Clinton Lumberkings Vs. Dayton Dragons
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Broadcast/Media Relations: Erik Oas | [email protected] | Tel: 563-242-0727 x107 | 537 Ballpark Drive Clinton, IA 52732 | www.lumberkings.com Clinton LumberKings vs. Dayton Dragons 15-13 (Miami Marlins) 10-19 (Cincinnati Reds) Monday, May 6, 2019 – 6:00 p.m. (CDT) Fifth Third Field (opened 2000) – Dayton, OH Game #29 of 139 RHP George Soriano (0-2, 5.50) vs. RHP Lyon Richardson (0-3, 7.08) Today’s Preview: The LumberKings (A, Marlins) open their longest road trip of the year in both innings Class-A AFFILIATE OF THE played and miles traveled with the first game of a three-game series with the Dayton Dragons. This is the LumberKings first trip to Dayton since 2016 after Clinton hosted all of the meeting in 2017 and 2018. Series Information Last season, they dropped the first two games of the series with Dayton before rebounding to win the series finale on a Jack Larsen walk-off home run. Thus far in the head-to-head meetings the LumberKings All-Time Series (1988): trail the Dragons 51 games to 54. Dayton leads, 51-54 LumberKing Starter: George Soriano, 20, makes his sixth appearance and fourth start of the year with Since 2019 (MIA): the LumberKings. The Dominican native was given the loss for the second straight time his last time Series tied, 0-0 out as he was blown out in the shortest start of the year that has been turned in a LumberKing pitcher. He recorded just one out in a marathon inning that saw 12 Whitecaps come to the plate to score nine 2019: Series tied, 0-0 (of 3) runs. Still, Clinton came from behind to challenge West Michigan before eventually falling 9-7. Thus In Clinton: Series tied, 0-0 far, he has also been one of the LumberKings strongest pitchers. He took a perfect game into the In Dayton: Series tied, 0-0 seventh inning in his previous start against the Beloit Snappers and prior to being hit hard in his loss to One-Run Games: Series tied, 0-0 Miami Marlins (Majors) the Whitecaps had begun his season 17.2 innings pitched without allowing a home run. West Michigan Extra-Innings: Series tied, 0-0 National League (East) homered in back-to-back fashion to chase him from the game. Soriano was signed by Miami Marlins as 9-24 5th 10.0 GB an international free agent on August 19th, 2015. He spent his first season of his professional career Last night: L, 1-3 (10) vs. Atlanta with the DSL Marlins in 2016 and went 1–6 with a 3.56 ERA. Soriano then missed the entire 2017 year 2019 Meetings: on the injured list and game back in 2018 to go 2–1 with a 1.91 ERA with the GCL Marlins. Berti (MIA), 1-2, R, K Date Location Result/Time Markakis (ATL), 2-2, R, HR, RBI Dragons Starter: Lyon Richardson, 19, makes his sixth appearance and start of the season for the Dayton 5/6 at Dayton 6:00 p.m. Tomlin (ATL), W, 1.2 IP, 3 H, R, 0 K Dragons. The Jensen Beach, Florida native was given a no decision his last time out for five innings of 5/7 at Dayton 6:00 p.m. work in which he allowed six runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out six against the Peoria 5/8 at Dayton 6:00 p.m. th Chiefs. Currently he is ranked as the Cincinnati Reds 11 best prospect – according to MLB.com. – after Marlins Minor League System being selected out of high school in the second round of the MLB Draft. As one of younger prospects in Reds organization he was aggressively sent to the Appalachian League after signing his professional contract and faced 139 batters, only four of which were younger than him. Converted from an outfielder New Orleans Baby Cakes (Triple-A) to a pitcher during his senior season he has been clocked with a fastball as high as 97 MPHA sore elbow Pacific Coast League and cautious approach for his first season of pro ball is what brought his 2018 season to an end. MWL 1st Half Standings Pacific Conference (South) th 16-14 3rd 1.5 GB How About That: Since running off a season long winning streak of four games from April 17 through th MWL Western Division Last Night: L,9-11(11) vs. Oklahoma April 20 the LumberKings failed to win consecutive games. Instead, the team alternated wins and losses for the next two weeks only once losing twice in row until they captured back-to-back victories to open W-L GB Ramirez (NO), 1-4, 2 R, HR, RBI their series with the South Bend Cubs. Quad Cities 18-10 - Garlick (OKC), 4-5, 3 