game information www.cakesbaseball.com @cakesbaseball ursday, May 30 new orleans baby cakes (29-25) at nashville sounds (21-32) 6:35 p.m. CT First Tennessee Park RHP Dustin Beggs (3-1, 3.98) vs. RHP Pedro Payano (0-0, 0.00) Game #55 Nashville, TN Road Game #22 THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes open a fourgame GALLENT EFFORT – Zac Gallen secured his seventh victory to reclaim ‘cakes corner set tonight against the Nashville Sounds in the rst meeting of the season his spot alone atop the league leaderboard. Gallen also paces the circuit between the clubs. e ‘Cakes claimed 10 of 16 games from Nashville last with 88 strikeouts, 27 ahead of teammates Elieser Hernandez and Hector Current Streak ...........................W1 Home ......................................1815 year, including a split of eight contests at First Tennessee Park, where New Noesi, who are tied for second place. Gallen leads in ERA (1.70), innings Streak ..........................................W1 Orleans holds a 19-14 all-time record. NOLA avoided its rst four-game pitched (74.0), batting average against (.147) and WHIP (0.68). His home Road ....................................... 1110 losing skid of 2019 by winning last night’s homestand nale. ERA dipped to 0.96 (5 ER/47.0 IP) through seven starts, and his 1.23 ERA Streak ..........................................W2 (15 ER/110.0 IP) in 18 career starts at the Shrine on Airline is the best in Last 10 ........................................ 64 vs. RHP (starter) ....................2322 YESTERDAY’S NEWS – Zac Gallen allowed one run in 6.2 innings in the ballpark history. Gallen is just one win shy of matching his total from all vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 63 Baby Cakes’ 31 win over Iowa. Gallen scattered two walks and three hits of 2018, and is the rst NOLA pitcher to win seven games by the end of vs. Division ............................1313 across 6.0 scoreless innings before surrendering a solo homer to Robel May since Jeriome Robertson, who was 72 through 11 starts in 2002. vs. American Conference ...... 2925 Garcia in the seventh. He recorded one more out prior to exiting the vs. Paci c Conference .............. 00 vs. NL A liates .....................1917 game, having thrown a season-high 106 pitches. e ‘Cakes jumped ahead DIAZZLING – Isan Diaz went 2x4 last night and is batting .369 (24x65) vs. AL A liates ....................... 108 quickly when JT Riddle led o the game with a double o the wall, went over his last 17 games with four doubles, seven home runs, 15 RBI and 18 Day ........................................... 810 to third on Isan Diaz’s single and scored on a ground out by Yadiel Rivera. runs scored. Diaz homered in ve straight games May 2226 to set a new Night ....................................... 2115 Wilkin Castillo doubled the advantage in the h with his rst home run club record and become the rst of the six players in team history who Extra Innings .............................25 Shutouts ..................................... 63 of the campaign, and Gallen helped his cause an inning later by reaching homered in four straight to so entirely at home. In 33 home games, Diaz OneRun Games ...................... 711 on an in eld single and eventually scoring on Rivera’s sacri ce y. Jose is hitting .301 (34x113) with 16 extrabase hits, compared with a .225 Score 5+ Runs ......................... 179 Quijada retired all three batters he faced a er relieving Gallen in the average (16x71) and four extrabase hits in 18 games on the road. Scoring First ............................ 217 seventh, and R.J. Alvarez worked around Ian Happ’s leado single in the Opponent Scores First ........... 818 Commit Error ........................ 1414 ninth to record the save. HOME SWEET HOME – NOLA went 54 on their longest homestand of Hit Home Run ........................2316 the season and is 1615 in a stretch of playing 28 out of 42 games at home Quality Start ............................. 156 ON THE HILL – Dustin Beggs looks for a third consecutive win in his from April 29June 10. e ‘Cakes have already played 33 home games, Outhit Opponent .....................247 eighth start for New Orleans. Beggs defeated Iowa in backtoback starts, three more than any other PCL club. With an 1815 record at the Shrine Leading A er 6 ....................... 243 Trailing A er 6 ........................218 spinning 5.0 shutout innings on four hits in Des Moines in the second and 1110 mark on the road, the Baby Cakes are one of ve teams in the Leading A er 7 ....................... 253 game of a May 19 doubleheader before scattering three runs and six hits league to own a winning record at home and on the road. Trailing A er 7 ........................219 in 5.0 innings against the I-Cubs at home on Saturday. Leading A er 8 ....................... 