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# # onnecticut Tigers Game Notes GAME 26 Z HOME GAME 14 Z THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2018 Dodd Stadium Z 14 Stott Avenue, Norwich, CT Z 860-887-7962 Z CTTigers.com Earning Their Stripes Director of Broadcasting & Media Relations: Kevin Gehl, 925-548-2726, [email protected] 1 Isrrael De La Cruz, second baseman / center fielder • Age: 21; Int’l FA - 2013; 5th professional season Batavia Muckdogs • Leads CT with 5 stolen bases, 13 runs scored • Batting team-best .343 at home, .206 on the road Miami Marlins Z 11-13 (3rd, -5.0 Pinckney) 39 Ryan Karstetter, first baseman RHP Chris Vallimont (0-0, 4.76) • Age: 21; 19th rd - 2017; State College of Florida JC at • Last 10 games: .280 BA, t-2nd on team with 7 hits Norwich Navigators • Batting .313 (5-for-15, 5 runs batted in) with RISP Detroit Tigers Z 12-13 (3rd, -2.0 Stedler) 8 Sam McMillan, catcher • Age: 19; 5th round - 2017; Tigers #15 prospect RHP Carlos Guzman (1-1, 3.60) • Best Hitter of Tigers ‘17 Draftees (Baseball America) • Leads team with 11 walks (.305 on-base percentage) DODD STADIUM Z NORWICH, CT Z FIRST PITCH: 7:05 PM Tonight: Following their tenth win in the last 13 games, the Tigers meet the Muckdogs on New York-Penn League Throwback Thursday at Dodd Stadium in retro Norwich Navigators uniforms. Right-handed Stedler Division W-L GB starter Carlos Guzman (1-1, 3.60) will throw the first pitch at 7:05 p.m. Fans can enjoy 1 Tri-City Valley Cats 14-11 - Thirsty Thursday beer specials with select domestic drafts starting at just two dollars each. 2 Vermont Lake Monsters 13-12 -1.0 3 Connecticut Tigers 12-13 -2.0 Last Night - Tigers 3, Batavia 1: Right-handed starter Chance Kirby (Win, 1-0) struck 4 Lowell Spinners 11-14 -3.0 out 12 batters in his New York-Penn League debut with six scoreless innings to pick up his first professional win as a starter for the Connecticut Tigers (12-13) in a 3-1 victory Kevin Gehl and Elijah Gonzalez over the Batavia Muckdogs (11-13) on Wednesday. In his second game with the Tigers, On the Air call every game of the 2018 CT first baseman Nick Ames recorded his first Connecticut hit on a solo home run to right Tigers on WICH 1310 AM and field in the second inning against Humberto Mejia (Loss, 1-3). Ames added a double in CTTigers.com. Coverage begins the third and scored his second run on a two-out, two-run double by Darwin Alvarado. 15 minutes before first pitch. PITCHING PROBABLES 7:05 p.m., Friday, July 13 RHP Alberto Guerrero (2-1, 3.16), Muckdogs at RHP Carson Lance (1-1, 3.54), Tigers 6:05 p.m., Saturday, July 14 TBD, Vermont Lake Monsters at LHP Adam Wolf (1-1, 4.50), Tigers Class A Short Season 4:05 p.m., Sunday, July 15 TBD, Vermont Lake Monsters at RHP Jose Vasquez (3-1, 2.92), Tigers Recent Transactions TIGER TALES July 9: 1B Nick Ames added Dazzling Debuts: 2018 Detroit Tigers draftees are dazzling in Norwich Navigators: On June 3, 1994, the Yankees their debuts with the CT Tigers this season. On July 11, RHP announced they would move their Double-A franchise from Gulf Coast League Tigers Chance Kirby struck out 12 batters in his first New York-Penn from Albany, NY to Norwich, CT. The Norwich Navigators League game during six scoreless innings against the Batavia reached the Eastern League playoffs four times in six Muckdogs to pick up his first pro win (3-1 final score). The 25th- years and on September 14, 2002, won their first and only round pick faced one more batter than the minimum through Eastern League championship with a five-game series six innings and left in line for the win after throwing 77 pitches. victory at home over Harrisburg, under the direction of rookie MLB Pipeline The 22-year-old University of Texas at San Antonio alum manager Luis Sojo. In 2005, a group led by boxing promoter eclipsed the previous Tigers season high of 12 K in seven Lou DiBella bought the team and changed the name to the CT Tigers in Top 30 Detroit Prospects innings by RHP Gio Arriera in a July 4 home loss to Lowell. Connecticut Defenders before the 2006 season began. #14 - Sam McMillan On July 5, OF Eric De La Rosa went a perfect 4-for-4 at the Arvicent Again: 2015 CT Tiger and former Double-A plate with two runs batted in during his debut for the Connecticut catcher Arvicent Perez is off to a near-perfect start as a Tigers in a 5-2 win over the Lowell Spinners. The 21-year-old converted relief