Pensacola Blue Wahoos

2021 Game Notes Pensacola Blue Wahoos Double-A Affiliate Miami Marlins www.BlueWahoos.com/Media Double-A South Game #34, Away Game #16 (10-5), Pensacola Blue Wahoos (20-13) at Chattanooga Lookouts (18-14), 6:15 PM CT Probable Pitching Matchup RHP Max Meyer (3-1, 1.86) vs. RHP Hunter Greene (4-0, 2.31) Friday, June 11, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanooga Lookouts, 7:15 PM ET Saturday, June 11, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanooga Lookouts, 6:15 PM CT, LHP Jake Eder (1-1, 0.61) vs. LHP Nick Lodolo (2-0, 1.01) Sunday, June 12, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Chattanooga Lookouts, 1:15 PM CT, LHP Brandon Leibrandt (0-3, 9.00) vs. RHP Matt Pidich (0-2, 7.94) Monday, June 13, OFF DAY Tuesday, June 14, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Montgomery Biscuits, 6:35 PM CT, TBA vs. TBA Wednesday, June 15, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Montgomery Biscuits, 6:35 PM CT, TBA vs. TBA 2021 At A Glance Blue Wahoos vs. Lookouts Record 20-13, 1st, -- GB 2021 Overall: 2-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 2-1 Home Attendance (Total/Average) 74,592/4,144 2019 Overall: 7-3 Home: 4-1 Away: 3-2 Come From Behind Wins 5 2018 Overall: 5-5 Home: 2-3 Away: 3-2 Last Shutout By Blue Wahoos (0 in 2021) 9/2/19 at MTG (8-0) 2017 Overall: 3-11 Home: 2-2 Away: 1-9 Last Shutout By Opponent 8/19/19 at MIS (0-1; F/7) Vs. RHS/LHS 14-9/6-4 -The Blue Wahoos (Marlins) and the Lookouts (Reds) will play each Blue Wahoos/Opponents scoring first 16-4/4-9 other 12 times during the regular season. This is the 1st of two series, Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off 2-0/0-0 and the only series scheduled to be played at AT&T Park. 1-Run Games 9-3 -The Wahoos and Lookouts enter play with the 2nd and 3rd best records Home/Road 10-8/10-5 in the Double-A South, respectively. Series Openers/Finales 5-1/2-3 -As the former Marlins AA-affiliate, the Jumbo Shrimp have a record of After 7.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 16-2/2-1/2-9 17-15 against the Lookouts since 2017. After 8.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 16-1/1-1/2-10 2021 Matchups: Extra Inning Games/Home/Road 1-1/1-1/0-0 June 8-13 in Chattanooga (2-1) July 13-18 in Pensacola (6) Last Night’s Recap: -After a thrashing from the Lookouts on Wednesday night, the Wahoos showed their moxie in Bleday Wins Double-A South Player of the Week a come-from-behind road win against Chattanooga, 5-2 at AT&T Field. -JJ Bleday became the 2nd Blue Wahoos hitter to win Double-A South Player of the Week -After Chattanooga scored once in the top of the 2nd, Pensacola had an immediate response (Peyton Burdick – May 17-23). for the Lookouts in the top of the third inning. After a one-out walk to Peyton Burdick, Marlins top-hitting prospect JJ Bleday obliterated a hanging changeup from Chattanooga starter Ricky -In the series opener, Bleday reached base in all four trips to the plate (2-for-2 w/ 2BBs) ahd Salinas for his second home run in as many games and his fifth of the year. has homered in back-to-back games for the Wahoos. -Leading 2-1, the Wahoos chipped in another run with aggressive base running and timely -Bleday went 7-for-22 in the series against Mississippi (.318) with 2 double, 2 homers and 5 hitting. Demetrius Sims singled with one out and eventually stole second base to move into RBI (which led the week for RBI by a single player). scoring position. After that, Lorenzo Hampton roped his first double of the season off the left field wall to score Sims. Pensacola finished the inning with a 3-1 lead. Extra Burdick -After the Lookouts cut the lead down to 1, Pensacola scored twice in the 8th to eventually -Entering play today, OF Peyton Burdick leads the AA-South in extra base hits (16), is 2nd in win 5-2. homers (7), and is T-3rd in doubles (7). -Pensacola’s bullpen—which allowed 13 runs in Wednesday’s loss—allowed only two hits and -On 5/28, Burdick hit a go-ahead grand slam off Braden Webb in the top of the 9th to propel two walks while posting 3.1 shutout innings to close out the game. the Wahoos to a 5-4 win in Biloxi. He became the 1st Wahoo to hit a grand slam in the 9th inning or later since Alex Kirilloff hit a game-tying grand slam off Nate Griep on 9/5/19 in 2021 Offensive Leaders Game 1 of the Southern League South Division Championship series. Games: Bleday, Burdick 33 Runs: Peyton Burdick 21 Walk This Way Hits: Jerar Encarnacion 27 -The Blue