Columbus Clippers Game #28 Game Information Home Game #13 Media Relations Department -330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, OH 43215 - (614)-462-5250 - [email protected] Sunday, May 6 (2:05) - Huntington Park Charlotte Knights Columbus Clippers (Chicago White Sox) vs. (Cleveland Indians) RHP Michael Kopech (0-1, 2.67) RHP Stephen Fife (1-3, 9.28) (12-16) (14-13) LAST GAME Upcoming Probables May 5 R H E LOB Monday, May 7 at Toledo (6:35): LHP Adam Wilk (1-1, 4.18) vs. LHP Ryan Carpenter (0-3, 5.77) Charlotte 1 50 9 Tuesday, May 8 at Toledo (10:35): RHP Shane Bieber (1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Drew VerHagen (0-0, 0.00) Columbus 0 2 0 2 Wednesday, May 9 at Toledo (6:35): RHP Adam Plutko (3-2, 2.35) vs. LHP Josh Turley (1-1, 5.60) W: TJ House (1-3) Thursday, May 10 at Toledo (6:35): LHP Ryan Merritt (0-0, 8.31) vs. TBA L: Jordan Milbrath (1-1) Today's Game S: Rob Scahill (2) The Clippers will send RHP Stephen Fife to the mound today, attempting to run his personal winning streak to two. Charlotte will HR: counter with RHP Michael Kopech. The Clippers are 11-8 (.579) against right handers this year. Kopech has never pitched against the Highlights Clippers in his career. Dominic DeMasi (4.0IP, 2H, 1BB, 1K) and Matt Whitehouse vs. the Knights (2.0IP, 2BB, 3K) came up from Columbus was 4-7 against Charlotte last year, losing the season series for the first time since 2008 (5-0-3 from 2009-16). Over the last Akron to post shutout ball. 40 games, the Clippers and Knights have combined to score 397 runs (216-181, Columbus), while hitting 95HR (52-43, Charlotte). Adam Rosales has hit .400 (14x35) with 5RBI in 10 career games vs. Charlotte. No Time to Feel Good The 1-0 loss suffered by the Clippers last night dropped their record in games following a win to 5-9 (five wins by a combined nine runs). Columbus has been outscored 88-43 when coming off a win the night before, losing by at least eight runs in four of those games. In 12 games following a loss, the Clippers are 8-4, outscoring the opposition 54-49. Tarnished CLIPPER QUICK FACTS The Clippers were handed their first loss in May with last night's shutout, dropping to 4-1 this month. Additionally, last night's loss was Current Streak: L1 the first this season in which the Clippers held their opponents below four runs (11-1, only Indianapolis remains undefeated in such Home Streak: L1 games). Despite the 1-run loss, the Clippers still own the best record in games played within a 3-run margin (10-5, .667). Home: 7-5 May: 4-1 Big Shoes to Fill Sunday: 2-1 With Greg Allen getting recalled to Cleveland, the Clippers are left with a pretty big hole at the top of the order. The #8 prospect has Day Games: 4-1 spent the majority of the season batting leadoff for Columbus, hitting .264 (19x72) with a .413OBP and 17 runs scored in 20 games. vs. South: 4-2 Leadoff hitters not named Greg Allen have hit .192 (5x26) with a .323OBP and a pair of runs in seven games. Last 10: 6-4 Consecutive days in 3rd: 1 Ice Cold Scoring at least 4 runs: 10-4 After homering in back to back games on 4/14 and 4/16, Francisco Mejia hit just .127 (8x63) with a double, an RBI and 45LOB (9LOB on Scoring less than 4 runs: 4-9 4/27 vs. Indy) over his next 15 games. He seemed to bust out of that slump on Friday, going 3x3 with a double, a HR and 4RBI (season Come from behind wins: 8 high RBI), but was 0x3 last night (1LOB). He is starting at catcher today (.733OPS at catcher, .347OPS elsewhere). Last at bat wins: 4 Team Batting: .242, 11th Out of the Barnes Team Pitching: 4.75, 14th Brandon Barnes extended his on base streak to 11 games last night (started 4/21, .422OBP), but had his multi-hit streak snapped at Team Defense: .975, 12th four games (leads team with nine multi-hit games). Barnes has 11RBI over his last 11, as he currently ranks tied for 6th with 17RBI on the year. He is among the IL leaders in doubles (T1st, 11), batting (T5th, .333) and