Danville Braves (30-38) (5Th - Appalachian League East) American Legion Post 325 Field at Dan Daniel Memorial Park
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Danville Braves (30-38) (5th - Appalachian League East) American Legion Post 325 Field at Dan Daniel Memorial Park POINTS OF INTEREST 2019 SEASON BREAKDOWN About the last game... Current Streak ................................................... W2 -Danville fell short 4-2 against the Bristol Pirates, failing to complete the sweep but still coming away with a series win in the last action of the season. Last 5 Games ......................................................4-1 -Cody Birdsong hit his fourth home run of the season, becoming the fifth D-Braves this Last 10 Games ....................................................7-3 year with at least four dingers. Home Record ................................................17-17 -Marrick Crouse finished his debut season with a career-long 2.2-inning effort. He gave Road Record ..................................................13-20 up no runs to finish the year with a team-low 0.73 ERA. Division Record ............................................16-22 Reflecting on the year... June Record ........................................................7-5 -Bryce Ball and Mitch Stallings earned All-Star distinction, as well as helping Danville July Record .......................................................9-20 sweep Player and Pitcher of the Year in the Appalachian League. August Record ..............................................14-13 -Cody Milligan hit .252 in his rookie season. His 44 walks led the league and were the third-most in a single season in D-Braves team history, trailing a two-way tie of Alejan- dro Machado ('00) and Michael Forbes ('99) at 53. His 12 stolen bases finished as the fifth-most in the league. -Ball lost his qualifying hitter status due to an August 12 callup to Rome but still finished second in home runs (13), eighth in RBI (38) and tied for seventh in extra-base hits (25). -After a tough stretch in July, the club finished with a winning record in August by win- ning 10 of its final 14 games. A look ahead... -The D-Braves won at least 30 games for the sixth straight year, and are now just 34 wins RECENT TRANSACTIONS away from the 1000th win in club history. 8.2 OF Michael Mateja released from roster. LHP Lisandro Santos transferred to Danville from DSL Braves Team Leaders (min 5 games) **Denotes Appy League Leader 8.5 Batting Average: Mason Berne (.341)* ERA (As Starter): Ricky DeVito (0.66)* (Mitch RHP Ricky DeVito promoted to Rome Braves Runs: Bryce Ball/Cody Milligan (37) Stallings 2.15) Hits: Cody Milligan (54) 8.12 ERA (As Reliever): Marrick Crouse (0.73)* INF Bryce Ball promoted to Rome Braves. INF Mason 2B: Bryce Ball (12) Runs: Marrick Crouse (3)* 3B: 6 players tied (1) Berne transferred to Danville from GCL Braves ER: Marrick Crouse (1)* HR: Bryce Ball (13) 8.15 Innings: Mitch Stallings (56.0) XBH: Bryce Ball (25) LHP Mitch Stallings promoted to Rome Braves BB: Cody Milligan (44)** SO: Mitch Stallings (69)** RBI: Bryce Ball (38) BB: Alex Aquino (7)* 8.16 Steals: Cody Milligan (12) CG: N/A INF Juan Morales promoted to Rome Braves. RHP Alex OBP: Garrett Saunders (.438)* SHO: N/A Camacho promoted to Florida Fire Frogs SLG: Bryce Ball (.676)* Holds: Alex Segal (3) 8.23 OPS: Bryce Ball (1.086)* Saves: Albinson Volquez (4) OF Connor Blair promoted to Rome Braves *Not a qualified batter/pitcher WHIP: Alex Aquino (0.85)* (Mitch Stallings 8.27 1.14) RHP Ben Rowen transferred to Danville from Gwinnett Stripers BRAVES ORGANIZATION (As of 8/30/19) Atlanta (MLB) 81-54 1st (+5.5) vs. Chicago (AL), 7:20 p.m. Gwinnett (AAA) 78-57 1st (+4.0) at Durham, 7:05 p.m. Mississippi (AA) 29-37 4th (-11.5) vs. Chattanooga, 7:35 p.m. Florida (A+) 29-41 6th (-9.5) COMPLETED Rome (A) 34-32 3rd (-3.0) vs. Asheville, 7:00 p.m. GCL (Rookie) 18-31 5th (-18.0) COMPLETED All game times listed in ET @DanvilleBraves 1 #DBRAVES D-BRAVES GAME NOTES - PLAYER OF THE YEAR INF #19 Bryce Ball (41 G) .324 AVG, .410 OBP, .676 SLG, 1.086 OBP 12 2B, 13 HR, 38 RBI 22 BB, 37 R Ball was named the league’s All-Star at first base. The big left-handed hitter feasted on