rd rd Gwinnett Stripers (5-8, 3 in IL South, 2.0 GB) Pawtucket Red Sox (7-6, 3 in IL North, 1.5 GB) LHP Luiz Gohara (MLB Rehab) AT RHP William Cuevas (1-0, 4.35 ERA) Sunday, April 22, 2018 1:35 PM McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, RI Game #14 of 140 Road Game #8 Radio Broadcast: 97.7 FM Today’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers continue a six-game, two-city road trip today with the finale 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN of a three-game series vs. the Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston Red Sox). In the South: The Stripers (5-8, .385) are third in the International League South Division, 2.0 Current Streak: Lost 2 games behind first-place Norfolk (7-6, .538), 0.0 games behind second-place Charlotte (6-9, .400, Last 10 Games: 4-6 trail by winning percentage) and a half-game ahead of fourth-place Durham (5-9, .357). Long Winning Streak: 3 Games (4/16-4/18) All-Time vs. Pawtucket: Gwinnett is 29-38 (.433) in 67 meetings with Pawtucket since 2009 and Long Losing Streak: 4 Games (4/11-4/14) has won the season series vs. the PawSox twice: 2009 (6-2) and 2017 (4-2). Record Since 2009: 636-666 (.488) Last Game: The Stripers were shut out for the first time in 2018 as they lost 6-0 to the Pawtucket Home: 3-3 Leading after 6: 4-3 Red Sox last night at McCoy Stadium. LHP Jalen Beeks (W, 1-1) Road: 2-5 Leading after 7: 4-3 Day Games: 2-1 Leading after 8: 5-1 tossed 6.0 scoreless, two-hit innings, walked two and struck out ROAD TRIP (0-2) Night Games: 3-7 Tied after 6: 0-2 10. Pawtucket relievers Bobby Poyner (H, 1), Brandon Workman Batting: Extra Innings: 0-3 Tied after 7: 0-2 (H, 3) and Williams Jerez combined on 3.0 scoreless innings to .155 (11-for-71), 4 2B, 0 3B, Doubleheaders: 0-0 Tied after 8: 0-3 finish the three-hitter. Gwinnett fell behind 2-0 in the first inning as 0 HR, 4 R, 4 RBI, 0 SB Shutout W/L: 0-1 Trailing after 6: 1-3 LHP Kolby Allard (L, 1-1) yielded three straight hits to open the Pitching: Last AB W/L: 0-5 Trailing after 7: 1-3 game including an RBI triple by Ramon Flores and RBI single by 5.00 ERA (10 ER in 18.0 IP), Walk-Off W/L: 0-2 Trailing after 8: 0-4 Sam Travis. Allard settled in after the first, working 5.0 innings of 9 BB, 17 SO, 2 Holds, 0 Saves Score First: 2-2 With a HR: 3-5 four-hit, two-run baseball. The 2-0 deficit stood until the eighth, Score Last: 3-3 Without a HR: 2-3 when the PawSox scored four runs off LHP Phil Pfeifer for a 6-0 lead. LF Ronald Acuña Jr. (1-for-4), 1-Run Games: 1-2 Allow a HR: 1-3 1B Carlos Franco (1-for-4) and C Chris Stewart (1-for-3, 2B) tallied Gwinnett’s three hits. 2-Run Games: 1-4 Allow no HR: 4-5 3-Run Games: 1-1 With an Error: 2-2 Scoring Drought: The Stripers are in the midst of a season-long 14-inning scoring drought. +3-Run Games: 2-1 Without an Error: 3-6 The offense has not produced a run since Christian Colon’s RBI single off LHP Josh Smith scoring April: 5-8 Vs. LH Starter: 1-3 Rio Ruiz in the sixth inning on Friday at Pawtucket. Gwinnett’s longest scoring drought of 2017 was 22 May: 0-0 Vs. RH Starter: 4-5 innings, from 5/19-5/21 (spanned 3 games at Durham, 6-1, 6-0 and 5-3 losses). June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-1 July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 5-8 Allard Settles In: LHP Kolby Allard suffered his first career Triple-A loss last night (5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 1-3-1 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO). Of the six earned runs he has allowed this season, five have come in the first inning (15.00 ERA)…he has posted a 0.77 ERA (1 ER in 11.2 IP) in all other innings. In three starts, Allard is 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA (6 ER in 14.2 IP), a .222 BAA, six walks and 13 strikeouts. VS. PAWTUCKET (29-39 Since 2009) th th ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. PAW Fantastic Franco: With his team-leading 14 hit (T-10 in IL) last night, Carlos Franco has now Home: 14-18 0-0 .155, 0 HR, 4 RBI reached base safely