Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Chc) (15-14) Vs Augusta Greenjackets (Atl)
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MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS (CHC) (15-14) VS AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS (ATL) (13-17) Tuesday, June 8th - Sunday, June 13th — Game #31-36/Home Game #19-24 – SRP Park — 7:05 EDT Game #31: RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-3, 4.13 ERA) (MB) vs RHP Joey Estes (0-1, 1.29 ERA) (AUG) MiLB TV, GreenJacketsbaseball.com HOME FOR SIX MORE FOUR TOP-30 PROSPECTS HEADLINE ROSTER Following a six game series with the Charleston RiverDogs (Tam- The Atlanta Braves sent three Top-30 Prospects to North pa Bay Rays), the Jackets welcome the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Augusta to start the 2021 campaign: #19 prospect INF (Chicago Cubs) to town for another week of games. This will be Vaughn Grissom, #24 prospect RHP Tyler Owens, #29 the first visit to SRP Park for the former Carolina League squad. OF Stephen Paolini. All three were drafted out of high The Jackets dropped four of six when the two met last month. school in the 2019 MLB Draft and will begin the season at age 20. JACKETS SPLIT SERIES The Charleston RiverDogs made a late push, but the Jackets won Following the first series of the year, the Braves sent by a final score of 9-7 on Sunday. The win for Augusta gets them #21overall prospect RHP Spencer Strider to join the club a series split. All three series at SRP Park this year have end- in Myrtle Beach. Strider was selected in the 4th round of the ed in a series split for the Jackets. Augusta was led by Darius 2020 MLB Draft out of Clemson. Vines. Another sensational performance from the right-hander. Five innings of, two earned runs, five strikeouts. He’d collect the first win of his professional career. The offense got home runs BRAVES ERA BEGINS AT SRP PARK After spending the previous 16 seasons as the affiliate of the from Braulio Vasquez and Brandon Parker. Willie Carter chipped in for a three hit day as the GreenJackets finished with San Francisco Giants, the GreenJackets begin their new affil- 12 hits total. iation with the closest Major League team to SRP Park: The Atlanta Braves. Truist Park sits 162 miles from SRP Park and will serve as the Low-A Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves for the VINES NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK next 10 years. The Braves are the 4th major league affiliate Darius Vines mowed down the Charleston RiverDogs bats all since 1988 joining the Pittsburgh Pirates (1988-1998), Bos- week, and he was recognized for his stellar work. Vines was ton Red Sox (1999-2004), and San Francisco Giants (2005- named Low-A East pitcher of the Week May 31-June 6. In two starts, Vines allowed just two runs. On Tuesday, he tossed six 2020). The Jackets will play in the newly formed, 12-team, scoreless frames and struck out nine. On Sunday he went five Low-A “East” league. innings allowing two runs. It took Charleston 9.1 innings before they grabbed a run off him. In six starts this year, he has a 2.25 ERA. THIS DAY IN JACKETS BOX SCORE HISTORY June 8, 2006: GreenJackets 4, Rome Braves 9 State Mutual Stadium - Rome, GA WILLIE CARTER’S WORLD WP: Jo-Jo Reyes(1-0) LP: Ronnie Ray (4-4) SV: Devin Anderson (2) It’s Willie Carter’s world. We’re just living in it. The power hitter has been Augusta’s most dangerous hitter this year, and on Sun- Jo-Jo Reyes surrendered 10 hits, but only allowed three runs. He went on to earn his seventh win of the season for Rome. Elvis Andrus had a big day at day he reminded us why. After going 0-6 between the previous the plate for Rome going 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Rome’s six run fifth inning was two games, Carter came back with a 3-for-4 day Sunday. He is the difference in the game as the Jackets failed to score much late. Hector Borg, slashing .344/.449/.467 this year, and has not reached base in current San Francisco Giants Director of Development for Latin America went just three games this year. Carter’s average has never dropped 2-for-4 with an RBI for Augusta. Borg is set to Manage the Dominican Republic National Team as they look to qualify for the Olympics this year. below .302. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Wednesday, June 9th 7:05 EDT RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-3, 4.13 ERA) (MB) vs RHP Joey Estes (0-1, 1.29 ERA) (AUG) Thursday, June 10th 5:05 EDT TBD vs RHP Roddery Munoz (0-1, 6.27 ERA) (AUG) DOUBLEHEADER: Game 2 LHP DJ Herz (0-0, 0.56 ERA) (MB) vs RHP Tyler Owens (0-3, 7.07 ERA) (AUG) Friday, June 11th 7:05 EDT RHP Sam Thoreson (0-2, 2.75 ERA) vs TBD Saturday, June 12th 6:05 EDT LHP Adam Laskey (0-2, 10.26 ERA) vs TBD TODAY’S TIDBITS: The GreenJackets are hitting .270 vs LHP (2nd in the Low-A East).. GreenJackets starters own a 3.32 ERA (2nd in the Low-A East). Relievers have an ERA of 6.16 (10th in the Low-A East)... Vaughn Grissom is now second on the team in hits with 22... Stephen Paolini is hitting .286 over his last two series. Hit just .107 over his first three series of the season...Braulio Vasquez leads the Low-A East with 21 stolen bases... GreenJacketds are 9-9 at home this year. They have split all three home series. 4-8 on the road... BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 190 LBS AGE: 23 HOMETOWN: OXNARD, CA ACQUIRED: 7TH RD (2019) HS/COLLEGE: CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD #2 DARIUS VINES 2019 TEAM: DANVILLE/GCL (ROOKIE) 2019 STATS: 0-5, 6.68 ERA, 12 G (11 GS), 32.1 IP REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, CURVEBALL, CHANGE SEASON HIGHS LAST FIVE OUTINGS LAST WIN: vs CSC (6/06) 5/13 @ Myrtle Beach... 5.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 SO (GS) (0.00 ERA) LAST SAVE: 5/22 vs Fayetteville... 3.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 5 SO (GS) (0.75 ERA) MOST STRIKEOUTS: 9 vs CSC (6/01) 5/28 @ Columbia... 1.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 1 SO (GS) (2.77 ERA) MOST WALKS: 2 (2x) 6/01 vs Charleston... 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 9 SO (GS) (1.89 ERA) MOST IP: 6.0 IP vs CSC (6/01) 6/06 vs Charleston... 5.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 SO (GS) (2.25 ERA)(W, 1-0) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: -Named Low-A East Pitcher of the week for May 31-June 6th: 1-0, 2 starts, 11 IP, 2 ER, 14 SO... Went 9.1 innings before OXNARD, CA allowing a run in his second start of week vs Charleston... -Earned first professional win over CSC on 6/06 • Located one hour and nine minutes north -Tossed six shutout innings on 6/01 vs Charleston. Nine strikeouts. Jackets won 1-0. of Los Angeles, CA. -Allowed one run in first 12 innings... 5/28 @ COL, allowed three runs in one inning -In 2nd start of season vs MB, 5 IP, 0 ER... Allowed leadoff double in 5th, went on to strikeout the side... • Oxnard boasts over twenty miles of -Made his season debut on May 6 vs COL. 4 IP, 0 ER, 4 SO. Combined shutout. Drew Campbell walk-off single to give coastline covered with exceptionally soft, Jackets a 2-0 victory. white sand. • Oxnard is well known for its huge strawberry ABOUT: Selected by the Braves in the 7th round of the 2019 MLB Draft... Pitched in 12 games during his first profession- fields consequently being named the “Strawberry al season, 11 for Danville, 1 for the GCL Braves... Began his collegiate career at Yavapai junior college in Prescott, AZ Capital of the World.” before transferring to Cal State Bakersfield... Is the highest drafted player in Roadrunner history... Had two teammates also drafted in the 2019 MLB Draft (Edgar Barclay, LHP, Yankees 15th RD...Jake Ortega, C, Mets 28th RD) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 223 LBS AGE: 24 HOMETOWN: LITHONIA, GA ACQUIRED: FREE AGENT (2019) HS/COLLEGE: GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE BRENT BURGESS 2019 TEAM: GULF COAST LEAGUE BRAVES (ROOKIE) 2019 STATS: 1-0, 1.46 ERA, 8 G (0 GS), 12.1 IP REPERTOIRE: SEASONSEASON HIGHS HIGHS LAST FIVE OUTINGS LAST WIN: vs COL (5/05) 5/05 vs Columbia... W, 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 SO (0.00 ERA) LAST SAVE: 5/09 vs Columbia... L, 1.2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 SO (3.86 ERA) MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4 vs COL (5/05) MOST WALKS: 1 (2x) MOST IP: 3.0 IP vs COL (5/05) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: -Placed on the Injured List on 5/11 LITHONIA, GA -Made his season debut on May 5 vs COL. Collected the win: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 SO. Helped secure a one-hitter •Just 18 miles east of Atlanta • Lithonia means “City/town of stone” • The huge nearby granite dome, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia gneiss, a form of granite. The area has a history of rock quarries. ABOUT: Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Braves in 2019..