SLG (7th, .560). LEAGUE STANDINGS North W - L Pct GB More Than Doubled Up Paw 14- 12 .538 - Yu Chang has hit .345 (19x55) over his last 16 games, bumping his average from .133 to .271. He connected for his first homer of the Syr 14 - 12 .538 - season on 4/28, snapping a streak of 62AB without (dated to 9/4/17 with Akron) and followed up with a walk-off shot on 5/3 for his LHV 14 - 13.519 0.5 second. Of his nine extra base hits on the year, seven have come in the last 12 games. Buf 10 - 10 .500 1.0 SWB 13 -15 .464 2.0 Power Outage Roc 11 - 13 .458 2.0 Richie Shaffer comes into today with just 2HR in his last 25 games in the IL (90AB), to go along with only 8RBI. Since last year's All- South W - L Pct GB Star Break, 71% of his RBI (25 of 35) have come on homers. As a team, the Clippers have failed to deliver on the promise of power this Dur 16 - 11 .593 - season, hitting just 16HR in 27 games (5HR over two games, 4/14-4/16). They have only 2HR out of the cleanup spot this year. Nor 15 - 11 .577 0.5 Cha 12 - 16 .429 4.5 Working the Count Gwn 10 - 17 .370 6.0 Since 4/28, the Clippers have made their walks count, as 10 of 37 walked batters have come around to score (27%; seven of first 69 West W - L Pct GB scored, 10%). From 4/20-4/28, they saw 25 walked batters get stranded on the bases and from 4/6-4/12, 24 straight walked batters failed Tol 16 - 11 .593 - to score. Greg Allen has scored four times after a walk and Mike Papi has been plated three times. Ind 14 - 12 .538 1.5 Col 14 - 13 .519 2.0 ORGANIZATION REPORT vs. CHARLOTTE Lou 9 - 16 .360 6.0 Cleveland (17-16) 1st place Akron (17-11), 1st place All-Time May 5 R H E 5/5 at Bowie, won, 4-2 Home Road Overall League Notes Cleveland2 5 2 5/6 at Bowie, 1:35 88-60 70-77 158-137 New York (AL)5 4 0 Lynchburg (13-15), T3rd place 2018 W- Gray (2-2), L- Bauer (2-3), S- Robertson (1) 5/5 vs. Myrtle Beach, lost, 2-1 Home Road Overall HR- Lindor (8) 5/6 vs. Myrtle Beach, 2:00 2-1 0-0 2-1 Lindor: 1x3, R, RBI, HR, BB Lake County (13-14), 5th place 2017 Taylor: 2.0IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 3K 5/6 vs. Beloit, won, 9-8 (10)Home Road Overall 5/6 at NYY, 1:05 (Clevinger vs. German) 5/6 vs. Beloit, 1:30 1-2 3-5 4-7 Governors' Cup Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2015 IL West Division Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 Columbus Clippers Game Information Sunday, May 6 This Date in Clipper History Huntington (Small) Park 5/6/1987 In each of the first nine years since the move downtown, Huntington Park has ranked among the top two in the IL in homers per game, Jay Buhner powered the totaling 2.16 per contest (1,395HR, 645 games). Last year, HP averaged a record 2.58 per game (183HR total was also a record), Clippers to a 10-1 victory over marking the second straight year atop the league. In addition, the Clippers served up 88HR, tied for most ever (2012), following two the Tidewater Tides, going 4x5 straight years under 70. Over the life of the park, the opposition has hit more long balls (712 to 706). with 2 doubles, 2HR, 4RBI and 3 runs scored. Buhner would go year gms COL opp total avg rank year gms COLopptotal avg rank year gms COL opp total avg rank on to lead the IL in HR, 2009 71 57 73 130 1.83 2nd 2013 72 63 72 135 1.88 2nd 2017 71 95 88 183 2.58 1st 2010 72 90 83 173 2.40 2nd 2014 72 64 85 149 2.07 2nd 2018 12 10 13 23 1.92 3rd pounding the 4th most 2011 72 100 77 1772.46 1st 2015 72 62 64 126 1.75 2nd roundtrippers (31) in franchise 2012 71 91 88 1792.52 1st 2016 72 74 69 143 1.99 1st history. In addition to being named an IL All-Star, Buhner Looong Losing Streak Snapped was selected as a co-Clipper of On 5/2 at Louisville, the Clippers snapped an 82 game losing streak when trailing after eight innings, tying the Bats in the 9th and the Year in 1987. The next year, prevailing 5-3 in extras. The win was the first for the Clippers since 7/19/16, a game in which they also victimized the Bats.