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2019 CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS MIDWEST LEAGUE AFFILIATE OF THE MINNESOTA TWINS 950 Rockford Road SW; Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 (319) 363-3887 – www.kernels.com – @CRKernels AUDIO: www.kmryradio.com & www.kernels.com Cedar Rapids Kernels (15-10, 54-41) @ Lake County Captains (14-11, 54-40) RH Luis Rijo (2-6, 2.37) vs. LH Eli Lingos (2-0, 3.14) Game 96 of 140 – Thurs., July 18, 2019 – 11:00am ET – Classic Park (6,157) TODAY’S MATCHUP: The Cedar Rapids Kernels continue a three-game series at the Lake County LEAGUE STANDINGS Captains…The Kernels are coming off a 5-4 triumph in the series opener…Cedar Rapids is 18-4 over its last 22 games against Lake County featuring seven consecutive series wins…Kernels right-hander and Western Division W L GB Minnesota Twins pitching prospect Luis Rijo will pitch against Captains left-handed pitcher Eli Lingos Clinton LumberKings (MIA) 17 8 -- Kane County Cougars (ARI) 17 8 -- LAST TIME OUT: The Kernels notched a 5-4 wire-to-wire win LAST GAME: #-Quad Cities River Bandits (HOU) 15 9 1.5 Wednesday against the Captains…Spencer Steer scored a run July 17 at Great Lakes $-Cedar Rapids Kernels (MIN) 15 10 2.0 during the first inning and drove in a run in the second Final R H E LOB Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (MIL) 14 11 3.0 inning…Jared Akins hit a three-run home run within the seventh to CR 5 5 1 10 Burlington Bees (LAA) 11 14 6.0 tie Chris Williams for the team lead (10)…Tyler Palm notched his LC 4 6 0 9 Beloit Snappers (OAK) 7 17 9.5 third consecutive quality start and received credit for the victory WP: Tyler Palm (2-5, 3.82) Peoria Chiefs (STL) 4 21 13.0 LP: Luis Oviedo (6-6, 5.38) SV: Carlos Suniaga (2) Eastern Division W L GB RIJO READY FOR MATINÉE: Luis Rijo is scheduled to pitch in a day game for the first time this season…All of Rijo’s 12 starts so CR HR: Jared Akins (10) Bowling Green Hot Rods (TB) 17 8 -- far with the Kernels have come in night games (first pitch after 5:00 OPP HR: -- #-Great Lakes Loons (LAD) 14 11 3.0 p.m. for a single contest, 4:00 p.m. for a traditional TIME OF GAME: 3:17 $-Lake County Captains (CLE) 14 11 3.0 doubleheader)…In 21 career appearances in matinées including 14 Lansing Lugnuts (TOR) 13 12 4.0 ATTENDANCE: 1,852 starts, Rijo owns a 5-5 record along with a 2.83 earned run average South Bend Cubs (CHC) 12 13 5.0 Dayton Dragons (CIN) 11 14 6.0 ROAD WARRIORS: Cedar Rapids is on a seven-game road win streak dating back to an 8-6 win June West Michigan Whitecaps (DET) 10 15 7.0 23 at the Peoria Chiefs…Three of the seven triumphs came on ninth-inning comebacks (June 23 at the Fort Wayne TinCaps (SD) 8 17 9.0 Peoria Chiefs, July 3 at the Burlington Bees, July 8 at the Quad Cities River Bandits…The 8-2 overall road record within the second half is the best mark for any Midwest League franchise in the 2019 season # - First-Half Champion $ - First-Half Wild Card % - “Second-Half Champion” ^ - “Second-Half Wild Card” @ - Playoff Berth Clinched X - Eliminated from Race LATE LEAD LOCKDOWN: The Cedar Rapids Kernels, the Lansing Lugnuts, and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are the only Midwest League teams this season with undefeated records when ahead SERIES NOTES after eight innings of play…Cedar Rapids is 38-0 when leading entering the ninth inning…The Kernels also have the most comeback victories in the league when trailing after eight innings of play (5-28 record) AT A GLANCE CR LC Overall Record: 54-41 54-40 1st Half/2nd Half: 39-31/15-10 40-29/14-11 PRIZE-WINNING PITCHER: Kai-Wei Teng was named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for the Home/Road: 27-23/27-18 28-17/26-23 period of July 8-14…Teng tallied a personal-high 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings July 14 in a 2-0 Current Streak: W2 L2 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium…He is the second Last 10 Games: 6-4 4-6 Kernels pitcher in a row to win Midwest League Pitcher of the Week honors (Andrew Cabezas, July 1-7) Team AVG (rank): .229 (15th) .242 (8th) Team HR (rank): 