2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Monday, June 24, 2019 - 7:05 p.m. Prince George's Stadium -- Bowie, MD Hartford Yard Goats (39-33, 2-3) @ Bowie Baysox (34-39, 4-1) RHP Brandon Gold (6-4, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Marcos Molina (4-5, 3.76 ERA) Game #74 (Game #6) // Home Game #36 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox dropped the series finale in Harrisburg 9-7, ending a five-game winning streak. Overall Record 34-39, 4-1 Yusniel Diaz and Stuart Levy each hit home runs for the Baysox in the loss. Mason McCoy, Ryan McKenna, Home Record 16-19 Jesmuel Valentin and Willy Yahn each had multi-hit days. Road Record 18-20 Versus Eastern Division 14-7 Baysox Starter: RHP Marcos Molina will be on the mound for the Baysox today, making his 13th appearance and Versus Western Division 20-32 12th start of the season. Today will be Molina's second consecutive start against the Hartford Yard Goats. On June Current Streak L1 19, Molina allowed a season-high five earned runs in 5.0 innings against the Yard Goats. In his prior two starts, the Last Homestand 5-1 24-year-old had allowed just four earned runs in 13.2 combined innings. Last Road Trip 5-1 In the Other Corner: RHP Brandon Gold makes his 15th start of the season for the Yard Goats today. Gold started Last 5 Games 4-1 against Molina and the Baysox on June 19 and struggled, allowing four earned runs on eight hits in 5.0 innings of Last 10 Games 8-2 work. This will be Gold's second start of the year at Prince George's Stadium. On June 1, Gold pitched 6.0 scoreless When Scoring 4+ Runs 24-10 innings in Bowie, striking out five. When Scoring 3- Runs 10-29 After Day Off 5-7 Red Hot Baysox: Over the last few weeks, the Baysox have been the hottest team in the Eastern League. Bowie In Shutouts 6-10 comes into this series winners of five of six, and six consecutive series. The Baysox have also won 12 of the last 14 In 1-Run Games 7-9 games and 15 of the last 19 contests. In 2-Run Games 8-7 McCoy's Impact: INF Mason McCoy joined the Baysox on May 6 before a series in Altoona, and the team has taken vs. Left-Handed Starters 10-11 off since his addition. At the time McCoy was added to the roster, Bowie was 7-23. Since then, the club is 27-16, and vs. Right-Handed Starters 24-28 has three winning streaks of at least four games. In 42 games, McCoy is batting .324 with one home run, 12 RBI, 29 Day Games 10-15 runs, eight doubles, four triples, 16 walks and three stolen bases. Hit .326 batting average leads the Eastern League Night Games 24-24 by 28 points, and he is the only qualified player in the league hitting over .300. McCoy has reached base in 34 of the Ahead After 7 Innings 24-1 42 games he has played with Bowie, and has 18 multi-hit games, compared to only ten contests in which he has not Behind After 7 Innings 3-31 recorded a hit. Tied After 7 Innings 7-7 Diaz on Fire: OF Yusniel Diaz has been a dominant force in the Baysox lineup after returning from an injury that Ahead After 8 Innings 27-0 sidelined him for about a month. In the last nine games, Diaz is 12-37 (.324) with four home runs, 17 RBI, nine runs, Behind After 8 Innings 2-30 and five walks. In that span, he has raised hit batting average from .208 to .246 for the season. Diaz was named the Tied After 8 Innings 5-5 Eastern League Player of the Week for the period spanning June 10-16. In Extra Innings 5-3 In Doubleheaders 0-4 Valentin Getting Going: INF Jesmuel Valentin is currently enjoying his best stretch of the season. Valentin has When Scoring First 25-10 two hits in each of the last five games, and is currently in the midst of a seven-game hitting streak. Over those Opponents Score First 9-30 seven games, Valentin is 12-26 (.462) with one home run and six RBIs. Outhit Opponent 26-7 Trio of Lefties: LHPs Zac Lowther, Alex Wells and Bruce Zimmermann have been dominant in the Baysox roation Outhit by Opponent 5-31 throughout the 2019 season. All three rank in the top ten in the Eastern League in ERA, while Lowther and Wells Equal Hits 