2021 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 1:05 P.M
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2021 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Sunday, June 6, 2021 - 1:05 p.m. Dunkin' Donuts Park -- Hartford, CT Bowie Baysox (21-6) @ Hartford Yard Goats (8-21) RHP Gray Fenter (2-1, 8.22 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (0-4, 8.18 ERA) Game #28 // Road Game #17 2021 SEASON About the Last One: Riding an eight game winning streak, the Baysox fell behind early on Saturday Overall Record 21-6 night in Hartford. The Yard Goats hit the first of their three home runs in the bottom of the second Home Record 10-1 inning to take a 1-0 lead. However, as they have done all year, Bowie fought back and took a 3-1 lead Road Record 11-5 of their own in the fourth inning behind RBI singles from Johnny Rizer and Cadyn Grenier. Trailing Versus Northeast Division 10-1 4-3 in the eighth, Adley Rutschman came to the plate as a right-handed hitter and hit his seventh Versus Southwest Division 11-5 home run of the year to tie the game and tie for the team lead in home runs. Bowie plated three more Current Streak L1 runs in the top of the 10th to take the lead, but Hartford responded with four in the bottom of the Current Road Trip 3-1 10th against Tim Naughton to walk off the Baysox. D.L. Hall threw six innings in his start, his longest Last Homestand 4-1 outing of the year, and allowed three runs on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. Last 5 Games 4-1 Bowie's the Best: Bowie is now in sole-possession of the title of best team in all of the minor leagues. Last 10 Games 8-2 They sit with a 21-6 record, good enough for an .778 winning percentage. The Sounds also have 21 When Scoring 4+ Runs 18-6 wins, but they have seven losses to Bowie's six. When Scoring 3- Runs 3-0 After Day Off 2-2 Hitting the Road: The Baysox are on their first of two, two-week road trips this season. This is their In Shutouts 3-0 first 12 game road trip in team history. Bowie will not play another home game until June 15th, when In 1-Run Games 6-3 they return home to take on the Akron RubberDucks. Bowie will have another two-week trip from the last week of July through the first week of August. This week, Bowie will be taking on the Hartford In 2-Run Games 2-0 Yard Goats, who currently sit in third place in the Double-A Northeast League's Northeast Division. vs. Left-Handed Starters 5-0 Their record stands at 7-18, and they are currently 10.5 games behind of the division-leading Somerset vs. Right-Handed Starters 16-6 Patriots. Day Games 4-0 Night Games 17-6 Fenter on the Mound: Right-hander Gray Fenter will make his second start and sixth appearance Ahead After 7 Innings 17-1 of the year for Bowie on Sunday afternoon. Fenter has earned the win in his last two outings, and has Behind After 7 Innings 3-5 allowed four runs in each of his last three. He has yet to pitch in the month of June, with his last outing Tied After 7 Innings 1-0 coming on May 30th against the Harrisburg Senators. For more information on Fenter, see page two. Ahead After 8 Innings 15-1 In the Other Corner: Bowie will be facing righty Matt Dennis for the second time in this series. Dennis Behind After 8 Innings 2-4 started the series opener, and threw five innings, allowed four runs on eight hits, and walked two Tied After 8 Innings 1-1 batters while striking out six. Robert Neustrom hit his 476-foot home run that made SportsCenter off In Extra Innings 3-2 of Dennis, and Joey Ortiz hit his first Double-A home run off Dennis as well. Dennis took the loss in the In Doubleheaders 2-0 game, as Bowie went on to win by a 7-2 final score. When Scoring First 17-2 Opponents Score First 4-4 This Day in Baysox History: Bowie snagged a dramatic win on June 6th, 2019 against the New Outhit Opponent 14-2 Hampshire Fisher Cats. The Baysox plated two runs in the ninth and went on to close out a 7-5 win. Outhit by Opponent 4-5 Equal Hits 