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FAYETTEVILLE WOODPECKERS (HOU) (7-6) VS AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS (ATL) (5-8) Tuesday, May 18th - Sunday, May 23RD — Game #13-18/Home Game #7-12 – SRP Park — 7:05 EDT Game #14: RHP Jaime Melendez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs RHP Spencer Strider (0-0, 0.00 ERA) MiLB TV, GreenJacketsbaseball.com WOODPECKERS OFFENSE STAYS HOT SAUNDERS SET TO LEAD JACKETS In their series with the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers last week, Michael Saunders has been tabbed as the Manager for the Fayetteville hit .314 and averaged over seven runs a game. 2021 campaign. Also joining Saunders will be Mike Bard as On Tuesday, they continued that theme by scoring nine times Hitting Coach, Elvin Nina as Pitching Coach, Myles Schroder en route to a 9-4 victory to open the series. Brayan De Paula as a Coach, Austin Smith as the Athletic Trainer, and Kyle shutdown the Augusta offense by going the final four innings Lindsey as the Strength Coach. Michael Saunders brings nine without allowing a hit, and striking out seven. years of experience in Major League Baseball, having spent time with the Seattle Mariners (2009-2014), Toronto Blue Jays WILLIE CAN’T BE STOPPED (2015-2016), and Philadelphia Phillies (2017). Saunders’ ca- Willie Carter has had the best start of any Augusta hitter so reer batting average was .232 in 2,400 plate appearances. far this season. Carter has reached base in all ten games he’s He was a 2016 All-Star during his time in Toronto. In 2020, played in, and is 13-for-35(.371) to start the year. He has a bat- Saunders was slated to be Manager of the Danville Braves. ting average, at SRP Park, of .529 (9-for-17) with two home runs and seven RBIs. The Braves drafted him in the 34th round of the BRAVES ERA BEGINS AT SRP PARK 2019 MLB Draft from Webber International. He also has one After spending the previous 16 seasons as the affiliate of the home run and eight RBI this year. San Francisco Giants, the GreenJackets begin their new affil- iation with the closest Major League team to SRP Park: The LINTON LOOKS LEGIT Atlanta Braves. Truist Park sits 162 miles from SRP Park and Carter Linton went undrafted and the Braves signed him in will serve as the Low-A Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves for the June of 2020. The early returns on that decision have been noth- next 10 years. The Braves are the 4th major league affiliate ing but positive. In three innings of work, Linton has recorded all since 1988 joining the Pittsburgh Pirates (1988-1998), Bos- nine outs via the strikeout. He’s allowed just one hit, and walked ton Red Sox (1999-2004), and San Francisco Giants (2005- three. The right-hander played his college baseball at Tusculum 2020). The Jackets will play in the newly formed, 12-team, University. Low-A “East” league. FOUR TOP-30 PROSPECTS HEADLINE ROSTER The Atlanta Braves sent three Top-30 Prospects to North THIS DAY IN JACKETS BOX SCORE HISTORY Augusta to start the 2021 campaign: #19 prospect INF May 19, 2010: GreenJackets 7, Lexington 8 Vaughn Grissom, #24 prospect RHP Tyler Owens, #29 Applebee’s Park - Lexington, KY OF Stephen Paolini. All three were drafted out of high WP: Tip Fairchild (5-3) LP: Dan Griffin (2-3)SV: Sammy Gervacio (4) school in the 2019 MLB Draft and will begin the season at The GreenJackets trailed 8-3 after the 4th inning, but put up a fight.Sergio age 20. Following the first series of the year, the Braves sent Romo began to quiet the Lexington bats, going 4.2 innings allowing one run, #21overall prospect to join the club but it was unearned. Romo struckout seven. Pablo Sandoval went 2-for-4 but RHP Spencer Strider it was the eight and nine hitters for Augusta: Kyle Haines (Current SF Giants in Myrtle Beach. Strider was selected in the 4th round of the Director of Player Development) and Antoan Richardson (Current SF Giants 2020 MLB Draft out of Clemson. 1st base coach) who combined to go 4-for-8. The Jackets came up short though falling to 21-18 on the year. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Wednesday, May 19th 7:05 EDT RHP Jaime Melendez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) (FAY) vs RHP Spencer Strider (0-0, 0.00 ERA)(AUG) Thursday, May 20th 7:05 EDT RHP Angel Macuare (0-1, 1.17 ERA) (FAY) vs RHP Joey Estes (0-0, 2.57 ERA) (AUG) Friday, May 21st 7:05 EDT RHP Cesar Gomez (0-2, 5.11 ERA) vs RHP Roddery Munoz (0-0, 5.00 ERA) (AUG) Saturday, May 22nd 6:05 EDT TBD vs RHP Darius Vines (0-0, 0.00 ERA)(AUG) Sunday, May 23rd 2:05 EDT TBD vs RHP Alec Barger (0-0, 3.18 ERA) (AUG) TODAY’S TIDBITS: Augusta has lost six of last eight... Jackets have struckout the 2nd most in Low-A East... GreenJackets starting pitchers have the best ERA in the Low-A East (2.06 ERA)... Bullpen ERA is 10th (6.11 ERA)... Wille Carter leads the GreenJackets in average (.371)... Braulio Vasquez is T-2nd in stolen bases with seven... Cade Bunnell is 5th in the Low-A East with 11 walks... GreenJackets went 24-21 against teams from North Carolina in 2019 (Asheville, Greensboro, Hickory, Kannapolis)... GreenJackets AVG Time of Game at Home: 3 hrs, 21 m, 48 s BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’1” WEIGHT: 190 LBS AGE: 23 HOMETOWN: OXNARD, CA ACQUIRED: 7TH RD (2019) HS/COLLEGE: CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD #2 DARIUS VINES 2019 TEAM: DANVILLE/GCL (ROOKIE) 2019 STATS: 0-5, 6.68 ERA, 12 G (11 GS), 32.1 IP REPERTOIRE: FASTBALL, CURVEBALL, CHANGE SEASON HIGHS LAST FIVE OUTINGS LAST WIN: 5/06 vs Columbia... 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 SO (GS) (0.00 ERA) LAST SAVE: 5/13 vs Myrtle Beach... 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 SO (GS) (0.00 ERA) MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6 vs MB (5/13) MOST WALKS: 2 vs COL (5/06) MOST IP: 5.0 IP vs MB (5/13) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: -In 2nd start of season vs MB, 5 IP, 0 ER... Allowed leadoff double in 5th, went on to strikeout the side... OXNARD, CA -Made his season debut on May 6 vs COL. 4 IP, 0 ER, 4 SO. Combined shutout. Drew Campbell walk-off single to give Jackets a 2-0 victory. • Located one hour and nine minutes north of Los Angeles, CA. • Oxnard boasts over twenty miles of coastline covered with exceptionally soft, white sand. • Oxnard is well known for its huge strawberry ABOUT: Selected by the Braves in the 7th round of the 2019 MLB Draft... Pitched in 12 games during his first profession- fields consequently being named the “Strawberry al season, 11 for Danville, 1 for the GCL Braves... Began his collegiate career at Yavapai junior college in Prescott, AZ Capital of the World.” before transferring to Cal State Bakersfield... Is the highest drafted player in Roadrunner history... Had two teammates also drafted in the 2019 MLB Draft (Edgar Barclay, LHP, Yankees 15th RD...Jake Ortega, C, Mets 28th RD) BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 223 LBS AGE: 24 HOMETOWN: LITHONIA, GA ACQUIRED: FREE AGENT (2019) HS/COLLEGE: GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE #5 BRENT BURGESS 2019 TEAM: GULF COAST LEAGUE BRAVES (ROOKIE) 2019 STATS: 1-0, 1.46 ERA, 8 G (0 GS), 12.1 IP REPERTOIRE: SEASONSEASON HIGHS HIGHS LAST FIVE OUTINGS LAST WIN: vs COL (5/05) 5/05 vs Columbia... W, 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 SO (0.00 ERA) LAST SAVE: 5/09 vs Columbia... L, 1.2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 3 SO (3.86 ERA) MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4 vs COL (5/05) MOST WALKS: 1 (2x) MOST IP: 3.0 IP vs COL (5/05) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: -Placed on the Injured List on 5/11 LITHONIA, GA -Made his season debut on May 5 vs COL. Collected the win: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 SO. Helped secure a one-hitter •Just 18 miles east of Atlanta • Lithonia means “City/town of stone” • The huge nearby granite dome, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia gneiss, a form of granite. The area has a history of rock quarries. ABOUT: Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Braves in 2019... Appeared in 8 games with an ERA of 1.46 for the Danville Braves... Attended Georgia Gwinnett College...40th round selection by the Texas Rangers in 2016...38th round selection by the New York Yankees in 2017 BATS/THROWS: R/R HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 180 LBS AGE: 21 HOMETOWN: PUERTO PLATA, P.R.ACQUIRED: FREE AGENT (2017) HS/COLLEGE: #9 ESTARLIN RODRIGUEZ 2019 TEAM: DANVILLE/GCL (ROOKIE) 2019 STATS: 1-2, 4.09 ERA, 8 G (0 GS), 22.0 IP REPERTOIRE: SEASON HIGHS LAST FIVE OUTINGS LAST WIN: 5/06 vs Columbia... 2.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 SO (13.50 ERA) LAST SAVE: 5/11 vs Myrtle Beach... 1.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 SO (15.00 ERA)(L) MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3 vs COL (5/06) 5/15 vs Myrtle Beach... 3.2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO (6.75 ERA)(L) MOST WALKS: 2 vs COL (5/06) MOST IP: 3.2 IP vs MB (5/15) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: PUERTO PLATA, D.R.