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GAME #4, ROAD GAME #4, SUNDAY, APRIL 7TH — BB&T BALLPARK — CHARLOTTE, NC — 2:05 PM DURHAM BULLS (1-2, T-3RD, -1.0 GB) AT CHARLOttE KNIGHTS (2-1, T-1ST, +1.0 GA) RHP AARON SLEGERS (0-0, ---) VS. RHP SPENCER ADAMS (0-0, ---) TODAY'S GAME HOMECOMING ’19 BY THE NUMBERS The Durham Bulls play the series finale against the Charlotte Quinton McCracken returns to the Durham Bulls for the first Place in Southern Div T-3rd Knights at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, North Carolina after time as a coach, after spending the 2000 season with the team Games Ahead (Division) -- Games Behind (WC) -2.0 winning game three on Saturday. Right-hander Aaron Slegers as a player. A veteran of 12 Major League seasons, McCracken will make his first start in the Tampa Bay Rays organization and Current Streak 1 W was a part of the 1998 inaugural Tampa Bay Devil Rays team, Home 0-0 first start as a Bull and will face-off against Knights right-hander and spent three seasons in the Devils Rays system. McCracken Road 1-2 Spencer Adams. hit .260 with two home runs and 28 RBI’s in 85 games with the vs. RHP (starter) 1-1 Bulls. vs. LHP (starter) 0-1 LAST TIME OUT vs. South Division 1-2 The Bulls won their first game of the season by a final score of vs. North Division 0-0 6-2. Emilio Pagan made the first start of his professional career, McCracken is also a local product, having attended Duke vs. West Division 0-0 going 1.2 innings, allowing one hit and three walks, but striking University prior to his Major League career. McCracken joins Day 0-0 out four. The bullpen stepped up for the Bulls, with Hoby Milner the Bulls after spending 2018 with the Miami Marlins as a Minor Night (5:05+) 1-2 and Mike Franco combining for 6.1 innings, allowing two runs League Coordinator. Beforehand, McCracken spent six seasons Extra Innings 0-0 and striking out nine. Jake Cronenworth tied a career high for with the Houston Astros as the Director of Player Personnel. Shutouts 0-0 the second straight game with four hits, bringing his series total One-Run Games 0-1 Three or fewer 0-1 to 11 hits. OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION Four or more 1-1 Despite the 1-2 start, the Bulls are off to one of the best Scoring First 1-2 BULLS VS. KNIGHTS offensive starts in history. The 23 runs scored in the first three Opponent Scores First 0-0 In 2019, the Bulls are 1-2 against the Knights. The Bulls have games is the most since 2017. Of the 12 position players to Leading after 6 1-0 been outscored 24-23, allowing an average of 8 runs per game, register an at bat this season, 11 of 12 have at least one hit Trailing after 6 0-2 while averaging 7.67 runs per game on offense. and seven of the 12 have at least one RBI. The Bulls .356 team Tied after 6 0-0 batting average is the highest in the International League, while Series Openers 0-1 Series Finales 0-0 In 2018, the Bulls and Knights did battle 24 times, splitting the their team on-base percentage ranks second at .415. season series 12-12. Thursday’s starter Donn Roach led the way Rubber Matches 0-0 for Charlotte, recording three of his nine wins in 2018 against Doubleheader Games 0-0 DYNAMIC DUO Durham. Ryan Weber notched two of his nine wins, while Ian Sweep/Swept/Split 0/0/0 Andrew Velazquez and Jake Cronenworth are off to very 2-Game Series (W/L/T) 0/0/0 Gibaut tallied three saves for the Bulls during the series. The hot starts to the 2019 sesaon. Velazquez ranks first in the Sweep/Swept 0/0 Bulls went 5-8 at DBAP against Charlotte last season and 7-4 at 3-Game Series 0-0 BB&T Ballpark. The Bulls outscored the Knights 102-87 over International League in RBI’s (7) and ranks third in total bases (14), behind his teammate Cronenworth (16) who leads the Sweep/Swept 0/0 the regular season battle. 