Myrtle Beach Pelicans (23-28) Vs. Down East Wood Ducks (29-22) Vs
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (23-28) vs. Down East Wood Ducks (29-22) vs. THE WOOD DUCKS 2021 vs. Wood Ducks ............................................................2-2 Saturday, July 3, 2021 - 7:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach .......................................................................2-2 in Kinston ........................................................................0-0 Game No. 52 • Home Game No. 22 2019 vs. Down East .............................................................4-13 Ticketreturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Down East (since 2017) ............... 37-37 (.500) RHP Jose Miguel Gonzalez (2-1, 3.86) vs. RHP Nick Krauth (1-2, 3.44 ERA) LAST TIME OUT stealings, tied for the second most in the Low-A East PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The bats came alive on Friday night as the Pelicans while allowing 67 stolen bases, just the sixth-most in stormed to a 7-2 victory over the Wood Ducks to even the the league. Their success rate currently sits at 24%, the Record ....................................................................23-28 series. SS Ed Howard became the first Pelican to record fourth-highest in the Low-A East. Home Record .........................................................9-12 a four-hit game this season as he fell a home run shy of Road Record .........................................................14-16 the cycle with two runs scored. 1B Matt Mervis led the HOWARD RETURNS Current Streak .......................................................... W2 team with two runs brought in and four other players After nearly a month-long stint on the IL where he also collected RBIs. RHP Manuel Espinoza picked up his missed 21 games, Cubs’ 2020 first-round draft pickSS team-leading third win of the season after tossing five Ed Howard returned to the starting lineup and went 0-2 Runs Scored .................................... 218 (4.3)G)/10th innings with one unearned run allowed off two hits.RHP against Charleston on 6/17. In his first two games back, Runs Allowed ....................................237 (4.6/G)/7th Jarod Wright was impressive in his appearance, retiring Howard was taken out after seing four innings of action. Run Differential ...............................................-19/9th eight of the nine batters he faced. Howard went 12-76 (.158) with 33 strikeouts in his first Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ..........4th/12.5 21 professional games after becoming the first Cubs Current Standings Streak .......................4th/4 days ALL THAT POWER first-round selection out of high school since 2021 (Albert Long Standings Strk ...........3rd (May 27-June 10) As a team, the Pelicans have struggled for home runs this Almora Jr.) He hit his first professional home run on 6/26 season, ranking 11/12 in the Low-A East with 27 homers. at Columbia with a solo shot that clanked off the foul pole The power numbers are on the rise, as the Birds matched to lead-off the game. Howard became the first Pelican to Series Record.........................................................2-4-1 their season-long streak at five games in a row with a record a four-hit game this season, going 4-5 with a triple Series Streak ...............................................................T1 home run from 6/19-6/25, including five out of the six and a double on 7/2 vs. Down East. Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 games in the series in Columbia (6/22-6/27). OF Yohen- Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 drick Pinango got things started with a solo homer in the BUDDY’S BACK first game of the series, while IF Fabian Pertuz followed A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as Batting Average/Rank .............................. .218/11th with a two-run shot in Wednesday’s game (6/23) for his Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second On-Base Percentage ................................. .301/11th first of the year. In Thursday’s game,IF Flemin Bautista stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans kept the streak going with his first home run of the sea- from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Slugging Percentage ................................ .324/11th son on a two-run shot in the third inning. SS Ed Howard the Cubs organization. During his first three years with OPS ................................................................ .625/11th hit his first career home run to lead-off the game on the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Strikeouts .........................................................512/7th Saturday 6/26. The Birds used home runs to tie and take Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Di- Walks ................................................................169/11th the lead in the final game of the series on Sunday 6/27, vision Championship title, and the Carolina League Cham- Hits ......................................................................360/9th with IF Matt Mervis hitting a solo shot to tie the game pionship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the 11th Doubles ................................................................71/8th at three in the eighth, and OF Jacob Wetzel smashing a minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win plateau- he Triples ...............................................................12/T-5th three-run homer to take the lead 6-3 in the ninth. The six currently sits with 2,163. Bailey is the winningest active home runs total in the series is the most for the Pelicans manager in MiLB, and currently sits 17 wins away from Home Runs ......................................................27/11th this season. Spencer Abbott for fifth place on the all-time wins list. Stolen Bases.....................................................30/12th 2021 wil be his 33rd season as a minor league manager. NO-HITTER Errors .................................................................53/T-7th The Pelicans had four pitchers combine to throw the PELICAN POINTS second no-hitter in club history on Wednesaday 6/23 Since Down East was established in 2017, the Pelicans ERA .....................................................................4.04/6th in Columbia against the Fireflies. LHP DJ Herz, RHP have gone 35-35 in the 70 games played leading up to Strikeouts .........................................................523/5th Jeremiah Estrada, RHP Bailey Reid, and RHP Danis Cor- this series. The two teams have played in 20 series, with rea tossed the first no-hitter for Myrtle Beach since Nick the Wood Ducks holding a 10-8-2 advantage. Walks .............................................................. 228/T-4th Tepesch and Jimmy Reyes combined for a no-no against Hits Allowed ....................................................364/9th the Wilmington Blue Rocks on May 19, 2012. The group This will be a rematch of the 2017 Carolina League semi- Home Runs .........................................................34/7th struck out 16 batters with Herz and Estrada both striking final series, where the Wood Ducks won the first two WHIP ..................................................................1.36/7th out seven apiece. C Pablo Aliendo was behind the plate games to take down Myrtle Beach and were later named for Myrtle Beach. co-champions with Lynchburg after the championship series was called off due to Hurricane Irma. NO SWIPING LOW-A EAST STANDINGS The Pelicans catching staff ofPablo Aliendo and Ethan SOUTH Hearn have been catching runners stealing at a high Charleston 35-15 -- rate this season. The two have combined for 21 caught Columbia 26-22 8 Augusta 23-28 12.5 Myrtle Beach 23-28 12.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Delmarva 34-16 -- 07/04 7:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks LHP Didier Vargas (2-2) RHP Mason Englert (4-1) Salem 28-24 7 Lynchburg 25-25 9 07/05 OFF Fredricksburg 16-36 19 07/06 7:05 p.m. at Augusta GreenJackets TBD CENTRAL 07/07 7:05 p.m. at Augusta GreenJackets TBD Down East 29-22 -- 07/08 7:05 p.m. at Augusta GreenJackets TBD Carolina 28-23 1 07/09 7:05 p.m. at Augusta GreenJackets TBD Fayetteville 22-29 7 07/10 6:05 p.m. at Augusta GreenJackets TBD Kannapolis 15-36 14 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Pelicans tossed a combined no-hitter on June 23, 2021 for the first time since 2012 (2nd in team history) - C/DH Pablo Aliendo tied the longest hitting streak by a Pelican this season at nine games (5/25-6/5) - The six-game losing streak from 6/13-6/19 was the longest of the season for the Pelicans - Pelicans SS Ed Howard became the first player on the team to have a four-hit game (7/2 vs. Down East) - With two home runs in the third inning on Sunday 6/20, the Pelicans set a new season-high for HR in an inning - The Pelicans were held scoreless for 23.1 innings from the 8th inning on 6/17 to the 2nd inning on 6/19 against the - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans against Lynchburg (5/21), while the 14 hits are also a season-high RiverDogs - A three-game winning is the longest of the season for Myrtle Beach (May 23-26, May 28-30, June 20-22), they - The Pelicans rank T-113/120 MiLB teams in OBP (.301) improved to over .500 for the first time this year with a 4-0 win over Salem on Sunday 5/30) - The Pelicans committed 10 errors in six games against Columbia (6/22-6/27) PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of