3-1 have each won Eastern League Pitcher of the Week awards. Not to be outdone, Zimmermann pitched a complete Hit a Home Run 23-13 game four-hit shutout in Hartford on June 18. No Home Runs 11-25 No Errors Committed 23-15 Top Tier Talent: The Bowie Baysox roster is filled with some of the top prospects in the Orioles' farm system. Baysox vs. Hartford According to MLB.com, 11 of the top 30 prospects in the organization are in Bowie. Outfielder Yusniel Diaz (#2), , Outielder Ryan McKenna (#7), Left-Handed Pitcher Zac Lowther (#8) and Right-Handed Pitcher Dean Kremer 2019 Record: 4-2 (#9) rank in the Orioles' top ten. Pitchers Hunter Harvey (#12), Dillon Tate (#17), Zach Pop (#20), Alex Wells (#26), Catcher Brett Cumberland (#24), Infielder Rylan Bannon (#23) and Infielder Mason McCoy (#30) round out the 5/31 vs. Hartford L, 2-1 top prospects that are spenidng the 2019 campaign with the Baysox. 6/1 vs. Hartford L, 3-1 6/2 vs. Hartford W, 5-2 The Buck Starts Here: 2019 marks Buck Britton's first season as manager of the Bowie Baysox. Britton replaces 6/18 at Hartford W, 2-0 Gary Kendall, who was the head man in Bowie from 2011-2018. Britton picked up his first victory as a AA manager 6/19 at Hartford W, 10-8 on April 7 against the Harrisburg Senators. Last season, Britton managed the Delmarva Shorebirds, leading the 6/20 at Hartford W, 5-1 club to a 68-66 record. Prior to getting into coaching, Britton played nine seasons in Minor League Baseball, and 6/24 vs. Hartford spent parts of 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the Baysox. Buck is the brother of former Baysox and Orioles' 6/25 vs. Hartford left-hander Zack Britton. 6/26 vs. Hartford 7/1 at Hartford This Day in Baysox History: On June 24, 2015, Trey Mancini went 2-4 with a home run and two RBIs in the Baysox 7/2 at Hartford 9-2 win over New Britain. 7/3 at Hartford 2019 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Three Tied 5 ERA Alex Wells 1.90 RBI Rylan Bannon 27 Wins Zac Lowther 7 Batting Avg Mason McCoy .324 Strikeouts Bruce Zimmerman 75 Runs Ryan McKenna 42 Saves Tyler Erwin 8 UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Tuesday, June 25 7:05 p.m. vs. Hartford Yard Goats LHP Zac Lowther (7-4, 1.95 ERA) vs. LHP Matt Whitehouse (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Wednesday, June 25 7:05 p.m. vs. Hartford Yard Goats LHP Alex Wells (5-1, 1.90 ERA) vs. RHP Heath Holder (4-2, 1.89 ERA) Thursday, June 26 7:05 p.m. vs. Akron RubberDucks RHP Dean Kremer (2-4, 4.28 ERA) vs. TBD Friday, June 27 7:05 p.m. vs. Akron RubberDucks LHP Bruce Zimmermann (2-2, 2.72 ERA) vs. TBD TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Marcos Molina HT: 6’3” WT: 225 B: R T: R BORN: 03/08/1995 PLACE: Santiago, DR AMATEUR: None HOW ACQUIRED: Signed by BAL as MiLB free agent in 2019 2019 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 11 (2x, last: 6/20/18 w/ Binghamton, AA) Bowie: 4-5 3.76 13 12 76.2 70 37 32 24 55 Earned Runs: 10 (6/20/18 w/ Binghamton, AA) CAREER: 27-38 3.95 93 84 494.1 476 248 217 141 418 Innings Pitched: 8.0 (8/2/14 w/ Brooklyn, SS-A) Walks: 5 (3x, last: 6/8/18 w/ Binghamton, AA) Strikeouts: 12 (8/15/14 w/ Brooklyn, SS-A) MOLINA 2019 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Made the start on Opening Day against Harrisburg...pitched five innings DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO allowing four runs on seven hits...struck out four and walked one...started against 4/4 AA @ HBG 0-1 L 5.0 7 4 4 1 4 Harrisburg again on 4/11...pitched six innings allowing two runs...took the loss... 4/11 AA v. HBG 0-2 L 6.0 7 2 1 2 3 pitched five innings and allowed two runs against Erie on 4/17...Earned first win of 4/17 AA v. ERI 0-2 ND 5.0 3 2 2 3 4 season in fifth start against Richmond working 6.2 IP on 4/30..took the loss on 5/5 in 4/24 AA @ERI 0-3 L 6.1 3 2 2 1 4 Erie...allowed four runs in 3.2 innings...pitched 7.0 scoreless innings against Richmond 4/30 AA v. RIC 1-3 W 6.2 9 4 4 2 7 5/5 AA @ ERI 1-4 L 3.2 6 4 4 4 4 on 5/11 earning a win...took a no-decision on 5/17 vs.