Myrtle Beach Pelicans (17-23) Vs. Charleston Riverdogs (26-13) Vs
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans (17-23) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (26-13) vs. THE RIVERDOGS 2021 vs. RiverDogs .................................................................2-9 Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 6:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach .......................................................................0-5 in Charleston .................................................................2-4 Game No. 41 • Home Game No. 17 2019 vs. Charleston .............................................................. N/A Ticketreturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark • Myrtle Beach, S.C. All-Time vs. Charleston ............................................ 2-9 (.182) RHP Manuel Espinoza (1-4, 4.86 ERA) vs. LHP Jose Lopez (3-2, 5.96 ERA) LAST TIME OUT run of the season on 6/13 at Augusta. PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS Myrtle Beach dropped their sixth straight game and fifth to the Charleston RiverDogs with a 7-3 loss on Saturday HOWARD RETURNS Record ....................................................................17-23 night. OF Jacob Wetzel hit his second home run of After nearly a month-long stint on the IL where he missed Home Record .........................................................6-10 the season in the second inning to the the game 1-1. 21 games, Cubs’ 2020 first-round draft pickSS Ed Howard Road Record .........................................................11-13 Charleston used home runs from Brett Wisely to take the returned to the starting lineup and went 0-2 against Current Streak ............................................................ L6 lead 2-1 and Abiezel Ramirez to break the game open 7-1. Charleston on 6/17. In his first two games back, Howard RHP Richard Gallardo look his third loss of the season has been taken out after seing four innings of action. for the Pelicans after giving up four runs off six hits. The Howard has gone 11-57 (.193) with 28 strikeouts in his Runs Scored ....................................164 (4.1/G)/10th RiverDogs now lead the series 5-0 and will go for the first 16 professional games after becoming the first Cubs Runs Allowed ....................................196 (4.9/G)/6th sweep today. first-round selection out of high school since 2021 (Albert Run Differential ...............................................-32/9th Almora Jr.) Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ...........4th/9.5 ALL THAT POWER Current Standings Streak .......................4th/4 days As a team, the Pelicans have struggled for home runs this BUDDY’S BACK Long Standings Strk ...........3rd (May 27-June 10) season, ranking 11/12 in the Low-A East with 18 homers. A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as Of the 18, five were hit in the series against Augusta Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second from 6/8-6/13. Myrtle Beach hit a home run in five- stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Series Record.............................................................2-4 straight games from 6/10 to 6/15, the longest stretch this from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Series Streak ............................................................... L2 season with IF Luis Verdugo hitting his first two homers the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 last week, and IF Ryan Reynolds homering in the series the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 against Augusta and the series opener against Charleston. Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern OF Jacob Wetzel hit his second homer of the season on Division Championship title, and the Carolina League Batting Average/Rank .............................. .215/11th Saturday 6/19 against Charleston. Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the On-Base Percentage ................................. .295/12th 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win MYRTLE BEACH CELEBRITY plateau- he currently sits with 2,157. 2021 wil be his 33rd Slugging Percentage ................................ .310/11th Sharing the name with the A-List actor, Pelicans infielder season as a minor league manager. OPS ................................................................. .605/11th Ryan Reynolds has been making his name known in the Strikeouts .........................................................423/5th last week. Reynolds has hit safely in six of his last seven PELICAN POINTS Walks ................................................................126/12th games started, going 8-23 (.348) during that stretch In the last homestand against Columbia from 6/1-6/6, the Hits ....................................................................279/10th with two home runs, a triple, and seven RBI. Nicknamed Pelicans were only able to play two-nine inning games Doubles .............................................................53/10th “Deadpool”, Reynolds brought in 11 RBI in his first 11 without a delay. Tuesday and Wednesday were played Triples ................................................................. 8/T-7th games since returing from missing 18 games on the IL. normally, while Thursday’s game was suspended in the sixth inning due to rain and completed on Friday. Friday’s Home Runs ......................................................18/11th NEED SOME HELP regular game was postponed to Saturday, where Myrtle Stolen Bases................................................. 23/T-11th In the first three games of the series against Charleston, Beach played two seven-inning games. Sunday was post- the Birds’ pitching staff gave up double-digit hits in every poned to a later date. Tuesday’s series opener in Augusta Errors .....................................................................38/9th contest, while being outscored 24-11. In this season-high (6/8) was also postponed to a doubleheader on Thursday. six game losing streak, the Pelicans have been outscored Rain also affected the game on 6/15 against Charleston, ERA .....................................................................4.24/7th 39-16 by their opponents while being shutout two games with the contest being called after seven innings of play. Strikeouts ..................................................... 418/T-5th in a row by Charleston (6/17, 6/18). The Pelicans played Charleston for the first time in the Walks ..................................................................168/6th PABLO...SANCHEZ? season-opening series from 5/4-5/9 with the RiverDogs Hits Allowed ....................................................300/6th Pelicans’ DH/C Pablo Aliendo has been hitting like the taking four of six games. It was the first time the two Home Runs .........................................................25/8th Backyard Baseball legend Pablo Sanchez in the last three teams had played a regular season series. As a team, the WHIP ..................................................................1.38/7th weeks. After starting the season just 4-32 (.125), Aliendo Pelicans went 36-200 (.180) in the series. saw a nine-game hitting streak end on Wednesday night (6/9) which was tied for the longest by a Pelican In 11 games against Charleston, the Birds have gone 2-9 this season. In the stretch, Aliendo went 17-33 (.515) while being outscored 63-35 in those contests. LOW-A EAST STANDINGS with 4 2B, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored. He leads the team in SOUTH average at .290 and had six multi-hit performances in Charleston 26-13 -- seven games from 5/25 to 6/2. Aliendo hit his first home Columbia 22-16 3.5 Augusta 19-22 8 Myrtle Beach 17-23 9.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Delmarva 25-14 -- 06/21 OFF Lynchburg 22-17 3 Salem 22-19 4 06/22 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP Adam Laskey (0-2) TBD Fredricksburg 12-29 14 06/23 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies LHP DJ Herz (0-1) TBD CENTRAL 06/24 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Carolina 25-15 -- 06/25 7:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Down East 23-17 2 06/26 6:35 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Fayetteville 15-25 10 06/27 5:05 p.m. at Columbia Fireflies TBD TBD Kannapolis 11-29 14 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Pelicans have been outscored 39-16 during this six game losing streak - C/DH Pablo Aliendo tied the longest hitting streak by a Pelican this season at nine games (5/25-6/5) - The Pelicans dipped six games under .500 at 17-23 for the first time this season - The Pelicans committed a season-high five errors against Columbia on Wednesday 6/2 - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans against Lynchburg (5/21), while the 14 hits are also a season-high - The Pelicans hit a home run in five-straight games from 6/10-6/15, the longest streak this season - A three-game winning is the longest of the season for Myrtle Beach (May 23-26, May 28-30), they improved to over - The Pelicans were held scoreless for 23.1 innings from the 8th inning on 6/17 to the 2nd inning on 6/19 against the .500 for the first time this year with a 4-0 win over Salem on Sunday 5/30) RiverDogs - The Pelicans have lost six straight games, their longest losing streak this season - The Pelicans rank 115/120 MiLB teams in OBP (.295) PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of Days (in division) Team Total Home Road With a RHSP ...............................................................................11-13 In first place ........................................................................................0