, MD Portland Sea Dogs (49-61, 22-21) @ Bowie Baysox (59-51, 29-13) RHP Bryan Mata (2-3, 4.11 ERA) vs. RHP Dean Kremer (7-4, 3.08 ERA) Game #111 // Home Game #59 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox lost the second game of the series against Portland by a score of 4-1. Tyler Herb gave Overall Record 59-51, 29-13 Bowie his best start of the season, allowing just one hit in 6.0 scoreless innings. The Baysox took an early lead in the Home Record 32-26 game on an RBI single from Anderson Feliz in the third inning, but failed to score again the rest of the night. Portland Road Record 27-25 broke through with a run in the seventh and three in the ninth to take the win. It was Bowie's third consecutive game Versus Eastern Division 21-15 giving up the go-ahead run(s) in the ninth inning or later. Versus Western Division 38-36 Current Streak L3 Baysox Starter: RHP Dean Kremer will make his 14th start of the season for the Baysox today. Kremer took a Current Homestand 2-3 no-decision in his last start against Reading, allowing two earned runs in five innings. Kremer is coming off of an outstanding month of July, where he went 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA in six starts and 34.1 innings of work. The 23-year-old has Last Road Trip 4-3 won six consecutive decisions after starting the season 1-4. Kremer has been very consistent of late for Bowie, going Last 5 Games 2-3 at least 5.0 inninghs in nine of his last ten starts, and not allowing an earned run five times during that span. Today will Last 10 Games 4-6 be Kremer's 22nd career start with the Baysox. He has posted an 11-6 record with a sub-3.00 ERA with Bowie. Kremer is When Scoring 4+ Runs 45-13 ranked as the #8 prospect in the Orioles' organization by MLB.com. When Scoring 3- Runs 15-38 After Day Off 7-8 In the Other Corner: RHP Bryan Mata will take the mound for the Sea Dogs today. Mata has made six starts with In Shutouts 12-13 Portland so far this season, and is 2-3 with a 4.11 ERA. His last start was in Richmond on July 30 where he earned the In 1-Run Games 14-13 win, tossing 5.0 innings of two-run ball, striking out eight. Mata was promoted to Portland after making 10 stats with Advanced-A Salem to begin the season. Mata dominated the Carolina League, going 3-1 with a 1.75 ERA and holding In 2-Run Games 14-10 opponents to a .201 batting average against. Mata was selected to play in the Futures Game in 2018 while a member vs. Left-Handed Starters 15-16 of the Salem Red Sox and was the youngest pitcher in the game at 19-years-old. Now 20, Mata is currently the second vs. Right-Handed Starters 44-35 youngest player in the Eastern League behind Harrisburg's Luis Garcia (19). Mata was originially signed by the Red Sox Day Games 14-18 in 2016 out of Venezuela and is ranked as the #3 prospect in the Red Sox organization by MLB.com. Night Games 45-33 Ahead After 7 Innings 45-3 Powerhouse Pitching Matchup: Today's starting pitching matchup of Dean Kremer against Bryan Mata features the Behind After 7 Innings 5-37 two highest ranked prospects to start against each other in a Baysox game this season. MLB.com ranks Kremer as the Tied After 7 Innings 8-11 eighth-best prospect in the Baltimore organization and Mata as the third-best in Boston's system. Ahead After 8 Innings 47-1 40 Wins in Two Months: The Baysox made history winning 40 games between June and July, the most in consecutive Behind After 8 Innings 3-37 months in the franchise's existance. Bowie went 20-7 in June, the best record in any month in team history, then Tied After 8 Innings 6-9 followed that with a 20-8 month of July. The two-month record 40-15 was the best in professional baseball, and Bowie In Extra Innings 7-5 won 15 of 16 series during that stretch. In Doubleheaders 2-4 When Scoring First 40-16 July Numbers: During the month of July, Bowie went 20-8, thanks to having the best ERA (2.46) and WHIP (1.10) in the Opponents Score First 19-35 Eastern League, with that 2.46 ERA