N O P Q R S O R Q S O T T N W X M N O P Q R S O R Q S O T T U U U V V ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¡ ¦ § ¨ ¦ ¨ © ¦ ¡ § ¥ ¨ ¡ ¤ ¡ § £ £ ¡ § Saturday, June 15 7:35 p.m. CT Isotopes Park Game #69 Albuquerque, NM RHP Dustin Beggs (4-3, 5.27) vs. LHP Pat Dean (2-5, 9.09) Road Game #29 , + & $ ) " & ) THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes have won two of DIAZZLING – Isan Diaz hit safely in his 15th straight game, surpassing their last three games and open play tonight in third place ve games Matt Snyder (April 14-May 4) for the longest by a Baby Cake this season. It back of rst place San Antonio. e ‘Cakes open a four game set in e is the longest hit streak of Diaz’s Triple-A career, and one shy of his overall Current Streak ...........................W2 Home ......................................21-19 Duke City, New Orleans has won eight in a row in this ballpark dating mark (16 games, July 9-26, 2015 for Rookie-ball Missoula Osprey). It was Streak ............................................L2 back to the 2016 season. New Orleans swept the four game series last the longest active mark in the PCL until Willie Calhoun began his rehab Road ....................................... 16-12 year. Prior to the past two trips to Albuquerque, New Orleans struggled assignment for Nashville, resuming a 16-game streak. Over the streak, Diaz Streak ..........................................W2 in this ballpark, not winning a season series dating back to 2007. has hit .344 (20x58) with four home runs, four doubles, a triple, 13 RBI and Last 10 ........................................ 5-5 vs. RHP (starter) ....................28-25 13 runs. Diaz scored his 55th run, giving him the PCL lead. His 14 home vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 9-6 LAST TIME OUT – e ‘Cakes defeated the rst place Chihuahuas runs is tied for 15th in the league and ! h most in the American Conference. vs. Division ............................13-13 for the second consecutive night. New Orleans three home runs in the He leads the ‘Cakes in RBI (42) and took the team lead in doubles (12). vs. American Conference ...... 32-26 come from behind victory. ‘Cakes allowed a pair of solo home runs in vs. Paci c Conference .............. 5-6 vs. NL A" liates .....................24-21 the rst inning but rallied to tie the contest in the third. Ty France hit his WHO’S LEFT – e Baby Cakes improved to 9-6 vs. le! -handed starters, vs. AL A" liates ....................... 13-9 second homer of the day in the bottom of the third to push El Paso to a and will face a southpaw for the seventh time in a row today in a stretch of Day ........................................... 9-11 3-2 lead. Zac Gallen settled in and allowed just four runs, three earned nine in ten games, with Pat Dean and Kyle Freeland slotted to throw in the Night ....................................... 28-20 on four hits for his league leading ninth win. Tyler Heineman hammered upcoming Albuquerque series. rough the rst three contests, NOLA hit Extra Innings .............................2-6 Shutouts ..................................... 7-4 a two run home run in the fourth and the ‘Cakes took the lead for good. .210 (17x81) with 27 strikeouts against le! ies, but has since gone 32x89 in the One-Run Games ...................... 9-14 Lewis Brinson drilled a two run shot in the eighth for good measure and last two. e ‘Cakes are hitting .268 against southpaws on the season with a Score 5+ Runs ....................... 23-11 the ‘Cakes bullpen worked the nal three and two third innings without .331 on-base percentage, which is the worst in the PCL. Scoring First ..........................25-10 allowing a run. RJ Alvarez worked the ninth for his ninth save. Opponent Scores First ......... 12-21 Commit Error ........................ 17-18 YO GABBY GABBY – Gabriel Guerrero tallied four hits and four RBI Hit Home Run ........................30-18 ON THE HILL – New Orleans will turn to Dustin Beggs tonight. Beggs on ursday, both personal season highs and tying for the best marks by Quality Start ............................. 19-7 had won three consecutive starts from May 19th - May 30th but has fell a Baby Cake this season. e hits mark ties for a Triple-A best, and the Outhit Opponent .....................31-9 on hard times in each of his last two starts, dropping both games and RBI mark is one shy of a career high at the level (June 23 and August 28, Leading A! er 6 ....................... 31-5 Trailing A! er 6 ........................2-22 allowing 13 runs in 8 2/3 innings pitched. Beggs gave 2018201 for Louisville). Guerrero hit safely for the sixth Leading A! er 7 ....................... 31-4 C D E F G H I J K L LL up three home runs on June 10 against Sacramento, B timetim in his last seven road games, where he is hitting Trailing A! er 7 ........................3-24 tying with Hector Noesi and Zac Gallen for the most by .286.28 (20x70) overall with ve of his six home runs and Leading A! er 8 ....................... 