Appalachian League pitching, putting up a .324 batting average with 13 home runs and 38 RBI in 41 games. Ball’s home run total is tied for the fourth-most all-time for a D-Brave, matching Gerardo Rodgriguez’s 2008 season. Despite being called up to Single-A Rome on August 12, Ball is currently at or near the top of the league leaderboard in several categories. Ball is currently fourth in batting average, first in home runs, sev- enth in RBI, third in on-base percentage (.410), first in slugging percentage (.676), second in OPS (1.086), tied for third in extra-base hits (25), fourth in total bases (98) and tied for seventh in runs scored (37). Ball was named Appalachian League Player of the Week in the season’s opening week, covering games from June 18-23. SEASON STATS @DanvilleBraves 2 #DBRAVES D-BRAVES GAME NOTES - PITCHER OF THE YEAR LHP #11 Mitch Stallings (11 G, 9 GS) 3-5, 2.25 ERA 56.0 IP, 69 SO, 11 BB Stallings was called up to Rome on August 15 after a stellar season in Danville. He was selected as the league’s All-Star left-handed pitcher. He posted a 3-5 record in 11 games, making nine starts. His ERA of 2.25 is still the best in the Appalachian League, and his 69 strikeouts also lead the league. Stallings is ranked second in both innings pitched (56.0) and WHIP (1.14) and third in opponent batting average (.243) among qualified pitchers. He set a career high in strikeouts with an 11-strikeout game on June 26 at Blue- field and matched that on August 2 against Princeton. Those marked the most strikeouts a Danville pitcher has had since Ronan Pacheco struck out 13 on July 28, 2010. Stallings was selected as the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 24-30. SEASON STATS @DanvilleBraves 3 #DBRAVES D-BRAVES GAME NOTES - 2019 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME SCORE RESULT RECORD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATTENDANCE TIME OF GAME (W) 6/19 vs. Princeton (DH) 11 a.m. 3-2 (8) W 1-0 Aquino Rodriguez, Al. 1:54 (W) 6/19 vs. Princeton (DH) 1:37 p.m. 12-10 (7) W 2-0 Jerez Ramirez, W. Volquez 1207 2:31 (TH) 6/20 vs. Princeton 6:30 p.m. 2-3 L 2-1 Felipe Segal Murray 982 2:27 (F) 6/21 vs. Johnson City 6:30 p.m. 2-1 W 3-1 Javier Perez, E. Camacho 849 2:30 (S) 6/22 vs. Johnson City 6:30 p.m. 9-14 L 3-2 Dulle Volquez 1462 3:32 (SU) 6/23 vs. Johnson City 4 p.m. 2-3 L 3-3 Pereira Seipel Guay 602 2:09 (T) 6/25 at Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 9-4 W 4-3 Sanchez Hernandez, R. 863 2:41 (W) 6/26 at Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 4-2 W 5-3 Stallings Concepcion Javier 598 2:36 (TH) 6/27 at Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 6-8 L 5-4 Polanco Acosta Hinojosa 521 3:18 (F) 6/28 at Pulaski 6:30 p.m. 3-2 W 6-4 Jerez Peguero Kurz 2869 2:31 (S) 6/29 at Pulaski 6:30 p.m. 3-4 L 6-5 Munoz Sanchez Craft 3517 2:16 (SU) 6/30 at Pulaski 6:30 p.m. 8-5 (10) W 7-5 Camacho Spence 2889 3:10 (M) 7/1 vs. Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 6-2 W 8-5 Stallings Hernandez 764 2:44 (T) 7/2 vs. Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 6-14 L 8-6 Paulino Hodgson 617 3:35 (1:06 delay) (W) 7/3 vs. Bluefield 6:30 p.m. 5-14 L 8-7 Estrada Julian 2958 3:26 (TH) 7/4 at Princeton 4 p.m. 8-14 (7) L 8-8 Sanchez, F. Daniels 1018 2:55 (:31 delay) (F) 7/5 at Princeton 6:30 p.m. 4-5 L 8-9 Felipe Williams Allain 804 2:24 (:30 delay) (S) 7/6 at Princeton 6:30 p.m. 15-6 W 9-9 Stallings Bradley 945 2:40 (SU) 7/7 vs. Burlington 4 p.m. 1-3 L 9-10 Biasi Hodgson Phillips 489 2:56 (M) 7/8 vs. Burlington 6:30 p.m. 6-4 W 10-10 Julian Dipoto Wells 698 2:25 (1:48 delay) (W) 7/10 vs. Greeneville 6:30 p.m. 3-9 L 10-11 Salvador Sanchez 717 2:53 (TH) 7/11 vs. Greeneville 6:30 p.m. 5-6 L 10-12 Noriega Williams 787 2:29 (1:43 delay) (F) 7/12 vs. Greeneville 6:30 p.m. 0-10 L 10-13 Abril Stallings Garbee 945 3:04 (S) 7/13 at Burlington 6:30 p.m. 2-5 L 10-14 Zerpa Vines 3589 2:38 (SU) 7/14 at Burlington 6:30 p.m. 3-7 L 10-15 Phililps Owens 627 2:58 (M) 7/15 at Burlington 6:30 p.m. 2-10 L 10-16 Anderson Barger 1296 3:18 (T) 7/16 at Burlington 6:30 p.m. 7-1 W 11-16 Williams Van Buren 404 3:07 (W) 7/17 vs. Pulaski 6:30 p.m. 1-5 L 11-17 Vasquez Stallings 728 3:07 (TH) 7/18 vs. Pulaski 6:30 p.m.