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CLEARWATER THRESHERS 2019 GAME INFORMATION 727-712-4300 • threshersbaseball.com • 601 N Old Coachman RD Clearwater, FL 33765 Email: [email protected] • Facebook: /threshersbaseball Twitter: @threshers • Instagram: threshersbaseball CLEARWATER THRESHERS (PHI) (1-5) at LAKELAND FLYING TIGERS (DET) (4-2) Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 6:30 EDT Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium Game 7 - Road 5 RHP Spencer Howard (0-1, 6.23) vs LHP Tarik Skubal (0-0, 2.25) TODAY’S GAME: Game three of a four-game series against the Lakeland Flying Tigers (DET) (0-2)...First of four se- BY THE NUMBERS ries against the Flying Tigers in 2019...The Threshers finished 2018 with a 7-4 record against the Detroit Tigers affiliate, Current Streak......... L3 Game 1 of Series ...0-2 including a 3-3 mark at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Last 5 Games .........1-4 Game 2 of Series ...0-2 Last 10 Games .......1-5 Game 3 of Series ...1-0 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: 22-year-old Spencer Howard makes his second start of the season in game three Home.......................1-1 Game 4 of Series ...0-1 of the four-game set against the Lakeland Fying Tigers at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium...The 6-foot-3 hurler Away .......................0-4 Rubber Match .........0-0 suffered the loss on Opening Night, allowing three runs on five hits, a walk and seven strikeouts acros 4.1 innings against Day Games .............0-1 Series W-L-T ........0-1-0 the Dunedin Blue Jays on April 4...Wednesday will be Howard’s first career start against the Flying Tigers. Night Games ..........1-4 Series Sweeps .......0-0 Double Headers ..0-0-0 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Clearwater Threshers’ losing skid reached three games with a 3-1 loss to the Lakeland 2019 vs. FLYING TIGERS Flying Tigers at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium...The Philadelphia Phillies affiliate grabbed an early lead against Record .................................................................0-2 Casey Mize with a two-out rally in the second...Daniel Brity was hit by a pitch in a 1-2 count, stole second and scored Home....................................................................0-0 on Madison Stokes’ RBI single...Julian Garcia suffered the loss with three runs allowed on five hits, two walks and six Away ....................................................................0-2 strikeouts through 3.2 innings in his first start of 2019. Current Streak......................................................L2 STREAKS STAY ALIVE: Both Simon Muzziotti and Matt Vierling stretched their hitting streaks to five games on THRESHERS AT A GLANCE Tuesday night, with both batters finishing 1-for-4...Muzziotti singled in his second at-bat in the third inning, and Vierling April ........................1-5 Monday ...................0-1 extended his streak with a single in the sixth. May..........................0-0 Tuesday ..................0-1 June ........................0-0 Wednesday .............0-0 GETTING THEIR SWIPES IN: The Threshers ran all over Joey Morgan on Tuesday night, going 3-for-3 in stolen July .........................0-0 Thursday ................0-1 base opportunities...Simon Muzziotti stole second after his single in the third, giving the 20-year-old three swipes in two August ....................0-0 Friday ......................0-1 games during the series...Vierling took second after his single in the sixth, and Daniel Brito stole second after being hit September ..............0-0 Saturday .................1-0 by a pitch with two outs in the second to set up Madison Stokes’ RBI single. Sunday....................0-1 vs. North .................1-5 EARNING YOUR GRANT: Grant Dyer struck out three over 2.1 scoreless innings on Tuesday night...The product vs. South ................0-0 of UCLA has been on a tear out of the bullpen since August of 2018, holding the opposition scoreless over his last 10 Aphilliate report appearances (16.1 innings)...The 23-year-old has not allowed a run since surrendering two tallies against the Tampa Tarpons on Aug. 1. MLB Philadelphia Phillies (7-3): 1st NL East: (+0.5) STREAK: L1 PHILLIES PHARM PROSPECTS: The Opening Day roster for the Clearwater Threshers features six top-30 pros- LAST GAME: 4/9 vs. Washington Nationals (L, 10-6) pects (MLB.com) in the Philadelphia Phillies organization: RHP Spencer Howard (5), OF Simon Muzziotti (12), LHP Kyle DUE UP: 4/10 vs. Washington Nationals (7:05 p.m. EDT) Young (17), INF Nick Maton (18), C Rodolfo Duran (19), INF Daniel Brito (20)...Muzziotti will be the youngest player NOTEABLE: Bryce Harper: 1x4, r, hr, 3rbi, bb on