Myrtle Beach Pelicans (17-20) Vs. Charleston Riverdogs (23-13) Vs
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (17-20) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (23-13) vs. THE RIVERDOGS 2021 vs. RiverDogs .................................................................2-6 Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach .......................................................................0-2 in Charleston .................................................................2-4 Game No. 38 • Home Game No. 14 2019 vs. Charleston .............................................................. N/A Ticketreturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Charleston ............................................ 2-6 (.250) LHP DJ Herz (0-1, 4.82 ERA) vs. RHP Seth Johnson (2-2, 3.00 ERA) LAST TIME OUT this season. In the stretch, Aliendo went 17-33 (.515) PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS It took 11 innings to decide Wednesday’s game with with 4 2B, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored. He leads the team in Charleston earning the comeback win 10-6 over Myrtle average at .292 and had six multi-hit performances in Record ....................................................................17-20 Beach. The Pelicans dropped their third-straight game seven games from 5/25 to 6/2. Aliendo hit his first home Home Record ............................................................6-7 and fell to 1-4 overall in extra inning contests. The Birds run of the season on 6/13 at Augusta. Road Record .........................................................11-13 sent out five pitchers withRHP Bailey Reid taking the Current Streak ............................................................ L3 loss after throwing the final inning and allowing four BUDDY’S BACK runs, three earned. RF Jonathan Sierra collected his first A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as three-hit game of the season with two doubles, a single Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second Runs Scored .......................................161 (4.4/G)/9th and an RBI. 2B Flemin Bautista unloaded the bases with stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Runs Allowed ....................................180 (4.9/G)/6th a three-run double to right field that put Myrtle Beach in from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Run Differential ...............................................-19/8th front 4-1 in the fifth inning. the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ...........4th/6.5 the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Current Standings Streak .........................4th/1 day ALL THAT POWER Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Long Standings Strk ...........3rd (May 27-June 10) As a team, the Pelicans have struggled for home runs this Division Championship title, and the Carolina League season, ranking 11/12 in the Low-A East with 17 homers. Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the Of the 17, five were hit in the series against Augusta 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win Series Record.............................................................2-3 from 6/8-6/13. Myrtle Beach hit a home run in five- plateau- he currently sits with 2,157. 2021 wil be his 33rd Series Streak ............................................................... L1 straight games from 6/10 to 6/15, the longest stretch this season as a minor league manager. Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 season with IF Luis Verdugo hitting his first two homers Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 last week, and IF Ryan Reynolds homering in the series PELICAN POINTS against Augusta and the series opener against Charleston. In the last homestand against Columbia from 6/1-6/6, the Batting Average/Rank ................................ .220/9th Pelicans were only able to play two-nine inning games On-Base Percentage ................................. .300/11th MYRTLE BEACH CELEBRITY without a delay. Tuesday and Wednesday were played Sharing the name with the A-List actor, Pelicans infielder normally, while Thursday’s game was suspended in the Slugging Percentage ................................ .320/10th Ryan Reynolds has been making his name known in sixth inning due to rain and completed on Friday. Friday’s OPS ................................................................. .619/11th the last week. Reynolds has hit safely in five of the last regular game was postponed to Saturday, where Myrtle Strikeouts .........................................................394/4th six games, going 7-19 (.368) during that stretch with Beach played two seven-inning games. Sunday was post- Walks ................................................................118/12th two home runs, a triple, and seven RBI. Nicknamed poned to a later date. Tuesday’s series opener in Augusta Hits ......................................................................265/7th “Deadpool”, Reynolds has knocked in 11 RBI in his first 10 (6/8) was also postponed to a doubleheader on Thursday. Doubles ............................................................53/T-7th games since returing from missing 18 games on the IL. Rain also affected the game on 6/15 against Charleston, Triples .....................................................................8/7th with the contest being called after seven innings of play. HERZDAY Home Runs ......................................................17/11th There has been no pitcher on the Pelicans’ staff that’s The Pelicans played Charleston for the first time in the Stolen Bases.....................................................20/12th been more dominant than LHP DJ Herz. The 20-year-old season-opening series from 5/4-5/9 with the RiverDogs started Thursday’s game (6/3) and tossed four hitless taking four of six games. It was the first time the two Errors ..................................................................35/10th innings with just one walk and a new career-high nine teams had played a regular season series. As a team, the strikeouts. Herz had a 0.56 ERA for the season and had Pelicans went 36-200 (.180) in the series. ERA .....................................................................4.18/7th only given up one earned run through 16 innings pitched Strikeouts .........................................................386/6th in five starts (Prior to his start on 6/10). A big factor of his success has been his strikeout rate which sits at 51% with Walks ..................................................................154/6th 29 K’s and just seven walks (Prior to his start on 6/10). Hits Allowed ....................................................274/6th Herz was named the Cubs’ Minor League Pitcher of the Home Runs .........................................................23/8th Month for May on Sunday (6/6). WHIP .............................................................. 1.37/T-6th PABLO...SANCHEZ? Pelicans’ DH/C Pablo Aliendo has been hitting like the Backyard Baseball legend Pablo Sanchez in the last three LOW-A EAST STANDINGS weeks. After starting the season just 4-32 (.125), Aliendo SOUTH saw a nine-game hitting streak end on Wednesday Charleston 23-13 -- night (6/9) which was tied for the longest by a Pelican Columbia 20-15 2.5 Augusta 18-20 6.0 Myrtle Beach 17-20 6.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Delmarva 23-13 -- 06/18 7:05 p.m. vs. Charleston RiverDogs RHP Didier Vargas (2-1) RHP Taj Bradley (3-2) Salem 21-17 3 Lynchburg 19-17 4 06/19 6:05 p.m. vs. Charleston RiverDogs RHP Richard Gallardo (1-2) RHP Joel Peguero (0-4) Fredricksburg 12-26 12 06/20 6:05 p.m. vs. Charleston RiverDogs RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-3) LHP Jose Lopez (2-2) CENTRAL 06/21 OFF Carolina 22-15 -- 06/22 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP Adam Laskey (0-2) TBD Down East 22-15 -- 06/23 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP DJ Herz (0-1) TBD Fayetteville 15-22 7 Kannapolis 9-28 13 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Pelicans have knocked 39 hits in games 2-5 against Augusta, going 39-131 (.298) as a team in this stretch with .500 for the first time this year with a 4-0 win over Salem on Sunday 5/30) three double-digit hit performances - The four-game losing streak that started on 6/5 and ended 6/10 is the longest for the Pelicans this season - The Pelicans have dipped three games under .500 three times (0-3, 7-10, 17-20) but have not gone below that. - C/DH Pablo Aliendo tied the longest hitting streak by a Pelican this season at nine games (5/25-6/5) - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans against Lynchburg (5/21), while the 14 hits are also a season-high - The Pelicans committed a season-high five errors against Columbia on Wednesday 6/2 - The Pelicans have had at least one player with three strikeouts in 24 of 37 games played. - The Pelicans hit a home run in five-straight games from 6/10-6/15, the longest streak this season - A three-game winning is the longest of the season for Myrtle Beach (May 23-26, May 28-30), they improved to over PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of Days (in division) Team Total Home Road With a RHSP ...............................................................................11-12 In first place ........................................................................................0 vs. Low-A East, North................7-5......................0-0 ..........................7-5 With a LHSP ....................................................................................6-7