Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes Game 82 Augusta GreenJackets (43-36, 7-4) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (42-39, 5-6) Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, Charleston, S.C. 7:05 p.m. – Sunday, July 1, 2019 RHP Blake Rivera (4-5, 3.78) Today’s Starters RHP Luis Gil (3-3, 1.92) Last RiverDogs Game: June 30 South Atlantic League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ASH 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 11 1 CHS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 A lone run-scoring single by Frederick Cuevas was all Charleston could muster in a 6-1 loss to the Asheville Tourists Sunday evening in front of 5,253 at Joe Riley Park. Riding the high of a 2019 Second-Half Standings combined 19 runs scored in the last two games of the series against Asheville (33-48, 4-7), the Northern Division W L GB RiverDogs (42-39, 5-6) were stymied by Shelby Lackey (3-7, 5.60) in his solid five innings of work *Delmarva (Orioles) 9 2 - to seal the series sPlit for his club. Cuevas' knock came in the bottom of the second inning, Hickory (Rangers) 9 2 - following a one-out double by Kyle Gray. Greensboro (Pirates) 6 5 3.0 KannaPolis (White Sox) 6 5 3.0 Doggie Bites West Virginia (Mariners) 5 6 4.0 • Slow Starters: Charleston’s Potent offense that finished toP-5 in the league in runs scored in Hagerstown (Nationals) 3 8 6.0 the first-half has gotten off to a slow start out of the break, scoring three or fewer runs in each Lakewood (Phillies) 3 8 6.0 of their first 5 games in the second-half and 8 of 11 overall. Since the break, Charleston ranks 10th in the SAL in hitting (.235, 83-for-353), and 2nd-to-last in slugging percentage (.303) and OPS (.615), and third-to-last in runs scored (41). Going back even further to May 26, the Southern Division W L GB Charleston lineuP has Produced the league’s third-worst team OPS (.640) over the last 32 Augusta (Giants) 7 4 - th games, having scored just 124 runs, an average of 3.9 per game and ranking as the 5 -lowest Rome (Braves) 7 4 - output in the league in that stretch. Since May 26, the RiverDogs have just two qualified hitters Charleston (Yankees) 5 6 2.0 with OPS marks above .700: Canaan Smith (.777) and Kyle Gray (.742). Columbia (Mets) 5 6 2.0 • All-Star Arm: Monday’s starter Luis Gil has been the best starter in Charleston’s rotation Greenville (Red Sox) 5 6 2.0 through the club’s first 81 games, and will be making his second start of the second half after striking out 9 Rome Braves in his last outing. Gil sPorts the lowest qualified ERA in the South Asheville (Rockies) 4 7 3.0 Atlantic League with a sParkling 1.92 mark, owns the SAL’s highest strikeout rate (32.9%), *Lexington (Royals) 3 8 4.0 *clinched first-half second-lowest batting average-against (.191) and third-lowest walk rate (10.9%). He sits tied RiverDogs Quick Stats for fifth in the league with the Intimidators’ Davis Martin with 90 strikeouts, and with at least six strikeouts Monday night, he 1st Half Record: 37-33 can overtake West Virginia’s Steven Moyers, who leads the league in punchouts with 95. He has also surrendered the 2nd Half Record: 5-6 fewest home runs in the league with his one long ball allowed, giving him the lowest home run/fly ball ratio in the SAL Home Record: 21-19 (2.4%). Finally, Gil owns the best swing-and-miss/percentage in the league, with opposing hitters fanning on 17.6% of Road Record: 21-20 his 1,134 total pitches, a mark that narrowly beats his teammate Alexander Vizcaino’s 16.9% (2nd-best in the SAL). Current Streak: L1 Current Home Streak: L1 • He Gets on Base a lot, Rocco: DesPite a relatively Pedestrian batting average since his debut with the RiverDogs, Current Road Streak: W2 Yankees 2018 first round Pick Anthony Seigler has been an on-base machine for Charleston since his debut. Following a 1- This Homestand: 2-2 for-3 showing with one free pass drawn in Saturday night’s game three, Seigler owns an on-base percentage of .452 to Last Road Trip: 3-4 accompany his .261 (12-for-46) average in 15 games. The Cartersville, Georgia native has walked 15 times, including six in Last Five: 3-2 his last four games. Seigler also takes a 14-game on-base streak into Sunday’s series finale. Over the last week dating Last Ten: 4-6 back to June 23, Seigler leads the team with an OBP of .480, going 4-for-17 (.235) with seven walks in that sPan. Team AVG (rank): .239 (7th) • Contents are Hot, Do Not Touch: After a Pair of hits in Sunday night’s game, Welfrin Mateo has been Charleston’s hottest Team HR (rank): 57 (5th) Runs Scored: 352 (5th) hitter over the past 7 games dating back to June 24, bringing a seven-game hitting streak into Monday night’s contest th Team ERA (rank): 3.83 (9th) during which the infielder has hit .375 (9-for-24), a mark good for 10 -best in the SAL in that span. Mateo has earned Team K (rank): 760 (T4th) multiPle hits in two of those seven contests, and has earned 13 total bases, four