2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Friday, July 26, 2019 - 7:05 P.M
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2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Friday, July 26, 2019 - 7:05 p.m. NYSEG Stadium -- Binghamton, NY Bowie Baysox (56-46, 26-8) @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies (53-48, 18-19) LHP Alex Wells (8-1, 1.83 ERA) vs. RHP Harol Gonzalez (5-4, 3.39 ERA) Game #103 // Road Game #50 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox dropped the series opener in Binghamton, 3-2 in 11 innings. Zac Lowther gave Bowie a solid start, tossing Overall Record 56-46, 26-8 6.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out six. The Baysox two runs in the game came on Carlos Perez's tenth home run of the year and an RBI Home Record 30-23 single from Yusniel Diaz. Binghamton won the game on a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning. Road Record 26-23 Versus Eastern Division 18-10 Baysox Starter: LHP Alex Wells will make his 17th start of the season for the Baysox today. Wells comes in as the Eastern League leader in Versus Western Division 38-36 ERA with a 1.83 mark. In his last start, Wells pitched 6.0 scoreless innings against Altoona in a no-decision. Wells has not walked a batter in his Current Streak L1 last three starts, and has now gone 19.1 innings without issuing a free pass. Along with leading the Eastern League in ERA, Wells ranks first in Last Homestand 5-2 WHIP (0.99), first in winning percentage (.890) and third in batting average against (.216). Wells' ERA in the third best in all of full season minor league baseball, his winning percentage ranks sixth and his WHIP ranks seventh across all levels of minor league baseball. The 22-year-old left Current Road Trip 3-1 hander has already been named an Eastern League All-Star, won an Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award and been named the Orioles' Last 5 Games 3-2 Minor League Pitcher of the Month from June in 2019. Last 10 Games 7-3 When Scoring 4+ Runs 42-12 In the Other Corner: RHP Harol Gonzalez is on the mound for the Rumble Ponies today. This is his 17th appearance and 16th start with When Scoring 3- Runs 15-34 Binghamton this year. An Eastern League All-Star, Gonzalez features a 3.39 ERA that is seventh-best in the league. In his last start, Gonzalez After Day Off 7-7 allowed just one earned run in 6.0 innings and struck out eight against Akron. It was the second straight start where he allowed one run in 6.0 In Shutouts 12-12 innings. The 24-year-old made a start with Triple-A Syracuse on June 26 and yielded two runs in 5.2 innings. Gonzalez is having a much better In 1-Run Games 13-11 year in his second season with Binghamton after going 0-9 with a 7.79 ERA in nine starts with the Rumble Ponies in 2018. Gonzalez pitched in Bowie on May 22 and allowed two runs in 6.0 innings, taking the loss. In 2-Run Games 13-9 vs. Left-Handed Starters 15-16 Baumann Named Pitcher of the Week: RHP Mike Baumann has been named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period from vs. Right-Handed Starters 41-30 July 15-July 21. Baumann pitched the third nine-inning no-hitter in Baysox history on July 16 against Harrisburg, striking out ten in just his Day Games 13-18 third career Double-A start. Baumann joins Zac Lowther and Alex Wells as Baysox pitchers who have won Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Night Games 43-28 awards this season. Bowie joins Erie as the only teams in the Eastern League to have three different pitchers win that award this season. With Ahead After 7 Innings 43-3 Yusniel Diaz and Ryan McKenna each winning an Eastern League Player of the Week award, the Baysox are the only team to take home five Behind After 7 Innings 4-36 different weekly awards this season. Tied After 7 Innings 8-7 Dominant Starting Pitching: Over the last eight games, Baysox starters have combined to allow just seven earned runs in 49.2 innings of Ahead After 8 Innings 44-0 work, good for a 1.27 ERA. Taking out a rehab start that was made by Nate Karns last Wednesday, Baysox starters have posted a 1.53 ERA in Behind After 8 Innings 3-35 88.0 innings since the all-star break. A Baysox pitcher has not started a game and taken the loss since July 3. Tied After 8 Innings 6-7 In Extra Innings 7-4 Diaz on Fire : Since returning to the Baysox from the injured list on June 5, OF Yusniel Diaz has been perhaps the most productive hitter in In Doubleheaders 2-4 the Eastern League. In 42 games, Diaz is leading the Eastern League in RBIs (43), tied for first in home runs (9), tied for second in doubles (14) When Scoring First 39-13 and third in runs (31). For the season, Diaz is