4-Game Series (W/L/T) 0/0/0 league. Cronenworth also leads the International League in hits 5-Game Series 0-0 BULL-ET POINTS (11), doubles (5), runs scored (7), batting average (.786), OPS Sweep/Swept 0/0 ■ Andrew Velazquez hit a home run in the first at-bat of the (1.929) and ranks second in slugging percentage (1.142). Last Monday 0-0 season. The last time this occurred was in 2017, when Johnny season, Cronenworth tallied his 11th hit on May 13th. Tuesday 0-0 Field opened the season with a home run at Gwinnett. Wednesday 0-0 Thursday 0-1 ■ Velazquez set a career high in RBI’s with five on Thursday. NOTE-A-BULLS After tallying just two four-hit games in his career, Velazquez re- Manager begins his tenure with the Durham Friday 0-1 ■ Brady Williams Saturday 1-0 corded two four-hit games on back-to-back days (Thursday-Friday). Bulls after spending the past five seasons with the Montgomery Sunday 0-0 ■ Jake Cronenworth tied his career high in hits with four on Fri- Biscuits (AA). Williams has spent 10 seasons as an MiLB April 1-2 day and Saturday, marking the first he’s accomplished this since manager, all of which have been in the Tampa Bay Rays system, May 0-0 2016 with Bowling Green (A) June 0-0 compiling a 776-699 (.526) record entering 2019. July 0-0 ■ Mike Brosseau and Nick Solak have each recorded their first August 0-0 Triple-A hits, RBI’s and home runs in this series . The son of former Major Leauge Manager Jimy Williams September 0-0 ■ Kean Wong notched International League Midseason and and the brother of current Reading Fightin Phils (Double-A- Postseason All-Star honors last season. 2019 BULLS VS. KNIGHTS Philadelphia) Manager Shawn Williams, Brady has baseball in ■ Nate Lowe earned the 2018 Tampa Bay Rays Minor League Overall 1-2 Player of the Year award. his blood. Williams spent five seasons playing Minor League DBAP 0-0 ■ The 11 runs by the Bulls offense is the most on Opening Day Baseball after being selected in the 45th round of the 1999 MLB BB&T Ballpark 1-2 since 2013 (11 at Norfolk). Draft by the Boston Red Sox. 2018 Head-to-Head 12-12 ■ The Bulls feature three players ranked in the Rays Top 30 Pros- BULLS ALL-TIME RECORD pects by MiLB.com including (#8), Nate Lowe Nick Solak Overall 6,551-6,217 (#12) and Colin Poche (#17). International League 1,614-1,393 UPCOMING SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DATE OPPONENT DURHAM STARTER OPPONENT STARTER TIME Monday, April 8 G 1: at Gwinnett Stripers LHP Ryan Merritt (0-0, ---) LHP Kolby Allard (0-0, ---) 7:05 pm Tuesday, April 9 G 2: at Gwinnett Stripers RHP Jake Faria (0-0, 16.88) TBD 12:05 pm Wednesday, April 10 Off Day Thursday, April 11 G 1: vs. Columbus Clippers TBD TBD 6:35 pm Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Buzz Sports Radio: 96.5 FM in Durham, 99.3 FM in Raleigh. BULLS STARTING PITCHER - RH AARON SLEGERS (0-0, --) * ON 40-MAN* HEIGHT: 6-10 WEIGHT: 245 AGE: 26 ML SERVICE TIME: 0.136 BORN: 9/4/92 in Scottsdale, AZ RESIDES: Scottsdale, AZ ACQUIRED: Via trade with Pittsburgh Pirates, 3/30/19 YEAR TM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR HB BB K AVG 2018 Rochester (AAA) 15-4 3.40 24 24 1 1 148.1 154 59 56 11 2 29 119 .266 MINNESOTA 0-1 6.46 4 3 0 0 15.1 12 12 11 3 0 6 9 .211 2019 Rochester (AAA) 5-7 3.80 15 15 1 0 85.1 85 41 36 12 4 19 57 .263 MINNESOTA 1-1 5.27 4 2 0 0 13.2 17 8 8 3 1 2 6 .298 MiLB Totals (6 Seasons) 48-36 3.54 121 112 6 2 686.1 667 306 270 50 37 153 504 .256 MLB Totals (2 Seasons) 1-2 5.90 8 5 0 0 29.0 29 20 19 6 1 8 15 .254 GS: 0 QS: 0 Team Record: 0-0 Longest Scoreless: 0.0 vs. RH: .000 vs. LH: .000 Home: 0-0, -- Road: 0-0, -- LAST TIME OUT: Allowed one earned run on three hits in 2.0 IP for Pittsburgh in a SLEGERS’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Spring Training loss to Toronto on March 8th. In addition, walked two batters, good GAME DEC IP H R ER BB SO P/K ERA LEFT FINAL for a Spring Training high. RETURN TO CHARLOTTE: Slegers will play his third season in the International League but make his first appearance against Charlotte since 2017. Slegers went 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP) against Charlotte (two games) in 2017. 2019 SPRING TRAINING: Made four appearances out of the bullpen for Pittsburgh, going 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA (8.0 IP). Struck out three and walked three in that span. 2018 SEASON: Split the season between Rochester (AAA) and Minnesota, going 5-7 with a 3.80 ERA (85.1 IP) with Rochester (15 games) and going 1-1 with 5.27 ERA (13.2 IP) with Minnesota (four games).