Wahoos lead the league in walks (143) and are 3rd in all of AA (Midland ranks Doubles: Burdick, Fortes 7 #1, 154). Triples: Peyton Burdick 2 -Lazaro Alonso leads the Double-A South in walks (23) while JJ Bleday is T-2nd (21) -Alonso trails only Nick Pratto’s 27 walks (NWA Travelers) and Adley Rutschman’s 26 Home Runs: Peyton Burdick 7 (Bowie) for the most in Double-A. Runs Batted In: Peyton Burdick 17 -Pensacola pitchers have allowed the second-fewest walks (82) in Double-A. Total Bases: Peyton Burdick 56 Stolen Bases: Several 4 League L-EDER-board Average Nick Fortes .284 -Jake Eder is 2nd Minor League baseball in ERA (0.61) behind only Ken Waldichuk (0.00) On-Base: Lazaro Alonso .379 -Eder ranks first in AA-S in average against (.115), is 2nd in WHIP (0.81), and is 2nd in Slugging: Peyton Burdick .455 strikeouts (50). Lookouts/Wahoos Match-Up: 2021 Pitching Leaders -Chattananooga leads the AA-S in batting average (.277) and is 2nd in runs (169) while the Games: Colton Hock 14 Blue Wahoos rank 2nd-to-last in both categories (.214/130). Wins: Several 3 -The Blue Wahoos lead the league ERA (3.68), have allowed the 2nd fewest walks in the Starts: Several 6 league (85), and are 4th in strikeouts (317). While CHA leads the league in Ks (354), they Saves: Colton Hock 7 are 5th in ERA (4.00) and have allowed the 3rd fewest walks (120). Innings Pitched: Jake Eder 31.2 -The Wahoos and Lookouts have arguably the best 1-2 starting punch in MiLB. In 12 Strikeouts: Jake Eder 50 combined starts for Jake Eder and Max Meyer, the two have a combined record of 4-2, 1.23 ERA Jake Eder 0.61 ERA (8 ER / 58.2 IP) w/ 21 BB and 81 Ks. Hunter Green and Nick Lodolo have a combined WHIP: Jake Eder 0.81 record of 6-0, 1.75 ERA (12 ER / 61.2 IP) w/ 16 BB and 89Ks. -The four starters earned combined signing bonuses of $20m Around The Farm: Nick FOURtes AAA-Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (20-13): The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp -Since May 23, Nick Fortes is hitting an .370 (17-46) with 6 doubles, a triple, a HR, 5RBI, and erased a three-run deficit to come back to beat the Norfolk Tides, 6-4, Thursday in 8 runs scored while reaching base at a .490 clip. front of season-high crowd 6,376 at 121 Financial Ballpark. JAX tallied 11 hits in the Recent Roster Moves Prior To Series ballgame, highlighted by four from Byrson Brigman, who matched his career-high at the -LHP Sean Guenther and RHP Jose Mesa Jr. promoted to Triple-A Jacksonville plate. Norfolk (12-19) committed a pair of costly errors, falling to the Jumbo Shrimp for -C JD Osborne transferred to Pensacola from Jacksonville the 10th time this season. -RHP Tyler Mitzel and RHP Josh Roberson promoted from High-A Beloit to Pensacola High A-Beloit Snappers (16-17): The Beloit Snappers held a three-run lead Triple Crown after five innings but gave up three two-run home runs down the stretch to lose 10-7 to -In 2020, the Blue Wahoos became the first team in MiLB history to win the ‘triple crown’ the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with his ninth home run and two of major Minor League awards, taking home the MiLB Best Overall Golden Bobblehead, walks. Ricky Aracena was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk. Thomas Jones went 2-for-5. Ballpark Digest’s Best Double-A Ballpark, and the Baseball America Bob Freitas Award as the Best Double-A Organization. : Fort Myers throttled Jupiter 19-3 on Thurs- A-Jupiter Hammerheads (17-16) Top Prospects day night at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Even worse, the Sharks were out hit by -According to MLB Pipeline, the Marlins possess the 4th best farm system in baseball. the Mighty Mussels 20-1. -Pensacola’s roster features five of the Marlins top 30 prospects: OF JJ Bleday (2), RHP Max Meyer (3), OF Jerar Encarnacion (18), LHP Jake Eder (29) and OF Victor Victor Mesa (30). Starting Pitcher Max Meyer, RHP, #11 Hometown: Woodbury, MN Age: 22 Year Team W-L ERA G GS IP H ER BB K AVG WHIP 2018 U MINN Big 10 2-3 2.06 26 0 43.2 25 10 13 54 .162 0.87 2019 U MINN Big 10 5-3 2.11 16 11 76.2 58 18 20 87 .199 1.02 2020 U MINN Big 10 3-1 1.95 4 4 27.2 15 6 8 46 .153 0.83 NCAA Career 10-7 2.07 46 15 148.0 98 34 41 187 .180 0.94 B/T: R/R HT: 6’0” WT: 196 Born: March 12, 1999 Acquired: Selected in the 1st Round (3rd) of the 2020 MLB Draft out of the University of Minnesota Notes: -Selected by the Miami Marlins with the 3rd overall pick in the MLB Draft.

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