Myrtle Beach Pelicans (51-66, 17-30) Vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (60-57, 29-18) Vs
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (51-66, 17-30) vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (60-57, 29-18) vs. THE BLUE ROCKS 2018 vs. Blue Rocks ............................................................2-3 Sunday, August 12, 2018 - 6:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach ..........................................................1-1 Game No. 118 • Second Half Game No. 48 • Home Game No. 62 in Wilmington .............................................................1-2 TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Wilmington................................207-159 (.566) The CW21 • MiLB.tv • MyrtleBeachPelicans.com/Broadcast • MiLB First Pitch • TuneIn 2017 Regular Season vs. Wilmington ..............................6-0 in Myrtle Beach ..........................................................3-0 LHP Justin Steele (0-1, 3.38 ERA) vs. RHP Ofreidy Gomez (4-9, 3.88 ERA) in Wilmington .............................................................3-0 WILMINGTON EDGES MYRTLE BEACH 5-4 JHONNY, NOT JOHNNY PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were nipped Saturday by the Since matching a season-high with just two strikeouts on Record ...............................................................................51-66 Wilmington Blue Rocks 5-4. The Birds jumped out to an July 28, Pelicans catcher Jhonny Pereda has only whiffed Home Record ..................................................................30-31 early lead in the first inning courtesy of an RBI ground out three times in his last 10 games. That has helped push his Road Record ....................................................................21-35 by Jared Young and a sacrifice fly from Andruw Monasterio. TPA/SO up to 7.28, the fifth-best such mark in the Carolina Current Streak .......................................................................L1 Wilmington responded immediately, as Angelo Castellano League. Pereda’s strikeout rate is just 13.7 percent, also and Nate Esposito registered RBI singles before Oliver placing as the fifth-best in the circuit. With 44 walks and 57 Runs Scored ...................................413 (3.5 per game)/10th Runs Allowed ................................... 487 (4.2 per game)/4th Nunez’s RBI fielder’s choice gave the Blue Rocks a 3-2 strikeouts 101 games this season, Pereda’s 0.77 BB/K is the Run Differential............................................................. -74/8th advantage in the second. The score remained that way until fifth-highest walk-to-strikeout rate in the league. The San Pythagorean Record .......................................................49-68 the fifth, when D.J. Burt’s RBI ground out put the score at Sebastian, Venezuela native has reached base in 26 of his Southern Division Standing/GB............................... 4th/13.0 4-2. In the bottom of the frame though, RBI singles from last 29 games, hitting .295/.373/.375 with a double, triple, Current Standings Streak ...................................4th, 30 days Jhonny Pereda and Young equalized the score at four. two home runs and 12 RBIs during this span. Long Standings Streak ........................5th, 31 days (5/3-6/2) However, in the seventh, Nunez scored on a wild pitch for Series Record ............................................................... 13-19-2 what proved to be the winning run. MAN OF STEELE Series Streak ...........................................................................L3 On August 1, 2017, Myrtle Beach starter Justin Steele left Pelicans’ Sweeps ..................... 5 (4-game, 7/13-7/16 at DE) YOUNG FOREVER his outing in Frederick due to injury after just 2.1 innings. A Sweeps of the Pelicans ............. 8 (2-game, 8/6-8/7 at W-S) In the first four games with Myrtle Beach,Jared Young went mere three weeks later, the Lucedale, Miss., native just 2-for-15 (.133) with an RBI and three walks. However, underwent Tommy John Surgery, knocking him out for Batting Average/Rank ................................................ .238/7th On-Base Percentage ................................................. .314/9th the Prince George, British Columbia native seems to be the rest of the 2017 campaign and the beginning portion Slugging Percentage ................................................. .329/10th starting to figure out the High-A level. Over the last 25 of the 2018 campaign. However, just 341 days after his OPS ............................................................................ .643/10th games, he is batting 30-for-91 with two doubles, five home surgery, Steele made his return to the mound, allowing just BABIP .................................................................................. .297 runs, and 18 RBIs to slash .330/.384/.516. an unearned run in five innings of work on July 29 against Strikeouts ........................................................882/3rd-Fewest Lynchburg. The southpaw is set to make his third start of the K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................21.1% season today against Wilmington. It will also be his eighth Walks ............................................................................. 379/6th THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................9.1% After winning their final three games of a 14-14 July, Myrtle overall outing after five rehab starts with Rookie-level Mesa, Hits ................................................................................. 880/9th Beach is off to just a 1-8 start in the month of August, and where he struck out 27 against four walks in 18.1 innings Doubles .......................................................................150/10th the Pelicans’ offense has really struggled in the season’s and pitching to a 1.47 ERA. Triples ........................................................................... 19/T-8th final full month. The Birds are batting just .230/.303/.300 Home Runs ................................................................... 49/10th to post a .603 OPS, far below their league-worst mark of FRIENDS CLOSE, ENEMIES CLOSER Stolen Bases.....................................................................84/4th .643 that is .030 away from ninth-place Carolina. Over the Over the Pelicans’ last 17 contests, 15 have been decided Defensive Efficiency (MLB avg: ~.705) ......................... .697 first nine games of August, the Pelicans have mustered just by three runs or less, including a remarkable 12 by just one Errors .......................................................................... 129/Most 10 extra-base hits. Myrtle Beach is also a woeful 10-for-57 tally. On the season, Myrtle Beach has played 74 games (.175) during the month with runners in scoring position. decided by no more than three runs, the third-highest total FIP ..........................................................................................3.34 in the Carolina League. The Pelicans are 36-38 (.486) in ERA ............................................................................... 3.67/4th those engagements. Interestingly, Wilmington has played 77 BABIP .................................................................................. .303 THE STRUGGLE IS REAL Strikeouts ...................................................................... 908/6th Though the Pelicans snapped their seven-game losing streak games determined by three runs or fewer, the most in the K% (MLB avg: ~22.0%)....................................................21.5% - the club’s first since 2013 - in Friday’s 6-5 victory over circuit. The Blue Rocks are 43-34 (.558) in those games. Walks .............................................................. 350/2nd-Fewest Wilmington, the Birds have still dropped 17 of their last 22 BB% (MLB avg: ~8.5%) ......................................................8.3% contests. Over that span, Myrtle Beach has been outscored PELICAN POINTS Hits Allowed ...................................................915/3rd-Fewest 98-58, yielding at least four runs in 15 of those 22 games. Right-handed pitcher Garrett Kellywas assigned to Myrtle Home Runs ...............................................................56/Fewest WHIP ............................................................................ 1.27/3rd For perspective, the Birds had surrendered at least four runs Beach Sunday from Low-A South Bend. The former Wake in just four of their previous 17 contests. Myrtle Beach has Forest Demon Deacon was 1-1 with a 1.34 ERA with the also scored at least four runs in just seven of these last 22 Low-A Cubs... If the Birds can win Sunday, they would snap a SECOND HALF STANDINGS games. three-series losing streak. SOUTHERN Winston-Salem 28-16 -- Buies Creek 29-18 0.5 THE WEEK AHEAD Carolina 21-24 7.5 Myrtle Beach 17-29 12.0 DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Down East 15-33 15.0 Mon. Aug. 13 OFF DAY Tue. Aug. 14 5:00 ET at Potomac RHP Alex Lange (6-8, 4.01) TBA NORTHERN Tue. Aug. 14 GM2 at Potomac TBA TBA Wilmington 28-18 -- Wed. Aug. 15 7:05 ET at Potomac RHP Tyson Miller (8-8, 3.81) TBA Lynchburg 27-20 1.5 Thu. Aug. 16 12:05 ET at Potomac RHP Erick Leal (1-1, 1.38) TBA Potomac 24-21 3.5 Fri. Aug. 17 7:05 ET Buies Creek RHP Corey Abbott (3-5, 3.31) TBA Salem 22-24 6.0 Sat. Aug. 18 6:05 ET Buies Creek LHP Bryan Hudson (6-9, 4.41) TBA Frederick 20-28 9.0 BIRD DROPPINGS Aramis Ademan: Reached in nine of last 10 games (11-for-36, .306, 2 2B, 4 RBIs, 3 BB) Wladimir Galindo: 4-for-25, .160 in last 8 G; 13-for-40, .325/.341/.450, 5 2B, 2 RBIs in prev. 11 G