in 12 of 13 games this season. He posted a team-best nine-game on-base Road: 15-18 0-2 ’18 Pitching vs. PAW streak from 4/6-4/16, hitting .286 (10-for-35, 3 2B, 3 HR, 6 R, 8 RBI, .333 OBP) in that span. In addition Overall: 29-36 0-2 5.00 ERA, .288 BAA st nd to hits, Franco also ranks among IL leaders in home runs (T-1 , 3), RBI (2 , 12), extra-base hits (T- nd rd th th 2 , 7), total bases (3 , 27), slugging percentage (10 , .519) and runs scored (T-10 , 8). TEAM IL RANKINGS Diff’rent Streaks: Dustin Peterson snapped his seven-game hitting streak last night (0-for-3), but Batting: .225 (13th) ERA: 3.11 (5th) drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to eight games…he is batting .333 (11-for-33, 3 2B, 3 R, 4 Runs: 49 (12th) Runs: 52 (7th) RBI, 3 BB, .389 OBP) on the streak dating back to 4/12. Ronald Acuña Jr. also has an eight-game Hits: 101 (10th) ER: 42 (8th) on-base streak, hitting .229 (8-for-35, 1 HR, 4 R, 2 RBI, 5 BB, .325 OBP) since 4/12. 2B: 28 (T-3rd) Innings: 121.2 (T-6th) 3B: 1 (T-12th) SO: 125 (6th) Power Up: The Stripers have hit 11 homers in 13 games this season, tied with Buffalo and Lehigh HR: 11 (T-1st) BB: 55 (3rd) st Valley for the IL lead. Seven different players have gone deep for Gwinnett: Johan Camargo (3, T-1 RBI: 48 (10th) CG: 0 (T-2nd) st in IL), Carlos Franco (3, T-1 in IL), Ronald Acuña Jr. (1), Jaff Decker (1), Rio Ruiz (1), Danny Steals: 5 (14th) SHO: 0 (T-9th) Santana (1) and Tyler Smith (1). Last year’s club ranked seventh in the 14-team circuit with 117 OBP: .296 (14th) Holds: 10 (1st) homers…that total was second-most all-time by a Gwinnett team, trailing only the 2011 club (123 HR). SLG: .365 (9th) Saves: 2 (T-9th) OPS: .661 (11th) WHIP: 1.27 (5th) Rotation Domination: Stripers’ starting pitchers (Kolby Allard, Aaron Blair, Max Fried, Andres Santiago, Lucas Sims, Mike Soroka and Matt Wisler) have combined to go 3-3 with a 2.49 ERA (18 TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) ER in 65.0 IP), a .207 BAA (49-for-237, 3 HR), 20 walks and 67 strikeouts through 13 games. That group has received just 25 runs of support, however, a 1.92 runs-per-game average. AVG: Camargo (.303) ERA: Wisler (2.25) Santiago: Including his first career Triple-A start on Friday (ND, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 0 OBP: Camargo (.361) WHIP: Wisler (0.58) BB, 3 SO), he is 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA (1 ER in 17.0 IP) in six career games (1 start) with Gwinnett. SLG: Camargo (.636) Wins: 5 Tied (1) Soroka: Is 1-0 with a 2.87 ERA (5 ER in 15.2 IP) and a .237 BAA (14-for-59, 0 HR) in three starts OPS: Camargo (.997) IP: Soroka (15.2) on his Triple-A debut. He ranks among IL pitching leaders in lowest BB/9.0 IP ratio for starters (T-3rd, Hits: Franco (14) SO: Soroka (20) th th 1.15), strikeouts (T-6 , 20) and GO/AO ratio (7 , 1.78). HR: 2 Tied (3)* QS: Wisler (1) Fried: Earned his first Triple-A win on 4/18 vs. Scranton/WB (5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO), Runs: Franco (8) CG: None RBI: Franco (12) Holds: 4 Tied (2) becoming the third Stripers pitcher to do so this year (Soroka on 4/6 at NOR, Kolby Allard on 4/16 Steals: 5 Tied (1) Saves: 2 Tied (1) vs. SWB). In four career Triple-A starts with Gwinnett, Fried is 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA (3 ER in 17.0 IP). All Eyes on Acuña Jr.: Ronald Acuña Jr., rated No. 2 on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, is batting .185 (10-for-54, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB) in 13 games this season. He hit .240 (6-for-25, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB) in six games on the last homestand, snapping a season-opening 38 at-bat home run drought on 4/17 vs. Scranton/WB (2-run, off LHP Josh Rogers). Last season, Acuña hit a Braves organization-best 21 homers, batting .325 (181-for-557, 31 2B, 8 3B, 88 R, 82 RBI, 44 SB) in 139 games between Advanced-A Florida, Double-A Mississippi and Gwinnett to earn 2017 MiLB Player of the Year honors from Baseball America and USA Today.