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MISSOULA OSPREY GAME NOTES MSO Hub | 140 N. Higgins Ave. | Missoula, MT 59802 | (406) 543-3300 @OspreyBaseball | Arizona Diamondbacks Rookie-Advanced Four-time Pioneer League Champions | 1999, 2006, 2012, 2015 Helena Brewers (21-23, 4-2, 9-14 R) vs. Missoula Osprey (21-23 2-4, 12-7 H) Starting Pitchers: LHP Blake Lillis (2-2, 3.99 ERA) vs. Erin Baldwin (1-1, 5.50 ERA) | Wednesday, August 1st | 7:05 PM 2018 TEAM STATS vs. HELENA UPCOMING SCHEDULE MIS HEL OVERALL ROAD HOME DATE TIME (MT) OPP PROB. STARTERS 2018 Record 4-4 1-2 2-1 Streak L1 W1 8/2 7:05 vs. Helena 2018 1st Half 3-3 1-2 2-1 8/3 6:35 vs. Great Falls LAST 5 2-3 3-2 2018 2nd Half 1-1 1-1 0-0 8/4 7:05 vs. Great Falls LAST 10 4-6 5-5 Current Streak L1 L1 W1 8/5 5:05 vs. Great Falls BA/RANK .282/3 .276/5 All-Time Record 135-148 46-79 67-58 8/9 7:05 @ Orem 8/10 7:05 @ Orem OBP/RANK .347/3 .337/5 2018 GAME LOG 8/11 7:05 @ Orem DATE SITE RESULT DATE SITE RESULT 8/12 7:05 @ Orem R/RANK 249/4 248/5 6/19 MISSOULA W 3-1 6/20 MISSOULA L 13-6 8/13 6:40 @ Grand Junct. HR/RANK 32/6 38/4 6/25 MISSOULA W 10-2 6/25 HELENA L 4-1 8/14 6:40 @ Grand Junct. 8/15 6:40 @ Grand Junct. SB’S/RANK 30/7 44/4 6/26 HELENA W 2-0 6/27 HELENA L 11-8 8/17 7:05 vs. Orem ERA/RANK 5.17/5 5.24/6 7/30 HELENA W 14-7 7/31 HELENA L 4-3 8/18 7:05 vs. Orem 8/19 7:05 vs. Orem K/RANK 309/8 336/7 8/20 7:05 vs. Grand Junct. BB/RANK 147/3 157/5 8/21 7:05 vs. Grand Junct. 8/22 7:05 vs. Grand Junct. SHUTOUTS 2/2 1/5 ALL GAMES CAN BE HEARD ON 102.9 ESPN Missoula Ogren Park Allegiance Field in Missoula, Montana AROUND THE LEAGUE Media Relations contact: Mick Tidrow | 435-294-5045 | [email protected] 2018 Osprey #’s YESTERDAY TODAY’S GAMES TIME HOW YESTERDAY WENT: Missoula played a close game with Helena in the OGD 7, GJ 8 Ogden @ Grand Junction 6:40 PM second game of four in a row against one another, but the Brewers walked away HEL 4, MIS 3 Helena @ Missoula 7:00 PM Batting Leaders GF 3, BIL 4 Great Falls @ Billings 7:05 PM with a 4-3 win Tuesday at Kindrick Legion Field. Wilfry Salaman tossed 5.2 innings IDF 15, OR 11 Idaho Falls @ Orem 7:05 PM to earn his fourth win of the season. Batting Average Last Game (7/31/18) ALL-STAR SELECTIONS: Four Osprey players have been announced to the 2018 SHANNON - .341 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x F Pioneer League All-Star team as Zach Almond, Buddy Kennedy, Justin Garcia, Hits MIS 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 x 3 and Marcos Tineo have been chosen to represent Missoula. Almond leads the HEL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 4 HERNANDEZ/KENNEDY - 47 WP: Salaman (4-1); LP: Toelken: (0-2) team in home runs with 8 and RBIs with 33 while garnering top 10 in SLUG and HR: -- MIS: Leyton (3); HEL: McClanahan (7) OPS. Kennedy has been a mainstay at third base while batting .329 with 4 HR HR Recap: Three runs in the third sparked a win for Helena as McClanahan swatted a solo home run in the eighth inning to and 22 RBIs. Garica is 2-2 in save situations and has not allowed an earned run ALMOND - 8* help pad the win. in 12 appearances this season. Opponents are hitting .098 off the right-hander. RBI Tineo holds the second-lowest ERA across the league at 2.19 in seven starts. ALMOND - 33 QUICK TEAM FACTS WELCOME TO THE TEAM, BOYS: A pair of 2018 Diamondbacks draft picks Runs are set to join the Osprey roster Wednesday. 2018 second round draft pick Alek SHANNON - 30 - Location: Missoula, Montana Thomas joins the Osprey after starting his career with the AZL D-backs, hitting - Founded: 1999 .322 in 121 at-bats. The Chicago, Illinois native signed with the Diamondbacks Stolen Bases - Nickname: Osprey (1999-Present) after completing his prep career at Mount Carmel High School. Thomas is ranked JESUS MARRIAGA - 10 - Affiliation: Arizona Diamondbacks as the 6th-highest prospect in the Diamondbacks farm system. Also receiving Walks - Level: Rookie-Advanced the call to Missoula from the AZL is infielder Blaze Alexander, who batted to SHANNON - 19 - League: Pioneer | Division: North the tune of a .359 