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1 BRADENTON MARAUDERS GAME NOTES Low-A Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, June 13, 2021 (1:05 p.m. ET) || LECOM Park || Bradenton, FL DAYTONA TORTUGAS (14-21) at BRADENTON MARAUDERS (23-12) RHP Jason Parker (1-0, 3.13 ERA) vs RHP Adrian Florencio (1-1, 0.86 ERA) UPCOMING GAMES, PROBABLES, & PROMOTIONS DATE TIME (Local) OPPONENT MARAUDERS STARTER OPPOSING STARTER PROMOTION Tuesday, 6/15 6:30 PM @ Tampa TBA TBA N/A Wednesday, 6/16 6:30 PM @ Tampa TBA TBA N/A Thursday, 6/17 6:30 PM @ Tampa TBA TBA N/A Friday, 6/18 6:30 PM @ Tampa TBA TBA N/A Saturday, 6/19 6:30 PM @ Tampa TBA TBA N/A /bradentonmarauders @The_Marauders bradentonmarauders LISTEN LIVE: BradentonMarauders.com (All home games, select road games) || WATCH LIVE: MiLB.tv (Home games only) || BROADCASTER: Spenser Smith (@TheSpenserSmith) WIN-LOSS BREAKDOWN FROM THE CROW’S NEST Overall Record: 23-12 (.657) THREE IN A ROW: Last night’s victory was the Marauders’ fourth in a row and clinched a third consecutive series win for Home: 15-8 (.652) the club. This is the Bradenton’s third winning streak of three games or more this season. Road: 8-4 (.667) NEARING THE TOP OF THE CHARTS: The Marauders’ 23 wins are currently tied for third-most in all of Minor League 2021 Best Mark: 18-9 (.667) — (6/3) Baseball (the Tampa Tarpons lead MiLB with 25 wins). In addition to owning MiLB’s third-highest strikeout total (427, trailing 2021 Worst Mark: 1-3 (.250) — (5/7) only San Jose and Modesto), the club’s offense is ninth in MiLB (2nd in Low-A Southeast) with 214 runs scored. HOME ROAD TOTAL Day (Before 5:00 PM): 2-1 0-2 2-3 HOLY HOF: Logan Hofmann recorded a career-high nine strikeouts Friday night, the most by a Marauders reliever this Night: 13-7 8-2 21-9 season. The right-hander has not allowed a run over his last two appearances (8 IP), yielding just one hit while walking two and striking out 12. Marauders Score First: 12-1 8-2 20-3 Opponent Scores First:3-7 0-2 3-9 BASH BROTHERS: Jase Bowen and Endy Rodriguez are tied for the Low-A Southeast lead with six home runs each. Lead After 6th: 12-1 5-0 17-1 The six homers are career-highs for both men. Bowen’s 23 RBI lead the team (9th-most in the league), while Rodriguez is Tied After 6th: 0-1 1-2 1-3 third on the club at 19 RBI. Trail After 6th: 3-6 2-2 5-8 SHEER DOMINANCE: Wednesday’s seven-inning complete-game shutout by Santiago Florez was the first complete- Lead After 7th: 11-2 7-0 18-2 game shutout of any length by a Marauders pitcher since Oddy Nunez’s rain-shortened, eight-inning no-hitter on June 24, Tied After 7th: 1-0 0-1 1-1 2018 against Fort Myers. Florez leads the Low-A Southeast with a 1.17 ERA and a 0.78 WHIP, and over his past four starts, Trail After 7th: 2-6 1-3 3-9 Florez owns a 0.42 ERA, allowing just one run over 21.2 innings, allowing only nine hits along with five walks and 32 Lead After 8th: 12-1 7-0 19-1 strikeouts. Tied After 8th: 1-0 0-0 1-0 THE OPPONENT: The Tortugas have lost 11 of their last 13 games. Daytona has not won a series since taking four of