2-0 Hit a Home Run 16-6 No Home Runs 5-0 No Errors Committed 10-3 Baysox vs. Hartford 2021 Record: 4-1 June 1 @ HFD W, 7-2 June 2 @ HFD W, 2-1 June 3 @ HFD W, 4-0 June 4 @ HFD W, 6-2 June 5 @ HFD L, 8-7 (10) June 6 @ HFD 1:05 p.m. 2021 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Two Tied 7 ERA Kevin Smith 0.86 RBI Adley Rutschman 21 Wins Tyler Joyner 3 Batting Avg Adley Rutschman .281 Strikeouts D.L. Hall 46 Runs Adley Rutschman 24 Saves Six Tied 1 Stolen Bases Two Tied 5 WHIP D.L. Hall 1.00 UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Sunday, June 6 1:05 p.m. @ Hartford Yard Goats RHP Gray Fenter (2-1, 8.22 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (0-4, 8.18 ERA) TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: RHP Gray Fenter HT: 6’0” WT: 200 B: R T: R BORN: 1/25/96 Hometown: West Memphis, AR AMATEUR: West Memphis High School HOW ACQUIRED: Selected in 7th Round of 2015 Draft 2019 Stats W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Delmarva (A) 8-2 1.81 22 17 94.1 61 24 19 43 123 CAREER: 18-10 3.52 75 50 245.1 185 108 96 107 281 Fenter 2021 DAY-BY-DAY DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO 2019: Made the most starts and 5/4/21 AA Altoona 0-0 ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 pitched the most innings of his career... 5/11/21 AA Reading 0-0 ND 3.2 2 1 1 2 6 5/18/21 AA Richmond 0-1 L 2.2 5 4 4 3 0 started 17 of his 22 appearances and 5/23/21 AA Richmond 1-1 W 4.0 4 4 4 2 4 threw 94.1 innings with a 1.81 ERA 5/30/21 AA Harrisburg 2-1 W 4.0 4 4 4 3 5 (best among all Orioles minor leaguers with 90+ innings pitched) at Class-A Delmarva... 2018: Split time between Delmarva (Class-A) and Aberdeen (Short-Season Class-A)...made 11 starts in Aberdeen and pitched to a 3.95 ERA... 2017: Made his debut with Aberdeen, but threw only 1.2 innings and alowed 3 earned runs on 3 hits... 2016: Missed due to Tommy Last Win: May 30 vs. Harrisburg Last Loss: May 18 vs. Richmond John Surgery...2015: Made nine appearances in the Gulf Coast League 2021 Highs and Lows (All Games) and talled a 1.66 ERA... Most IP: 4.0 (Two Tied) Most Walks: 3 (2 Tied) Fewest IP: 1.0 (5/4 vs. Altoona) Fewest Walks: 0 (5/4) CAREER NOTES: Selected by BAL in Most Strikeouts: 6 (5/11 vs. Reading) Most Hits: 5 (5/18) the 7th round of the 2015 draft out of Fewest Strikeouts: 0 (Two Tied) Fewest Hits: 2 (2 Tied) Most Earned Runs: 4 (Three Tied) Most Runs: 4 (3 Tied) West Memphis (HS)...was ranked the Fewest Earned Runs: 1 (Two Tied) Fewest Runs: 1 (2 Tied) Orioles’ No. 24 prospect by Baseball America at the end of 2015 season... Tommy John surgery kept him out of 2016...was selected by Cubs in 2020 Rule 5 Draft but was returned to the Orioles... Pitches: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Changeup 2021 BAYSOX BULLPEN #45 Diogenes Almengo B/T: R/R Throws: 4F, 2F, SL, CH Height: 6’2" Weight: 215 Opening Day Age: 24 Experience: 7th Year From: Santiago, DR 2019 Season (Frederick): 2019 Highs: Career Highs: Season Highs: 5-5, 3.90 ERA, 35 app, 13 SV, 55.1 IP, 43 H, 27 R, 24 ER, 7 IP: 3.0 (4x, last: 8/17 w/ FRD) IP: 5.0 (8x, last: 7/21/16 w/ GRV, Rk) IP: 2.0 (5/16 v. REA) HR, 4 HBP, 40 BB, 66 K, .212 BAA, 1.50 WHIP ER: 5 (4/19 w/ FRD) ER: 6 (8/11/16 w/ GRV, Rk) ER: 2 (5/16 v. REA) Career Stats (As of 6/3/21): Hits: 4 (3x, last: 8/17 w/ FRD) Hits: 6 (9/1/18 w/ DEL) Hits: 3 (5/19 @ RIC) 14-17, 3.59 ERA, 119 app, 23 SV, 248.0 IP, 200 H, 120 R, 99 SO: 4 (3x, last: 8/17 w/ FRD) SO: 6 (5/30/15 w/ DAB, DSL) SO: 3 (5/19 @ RIC) ER, 14 HR, 16 HBP, 136 BB, 222 K, .219 BAA, 1.35 WHIP BB: 3 (3x, last: 8/31 w/ FRD) BB: 8 (6/25/17 w/ TCV, A-) BB: 2 (2x, last: 5/16 v. REA) 2019: Spent the entire regular season with Frederick (Class-A Advanced) before joing the Baysox for the 2019 Postseason...Owned a 5-5 record (3.90 ERA) out of the bullpen, recording 13 saves to lead the team...Had a streak of 13.2 innings (over eight games) without allowing an earned run from July 5 through August 4..