Lakewood Blueclaws 2018 Media Notes - August 28Th at Greensboro (Marlins) South Atlantic League Champions: 2006, 2009, 2010 / @Blueclaws on Twitter
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Lakewood BlueClaws 2018 Media Notes - August 28th at Greensboro (Marlins) South Atlantic League Champions: 2006, 2009, 2010 www.BlueClaws.com / @BlueClaws on Twitter Lakewood BlueClaws (41-21/82-49) at Greensboro Grasshoppers (23-37/57-72) First National Bank Field – Greensboro, NC (opened 2005) RHP James McArthur (--) vs RHP Edward Cabrera (4-7, 4.07) Series: Game 2 of 4 (Lakewood leads season series 11-9 of 24) Last Game Recap ...Jose Antequera hit a SAC fly in the top of the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the BlueClaws a 2-1 win over Greensboro on Monday night at First National Bank Field...Damon Jones gave up one run in four innings in relief to earn the win while Zach Warren picked up three strikeouts in the ninth inning to earn his 14th save. BlueClaws Hardware ...Four BlueClaws were named on Tuesday to the South Atlantic Legaue Post-Season All-Star Team - LHP Will Stewart, IF Jake Scheiner, manager Marty Malloy, and BlueClaws Bites pitching coach Brad Bergesen...Stewart is the fifth BlueClaws pitcher to be so recognized (Carlos Carrasco, Matt Maloney, Jesse Biddle, and Will Hibbs)...Malloy is the third BlueClaws manager (Dusty Wathan and Mark Parent). Standing Magic Number: THREE ...The BlueClaws hold a 4.5 game lead over Hickory with seven games left and have a magic number of three...The BlueClaws are attempting to become just the sixth Record 41-21/82-49 South Atlantic League team since the new format went into play in 2000 to win both halves: 2000 Piedmont (Phillies), 2003 Lake County (Indians), 2004 Capital City (Mets), 2010 Lakewood (Phillies), and 2015 Savannah (Mets)...The BlueClaws won the first-half title on the last day of the half, their lone day in first place, though they have been in first place in the second half since Games Ahead 4.5 July 16th. Largest Lead 5.5 (last 8/18) The Scheiner Seven ...Jake Scheiner has a seven-game hitting streak (11-25) with two doubles, a triple, and two home runs and is hitting .341 in the second half, best in the league Largest Deficit (2H) 1.0 (last 6/23) (Greenville's Pedro Castellanos at .337), is second in OPS at .971 (Asheville's Todd Czinege at 1.021) and first OBP at .431 (Greenville's Tanner Nishioka is .402)...He is 31-85 since July 23rd...He had two home runs in Hickory, giving him 13 on the year...He has hit safely in 37 of his last 41 games (had a 12-game hitting streak snapped July 16th and a 10-game hitting streak Largest Deficit (1H) 5.5 (last 5/24) snapped on August 18th)...He is 63-185 (.341) with 25 walks in 51 games in the second half. Quick Hitters Franchise Win Records ...The BlueClaws need to go 2-5 over their last seven games to tie the franchise record for wins (84-55 in both 2006 and 2010)...This year's BlueClaws will play 138 games (those teams played 139) due to two cancellations...They need to go 8-1 to win 47 games in a half and tie the 2006 BlueClaws (47-23) for most wins in a half by a BlueClaws team. Current Streak W3 Longest Win Streak W6 (2x) Home Run Index ... The BlueClaws have five home runs on this trip and now have hit 91 on the year, most in team history, surpassing the 2004 teams total of 90 , when Randy Ruiz led the team with 17 and Jake Blalock was the only other player in double-figures with 16...The BlueClaws have three players with double-digit home runs - Rodolfo Duran has 18 (after not homering Longest Losing Streak L4 (2x) last year) while Jake Scheiner has 13 and Jhailyn Ortiz has 12...Scheiner hit two HRs in Hickory while Rodolfo Duran, Nick Maton, and Ortiz each hit one. Current Road Trip 4-1 (of 8) Winning Claws ...The BlueClaws have won 82 games this year, four less than Bowling Green (Rays, Midwest League)...This is just the fourth time in BlueClaws history that they have won 80 Last Homestand 3-4 vs ROM/LEX games , following the 2006 and 2010 BlueClaws that won 84 games and the 2008 BlueClaws that won 80 games (the 2008 team finished with the best record in the SAL North but did not make the post-season because they did not win either half)... The BlueClaws have won or split 11 of their last 12 series (dating to July 7-9 when they lost two of three at Kannapolis) only Next Homestand 8/31-9/3 vs DEL getting swept by Lexington from August 18-21...The BlueClaws were 34 