Myrtle Beach Pelicans (0-2) at Charleston RiverDogs (2-0) vs. THE RIVERDOGS 2019 vs. RiverDogs ..............................................................DNP in Myrtle Beach .............................................................0-0 Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. in Charleston .................................................................0-0 Game No. 3 • Road Game No. 3 All-Time vs. Charleston ............................................ 0-2 (.000) Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, S.C. 2018 vs. RiverDogs .................................................................0-0 in Myrtle Beach .............................................................0-0 RHP Sam Thoresen (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Ben Brecht (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Charleston .................................................................0-0 LAST TIME OUT Little League World Series. Known for his defense, How- PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Birds dropped their second game in a row to ard will join the Pelicans this summer after graduating Charleston in a midday game yesterday 8-2. Left-hander from Mt. Carmel High School in 2020. Record .........................................................................0-2 Adam Laskey got the first start of his professional career Home Record ............................................................0-0 and picked up the loss, going three innings, allowing four WELCOME HOME SCOTT Road Record ..............................................................0-2 hits and five earned runs, while also striking out five. The Making his return to the Grand Strand is Coastal Caroli- Current Streak ............................................................ L2 Pelicans scored both their runs in the top of the eighth, na’s own Scott Kobos. Originally from Charolotte, North off an RBI single fromDarius Hill and groundout from Carolina, the right-handed pitcher played for the Chanti- Edmond Americaan. cleers for three seasons from 2018 to 2020 before signing Runs Scored .........................................5 (2.5/G)/11th with the Cubs in July of last year. Kobos made 23 pitching Runs Allowed .......................................14 (7/G)/10th BIG INNING appearances with the Chanticleers over his career and Run Differential ...............................................-9/11th In the first two games to start the 2021 campaign, the earned the save in the 2019 Sun Belt Championship game Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB 4th/1.5 Pelicans have given up five runs in an inning. On May 4, against Georgia Southern. Current Standings Streak .......................4th/2 days Charleston scored five runs in the bottom of the third off Long Standings Strk .............................. 4th (May 4- Pelicans starter Manuel Espinoza. On May 5, the River- I’LL TRADE YOU THIS Dogs put up another five spot in the bottom of the fourth As a key piece in the trade that sent four-time MLB off Myrtle Beach relieverJoe Nahas. All-Star starting pitcher Yu Darvish from the Cubs to the Series Record.............................................................0-0 Padres in December, shortstop Yeison Santana will begin Series Streak ..................................................................0 BUDDY’S BACK his tenure with the Cubs organization in Myrtle Beach. Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as The Dominican Republic product batted .346 with 30 RBIs Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second in the 2019 season with the Padres’ Arizona League team. stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Batting Average/Rank .............................. .167/11th from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in I LOVE COLLEGE On-Base Percentage ................................. .203/11th the Cubs organization. During his first three years with The roster also features talent from some of the best the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season college baseball programs in the country, as seven Slugging Percentage .................................. .242/9th Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Power-5 schools are represented throughout the club. OPS ................................................................. .445/11th Division Championship title, and the Carolina League The Pelicans will have two-former members of the Big Strikeouts ............................................................27/5th Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the 12 in infielderRyan Reynolds (Texas) and outfielder Walks .....................................................................1/12th 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win Darius Hill (West Virginia). Hill was a two-time All-Big 12 Hits ......................................................................11/10th plateau- he currently sits with 2,140. 2021 wil be his 33rd Second Team member in 2016 and 2018. Two members Doubles ..................................................................5/3rd season as a minor league manager. of the ACC will also join the Pelicans as left-handed Triples ............................................................................0/ pitcher Adam Laskey (Duke) and infielderGrayson Byrd A NEW ERA (Clemson) will bring their talents to Myrtle Beach. The Home Runs .........................................................0/12th After competing in the former Carolina League since the Big Ten will send two players to the beach as 2019 All-Big Stolen Bases........................................................0/12th club’s founding in 1999, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans will Ten First Team outfielderJordan Nwogu will trade out join the Low-A East, South Division for the 2021 season. the maze and blue of the University of Michigan for the Errors .......................................................................2/7th The move is apart of a larger restructuring of Minor Pelicans blue and gold, and right-handed pitcher Sam League Baseball that saw a downsizing from 160 total Thoresen (Minnesota) will also help out the pitching staff. ERA ...................................................................6.75/10th teams to 120. The Pelicans will remain an affiliate of the Nwogu was the third-round selection for the Cubs in the Strikeouts .........................................................12/12th Chicago Cubs for the seventh season. 2020 draft.Jake Reindl (Arkansas) comes out of the SEC where he pitched for the Razorbacks from 2016-18. Walks .......................................................................8/6th TOP CUBBIE Hits Allowed .......................................................15/5th Highlighting the Pelicans’ roster in 2021 is the Cubs’ PELICAN POINTS Home Runs ...................................................... 4/T-2nd first-round draft pickEd Howard. Howard was the first The opening series against the RiverDogs is the first WHIP ..................................................................1.44/8th shortstop taken in the five-round 2020 MLB draft as the regular-season series played between the two-South Cubs selected him 16th overall. The Chicaco native was Carolina teams. They met for the “Battle of the Beaches” ranked as the fourth-best prospect in the Cubs system by exhibition series from 2017-2019. Baseball America and fifth on MLB’s Cubs 2021 Prospect LOW-A EAST STANDINGS Rankings despite his lack of professional experience. The Pelicans’ home-opener is slated for May 11th against SOUTH Howard was put on the national stage when playing for the Augusta GreenJackets at 7:05 PM. Charleston 1-0 -- the Jackie Robinson West team that reached the 2014 Augusta 1-0 0.5 Columbia 0-1 1 Myrtle Beach 0-2 1.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Lynchburg 2-0 -- 05/07 7:05 p.m. at Charleston RiverDogs Richard Gallardo (0-0) Taj Bradley (0-0) Delmarva 1-1 1 Salem 1-1 1 05/08 6:05 p.m. at Charleston RiverDogs DJ Herz (0-0) Seth Johnson (0-0) Fredricksburg 0-2 2 05/09 5:05 p.m. at Charleston RiverDogs CENTRAL 05/10 OFF Carolina 2-0 -- 05/11 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Down East 2-0 -- 05/12 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Fayetteville 0-2 2 05/13 7:05 p.m. vs. Augusta GreenJackets Kannapolis 0-2 2 BIRD DROPPINGS - This is the third 0-2 start in a row for the Pelicans, dating back to 2018. - OF Darius Hill has collected three of Myrtle Beach’s five RBIs in the first two games. On May 4, he brought home two runs on an RBI double. On May 5, he knocked in one run with a single in the eighth inning. - 2020 Cubs first-round pick Ed Howard picked up the first RBI of his professional career with an RBI single in the top of the fifth against Charleston (May 4) - As a team, Myrtle Beach has struck out 27 times, averaging double digits through two games (13.5) 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 ....................................................................................0-1 In first place ........................................................................................0 vs. Low-A East, North................0-0......................0-0 ..........................0-0 With a LHSP ....................................................................................0-2 In second place .................................................................................0