2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes
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2018 Helena Brewers Media Notes July 28th 2018 - Game 41 (Game 3 - 2nd Half) - 7:00 PM MT Helena Brewers (MIL) (19-21, 2-0) at Great Falls Voyagers (CHW) (22-18, 0-2) Centene Stadium - Great Falls, MT Broadcast - Helena Brewers on TuneIn LHP #28 Scott Sunitsch: 1-0, 2.57 ERA, RHP #14 Jason Bilous: 0-1, 3.79 ERA, 21 IP, 15 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 17 SO, .197 Opp VS 19 IP, 20 H, 8 ER, 7 BB, 14 SO, .286 Avg, 1.05 WHIP Opp Avg, 1.42 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Brewers Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Sunday, July 29 @Great Falls 4:00 PM RHP Max Lazar (1-2, 4.60) LHP Konnor Pilkington (1st Start) Monday, July 30 Missoula 7:05 PM RHP Justin Bullock (0-3, 7.07) TBD Tuesday, July 31 Missoula 7:05 PM LHP Wilfred Salaman (3-1, 2.58) TBD Brewers vs Brewers By The Numbers Previous Matchup (7/27/18) R H E Voyagers Streaks (2018 Season) Longest Win Streak 3 4 6 0 Overall Record: 7-3 Home: 4-0 Road: 3-3 Longest Losing Streak 3 Batting: Current Streak W2 .306 Average, 61 Runs, 100 Hits, 13 HR Lead/Trail 2 8 3 Pitching: 4.06 ERA, .266 Opp Avg, 9 HR Allowed Leading After 5 Innings 12-8 Cool Cat Castaneda: Leading After 6 Innings 10-3 Victor Castaneda hadn’t earned a win in each of his first 2018 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 12-7 six starts, but was on his game from the start last night in Great Falls, going six Leading After 8 Innings 12-3 innings of shutout baseball in a 4-2 win for Helena. The Brewers got their first run Batting Average ERA in the fourth on a double from LG Castillo, and got three more in the eighth. Great Tied After 5 Innings 4-1 Falls scored two in the eighth and got the tying run to the plate, but failed to score. Tied After 6 Innings 4-1 The Voyagers in the ninth got the tying run to second with two out, but Michael Tied After 7 Innings 4-3 Mediavilla closed the door, giving the Brewers their second win of the half. Tied After 8 Innings 3-2 Trailing After 5 Innings 1-17 Tonight’s Duel: Scott Sunitsch makes his second start against the Voyagers, both Trailing After 6 Innings 3-18 coming at Centene Stadium. Sunitsch got his first professional win in Great allsF Trailing After 7 Innings 1-14 on July 1st, allowing three runs on three hits over six innings. Jason Bilous starts Trailing After 8 Innings 0-13 for Great Falls, making his second start against Helena. In his first on July 3rd, he LG Castillo - (.308) Wilfred Salaman - (2.58) Extra Innings 2-1 went three shutout innings. Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends Scoring First 12-11 Super Silva: Tuesday night Brewers third baseman Eddie Silva had a career day, Opponent Scores First 7-10 going 4 for 4 with a three run homer and 5 RBI. The undrafted free agent out of Scoring At Least 4 Runs 17-13 Florida International University becomes the first Brewer in 2018 to record four Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 2-8 hits in a game and the first to record five RBI in a game. Scoring In The 1st Inning 7-6 Award Season: Allowing At Least 4 Runs 7-18 Brewers lefty Aaron Ashby Monday was awarded the Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week award for his seven inning shutout performance on Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 12-3 David Fry - (7) Wilfred Salaman - (3) Saturday against Ogden. Scoring The Final Run 14-7 RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 5-14 LG Means Le-Git: On July 8th against Billings, outfielder LG Castillo hit his Record In 1 Run Games 7-1 first career home run, and drove home a career high four runs. He is the second Times Scoring 10+ Runs 4 Brewer this season to have a four RBI game. Castillo had two RBI Friday night in Record Splits Idaho Falls, hit a two run homer July 14th in Ogden, drove home two runs July Versus LH Starter 2-5 15th, hit a two run homer July 16th, and on his birthday July 19th, he drove home Versus RH Starter 17-16 three, including a two run home run. July 20th he tripled home a run in the first Home 11-8 inning. Last night against Great Falls, Castillo drove home two runs, including the Away 8-13 tiebreaker in the fourth, a 14 pitch at bat that resulted in a double. 