two Trail After 8th: 1-7 1-4 2-11 from Palm Beach to open the season; they have lost three series and split two since then. The Tortugas do, however, rank vs RHP Starters: 11-6 6-2 17-8 near the top of the Low-A Southeast in home runs (3rd, 30) and slugging percentage (3rd, .381). vs LHP Starters: 4-2 2-2 6-4 Score 4+ Runs: 13-2 6-0 19-2 SHELL OF A TIME: This series is the Tortugas’ only visit to LECOM Park this season. The Marauders will play the Tortugas Allow 4+ Runs: 8-7 3-4 11-11 for one more series when they visit Jackie Robinson Ballpark from July 13 through 18. No Errors: 5-0 3-1 8-1 TOP PROSPECTS: The Marauders roster currently boasts eight prospects in MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 ranking for the organi- Commit An Error: 10-8 5-3 15-11 zation: Hudson Head (#6), Eddy Yean (#13), Jared Jones (#17), Sammy Siani (#19), Nick Garcia (#21), Endy Rodri- Outhit OPP: 10-2 7-1 17-3 guez (#26), Alexander Mojica (#29), and Dariel Lopez (#30). Three of the eight (Head, Rodriguez, and Yean) came to the OPP Outhits BRD: 4-5 0-2 4-7 organization via blockbuster trades: Head and Rodriguez came from the Padres and Mets, respectively, in the three-team Equal Hits: 0-2 1-1 1-3 Joe Musgrove deal, and Yean came from Washington in the Josh Bell trade. Extra-Innings: 0-0 0-0 0-0 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: New Jersey native Jonathan Johnston is in his first season as Marauders manager. The 7-Inning Games: 1-0 0-0 1-0 U.S. Naval Academy graduate spent two seasons as a catcher in the Oakland Athletics system in 2008 and 2011 in between 1-Run Games: 3-1 1-2 4-3 a collective five years in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer. Prior to joining the Pirates organization in 2020, he held 2-Run Games: 3-0 3-0 8-0 coaching roles at UC San Diego and UNC Asheville. Shutouts: 1-2 2-0 3-2 Walkoffs: 2-0 0-0 2-0 MISCELLANEOUS: Hudson Head has a 22-game on-base streak and leads the Marauders with 27 walks (.189 AVG, but Hit 1 HR: 6-3 2-0 8-3 a .394 OBP)… Endy Rodriguez is on a season-best 11-game on-base streak (.259, 6 RBI, 9 BB)… The Marauders have turned the fourth-most double plays in the Low-A Southeast with 28… Hit 2+ HR: 6-1 2-0 8-1 Series Record: 2-1-1 2-0-0 4-1-1 Tuesday: 2-2 2-0 4-2 Wednesday: 2-2 1-1 3-3 ABOUT LECOM PARK Thursday: 4-0 2-0 6-0 Friday: 2-2 1-1 3-3 Dimensions: Opened: 1923 Host of Pirates Spring Training since 1969 Saturday: 4-0 2-0 6-0 • • LF - 335 ft Sunday: 2-1 0-2 2-3 Renovated: 1983, 1993, 2013 • Previous tenants: St. Louis Cardinals (1923-24, White Jerseys: 8-5 0-0 8-5 LCF - 375 ft • • Capacity: 8,500 1930-36); Philadelphia Phillies (1925-27); Boston Gray Jerseys: 0-0 7-2 7-2 CF - 400 ft Black Jerseys: 4-1 1-2 5-3 Former names: City Park (1923-26), Red Sox (1928-29); Boston Bees (1938-40); Bos- RCF - 375 ft • Barbanegras Jerseys: 0-2 0-0 0-2 Ninth Street Park (1927-47), Braves ton/Milwaukee Braves (1948-62); Kansas City/ Specialty/Other: 3-0 0-0 3-0 RF - 335 ft Field (1948-61), McKechnie Field Oakland Athletics (1963-68) (1962-2017) 2 MARAUDERS STARTING PITCHER #45 Adrian