the team at just 20-years-old...RHP Austin Ross is the oldest player on the roster at 24-years-old...Three countries Maikel Franco: 2x5, 2r, hr, rbi are represented on the Threshers roster: United States, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic...12 different states are represented on the Opening Day roster, with five players residing in California, two each in Illinois and Texas, and AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (4-2): 2nd International League North: (-1.0) one each in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee. STREAK: L1 LAST GAME: 4/9 vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (L, 5-1) MEET THE NEW SKIPPER...: The Clearwater Threshers have a new manager for the 2019 season, Marty Malloy... DUE UP: 4/10 vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (7:05 p.m. EDT) The Trenton, Fla. native spent two years in the same role for Lakewood (A, 2017-18)... Spent the previous four years NOTEABLE: Phil Gosselin: 1x2, 2bb (2013-16) with the Houston Astros, including three years as the manager for their Gulf Coast League (R) team, one year as the GCL hitting coach and one year as the Florida Instructional League coordinator...Also coached at the amateur AA Reading Fightin Phils (4-1): level as head coach (two years) and volunteer assistant (six years) for Trenton High School and six years as an infield 1st Eastern League Eastern: (+1.5) STREAK: W1 instructor at Gatorball Baseball Academy in Gainesville, FL...Played 12 years (1992-2003), including his first eight in the LAST GAME: 4/8 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (W, 2-0) Atlanta Braves minor league system. DUE UP: 4/10 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (6:35 p.m. EDT) NOTEABLE: Tuesday night’s game against the New ...AND HIS MATES: Joining Malloy from Lakewood is pitching coach Brad Bergesen...The Auburn, Ala. native pitched Hampshirt Fisher Cats was postponed due to snow. The in the major leagues for four years for the Baltimore Orioles (2009-11) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2012), going 19-25 two teams will make up the contest on May 13 as part of a doubleheader. with four complete games and a 4.61 ERA in 102 games (59 starts). A Lakewood BlueClaws (3-3): Chris Heintz takes over as the hitting coach in 2019...The Tampa, Fla. native was previously an assistant coach for the T-4th South Atlantic League Northern: (-2.0) University of South Florida for five years (2010-14)...Prior to his time with USF, spent two years in the Minnesota Twins STREAK: W3 minor league system as manager for the Gulf Coast League (R) team and coach for single-A Beloit...Appeared in 34 LAST GAME: 4/9 vs. Hagerstown Suns (W, 6-3) major league games for the Twins over three seasons (2005-07) after being selected by the Chicago White Sox in the DUE UP: 4/10 vs. Hagerstown Suns (6:35 p.m. EDT) 19th round of the 1996 draft...In 2013, was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame. NOTEABLE: Alec Bohm: 2x4, r, bb Malvin Matos: 1x3, 2r, bb Matt Kroon: 1x3, 2r, bb Harold Garcia is the third coach on the staff...The Kissimmee, Fla. resident originally signed by the Phillies as an am- Ethan Lindow: W, 5.0ip, 3h, r, 0er, 2bb, 6so ateur free agent in 2005, he is in his first year on the organization’s player development staff..Played eight of his nine Colton Eastman: SV, 4.0ip, 5h, 2r, 7so minor league seasons with the Phillies. In 2010, with Clearwater (A), broke a 59-year-old record by hitting safely in 37 consecutive games. THRESHERS RECORD WHEN... vs. .500 or Better: 1-4 One-Run Games: 0-1 Lead After 6: 1-0 Out-Hit Opp: 1-0 Starter Goes > 6.0 IP: 0-0 Errorless: 0-3 vs. Below .500: 0-0 Two-Run Games: 0-1 Tied After 6: 0-0 Hits Equal: 0-1 Starter Goes 6.0 IP: 0-0 Committing 1 Error: 0-1 Score First: 1-2 Shutouts: 0-0 Trail After 6: 0-5 Out-Hit by Opp: 0-4 Starter Goes < 6.0 IP: 1-5 Committing 2+ Errors: 1-1 Opp. Score First: 0-3 Walk-Off Decisions: 0-0 Lead After 7: 1-0 Collect 0-4 Hits: 0-1 Starter Gets Decision: 1-4 Opp. is Errorless: 0-1 Score 4 or More: 1-0 Extra Innings: 0-0 Tied After 7: 0-0 Collect 5-9 Hits: 0-4 Reliever Gets Decision: 0-1 Score 3 or Fewer: 0-5 Trail After 7: 0-5 Collect 10+ Hits: 1-0 vs. Left-Handed Starter: 1-0 Opp. Score 4 or More: 0-3 Lead After 8: 1-0 Hit No HR: 0-2 vs. Right-Handed Starter: 0-5 Opp. Score 3 or Fewer: 1-2 Tied After 8: 0-0 HIt At Least 1 HR: 1-3 Trail After 8: 0-5 Opp. Hits At Least 1 HR: 0-1 DATE OPPONENT SERIES PROBABLE PITCHERS STREAM TIME (ET) Thursday, April 11 at Lakeland (DET) TBD vs. RHP Elvin Rodriguez TuneIn 6:30 p.m. © 2019 CLEARWATER THRESHERS www.THRESHERSBASEBALL.com PAGE 1 TODAY’S STARTER Spencer howard • RHP #31 2019 GAME LOG Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Age: 22 (7/28/96) DATE OPP.