3 Tied - (25) Wilfred Salaman - (38.1) Night Games 14-18 Hits Strikeouts Day Games 5-3 David Fry, Road Warrior: All seven of David Fry’s home runs in 2018 have come Versus Northern Division Opponents 15-11 on the road, including two at Great Falls. Fry has driven in three runs in this series, Versus Southern Division Opponents 4-10 including the tying and go ahead RBI. Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 11-14 I Am Iron Man: Brewers first baseman Chad McClanahan has started in all 40 Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 8-8 games this season for Helena. He is the only Pioneer league player to do. Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 18-18 Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 1-1 Brewer Prospecting: Three players on Helena’s current roster are currently ranked Against Opponents With 3.50> Team ERA 1-0 in MLB Pipeline’s top 30 Brewers prospects. Infielder Jean Carmona is ranked 15th, Chad McClanahan - (45) Justin Bullock - (33) Against Opponents With 3.50< Team ERA 18-21 first baseman Chad McClanahan is ranked 29th, while outfielder Je’Von Ward is Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 15-4 ranked 30th. Ward, a former USC commit, is the nephew of former NFL safety When Outhit By Opponent 4-17 Mark Carrier, who also played at USC. When Starter Completes 6 Innings 7-2 When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 12-19 Venting The Voyagers: Great Falls won the first half with a 22-16 record, aided When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 14-8 by a 6-1 record in seven games against Orem, the league’s worst team. The Voyag- When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 5-13 ers have four MLB Pipeline Top 30 White Sox prospects, including 2018 2nd round When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 11-10 pick Steele Walker (12), 2018 3rd round selection Konnor Pilkington (18), and When Going Homerless 8-11 2018 5th round selection Jonathan Stiever (30). Walker was MLB Pipeline’s 30th Yeison Coca - (29) Peter Strzelecki - (2) When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 7-17 ranked prospect in the 2018 draft. 1st Half 17-21 Starters Success: In the first two games against Great Falls this series, Brewers @helenabrewers Helena Brewers Walkoff Situations 4-1 starters have combined to allow two earned runs over 11 innings. Today’s Starting Pitcher 2 LHP - #28 Scott Sunitsch Born: June 16th, 1996 - Height/Weight: 6’1”, 215 LBS - Resides: Federal Way, WA - Acquired: 18th Round, 2018 Draft Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2015 WSU 0-3 4.28 24/2 33.2 34 20 16 20 26 3 3 .270 1.60 2016 WSU 4-2 6.38 19/4 55 56 40 39 23 42 5 8 .272 1.43 2017 WSU 2-4 4.17 28/0 41 35 19 19 21 35 4 10 .241 1.36 2018 WSU 6-4 3.74 14/14 84.1 85 38 35 27 74 9 19 .267 1.32 2018 Helena 1-0 2.57 6/3 21.0 15 6 6 7 17 0 4 .197 1.05 2018 Day By Day (Helena) Meet Scott Sunitsch: Scott Sunitsch joins the Brewers as an Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP TBF 6/20 @MIS* ND 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 18th round draft pick out of Washington State University, where he played all four years. A native of Federal Way, 6/26 MIS ND 0.00 3.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 Washington, Sunitsch paced the Cougars this past season in 7/1 @GF* W 2.38 6.0 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 22 starts, wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts. With his start in 7/7 BIL ND 1.84 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 Missoula on June 20th, he became the first pitcher drafted in 7/14 @OGN* ND 2.84 4.1 5 3 3 2 7 0 2 22 2018 to make a start for Helena. 7/21 OGN ND 2.57 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 Last Relief Appearance: Sunitsch went two hitless innings * = start, ^=complete game to complete the shutout last Saturday against Ogden. He 2018 Day By Day (WSU) followed Aaron Ashby, who went seven innings of two hit ball Date Opp Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP 2/18 NED ND 3.00 6 5 2 2 3 6 1 2 Last Start: Sunitsch didn’t qualify for the win in his start on 2/24 @ALA L 6.00 3 6 4 4 2 2 0 1 July 14th in Ogden, going 4.1 innings and allowing three 3/10 SMC W 3.38 7 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 runs.