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game information www.cakesbaseball.com @cakesbaseball Saturday, April 7 new orleans baby cakes (1-1) vs. nashville sounds (1-1) 6:00 p.m. CT Shrine on Airline Game #3 Metairie, LA RHP Sandy Alcantara (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Trevor Cahill (0-0, 0.00) Home Game #3 THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes continue their PROSPECT WATCH – e ‘Cakes roster includes three of the Marlins’ ‘cakes corner seasonopening vegame series tonight against the Nashville Sounds. top 14 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline, all of whom were acquired e ‘Cakes dropped 11 of 16 meetings with Nashville last year, including from the St. Louis Cardinals in an o season trade for AllStar out elder Current Streak ...........................W1 Home ..........................................11 ve of seven at the Shrine. Prior to last night, the Sounds had won ve Marcell Ozuna. Righthanded pitchers Sandy Alcantara and Zac Gallen Streak ..........................................W1 straight games in New Orleans, including a fourgame sweep to conclude are rated third and 14th respectively, while out elder Magneuris Sierra is Road ........................................... 00 the 2017 campaign. ranked seventh on the list. Streak .........................................N/A Last 10 ........................................ 11 vs. RHP (starter) ........................ 11 YESTERDAY’S NEWS – Zac Gallen pitched 6.0 scoreless innings in his GALLANT EFFORT – Zac Gallen became the rst New Orleans pitcher vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 00 Marlins organizational debut, and the Baby Cakes rode a four-run rst to nish with at least 6.0 scoreless innings in his team debut since Sam vs. Division ................................ 11 inning to a 5-1 victory over Nashville for their rst win of the season. Dyson blanked Reno for 6.0 innings on August 5, 2013. Gallen has vs. American Conference .......... 11 Gallen allowed just four hits without issuing a walk and struck out four, turned in quality starts in three of his last four regular season outings vs. Paci c Conference .............. 00 vs. NL A liates .........................00 including a punchout of Nick Martini to strand a runner at third base in dating back to last year and has limited Nashville to a .231 average (9x39) vs. AL A liates ......................... 11 the sixth on the nal batter he faced. e Baby Cakes gave Gallen all the in his two career starts against the Sounds. Day ............................................. 00 support he would need by batting around in the rst inning, scoring four Night ........................................... 11 times to chase Sounds starter Frankie Montas. Back-to-back one-out dou- DOUBLE THE FUN – e Baby Cakes collected four doubles last night Extra Innings .............................00 Shutouts ..................................... 01 bles by Isaac Galloway and Jonathan Rodriguez plated the team’s rst run and have six through the rst two games of the season, trailing only Las OneRun Games ........................ 00 of the year, and two batters later, a bases loaded walk to J.B. Shuck forced Vegas (8) among PCL clubs. Isaac Galloway had his rst twodouble Score 5+ Runs ........................... 10 in another run. Eric Campbell singled up the middle to extend the lead to game since last April 23 while with AA Jacksonville. Scoring First .............................. 10 3-0 and reliever Josh Lucas issued a bases-loaded walk to Sharif Othman. Opponent Scores First ............. 01 Commit Error ............................ 11 Campbell added his second RBI single of the night in the third inning. EXTRA EXTRA – Each of Jonathan Rodriguez’s last three hits have been Hit Home Run ............................00 for extra bases, dating to his home run vs. Pawtucket in the 2017 nale. Quality Start ............................... 10 ON THE HILL – On the heels of Gallen’s successful Marlins organiza He has doubled in each of the rst two games this year and is 5x19 (.263) Outhit Opponent .......................10 tional debut, righthander Sandy Alcantara makes his own in the third with a pair of doubles, a home run and three RBI in ve career games vs. Leading A er 6 ......................... 10 Trailing A er 6 ..........................01 game of the series. Alcantara went 75 with a 4.31 Nashville.Nas Leading A er 7 ......................... 10 ERA in 25 games (22 starts) with AA Spring eld last On This Date ... Trailing A er 7 ..........................01 WALKWAL THIS WAY – Seven di erent players accounted Leading A er 8 ......................... 