R, 3 HR,6 RBI Burlington 18-12 1.0 Sborz (OKC), W, 2 IP, 3 R, K Still Looking For: Sunday afternoon’s loss to the South Bend Cubs kept the LumberKings from Kane County 17-13 2.0 collecting their first series sweep of the season and despite the strong starting that was seen for much of Clinton 15-13 3.0 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Double-A) the series the LumberKings are still searching for their first shutout win of the year. Peoria 13-14 4.5 Southern League (South) Cedar Rapids 13-16 5.5 A Whole Lotta Ks: Chris Vallimont led the way for the LumberKings on Saturday night against the Wisconsin 12-16 6.0 10-20 7th 10.0 GB South Bend Cubs with a 12-strikeout performance over his six innings of work. The strikeout total was Beloit 9-17 8.0 Last Night: L, 0-1 at Mississippi the first 10 or my strikeout game by a Clinton pitcher since Danny Garcia fanned 11 Great Lakes Loons th Brigman (JAX), 1-4, 2B on May 12 , 2017 in Clinton. MWL Eastern Division Valenzuela (MIS), 2-3, BB W-L GB Johnstone (MIS), W, 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R Home Cooking with the Spinach: The Clinton LumberKings are now on the road and away from their power base. They enter the action with the second most home runs in the Midwest League with 25 with Great Lakes 17-12 - 17 of those coming at home. Clinton failed to hit a home run in until a week into the season. Their most Bowling Green 17-13 0.5 Jupiter Hammerheads (High-A) recent opponents, the South Bend Cubs brought up the rear with just eight home runs as a team. Lake County 16-13 1.0 Florida State League (South) South Bend 15-14 2.0 9-19 6th 10.0 GB League Leaders: The Clinton LumberKings have several players at or among the league leaders. Lansing 14-15 3.0 th Last Night: W, 9-1 at Charlotte Christopher Torres, placed on the injured list on April 28 , is currently tied for fifth in the league in walks West Michigan 13-15 3.5 with 19. Jerar Encarnacion finds himself on many lists – he currently owns the most RBIs 25, most total Fort Wayne 12-17 5.0 Soto (JUP), 3-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, K bases, 59, hits, 37, and his .336 average is the fifth highest in the league. Bubba Hollins was ranked Dayton 10-19 7.0 Seibert (CHA), 1-2, R, K second in the league in average with a .358 mark at the time of his injury but no longer is qualified after *First Half Division Champion nd Holloway (JUP), W, 5 IP, 0 R, 3 K having sat out since May 2 . Clinton LumberKings (Class A) Quality Returns: The Clinton LumberKings closed out their series with the South Bend Cubs with a Midwest League (West) pair of quality starts. Marking the first time in 2019 that Clinton received back-to-back quality starts. The quality starts were just the fourth and fifth of the season for LumberKings pitching and their first since 15-13 4th 3.0 GB April 25th. Last Night: L, 2-3 vs. South Bend Banfield (CLI), 2-4, R, K This Date in Baseball History: On this date in 1906, at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park, the Pirates become Artis (SB), 1-2, 2 R, HR, RBI, 2 BB the first team to cover the grass to prevent it from getting wet during a rain storm. A canvas tarp is used Patterson (SB), W, 3 IP, 0 R, 3 K to keep the infield dry for tomorrow's contest against the Cubs. Broadcast Information: All Clinton LumberKings games will be broadcast live on 100.3 FM WCCI Batavia Muckdogs (Rookie) and online at LumberKings.com via TuneIn Radio App with the Erik Oas, in his third season as the New York-Penn League (Pickney) “Voice of the LumberKings.” **Not Playing** Upcoming Probable Pitchers: Clinton/Opponents. GCL Marlins (Rookie) TUE 5/7 at Dayton RH Manuel Rodriguez (1-1, 4.64) vs. RH Jared Solomon (0-1, 4.58) 6:00 p.m. Gulf Coast League (East) WED 5/8 at Dayton RH Tanner Andrews (0-0, 2.25) vs. RH Ricky Salinas (0-0, 4.50) 6:00 p.m. **Not Playing** THU 5/9 at Bowling Green RH Humberto Mejia (2-0, 2.81) vs. TBA 6:35 p.m. FRI 5/10 at Bowling Green RH Chris Vallimont (1-2, 2.78) vs. TBA 6:35 p.m. Game One Starting Pitcher #22 George Soriano HT: 6-2 WT: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right Age: 20 Born: March 24, 1999 Resides: San Pedro, Dominican Republic Acquired: Signed as Free Agent on August 19th, 2015 Last Time Out: Soriano was roughed up his last time out turning in the shortest start of the year by a LumberKing.