74 (T-2nd) 74 (T-2nd) THE HALF THAT WAS: The Kernels went 39-31 while rallying from 6.5 games out of second place to Team R (rank): 400 (7th) 439 (3rd) become the Western Division First-Half Wild Card…Austin Schulfer and Jose Martinez combined for a 9-0 Team ERA (rank): 3.25 (4th) 3.65 (7th) seven-inning no-hitter May 22 versus Burlington…Chris Williams (starting designated hitter), Gabe Snyder Team WHIP (rank): 1.15 (1st) 1.32 (11th) (reserve first baseman), and Josh Winder (pitcher) took part in the 2019 Midwest League All-Star Game DATE RESULT NOTES (1-0 CR / 3 G) “TWIN” STREAK: Cedar Rapids has clinched a city-record seven-year postseason streak…The 7/17 (A) 5-4 CR Palm (CR): W, 6.0 IP, 6 SO Kernels are the first Midwest League franchise to earn seven playoffs bids in a row since the 2009-15 Fort Wire-to-wire win in opener Wayne TinCaps…Coming up in September, Cedar Rapids could become the league’s first franchise to 7/18 (A) reach the semifinals in at least six consecutive seasons since the 1975-81 Waterloo Royals/Indians PROSPECTING: Five Cedar Rapids Kernels are currently listed as Top 30 Minnesota Twins prospects 7/19 (A) (Minnesota Twins prospect rankings according to MLB Pipeline / Baseball America / Baseball Prospectus): Wander Javier (#6 / #4 / --), Yunior Severino [on injured list] (#14 / #10 / --), Gilberto Celestino (#16 / #30 / #10), DaShawn Keirsey Jr. [on injured list] (#27 / -- / --), and Luis Rijo (#30 / -- / --) LAST YEAR’S SERIES – 2-1 CR HEYYYY KERNELS: 2019 marks the 27th season of the Cedar Rapids Kernels…A “Name The Team” 7/14 (H) 11-3 CR Miranda (CR): 4-of-5, HR (GS) Contest in the fall of 1992 drew over 650 entries including four for “Kernels”…Six-year-old Matthew Season-high 19 total base hits Antonitis won the contest via random drawing...Previous nicknames are: Canaries (1890-91), Rabbits 7/15 (H) 4-0 LC Vasquez (LC): W, 6.0 IP, 6 SO (1896-99, 1901-03), Bunnies (1904-09, 1913-17, 1920-32), Raiders (1934-42, 1955-57), Rockets th th (1949), Indians (1950-54), Braves (1958-62), Red Raiders (1963-64), Cardinals (1965-72), Astros Two-run outbursts in 7 , 9 inn. (1973-74), Giants (1975-79), and Reds (1980-92)…Cedar Rapids has also won 13 league 7/16 (H) 10-4 CR Bañuelos (CR): 3-of-4, 3 RBI championships: Western Association (1897), Three-I League (1906, 1940-42, 1958), Mississippi th 7 series win over LC in a row Valley League (1922, 1925, 1930), Western League (1937), and Midwest League (1988, 1992, 1994) UPCOMING CEDAR RAPIDS SCHEDULE DATE TIME OPPONENT KERNELS STARTER OPPONENT STARTER Fri., July 19 7:00pm ET at Lake County RH Andrew Cabezas (4-5, 3.66 ERA) RH Thomas Ponticelli (3-2, 5.17 ERA) Sat., July 20 6:05pm ET at Fort Wayne RH Kai-Wei Teng (3-0, 1.58 ERA) RH Efrain Contreras (4-3, 3.13 ERA) Sun., July 21 1:05pm ET at Fort Wayne RH Austin Schulfer (6-4, 3.08 ERA) TBA KERNELS STARTING PITCHER #39 LUIS RIJO – RH 2019 GAME-BY-GAME (**relief) DATE GAME SCORE DEC IP H R ER HR BB SO 2-6, 2.37 ERA, 58 SO, 20 BB, 1.10 WHIP 4/9 KC L, 4-1 L (0-1) 5.0 3 3 2 0 1 6 4/15 at QC^ L, 7-2 L (0-2) 5.1 11 5 3 2 1 2 HOME: 2-5, 1.64 ERA ROAD: 0-1, 3.92 ERA 4/24 at WIS W, 4-3 ND 4.2 2 2 2 0 4 5 OPP AVG: .216, 3 HR RISP: .292, 0 HR 5/1 BG [G1] L, 3-2 [7] L (0-3) 6.0 5 3 1 1 0 5 5/7 at SB W, 8-5 ND 5.2 6 4 4 0 1 3 VS RH: .208, 2 HR VS LH: .226, 1 HR 5/14 QC L, 11-2 L (0-4) 4.2 8 7 2 0 4 3 5/20 BUR W, 6-0 W (1-4) 5.0 1 0 0 0 3 6 LAST TIME OUT: Losing pitcher despite quality start in 3-1 defeat July 11 against 6/13 WIS L, 2-0 ND 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Great Lakes Loons at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium…Game-high 6/21 at PEO W, 3-2 [11] ND 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 5 six strikeouts…Six shutout innings before allowing two-out, two-run single to Leonel 6/28 WIS L, 4-2 L (1-5) 4.2 5 3 1 0 3 4 Valera in seventh inning…Third quality start overall, second in a row 7/4 BUR W, 4-2 W (2-5) 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 AGAINST LAKE COUNTY: No previous appearances against Captains or any other 7/11 GL L, 3-1 L (2-6) 6.2 7 2 2 0 2 6 Cleveland affiliate in professional career THIS SEASON: No.