average in 92 at-bats. Drafted in the 11th round out of the - Park Name: Ogren Park Allegiance Field IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, Alexander has turned heads with his arms - Park Address: 700 Creg Lane strength and contact at the plate. Alexander is the 19th rated prospect in the - Year Opened: 2004 Arizona system. Pitching Leaders - Capacity: 3,500 (estimate) Wins - Record attendence: 4,316 vs. Billings 7/3/12 PACE US, SHANNON: Zack Shannon has reached base safely in the last 18 - Field Dimentions: L-R: 309-360-398-401-287 games he has played. He now owns the longest streak of the season for the CRUZ - 4 - Wall Height: L-R: 17’-8’-16’-8’-24’ Osprey. Buddy Kennedy had a 17-game on-base streak from earlier this season. Saves - Home Dugout: 3rd base line Shannon has a hit in all but two of those games, recording walks in both of them MENENDEZ - 4 to keep the streak alive. The streak began July 4, where Shannon was 1-3 in Coaching Staff: Great Falls with a single and a walk. Since then, he has eight multi-hit games and Strikeouts - Manager: Mike Benjamin - 2nd season four home runs and 17 RBIs. CRUZ - 35 - Pitching Coach: Shane Loux - 2nd season Innings Pitched - Hitting Coach: Jose Amado - 1st season MULTI-HIT FEST: Eddie Hernandez had a series to remember against Billings, MARTINEZ - 37.2 - Bench Coach: Eddie Oropesa - 1st Season and is continuing it in Helena. He finished the series against the Mustangs 7-16, - Strength and Conditioning: Nate Freidman including 7-12 in the last three games. Hernandez had at least two hits in the Games Pitched - Athletic Trainer: Damon Reel final three, posting a 3-3 performance in game two of the series Saturday. He AUTRY/MENENDEZ - 11 compiled a home run and three RBIs in Billings. The hot streak continued Monday WHIP Postseason Information: as Hernandez piled up three more hits for his fourth straight multi-hit game. He - Pioneer League Championships: 4 now has 15 multi-hit games this year. POLANCIC - 0.75 - 1999, 2006, 2012, 2015 * League Leader - Pioneer League Division Championships: 6 SLUGFEST: After another home run Monday, Zack Shannon now owns the best - 1999, 2006, 2009, 2012, ‘15, ‘17 SLUG% in the Pioneer League with a .626 mark. The second highest is Coco - Pioneer League Playoff Appearances: 8 Montes who owns a .595 clip. + Returner from ‘17 - ‘99, ‘01, ‘06, ‘09, ‘11, ‘12, ‘15, ‘17 OPS WATCH: After another stellar day from Zack Shannon, he raised his OPS to 2018 PIONEER LEAGUE STANDINGS 1.059 to lead the league. The next closest in second is Grant Lavigne of Grand North OVR % GB 1ST 2ND STRK L10 Junction, who has a mark of 1.039. Shannon is also 7th in the league in on-base 2018 OSPREY TEAM PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GF 23-21 .523 -- 22-16 1-5 L2 2-8 percentage, holding a .433 mark. Cesar Garcia: See-zar HEL 21-23 .477 2.0 17-21 4-2 W1 5-5 Pedro Zorrilla: Zoh-ree-yah AT THE TOP: Power has not been a problem for Almond this year. The catcher Jesus Marriaga: Mar-ee-ah-gah MIS 21-23 .477 2.0 19-19 2-4 L1 4-6 has the most home runs of any active Pioneer League player, swatting 8 this Trent Autry: Auh-tree BIL 20-24 .455 3.0 15-23 5-1 W3 7-3 season after a solo blast Monday. He is fifth in the league with 33 RBIs. Luis Cossio: Cah-see-oh South OVR % GB 1st 2nd STRK L10 Nick Dalesandro: Day-LUH-sand-row OGD 30-15 .682 -- 26-13 4-3 L1 7-3 .300 CREW: Zack Shannon leads the team in batting average at a .341 clip while GF 25-20 .556 5.0 22-17 5-2 W1 7-3 Eddie Hernandez (.329), Buddy Kennedy (.329), Zach Almond (.313), and Nick IDF 24-20 .545 5.5 21-18 3-3 W2 5-5 Dalesandro (.307) join Shannon. Orem 13-31 .295 16 12-27 1-6 L4 3-7 OSPREY BY THE NUMBERS TEAM BATTING AND PITCHING INDIVIDUAL BATTING OVERALL ROAD HOME MOST RUNS, GAME: LONGEST ON-BASE STREAK: Shannon: 18* Osprey 14, 7/30, vs. Helena LONGEST HITTING STREAK: Kennedy: 16 Record 21-23 9-16 12-7 Opponent 16, 7/29, Billings (* = current) 2016:Current 6-9, Streak 4.66 ERA L1 L1 W1 2016: 6-9, 4.66 ERA 2016:MOST HITS,6-9, 4.66GAME: ERA Longest W Streak 4 1 7 MOST RUNS, INNING: Osprey Hernandez, 5, 7/18 vs.