doubles, two RBI and two walks in that Team SV (rank): 21 (5th) span. 2019 vs. AUG: 2-5 • Put him in the books: Brandon Lockridge’s imPressive first-half saw the leadoff slugger became just the 21st RiverDog and the 33rd player in Charleston’s franchise history (circa 1980) to post a 10 HR-10 SB season, ripPing his historic 10th blast on on June 13 in his 63rd game. Before Lockridge, Charleston’s most recent 10-and-10 campaign came in 2017, when now Yankees’ No. 1 prospect Estevan Florial swiPed 17 bases and popped 11 homers over 91 games; it took the 19-year-old standout until June 24 to accomplish the feat when he hit his 10th homer in his 64th game at Greenville. Tyler Austin (2012) was the quickest to accomplish the feat in the past seven seasons for the Dogs, crossing the 10 stolen base threshold 41 games into the season on May 21. With two doubles on Saturday, the Troy product became the fourth RiverDog since 2011 to hit at least 20 doubles before the All-Star Break, and the first since Greg Bird hit 20 two-baggers in 62 games in 2013. • Pinstriped Prospects: The RiverDogs once again taP into a deeP farm system in the New York Yankees in their 14th season of affiliation with the 27-time World ChamPs. Losing some of their organizational talent due to promotions and trades last year, the Yankees’ system fell from the second-best in the game to 20th on the Baseball America rankings heading into 2019. DesPite this, the Bronx Bombers are stocked with intriguing talent at the lower levels, including eight of the Yanks’ pre-season Top-30 prospects currently on the RiverDogs roster (MLB.com/BA): C Anthony Seigler (6/4), RHP Roansy Contreras (10/7), RHP Luis Medina (14/11), RHP Luis Gil (13/25), C Josh Breaux (15/30), OF Josh Stowers (25/--), RHP Tanner Myatt (29/--), and RHP Harold Cortijo (30/--). Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Tuesday, July 2, 7:05PM: Charleston vs Augusta: RHP Harold Cortijo (3-0, 2.05) vs LHP Seth Corry (2-2, 2.59) Wednesday, July 3, 6:35PM: Charleston vs Augusta: RHP Luis Medina (1-6, 7.97) vs RHP Keaton Winn (3-5, 3.52) Thursday, July 4, 6:05PM: Charleston @ Greenville: RHP Nolan Martinez (1-2, 3.86) vs TBD Friday, July 5, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Greenville: RHP Roansy Contreras (6-4, 4.60) vs TBD Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected] Today’s Starter #18 LUIS GIL (RHP) HT: 6’3” WT: 176 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Azua, D.R. AGE: 20 BORN: 6/3/98 ACQUIRED: Trade, 2018 (MIN) Repertoire: 4SM, CB, CH W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 2019 3-3 1.92 13/13 0 0 65.2 46 21 14 30 90 .195 MiLB Career 6-10 2.45 55/39 0 0 176.2 124 68 48 107 231 .196 (4 Seasons) 2019 IP- 7.0, (@ROM, 6/10) H- 8, (vs GVL, 6/16) ER- 6, (@ASH, 5/22) BB- 4, 3x (@ASH, K- 10, (@ROM, 6/10) Highs: 5/22) Career IP- 7.0, (“”) H- 8, (“”) ER- 6, (“”) BB- 6, (8/25/18) K- 10, 2x (“”) Highs: Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K Career Notes… @ROM (6/25) 6.0 4 3 2 3 9 • Rated the No. 13 prospect in the Yankees system per MLB.com vs GVL (6/16) 5.0 8 1 1 2 8 and No. 25 by Baseball America in pre-season @ROM (6/10) 7.0 3 0 0 1 10 o Features a fastball that has touched triPle digits • In his first year with the Yankees in 2018, went 2-3, 1.96 ERA (68 SO, 2019 Notes… Added to the RiverDogs OPening Day 31 BB, 46.0 IP) in 12 starts split between Pulaski and Staten Island roster…Logged 3.1 scoreless in season debut on 4/7 o Made 10 starts with Pulaski, where he ranked toPs in the @COL…Tossed back-to-back scoreless starts of 5.0 league in ERA (1.37) and K% (35.8%), third in K/9 (13.3) and innings aPiece from 4/19-4/26…Had an 11.0 inning 13th in BB/9 (5.7) among Pitchers with at least 30 IP scoreless streak in the span between 4/13-4/26… struck out o Named a Baseball America Rookie-League All-Star at least eight hitters in four straight starts from 4/19- o Called uP to Staten Island on August 22 5/10…walked at least two batters in his first six starts of the • Acquired by the Yankees in a trade that sent former R’Dog OF Jake season from 4/7-5/10…allowed 1 ER (5 total) over 5 starts from 4/19-5/16 (25.2 IP)…struck out 10 to tie a career-high, Cave to Minnesota on March 16, 2018 matching Dallas Kuechel’s 7.0 scoreless frames on 6/10 • Originally signed as a 16-year-old with the Twins in 2014 @ROM… Struck out at least eight hitters for the seventh Spent first two seasons (2015, 17) in the Dominican Summer time in his last start @Rome… League RiverDogs Starters in 2019 Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Gm Bies 6 2-1 4-2 25 4.2 Contreras 14 6-4 7-7 71 5.1 Cortijo 4 3-0 3-1 10 3.3 Gil 13 3-3 7-6 55 4.2 Martinez 6 1-2 3-3 26 4.3 Medina 13 1-6 4-9 56 4.3 Myatt 3 0-0 1-2 12 4.0 Orozco 7 4-1 6-1 41 5.9 Sauer 2 0-1 1-1 6 3.0 Vizcaino 13 4-4 6-7 40 3.1 SITUATIONAL RECORDS SCORING BY INNING TOTAL HOME AWAY DAY NIGHT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X ALL CSC 34 42 49 53 40 33 49 28 19 5 352 vs.