pitcher. The 24-year-old Venezuelan, now By The Numbers Grossmont JC (CA) alum became the second Connecticut in his seventh professional season, tossed a hitless eighth CT Tigers after 25 games hitter this season to finish 4-for-4 in a single game after Isrrael inning with a walk and a strikeout in his debut and again De La Cruz achieved the feat on June 23 in an 8-4 home loss blanked Vermont on Tuesday with one perfect relief inning. Home Record: 8-5 to the Brooklyn Cyclones. The seventh-round pick is boasting Road Record: 4-8 an on-base percentage of .480 through six games this season. Steady Stalsberg: LHP Mitchell Stalsberg has been one of the top relievers out of the bullpen for the Tigers this season. vs. Batavia: 1-0 In his first home game with the Tigers and just his second game The southpaw boasts a team-leading 0.77 ERA in 11 2/3 in- July Record: 7-3 in the New York-Penn League, 1B Nick Ames recorded his first nings pitched. He also brings a 15:4 strikeout to walk ratio to the Series (W-L-T): 5-3-0 Connecticut hit on a solo home run to right field against Batavia. rubber during the 2018 campaign. Hitters are batting just .190 Ames finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two extra-base hits. against the Winona State product at Dodd Stadium. On the road Current Streak: W1 the average is even better with a .143 batting average against. Longest Win Streak: W4 Super Saver: 2018 Detroit Tigers 36th-round draft pick RHP Longest Losing Streak: L10 Yaya Chentouf is a perfect 4-for-4 in save opportunities to begin Wild Finish in Vermont: Trailing 10-2 in the top of the ninth on Monday his professional baseball career. The University of Pittsburgh Last 5 Games: 4-1 in Vermont, the Tigers rallied for seven runs and placed the go-ahead all-time saves leader was assigned to Connecticut after the draft run on base before the Lake Monsters escaped with a 10-9 victory to Last 10 Games: 7-3 and made his first appearance on June 26 at Hudson Valley in avoid a sweep and snap a season-best, four-game win streak by the White Jerseys: 6-3 a non-save situation before rattling off 4 straight saves with just Tigers. The Tigers sent 12 batters to the plate against three different 1 earned run, 3 hits, and no walks in 4.1 IP during save opps. Gray Jerseys: 4-8 Vermont relievers who nearly blew an eight-run lead. Dayton Dugas drew a bases-loaded walk, Nick Ames scored in his Connecticut Navigators Jerseys: 2-1 One Win Away from .500: After opening the 2018 sea- debut on an Alexis Garcia RBI single, Ulrich Bojarski tallied a sac Military Jerseys: 0-1 son with a 2-10 record, marked by a franchise-record, fly RBI, Isrrael De La Cruz and Luke Sherley each singled in a run, 10-game losing streak, the Connecticut Tigers bounced and Sam McMillan floated a two-out, RBI single to make it 10-9. Lobster Roll Jerseys: 0-0 back by winning 10 of their last 13 games which is the best Home Attendance: 31,987 mark in the 14-team New York-Penn League during that Youth Movement: The current Tigers roster features six teenagers Average Attendance: 2,461 span. The Tigers are now 12-13 and one win away from a including 19-year-old shortstop Jose King, who was included in .500 winning percentage since they were 2-2 on June 19. a 2017 trade with the Diamondbacks for outfielder J.D. Martinez. STARTING PITCHER 40 Z RHP Z Z 6-1, 170 Z age 20 Profile Carlos Guzman Career Firsts Career Highs Hometown .......................Maracay, VEN Full Name ....................Carlos Alberto Guzman Born .................................. May 16, 1998 Acquired .......... International Free Agent, 2015 MiLB Debut ...6/28/17 Innings ...............5.0; 7/5/18 Start .............6/18/18 Hits .......................4; 7/5/18 2018 - Connecticut Tigers (Class A Short Season New York-Penn League) Win .................7/3/17 Homers ...............1; multiple • Tossed career-high 5 innings on July 5 vs Lowell with no earned runs allowed. The Spinners plated a run against him on a throwing error in the first and a fielding Save.............7/14/17 Runs ...................3; 6/24/18 error put Devlin Granberg aboard in the fifth before he scored a second Lowell CG ........................... Walks ..................3; 6/18/18 run. Guzman struck out six with no walks on 70 pitches Shutout .................... Strikeouts ...........8; 6/30/18 • Set new career high with 8 strikeouts in 4 innings of work vs Staten Island on June 30..