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history (the 2006 team peaked at 30-games over in 2006 & 2010). First-Half Champions Record Tracking ...The BlueClaws have a chance for several team records this year - Wins (82, team record is 84 set in 2006/2010), Wins in a Half (41, team record is 47 set in 2006), ERA (2.72, team record is 3.04 set in 2010)...The BlueClaws have already broken the shutouts record of 22 set last year (they have 23 this year) and Home Runs with 91 (the previous record was 89 set The BlueClaws won the South Atlantic by the 2004 BlueClaws). League Northern Division First-Half Run the Vierling ...BlueClaws OF Matt Vierling is 23-70 (.329) in August with five home runs (including four since August 19th) and five walks after hitting .264 with one home run and two Championship, beating Kannapolis by one walks in July, covering his first 24 games as a BlueClaw...Vierling joined Lakewood on July 2nd from Williamsport where he was 21-50...He was a 5th round pick this year from Notre Dame. game, and earning a spot in the post-season. Zach the K ...In the second half, LHP Zach Warren has allowed two earned runs in 23.1 innings on 10 hits with 10 walks and 50 strikeouts... Warren has struck out 40 of the last 62 batters that This is the fifth post-season trip in BlueClaws he has faced ...He has held left-handed hitters to a .117 batting average this year (9-77 with 42 strikeouts)...Warren was a 14th round pick last year from the University of Tennessee and grew up in Vineland, New Jersey (73 miles from FirstEnergy Park). history. They won league titles in 2006, 2009, and 2010 and lost to Rome in the SAL Duran, Duran ...Rodolfo Duran is 21-57 with six home runs over his last 15 games...Duran hit his team-best 18th home run on August 25th at Hickory...He homered on both August 16 and 17, the third time this year he's homered in back to back games...He now has 18 on the year to lead the BlueClaws after he did not hit a single home run with Williamsport last year...On 8/9 at Championship Series in 2016. Charleston, Duran became the first BlueClaw since Darick Hall last year (8/23/17 at Hagerstown) to hit two home runs in a game. Chasing BlueClaws History Pitching Wins ...BlueClaws starting pitchers have allowed just 23 earned runs in their last 90 innings (16 games) and since August 4th, have allowed just 31 earned runs over 123 innings (20 games)...The BlueClaws are 30-13 in their last 43 games and have allowed just 130 runs in those games (3.1 per game). The BlueClaws have a chance to win more games than any BlueClaws team in history Shutout City ...The BlueClaws threw their franchise-record 23rd shutout (15 in the first half and eight in the second half) in the August 12th win at Hickory, surpassing Lakewood's 22 that they threw in 2017...Since 2008, the only other SAL team to throw 18 shutouts in a full season was last year's BlueClaws, who threw a team-record 22 shutouts (2017 Columbia and 2014 (the BlueClaws were established in Hagerstown threw 17)...Buies Creek (Astros, Carolina League) has thrown 18 shutouts this year, second most in the minors. 2001)...The 2006 and 2010 BlueClaws each Brogdon Dyamite Post-Break ...Connor Brogdon has allowed three earned runs in 27.1 innings pitched in the second half, with 37 strikeouts against four walks (he had a stretch of 18 straight went 84-55 with one game cancelled (this innings without an earned run snapped on August 17th vs Rome)...Brogdon has four saves this year, all in the second half...He was a 10th round pick last year from Lewis & Clark State.. Brogdon was named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July. year the BlueClaws have had two cancelled). Save Index ...Zach Warren has 12 second-half saves while Connor Brogdon has four, Luis Carrasco has two and Julian Garcia has one...The BlueClaws lost two All-Star relievers to promotion at Who Will The BlueClaws Play the All-Star break - Addison Russ (13 saves) and Kyle Dohy (7 saves). If the BlueClaws win the second half, they Going, Going Gone ...The BlueClaws have hit 46 home runs at FirstEnergy Park this year, the most the team has ever hit in a season at FirstEnergy Park...The BlueClaws have added 45 home will play the team with the next-best Overall runs on the road so far, and they have never hit more home runs at home than on the road going back to 2005...In fact, the BlueClaws have been within 10 home runs of their road total at home only three times since 2005: 2005 (9), 2007 (7), and 2012 (9).