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Auburn Doubledays GAME INFORMATION Single-A New York-Penn League Affiliate of the Washington Nationals For Information contact Graham Doty at [email protected] 130 N Division St. • Auburn, NY 13021 • (Phone) 315.255.2489 • (Fax) 315.255.2675 GAME #67 • SERIES #24 • HOME GAME #34 Auburn Doubledays (22-44, 14-29) vs. Batavia Muckdogs (35-30, 20-22) RHP Lucas Giolito (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Domingo German (1-3, 2.40) Tuesday, August 28, 2013 • 5:05 p.m. • Falcon Park • Auburn, NY UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS: ALL TIMES EST Away games broadcasted on 98.1 FM, 1590 Date Time Opponent Pitcher AM WAUB and auburndoubledays.com August 28 7:05 vs Batavia LHP Casey Selsor (0-4, 4.00) vs RHP Ryan Newell (5-3, 1.84) August 29 7:05 at Mahoning Valley RHP Nick Pivetta (0-1, 5.56) vs TBA August 30 7:05 at Mahoning Valley RHP Ryan Ullmann (1-2, 5.40) vs TBA August 31 7:05 vs State College TBA vs TBA TODAY’S GAME: - BY THE NUMBERS - The Doubledays try to win the series tonight against the Batavia Muckdogs. The Doubledays went 7-5 last season against the Muckdogs. LAST SEASON RECAP: The Doubledays finished 46-30 in the regular season last year. Auburn won the Pickney Division for the eighth time Team batting.220 average versus Batavia is since 2002. The Doubledays went 24-14 at home and 22-16 on the road. The Doubledays finished the season strong by winning seven of their last ten games and finishing two games ahead of the second place Batavia Muckdogs. The second lowest versus division foe Doubledays led the New York-Penn League with a .271 team batting average. They also led the league in runs (432), hits, (722), RBIs (381), and total bases (1,008). Auburn had two of the top hitters in the league. Shawn Pleffner finished second in the league with a .329 average and Estarlin Martinez finished fourth with a .319 average. a RECORD BREAKDOWN POSTSEASON REVIEW: The Doubledays played the Tri-City ValleyCats in the first round of the playoffs last year. The ValleyCats had a regular Current Streak: L4 season record of 51-24 and won the Stedler Division by 15 games. The Doubledays lost the first game of the series at Last 10 Games: 2-8 home 5-4. They won the second game at Tri-City 5-2. The Doubledays lost the deciding game 16-7 at Tri-City. Long Winning Streak: 3 Long Losing Streak: 5 LONG AND RICH HISTORY: Falcon Park: 11-19 Road: 10-26 Auburn, New York and organized baseball date back to 1877. This season marks Auburn’s 55th year in the New York-Penn Series Openers: 7-17 League. This is also the 17th year as the Auburn Doubledays. The Doubledays have won the Pinckney Division eight times, Rubber Games: 2-7 including six straight years from 2002-07, and have won the New York-Penn League Championship twice (1998 & 2007). Series Records: 5-15 ABNER DOUBLEDAY: Vs. Pinckney: 14-29 Leading After 6: 17-5 Auburn’s own Abner Doubleday is credited for inventing the game of baseball in 1839 when he was a cadet at the United Vs.McNamara: 5-6 Leading After 7: 16-4 States Military Academy in West Point, NY. Doubleday is recognized in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Vs. Stedler 3-9 Leading After 8: 15-2 in Cooperstown, NY. He was a United States Army officer and Union general in the American Cival War. Doubleday fired 17-35 2-5 the first shot of the war in defense of Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC. He also had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Before ASG: Tied After 6: Battle of Gettsburg. The baseball field at West Point is named in Doubleday’s honor. The Doubleday’s mascot, Abner, After ASG: 5-9 Tied After 7: 2-4 wears number 96 in honor of the birth of the team name in 1996 Scoring First: 17-20 Tied After 8: 2-3 Scoring Last: 4-24 Trailing After 6: 3-31 LEO PINCKNEY: Extra Innings: 3-3 Trailing After 7: 4-34 3-4 3-33 One of the most important and influential figures in New York-Penn League history was Leo Pinckney. Leo was the sports Doubleheaders: Trailing After 8: editor for the Auburn Citizen for 37 years. In 1958, he was instrumental in bringing a New York-Penn League franchise June: 6-8 Last AB Wins: 3 to Auburn. He went door-to-door to raise funds and did so well that he got the attention of the New York Yankees. He July: 8-22 Walk-off Wins: 2 became the Auburn Yankees first president. He went on to serve 18 years as president of the team and served as the August: 9-14 