being the lowest for any Eastern League team in any month since Akron posted a Outhit Opponent 42-9 2.34 ERA in April of 2018. Bowie ranked second in batting average (.260), runs scored (138), on-base percentage (.334), slugging percentage (.417) and OPS (.751). On the mound, Baysox starters combined to go 15-2 with a 2.17 ERA in 169.2 Outhit by Opponent 12-40 innings. At the plate, Yusniel Diaz led the Eastern League with 22 RBI and Carlos Perez had a 27-game on-base streak, Equal Hits 6-1 tied for the longest in the league this season. Hit a Home Run 39-18 No Home Runs 20-33 Down the Stretch They Go: WIth less than five weeks left in the regular season, Bowie and Erie are in a tight race for the No Errors Committed 38-20 second-half West Division title. Erie currently has a 2.0-game lead and 28 games to play, while the Baysox have 30 games Baysox vs. Portland remaining. After playing 18 games against each other in April and May, the Baysox and SeaWolves do not play each other again this season. 2019 Record: 2-3 Strong Series for Valentin: INF Jesmuel Valentin has had a big impact on the Bowie lineup in the first two games of 6/7 at Portland L, 10-3 the series against Portland. Valentin scored three runs in the series opener, and had three hits last night. 6/8 at Portland W, 6-5 6/9 at Portland W, 4-2 Mullins' Hot Streak: OF Cedric Mullins has been on fire over his last eight games, going 12-31 (.387) with five multi-hit 8/2 vs. Portland L, 7-6 games during that span. Mullins has hit a home run, driven in two runs and stolen six bases during those eight contests. 8/3 vs. Portland L, 4-1 8/4 vs. Portland Herb's Strong Starts: RHP Tyler Herb has put together two consecutive outstanding starts since returning to the Bowie roster last weekend. Last sunday, Herb pitched 6.0 innings and allowed just two runs on two hits and picked up the win in Binghamton. He was even better last night, pitching 6.0 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit. Herb has the longest active scoreless streak on the Baysox pitching staff at 9.2 innings. This Day in History: On August 4, 2012, Manny Machado hit for the cycle and drove in three runs as the Baysox defeated the Trenton Thunder 8-7. Machado's cycle is the most recent in franchise history. 2019 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Diaz/Perez 10 ERA Alex Wells 2.12 RBI Yusniel Diaz 51 Wins Zac Lowther 11 Batting Avg Mason McCoy .288 Strikeouts Zac Lowther 106 Runs Ryan McKenna 63 Saves Tyler Erwin 8 UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Monday, August 5 OFF DAY Tuesday, August 6 7:00 p.m. at Trenton Thunder LHP Zac Lowther (11-5, 2.62 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Green (2-3, 7.91 ERA) Wednesday, August 7 12:00 p.m. at Trenton Thunder LHP Alex Wells (8-2, 2.12 ERA) vs. RHP Brian Keller (3-1, 2.32 ERA) Thursday, August 8 7:00 p.m. at Trenton Thunder RHP Mike Baumann (2-1, 1.83 ERA) vs. RHP Shawn Semple (0-2, 5.54 ERA) TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Dean Kremer HT: 6’3” LBS: 180 B: R T: R BORN: 1/7/96 PLACE: Stockton, CA AMATEUR: University of Nevada - Las Vegas HOW ACQUIRED: Via trade in July of 2018 2019 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 9 (2x, last: 6/7/18 w/ Rancho Cucamonga, A+) Frederick: 0-0 0.00 2 2 9.2 6 0 0 4 14 Earned Runs: 7 (5/6/17 w/ Rancho Cucamonga, A+) Bowie: 7-4 3.08 13 13 73.0 66 26 25 24 69 Innings Pitched: 7.0 (5x, last: 7/18/19 vs. Altoona) CAREER: 20-14 3.34 85 52 325.2 285 137 121 115 392 Walks: 4 (6/30/18 w/ Rancho Cucamonga, A+) Strikeouts: 11 (2x, last: 7/5/18 w/ Tulsa, AA) KREMER 2019 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Began the season with High-A Frederick...had two scoreless outings before DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO promotion to Bowie...allowed 5 earned runs on 7 hits on 5/21 vs. Binghamton...pitched 5/9 A+ v. POT 0-0 ND 3.2 4 0 0 2 5 5.2 innings against Akron on 5/28...allowed four earned runs and took the loss..