10 year, ranking 11th in the Texas League in strikeouts 2016: Destin Hood opens the season and 12th in innings pitched before shi ing to the for eight walks last night, the most in a game since Trailing A er 8 ..........................01 with a grand slam just ve batters into Series Record ..........................000 bullpen in preparation for his September callup to St. the game, marking the second NOLA takingtak nine free passes last August 7 vs. Albuquerque. Series Openers .......................... 01 Louis. In eight big league appearances, he allowed six slam on Opening Day (Ben Lasater, e ‘Cakes did not draw a walk on Opening Night. Series Finales .............................00 runs four earned and nine hits with 10 strikeouts 2012 vs. Nashville). New Orleans goes Doubleheader Games ...............00 in 8.1 innings. Tonight marks his rst TripleA start. on to defeat Omaha, 63. IN THE NICK OF TIME – Nick Wittgren retired all Sweep/Swept/Split .................0/0/0 Come From Behind Wins ..........00 threethr batters in the ninth inning on Opening Night Bat Around For/Against ...........1/1 THE SKIPPER – Arnie Beyeler returns to the ‘Cakes and has retired 17 of the last 18 Sounds dating back to Longest Win Streak ....................+1 for his third season at the helm, joining Chris Bando (199395), Tony the 2015 season. In nine career appearances against Nashville, Wittgren Longest Lose Streak .....................1 Pena (19992001) and Chris Maloney (200204) as the only managers to owns a 1.80 ERA (2 ER/10.0 IP) with three saves. High Water Mark ..........................0 Low Water Mark ..........................1 manage the club for three seasons. Entering his 15th season as a minor White Jersey .............................. 11 league manager, during which he has gone 926909 (.505), Beyeler is NEW FACES – Of the 25 players on the Opening Day roster, only six have Grey Jersey ..................................00 284279 in four seasons at the TripleA level, including an International appeared in a New Orleans uniform: pitchers Adam Conley, Severino Blue Jersey ................................. 00 League crown with Pawtucket in 2012, and owns a 124153 mark with Gonzalez and Nick Wittgren, catcher Austin Nola, in elder Peter Mooney Pelicans Jersey ........................... 00 Misc. Jersey ................................00 New Orleans. He spent the previous three seasons as the rst base coach and out elder Isaac Galloway. and out eld instructor for the Boston Red Sox, with whom he won the SIR ISAAC – Isaac Galloway enters 2018 in seventh place on the team’s World Series in 2013. TEAM LEADERS career stolen base chart with 50. Galloway swiped 31 bags in 2016, AB: Sierra ........................................9 THE STAFF – Pitching coach Jeremy Powell and hitting coach Tommy tied with Duane Singleton (1995) and Brandon Watson (2005) for the AVG: Campbell ....................... .429 Gregg join the sta , along with returning assistant Robert Rodriguez. hbest singleseason total in club history, but was limited to 26 games H: Campbell ...................................3 with the ‘Cakes last year a er su ering a sprained MCL in a home plate R: Five tied with .............................1 Powell is in his seventh season in the Marlins organization, the last two 2B: Rodriguez/Galloway ...............2 of which were with HighA Jupiter, where his 2017 pitching sta ranked collision on 5/17 vs. Salt Lake. Prior to the injury, Galloway had just been 3B: ...................................................0 second in the Florida State League in ERA and shutouts. Gregg joins named the PCL’s Player of the Week a er slugging ve home runs during HR: .................................................0 the Marlins a er 11 years in the Royals system, including the last eight a threegame stretch in Reno, becoming the rst NOLA player to earn RBI: Campbell ................................2 with AAA Omaha. Gregg also worked for ve seasons in the PCL as the the weekly honor since Jake Marisnick in July 2014. SB: ...................................................0 hitting coach for Memphis. Rodriguez, the older brother of Pirates in W: Gallen ........................................1 elder Sean, is back for a second season a er serving as the head baseball NAWLINS NOTES – Jumbo Diaz needed only seven pitches, all strikes, L: Conley .........................................1 instructor for Total Baseball Sports Academy in Miami. Athletic trainer to retire the side in order in the ninth inning ... New Orleans and Las SV: ...................................................0 Vegas are the only PCL teams without a home run through two games ... ERA: Gallen ...............................0.00 Greg Harrel also returns for his second season in New Orleans following G: Eight tied with...........................1 a 10year run in the Dodgers organization, the last two of which were Baby Cakes hitters leading o an inning are