202 He also squared o against the same team in back-to- SAVESAV ME – R.J. Alvarez picked up his teamleading Trailing A er 8 ........................015 On This Date ... Series Record ..........................535 sixthsix save and rst since April 30. It was only the fourth back starts on May 7 and 12 vs. San Antonio. Although 2001: Keith Ginter goes 3for3 with Series Openers .......................... 94 opponents are hitting an identical .295 against him at a pair of home runs and six RBI in savesav for the Baby Cakes this month; only Albuquerque Series Finales .............................85 home and on the road, six of the seven home runs he a 106 triumph at Nashville. A er and Memphis (3 each) have had fewer. Alvarez has not Doubleheader Games ...............55 has allowed have come at the Shrine, where his ERA is walking in the rst, Ginter blasts a permittedper an earned run in his last six appearances, Sweep/Swept/Split .................0/0/5 tworun homer in the third, singles Come From Behind Wins ..............8 4.88 (13 ER/24.0 IP). On the road, Beggs owns a 2.70 in the h and adds a grand slam in givinggiv up one hit with seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings. Bat Around For/Against ...........3/4 ERA (5 ER/16.2 IP) in three assignments. e right- the sixth. Longest Win Streak ......................4 hander has never strung together wins in three SAINTSAI LEWIS – Lewis Brinson saw his hitting streak Longest Lose Streak ......................3 straight starts in his four professional campaigns. end at nine games, his longest since a 10gamer for Colorado Springs High Water Mark ........................+6 Low Water Mark ..........................2 to begin 2017. His was the hlongest active streak in the PCL, during White Jersey ............................ 109 FOR STARTERS – e Baby Cakes rotation remains second in the PCL which he batted .382 (13x34) with two doubles, three home runs, 10 RBI Grey Jersey ..................................66 in ERA (3.41) behind San Antonio (3.29), but still maintains the TripleA and eight runs with a 1.167 OPS. Brinson had hit safely in 11 straight Blue Jersey ............................... 119 lead in WHIP (1.16), average against (.221) and innings pitched (290.2). games at the Shrine, where has a .308 average on the season, compared Pelicans Jersey ........................... 21 Misc. Jersey ................................00 Zac Gallen’s eight strikeouts brought NOLA’s total to 310, surpassing to .174 on the road. His .452 (14x31) average with runners in scoring HighA Lexington (305) for the most of any minor league club. e start position is hbest in the PCL among players with at least 20 atbats. ers are on pace for 804 strikeouts, which would set both a club and PCL TEAM LEADERS record, passing the 2012 squad (645) and 2017 Fresno (770). ROSTER MOVES – e Marlins have recalled RHP Je Brigham, who AB: Diaz ......................................184 allowed one hit in 14.0 scoreless innings for the ‘Cakes in May. RHP Tyler AVG: Rivera .............................. .303 DINGER DETAILS – New Orleans has 45 home runs in May, h-most Kinley has joined NOLA a er being optioned by Miami on Monday. OF H: Rivera .......................................54 Isaac Galloway was placed on the injured list, and OF Magneuris Sierra R: Diaz ...........................................41 in the PCL. It is the highest monthly total in team history and only the 2B: Ramirez ..................................12 fourth time with 40 home runs in a month since moving into the Shrine, has been added from AA Jacksonville where he was eighth in the Southern 3B: Harrison....................................2 joining May 1998 (40), August 1998 (41) and June 2012 (43). A er going League with a .282 batting average. HR: Diaz .......................................10 deep 33 times in April, NOLA has topped 30 home runs in consecutive RBI: Dean/Diaz/Rivera ...............30 months for the rst time since doing so three straight months, MayJuly NAWLINS NOTES – e ‘Cakes have bounced into 27 double plays in SB: Harrison .................................19 2014. May, secondmost in the PCL (Round Rock, 30) ... Gabriel Guerrero W: Gallen ........................................7 went 7x18 in the Iowa series, matching the hit total from his previous 24 L: Meyer/Eveld ...............................4 YADI’TY YAK – Yadiel Rivera hit safely for the 12th time in his last 14 games (7x51) ... New Orleans is 94 in series openers, including 41 on SV: Alvarez .....................................6 the road ... Matt Snyder is 3x23 (.130) over his last seven games and has ERA: Gallen ...............................1.70 games. Over that stretch, he