Florencio (RHP) GAME-BY-GAME BREAKDOWN 6’6”/205 lbs — Age: 22 (October 11, 1998) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR P/S Birthplace: Salcedo, Dominican Republic May 9 vs Fort Myers W, 18-9 — 2.2 4 1 1 1 2 0 58/36 Hometown: Salcedo, Dominican Republic *Clean 1st inning, stranded 2 runners in 2nd, gave up RBI-single in 3rd and left w/ bases loaded School: N/A May 16 @ Dunedin L, 6-3 L (0-1) 3.1 3 4 0 3 6 0 75/43 Acquired: International Free Agent, 2019 *Threw 32 pitches in 4-run 2nd inning...Recovered for 10-pitch 3rd, removed in 4th after BB-K-1B Pitch Types: Fastball, Change, Slider, Curve May 23 vs Lakeland L, 20-7 — 5.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 65/49 *20 pitches in 1st inning, but 13 or fewer in 2nd thru 5th… Retired last 7 in a row (10 of last 11) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS/INFO May 30 vs Palm Beach W, 13-1 W (1-1) 5.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 68/44 *Retired 14 of 16 total batters faced (single in 3rd, HBP in 4th) REPERTOIRE: Fastball (92-94 MPH with run), Changeup (88), Slider (83-85), Curveball June 6 @ Dunedin L, 4-3 — 5.0 2 1 1 0 8 0 80/54 2021: Made Marauders debut May 9, getting the start in series finale against Fort My- *Career-hi 8 K… Retired 15 of 17… Gave up 3B in 2nd, scored on groundout… K’d side in order in 5th ers… In second start May 16, matched then-career-high with 6 strikeouts (previously on 7/31/19 vs Johnson City)… Matched career-high with 5 IP in each of last three starts… Bold - indicates season-high Last Sunday at Dunedin, set new career high with 8 strikeouts… Combined numbers in last 3 GS: 15 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 17 K, 69% strikes 2020: (No MiLB season) 2019: Made professional debut, spending entire summer at Rookie-level Bristol… 11 starts: 47.1 IP, 4.75 ERA, 51 H, 24 BB/38 K, .282 AVG… Turned in first scoreless start on July 24 at Burlington: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB/5 K… Recorded career-high 6 strikeouts vs Johnson City on July 31 in 4.1 IP… PERSONAL: Hometown of Salcedo is located in the inland northern region of the Domini- can and has a population of about 45,000… The main industry is farming… INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL HIGHS League Highs: Career Highs: IP: 5.0 IP 3x, 6/6/21 @ Dunedin 5.0 IP 6x, 6/6/21 @ Dunedin K: 8 K 6/6/21 @ Dunedin 8 K 5/16/21 @ Dunedin (5 IP) BB: 3 BB 5/16/21 @ Dunedin 5 BB 8/6/19 @ Danville (4 IP) H: 4 H 5/9/21 vs Fort Myers 8 H 7/17/19 @ Johnson City (4.2 IP) R: 4 R 5/16/21 @ Dunedin 6 R 7/17/19 @ Johnson City (4.2 IP) ER: 1 ER 2x, 6/6/21 @ Dunedin 6 ER 7/17/19 @ Johnson City(4.2 IP) WStreak: — 2W 6/29/19 - 7/31/19 LStreak: — — MARAUDERS RUN SUPPORT BREAKDOWN PITCHER GS QS W-L TEAM W-L RUN SUPPORT AVG Florencio 5 0 1-1 2-3 6 (30 R in 5 GS) Florez 5 2 2-1 3-2 1.6 (8 R in 5 GS) Flowers 2 0 0-0 2-0 3.5 (7 R in 2 GS) Gonzalez 6 0 0-3 3-3 2 (12 R in 6 GS) CAREER STATISTICS Jones 2 0 0-0 2-0 3.5 (7 R in 2 GS) Maldonado 2 0 0-0 2-0 1 (2 R in 2 GS) YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K L.