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MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS (CHC) (4-4) VS AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS (ATL) (3-5) Tuesday, May 11th - Sunday, May 16th — Game #7-12/Away Game #1-6 – TicketReturn.Com Field — 7:05 EDT Game #9: RHP Richard Gallardo (0-0, 27.00 ERA) (MB) vs RHP Spencer Strider (0-0, 0.00 ERA)(AUG) MiLB TV •GreenJacketsbaseball.com PELICANS SWARM JACKETS IN 8TH AGAIN SAUNDERS SET TO LEAD JACKETS For the second consecutive game, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Michael Saunders has been tabbed as the Manager for the woke their bats up in the 8th inning for a comeback win. After 2021 campaign. Also joining Saunders will be Mike Bard as Augusta took the lead, 3-1, in the top of the frame, Myrtle Hitting Coach, Elvin Nina as Pitching Coach, Myles Schroder Beach displayed a patient approach, sending eight men to as a Coach, Austin Smith as the Athletic Trainer, and Kyle the plate and scoring three times. Yohendrick Pinango broke Lindsey as the Strength Coach. Michael Saunders brings nine the tie with an RBI-single giving Myrtle Beach the lead for years of experience in Major League Baseball, having spent good at 4-3. time with the Seattle Mariners (2009-2014), Toronto Blue Jays (2015-2016), and Philadelphia Phillies (2017). Saunders’ ca- DARIUS DEALS reer batting average was .232 in 2,400 plate appearances. The 1-2 punch of Alec Barger and Darius Vines in the He was a 2016 All-Star during his time in Toronto. In 2020, starting rotation has to be a comforting feeling for Jackets Saunders was slated to be Manager of the Danville Braves. Manager Michael Saunders. Vines came out in yesterday’s game and shutdown the Myrtle Beach lineup. Five innings, no BRAVES ERA BEGINS AT SRP PARK earned runs, while allowing only two hits. Vines also ended After spending the previous 16 seasons as the affiliate of the his evening with six strikeouts. The right-hander was a 7th San Francisco Giants, the GreenJackets begin their new affil- round selection in 2019 by the Atlanta Braves out of Cal State iation with the closest Major League team to SRP Park: The Bakersfield. Atlanta Braves. Truist Park sits 162 miles from SRP Park and will serve as the Low-A Affiliate of the Atlanta Braves for the STRIDER MAKES HIS LOW-A EAST DEBUT next 10 years. The Braves are the 4th major league affiliate since 1988 joining the Pittsburgh Pirates (1988-1998), Bos- Spencer Strider will make his GreenJackets debut on Friday. ton Red Sox (1999-2004), and San Francisco Giants (2005- Strider, listed at #21 on the Braves Top 30 prospects list en- 2020). The Jackets will play in the newly formed, 12-team, tering 2021, was a 4th round selection in the 2020 MLB Draft Low-A “East” league. out of Clemson. He only pitched in 12 innings in the shortened 2020 NCAA season, but flashed a mid-90s fastball after he sat out in 2019 following Tommy John surgery. He was a 35th THIS DAY IN JACKETS BOX SCORE HISTORY round selection by the Cleveland Indians in the 2017 MLB Draft. May 14, 2009: GreenJackets 2, Greenville Drive 11 Fluor Field - Greenville, SC THREE TOP-30 PROSPECTS HEADLINE ROSTER WP: Casey Kelly (5-0) LP: Mike Loree (1-4) The Atlanta Braves sent three Top-30 Prospects to North Casey Kelly improved to 5-0 for the Greenville Drive (Boston Red Sox) as the Augusta to start the 2021 campaign: #19 prospect INF former 1st round pick went six-innings of shutout baseball. Kelly was eventually Vaughn Grissom, #24 prospect RHP Tyler Owens, #29 traded to the Padres along with Anthony Rizzo. Then in 2014, the Padres OF Stephen Paolini. All three were drafted out of high would trade Kelly to the Braves and with him came current GreenJackets catcher Ricardo Rodriguez. The Braves sent C Christian Bethancourt to the Padres school in the 2019 MLB Draft and will begin the season at in return. age 20. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Friday, May 14th 7:05 EDT RHP Richard Gallardo (0-0, 27.00 ERA) (MB) vs RHP Spencer Strider (0-0, 0.00 ERA)(AUG) Saturday, May 15th (G1) 4:00 EDT LHP DJ Herz (0-0, 0.00 ERA)(MB) vs RHP Chad Bryant Jr (0-1, 5.40 ERA) (AUG) Saturday, May 15th (G2) RHP Manuel Espinoza (0-1, 3.00 ERA)(MB) vs RHP Joey Estes (0-0, 3.38 ERA)(AUG) Sunday, May 16th 6:05 EDT LHP Adam Laskey (0-1, 8.53 ERA)(MB) vs RHP Tyler Owens (0-1, 13.50 ERA)(AUG) Tuesday, May 18th 7:05 EDT N/A TODAY’S TIDBITS: Willie Carter has a hit in all six games he’s played in... Vaughn Grissom is riding a four-game hitting streak... Green- Jackets are 2-for-17 with RISP in the series and have struckout 29 times over two games... GreenJackets bullpen ERA of 6.94 is 11th in the Low-A East...Augusta went 37-32 on the road in 2019... Also in 2019, the GreenJackets were 27-17 against teams from South Carolina... ... The Pelicans finished the 2019 season 55-81. Previously were the Chicago Cubs Class-A Advanced affiliate... 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) MOST WALKS: 2 vs COL (5/06) MOST IP: 2.0 IP vs COL (5/06) ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN NOTES & TRENDS: PUERTO PLATA, D.R. -Made his season debut on 5/06 in Game #2 of doubleheader vs Columbia •Located on the northern coast of the Do- minican Republic. • Maintain the only cable car system in the entire Carribean. • Boasts both the highest peak and lowest valley in the Dominican Republic.