28-3 a ‘Cakes pitcher this season, and allowed six runs a! er 2014: ! e Z"s beat Albuquerque, a .571. slugging percentage, vs. a .217 (20x92) average Trailing A! er 8 ........................0-19 6-3 in 10 innings, to surge into $ rst Series Record ..........................8-4-5 giving up seven in his last start. ings started rough for place. It was the 18th win in 24 at home. Series Openers ........................ 11-6 Beggs, who gave up a double then a home run on the rst games, the team"s best stretch since Series Finales ...........................11-6 two pitches he threw. He then stopped the bleeding over May 13-June 5, 2001. SAINTSAI LEWIS – Lewis Brinson hit his rst home run Doubleheader Games ...............5-5 the next three innings, but gave up back-to-back longballs sincesin May 26th and his sixth of the season. Brinson Sweep/Swept/Split .................0/0/5 Come From Behind Wins ............13 in the ! h. He will make his eleventh start of the season hit safely in his eighth straight road game, and is Bat Around For/Against ...........3/5 for New Orleans and his rst career start against the battingbat .316 (18x57) away from the Shrine on Airline. Longest Win Streak ......................4 Isotopes. It was his 24th game slotted as the cleanup hitter, hitting .319 (29x91) Longest Lose Streak ......................3 from the spot. High Water Mark ........................+7 Low Water Mark ..........................-2 FOR STARTERS – e Baby Cakes’ starting rotation fell behind San An- White Jersey .......................... 12-10 tonio in the PCL ERA race (3.71 to 3.54), but continues to hold the top LONG ROAD AHEAD – New Orleans picked up its second road win on Grey Jersey ..................................8-6 mark in WHIP (1.18) and opponents average (.227) while working 366.0 the trip last night. e ‘Cakes will play 22 of 31 on the road in the in 39 Blue Jersey ............................. 15-14 innings, 29.0 more than second-place Iowa. e group’s 393 strikeouts days through July 18. e ‘Cakes have the fewest road games played in the Pelicans Jersey ........................... 2-1 Misc. Jersey ................................0-0 are four behind High-A Lexington for the most in the minor leagues, PCL (28), and their 12 losses are the second fewest (El Paso, 10). eir 4.47 and are 67 ahead of second-place Iowa in the PCL. e starters are on road ERA ranks ! h and .279 ranks sixth in the PCL. e ‘Cakes have won three straight road series, and are 9-4 in their last 13 away games. pace for 804 strikeouts, which would set both a club and league record, TEAM LEADERS surpassing the 2012 squad (645) and 2017 Fresno (770). ey have not AB: Diaz ......................................237 recorded a quality start in the last seven games, the second stretch of ROSTER MOVES – New Orleans added Yangervis Solarte today from AVG: Rivera .............................. .318 longer than two on the year (nine games, April 13-20). Jupiter. Solarte opened the season with San Francisco and batted .205 in H: Rivera .......................................71 28 games with the Giants. He has played parts of six seasons in the Major R: Diaz ...........................................55 2B: Diaz .........................................13 SOUTHWEST OFFENSE - New Orleans out-hit El Paso in all three Leagues and is a career .258 hitter. RHP Riley Ferrell rejoins New Orleans 3B: Diaz/Harrison.........................2 games and is batting .339 (39x115) on this road-trip scoring 23 runs and on his MLB rehab assignment and catcher Rodrigo Vigil was transferred HR: Diaz .......................................14 four home runs in three games. to Double-A Jacksonville. e Baby Cakes roster is full at 25 active play- RBI: Diaz .......................................42 ers, + 2 IL and 1 MLB rehab. SB: Harrison .................................19 HIT PARADE – All eight of the Baby Cakes’ starting position players W: Gallen ........................................9 recorded a hit in back to back games on Wednesday and ursday in El NAWLINS NOTES – e Baby Cakes are 11-6 in series openers ... RJ L: Meyer/Eveld ...............................4 Paso, the fourth time this season. On Wednesday, starting pitcher Ben Alvarez save was the sixth by NOLA in June, leading the league, a! er SV: Alvarez .....................................9 recording ve in all of May ... Tyler Heineman has hit safely in six of his ERA: Gallen ...............................1.77 Meyer got in on the action, giving the team a hit from all nine starters in G: Alvarez .....................................26 the lineup. e ‘Cakes have collected 31 hits through the rst two games eight games for the Baby Cakes ... Tyler Kinley has yet to allow a hit in four GS: Gallen .....................................14 of the series, averaging higher than their single-game most (15) entering games for New Orleans this season ..