now tied for fifth in the league with 50 RBIs, despite not playing between April 25 and June 5. Opponents Score First 17-33 Perez's On-Base Streak: C Carlos Perez is currently in the midst of a 26-game on-base streak. That is the longest active streak in the Eastern Outhit Opponent 40-8 League and just one shy of the longest stretch in the league this year. Over those 26 games, Perez is hitting .309 (29-94) with eight home runs, Outhit by Opponent 11-36 20 RBIs, 15 runs scored and a .380 on-base percentage. Coming into this season, Perez had never hit more than six home runs in any of his 11 Equal Hits 6-1 previous professional seasons, making his eight homers in the last 26 games an even more remarkable accomplishment. Hit a Home Run 38-18 No Home Runs 18-28 Red Hot Baysox: Since the beginning of June, Bowie has posted a remarkable 37-12 record, and has now won 14 consectuive series. The No Errors Committed 36 -17 Baysox set a franchise record by going 20-7 in June, and have begun July 17-5. Bowie currently holds a 0.5-game lead over Erie for first place in Baysox vs. Binghamton the Western Division, and its 26-8 second half record is the best in minor league baseball. 2019 Record: 1-3 ERA Kings: The Baysox currently have three starting pitchers that rank in the top-22 in all of full-season minor league baseball in ERA. Alex Wells is third with a 1.83 ERA, Zac Lowther is 21st with a 2.57 ERA and Bruce Zimmermann is 22nd with a 2.58 ERA. Not only do the Baysox 5/20 vs. Binghamton L, 3-0 have three pitchers in the top-22 in ERA, but they are the only team with even two pitchers in that range in all of full-season minor league 5/21 vs. Binghamton L, 7-3 baseball. Wells, Lowther and Zimmermann also have the top three ERA's in the Eastern League. No teammates have finished the season with 5/22 vs. Binghamton W, 2-1 the three best ERA's in the Eastern League since 1981 when Brian Denman, Jerry King and Dennis Burtt did that for the Bristol Red Sox. 7/25 at Binghamton L, 3-2 (11) 7/26 at Binghamton McKenna's League Ranks: OF Ryan McKenna currently ranks in the top nine in the Eastern League in eight different offensive categories. 7/27 at Binghamton The 22-year-old is tied second in runs (61), tied for second in games played (98), tied for fifth in total bases (149), tied for fourth in extra-base 7/28 at Binghamton hits (35), tied for sixth in hits (91), tied for fifth in triples (5), tied for eighth in doubles (21) and ninth in stolen bases (18). 8/19 vs. Binghamton 8/20 vs. Binghamton Back-End Stars: RHP Cristian Alvarado and RHP Dillon Tate have been dominant forces in the back-end of the Baysox bullpen. Alvarado 8/21 vs. Binghamton has allowed just three earned runs in 29.1 innings since June 4, good for a 0.92 ERA. Alvarado has two wins and three saves over that stretch. Since moving to the bullpen after two starts to begin the season, Tate has a 1.67 ERA in 15 relief appearances and 27.0 innings. He has also picked up the first five saves of his professional career. 2019 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Diaz/Perez 10 ERA Alex Wells 1.83 RBI Yusniel Diaz 50 Wins Zac Lowther 11 Batting Avg Mason McCoy .286 Strikeouts Bruce Zimmermann 101 Runs Ryan McKenna 61 Saves Tyler Erwin 8 UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Saturday, July 27 6:35 p.m. at Binghamton Rumble Ponies RHP Mike Baumann (2-1, 1.10 ERA) vs. TBD Sunday, July 28 2:05 p.m. at Binghamton Rumble Ponies LHP Bruce Zimmermann (5-3, 2.58 ERA) vs. TBD Monday, July 29 7:05 p.m. vs. Reading Fightin Phils RHP Dean Kremer (7-4, 3.04 ERA) vs. TBD Tuesday, July 30 7:05 p.m. vs. Reading Fightin Phils LHP Zac Lowther (11-5, 2.57 ERA) vs. TBD TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Alex Wells HT: 6’1” LBS: 190 B: L T: L BORN: 2/27/97 PLACE: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia AMATEUR: None HOW ACQUIRED: Signed by BAL as an international free agent in 2015 2019 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 12 (6/29/18 w/ Frederick, A+) Bowie: 8-1 1.83 16 16 93.2 75 22 19 18 70 Earned Runs: 7 (2x, last: 6/29/18 w/ Frederick, A+) CAREER: 30-19 2.57 78 78 431.1 383 144 123 70 334 Innings Pitched: 8.0 (2x, last: 7/15/19 w/ Bowie) Walks: 4 (2x, last: 5/8/19 at Altoona) Strikeouts: 9 (6/11/18 w/ Frederick, A+) WELLS 2019 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Tossed 4.2 scoreless innings against Akron on 4/20 in his AA debut...allowed just DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO two runs on three hits in seven innings against Akron on 4/27...picked up his first AA 4/20 AA @ AKR 0-0 ND 4.2 4 0 0 3 5 win...took the loss on 5/3 in Erie...allowed three earned runs in four innings...Earned his 4/27 AA v.