2019 Idaho Falls Chukars Media Notes August 3rd, 2019 - Games 46 (Games 9 - 2nd Half) - 7:15 PM MT Idaho Falls Chukars (KC) (2-6, 23-22) vs Billings Mustangs (CIN) (6-2, 21-25) Melaleuca Field - Idaho Falls, ID Broadcast - KSPZ 980 The Zone RHP #33 Grant Gambrell: 1-2, 5.06 LHP #24 Omar Conoropo: 4-0, 3.16 ERA, 16 IP, 22 H, 9 ER, 4 BB, 16 SO, VS ERA, 37 IP, 33 H, 13 ER, 8 BB, 31 SO, .324 Opp Avg, 1.63 WHIP .239 Opp Avg, 1.11 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Chukars Pitcher Opposing Pitcher August 8 @Ogden 7:00 PM LHP Anthony Veneziano TBD August 9 @Ogden 7:00 PM RHP Alec Marsh TBD Chukars vs Chukars By The Numbers Previous Game (8/2/19) - Game 2 R H E Billings Streaks (2019 Season) Longest Win Streak 9 0 5 1 Overall Record: 9-2 Home: 4-1 Road: 5-1 Longest Losing Streak 6 Current Streak W1 5 2 Batting: .261 AVG, 11 HR, 62 R Lead/Trail 3 Pitching: 3.25 ERA, 7 HR allowed Leading After 5 Innings 20-3 Champion Chuks: Leading After 6 Innings 20-2 The Chukars, having won the first half title in the Northern 2019 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 14-1 Division, finish up their last homestand before the All Star break with a Saturday Leading After 8 Innings 14-1 night tilt against Billings. Grant Gambrell takes the ball for the Chukars, making Batting Average ERA his first start of the year against Billings. Gambrell has allowed at least two earned Tied After 5 Innings 1-0 runs in each of his last three starts. The Mustangs counter with Omar Conoropo, Tied After 6 Innings 2-2 who is making his second start of the year & his tenth appearance. Conoropo in Tied After 7 Innings 4-2 his only appearance against the Chukars allowed one run on five hits over three Tied After 8 Innings 4-0 innings back on June 16. Trailing After 5 Innings 2-19 Trailing After 6 Innings 1-18 Wonderful Webb: In game two of last night’s double header, Nathan Webb pitch Trailing After 7 Innings 2-16 the game of the year, going a complete game seven innings, allowing just five hits, Trailing After 8 Innings 2-16 walking one, and striking out ten as the Chukars blanked the Mustangs 3-0. In Clay Dungan - (.373) Brad Bonnenfant - (0.62) Extra Innings 4-0 19.1 innings of work against the Mustangs this season, Webb has not allowed an Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends earned run. The Chukars lost game one of the doubleheader 9-1, as Billings scored Scoring First 16-7 at least one run in every inning of the game. Opponent Scores First 7-15 Scoring At Least 4 Runs 20-10 Negret Is Nails: With his home run in the fifth inning on July 24th in Missoula, Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 3-12 Juan Carlos Negret had hit three home runs in his previous four at bats. He is the Scoring In The 1st Inning 11-5 only Chukars with a multi home runs game this season. Negret last night was Allowing At Least 4 Runs 13-21 responsible for two of the three runs driven in during game two of the twin bill. Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 10-2 3 Tied - (8) Chih-Ting Wang - (4) Oh My Emodi!: Michael Emodi Monday was named the Pioneer League’s Player of Scoring The Final Run 15-10 the Week for the past week. In six games played, Emodi went 12-25 with a home RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 8-12 run, seven doubles, a triple, and ten RBI. Emodi is also tied for the league lead in Record In 1 Run Games 6-4 doubles with 16. He is the first Chukar to earn a weekly honor this season. Last Times Scoring 10+ Runs 4 night Emodi had his career best 12 game hitting snapped as he went hitless in Record Splits game two of the doubleheader. Versus LH Starter 1-6 Versus RH Starter 22-16 Everybody Chih Wang Tonight: Chukars reliever Chih-Ting Wang has taken the Home 13-11 Pioneer League by storm, starting his second professional season with 13.1 innings Away 10-11 of near perfect relief. The Taiwanese lefty until his last two appearances had Michael Emodi - (34) Nathan Webb - (45.2) Night Games 19-17 allowed just one unearned run on seven hits, and had punched out 18 to just three Hits Strikeouts Day Games 4-5 walks. Wang also has a team leading three wins, all coming in his first three Versus Northern Division Opponents 21-16 appearances. He was named the Royals pitcher of the month for Idaho Falls in Versus Southern Division Opponents 2-6 June. Last Tuesday night he threw five scoreless innings, earning his fourth win of Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 10-20 the year. Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 13-2 A Dun-good Performance: On June 23rd, Chukars shortstop Clay Dungan Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 19-22 recorded six hits in six at bats, making him the second Chukar in as many seasons Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 4-0 to do so, as Kyle Kasser accomplished the feat against Orem. Dungan has multiple Against Opponents With 4.00> Team ERA 6-0 hits in 17 games, which leads the team. He is also second in the league in batting Clay Dungan - (56) Nathan Webb - (58) Against Opponents With 4.00< Team ERA 17-22 average and first in hits. Dungan also is on a career best 14 game hitting streak, Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 18-1 which is the longest for any Chukar in 2019. When Outhit By Opponent 5-21 When Starter Completes 6 Innings 4-1 The Fabulous First: When the Chukars score in the first inning in 2019, they are When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 19-21 a blistering 11-5 They scored in the first inning four times on the last road trip, When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 19-16 winning three of four games. In those four games, the Chukars had scored at least When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 4-6 two runs in that first frame. When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 18-7 When Going Homerless 5-15 All Stars: The Chukars this week announced that Michael Emodi, Clay Dungan, Clay Dungan - (36) Derrick Adams - (4) When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 8-10 and Chih-Ting Wang were named to the 2019 Pioneer League All Star Team. Emodi will be the starting catcher, while Dungan will get the start at second base. Wang is 1st Half 21-16 Idaho Falls Chukars expected to throw an inning out of the bullpen. Last season the Chukars had four @ifchukars Walkoff Situations 3-1 All Stars including the game’s starting pitcher, J.C. Cloney Tonight’s Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #33 Grant Gambrell Born: November 11, 1997 - Height/Weight: 6’4”, 220 LBS - Resides: Clovis, CA - Acquired: 3rd Round of 2019 Draft Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2019 Oregon State 5-3 2.83 13/13 70.0 59 26 22 25 80 3 5 .232 1.20 2019 Idaho Falls 1-2 5.06 6/5 16 22 13 9 4 16 3 2 .324 1.69 Grant Gambrell - Pitching - Game Log - 2019 - Regular Season Date GM # Team Opp W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WHIP AVG AB WP BK GIDP TBF NP-S 6/28/19 1 IDF GTF 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.40 .286 7 1 0 0 9 32 - 17 7/2/19 1 IDF @MIS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.71 .235 10 0 0 0 12 41 - 23 7/8/19 1 IDF @GTF 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.17 .185 10 0 0 0 10 38 - 27 7/15/19 1 IDF ORM 0 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 2.1 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 1.50 .275 13 1 0 1 13 48 - 31 7/22/19 1 IDF @MIS 0 1 4.15 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1.69 .327 15 0 0 1 16 46 - 30 7/28/19 1 IDF @GTF 0 1 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 3 1.63 .324 13 0 0 0 15 42 - 30 Total IDF 1 2 5.06 6 5 0 0 0 16.0 22 13 9 3 2 4 0 16 1.63 .324 68 2 0 2 75 247 - 158 Meet Grant Gambrell: Grant Gambrell is in his first season of professional baseball. He was selected by the Royals out of Oregon State University in the 3rd round of the 2019 MLB Draft. Last Start: Gambrell struggled last time out at Centene Stadium in Great Falls, allowing three earned runs (five total) over three innings, not issuing a walk while striking out three.