Shutouts: 3 New York-Penn League President from 1984-93. In 1993, the league honored him by naming the division that Auburn September: 0-0 Times Shut Out: 5 plays in as the “Pinckney Division.” In 1998 he received Minor League Baseball’s prestigious “Kind of Baseball” award. White Jersey: 10- 10+ Runs: 1-0 15 4+ Runs: 18-14 Red Jersey: 12- 1-Run Games: 6-10 29 Auburn HR: 8-13 Blue Jersey: 0-0 Opponent HR: 2-18 TEAM LEADERS - (LEAGUE RANK) Auburn vs. Muckdogs in 2013 - 10 G This Season: 5-5 Last Season: 7-5 Batting Average: Lippincott, (.297) Home Runs: Lippincott, (6) Wins: Bafidis, (2) Home: 3-1 Road: 2-4 Hits: Yezzo, (59) RBI: Lippincott, (26) ERA: Napoli (1.31) Offense: .214, 2 HR Pitching: 3.84, 63 K Doubles: Lippincott, (9) OBP: Lippincott, (.372) Strikeouts: Medina, (45) Three, (2) Lippincot, (.483) Hollins, (4) TEAM TOTALS Triples: Slugging: Saves: Stolen Bases: Rodriguez, (8) Total Bases: Yezzo, (72) Holds: Napoli, (3) Batting AVG: .233 ERA: 4.45 UPCOMING PROMOTIONS AT FALCON PARK HR: 25 Strikeouts: 500 XBH: 99 Starter W 8 WEDNESDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Runs: 232 Holds: 10 Winning Wednesday. Family Pack. Ticket, Free Community All you can eat at the $2 Tuesday at the Steals: 40 If the Doubledays win, Hot Dog, Soda & pro- Ticket Day. Kids run Tompkins Trust Tent Tompkins Trust Tent Saves: 11 you win free tickets to gram for only $10 per the bases presented Area Area DOUBLEDAYS BLOG the next Wednesday person. by Tompkins Trust night game Company You can follow all the Doubledays news on our new blog, Doubledays N Nights, with broadcaster THIS DAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY Graham Doty. Posts will go beyond the headlines 1990 Ryne Sandberg becomes the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons when he homers to deep left with news and information about club events, stories field off Bill Gullickson leading off the fourth inning in the Cubs’ 5-2 victory over Houston at the Astrodome. ‘Ryno’ will finish the season from the road, lineups and daily updates. with 40 round-trippers, the most in the National League. 2003 Eric Gagne earns his 44th straight save in the Dodgers’ 6-3 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park. The reliever’s effort doubledaysnnights.mlblogs.com establishes a new major league record surpassing Tom Gordon, who had saved 43 in a row to begin a season with the Red Sox in 1998. © 2013 AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS • www.auburndoubledays.com PAGE 1 TODAY’S STARTER HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-6, 230 Born: 7-14-94 (19) Lucas Giolito | RHP | #34 RESIDES: Los Angeles, CA College: N/A ‘12: 1 GS, 0-0, 4.50 ERA OBTAINED: Nationals 1st round pick (16th overall) in the 2012 Draft YEAR CLUB LG W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2012 Nationals GCL 0-0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2013 Nationals GCL 1-1 2.78 8 8 0 0 0 22.2 19 8 7 0 0 10 25 4 0 MILB TOTALS 1-1 2.92 9 9 0 0 0 24.2 21 9 8 0 0 10 26 4 0 GIOLITO’S DAY-BY-DAY Tonight’s Start: 19-year-old Lucas Giolito makes his second start for the Doubledays tonight versus Batavia. This marks Giolito’s 11th career start. DATE OPP DEC ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF PC/S SCORE 2013 Season: Appeared in 8 games with the Nationals (GCL) and made 8 starts. Threw 22.2 innings while allowing 8 runs on 19 hits. Giolito finished with 25 strikeouts and 10 walks. PERSONAL: The Nationals top pick in the 2012 June draft. His parents are Hollywood actors Lindsay Frost and Rick Giolito. He was committed to UCLA and the Nationals exceeded his assigned pick value by $800,000 and signed him for $2,925,000. He pitched in one game in 2012 before having Tommy John surgery on August 31st. Baseball America tags him as the Washington Nationals second best prospect in the Nationals farm system. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Harvard-Westlake High School in North Holly- wood, CA. Was teamates with Max Fried, who was drafted 7th overall in 2012 by the San Diego Padres. Famous alumni of Harvard-Westlake High School: Emily Deschanel Jarron and Jason Collins Jamie Lee Curtis Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal Jason Segel Shirley Temple 2013 SEASON SPLITS Vs. Right:............ .000, 0 HR Vs. Left:............... .000, 0 HR Home:................. 0 GS, 0-0, 0.00, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 K, .000 Opp AVG Road:.................