Clinton LumberKings Game Notes Class A Midwest League Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners Clinton LumberKings Media Relations Dept. | 563.242.0727 ext. 106 | [email protected] | www.lumberkings.com . Quad Cities River Bandits (7-4 / 47-33 / T-1st in West) Clinton LumberKings (7-4 / 44-36 / T-1st in West) RHP Jorge Rondon (3-4, 3.23 ERA) VS. RHP Erasmo Ramirez (5-3, 3.01) Tuesday, July 8, 2010 6:00 PM Alliant Energy Field, Clinton, IA Games #83-84 Radio Broadcast: AM 1390 KCLN Where We Left Off: The LumberKings will resume action in the bottom of the fourth inning trailing 1-0 RECORD BREAKDOWN to the Quad Cities River Bandits…last night’s game was suspended due to rain. Bandits’ right-fielder Ryde Rodriguez doubled home first-baseman Matt Adams in the second inning, the lone run scored against left- Current Streak: Won 2 hander Nick Czyz…the Kings struck out seven times over the first 3.0 innings facing right-hander Shelby Miller. The pitchers who will take over upon resumption have not yet been announced by either club. Last 10 Games: 7-3 Long Winning Streak: 7 Games (5/21-5/27) Game Two: A half-hour following the completion of last night’s game, the LumberKings and River Long Losing Streak: 4 Games (6/12-6/17) Bandits will game two of the three-game series, a seven-inning contest. Clinton is currently tied alongside All-Time Record: 4110-4306 Quad Cities (also 7-4) for first in the West Division…today marks the club’s sixth day with a share of first place this half after spending just one day tied for first in the first half. John Tamargo’s club is in search of a Vs. West: 39-30 Leading after 6: 33-2 second-half playoff berth after missing the cut for the first-half West Wild Card (37-32, T-4th ). Vs. East: 5-6 Leading after 7: 34-1 First Half: 37-32 Leading after 8: 32-1 Czyz-Whiz: We don’t yet know if left-hander Nick Czyz will win, lose or get a no-decision as a result of Scoring First: 31-10 Tied after 6: 5-3 last night’s performance (a run on four hits over 4.0 IP, five strikeouts), but we do know this…he’s given up Scoring Last: 30-15 Tied after 7: 5-3 just three earned runs over 22.1 innings this season, good for a 1.21 ERA. Czyz (pronounced CHEZ) started Extra-Innings: 5-2 Tied after 8: 4-3 the year as a reliever, going 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and the league’s best opponent average of 0.43. Doubleheaders: 7-3 Trailing after 6: 6-30 April: 10-12 Trailing after 7: 5-31 Emerging Ace: Monday’s win for left-hander Jimmy Gillheeney marked his second-straight outing of May: 20-10 Trailing after 8: 2-27 a career-high-tying 7.0 innings and his second-straight quality start…he’s now a lone atop the Clinton June: 11-12 Last AB Wins: 12 rotation in quality starts with eight . After going 2-1 with a 1.67 ERA (6 ER in 32.1 IP) over his six starts in July: 3-2 Walk-off Wins: 5 May, Gilly encountered struggles in June with a 2-3 record and 5.00 ERA (15 ER in 27.0 IP) over five starts. August: 0-0 Shutouts: 3 However, in his last two games, the eighth-round pick out of NC State is 2-0 with a 1.92 ERA (3 ER in 14.0 September: 0-0 Times Shut Out: 4 IP). He’s amongst MWL leaders in starts (T-2nd with 17), ERA (T-10 th at 3.14) and strikeouts (12 th with 80). Home: 25-17 10+ Runs: 9-1 Road: 19-19 1 Run Games: 10-10 - One game removed from seeing his nine-game hitting streak snapped, was at it High Nun: Luis Nunez LumberKings vs. Quad Cities in 2010 again in the leadoff spot Monday…he went 3-for-5 with a run scored and his fifth stolen base, notching his sixth multi-hit game in his 11 starts with the Kings. Nunez has a hit in 10 of 11 games since rejoining Season: 2-4 Home: 1-2 Road: 1-2 Clinton from high-A High Desert on 6/12, batting an even .400 (18-for-45) …he hit .405 (15-for-37) with a Offense: .244, 6 HR Pitching: 5.24, 54 K double, three runs scored and four RBI during the streak. Signed as a free agent out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2005, Nunez played the entire 2009 season with Clinton, hitting .284 with 14 doubles, a TEAM TOTALS HR, 57 runs scored and 33 RBI…he hit in 17-straight from 5/28/09 to 6/16/09, batting .382 (29-for-76). Hitting: .249 (11th) ERA: 3.23 (2nd) Killer C: Matt Cerione’s 2-for-4 performance on Monday included an RBI triple (his 4 th ) and a run scored. th HR: Strikeouts: Seattle’s 13 round pick in 2009 out of the University of Georgia, Cerione has recorded a hit in eight of his 73 598 last nine games , batting .343 (11-for-32) with three doubles, three triples, a HR, six runs and nine RBI. XBH: 221 Starter W: 28 Runs: 383 Holds: 15 Another Dozen for Morris: Tim Morris saw his hitting streak snapped at 12 games Sunday Steals: 80 Saves: 20 - night (0-for-3), but started a new streak on Monday with his 1-for-4, two-RBI game. Morris hit .409 (18-for-44) with two doubles, a triple, a HR and eight RBI during the streak, his second of 12 games this season (the TEAM LEADERS longest streak by a LumberKing and tied for sixth-longest streak in the MWL this year). The recent barrage included two three-hit games, 3-for-4 with four RBI on 6/29 vs. Kane County and 3-for-4 with a run scored on th Average: Nick Franklin (.288) 7/1 at Cedar Rapids. Seattle’s 11 round pick out of St. John’s University in 2009, Morris has at least a hit in 28 of 32 games since being called up from extended Spring Training on 5/26 …that includes his first Hits: Nick Franklin (83) 12-game hitting streak from 5/29 to 6/14 in which he hit .286 (14-for-49) with three doubles, a HR and five RBI. Doubles: Vinnie Catricala (23) Triples: Nick Franklin (6) Cardiac Kings: Sunday night’s ninth-inning comeback win (four runs in the ninth to erase a 3-1 deficit) Home Runs: Franklin / Sams (14) th was Clinton’s 12 last at-bat win and just their second victory when trailing after eight innings. Their other RBI: Kalian Sams (42) ninth-inning stunner also came against Peoria at O’Brien Field, taking place on 5/2 as both Mario Martinez Stolen Bases: Daniel Carroll (20) and Vinnie Catricala homered off Chiefs’ closer Jordan Latham in a 4-3 victory. Eight different Kings have Wins: Gillheeney / Stanton (6) plated the game-winning run in the 12 last at-bat wins…Kalian Sams has three last at-bat winners, two via Innings: Jimmy Gillheeney (91.2) walk-off homers (4/9 vs. Peoria and 4/16 vs. Quad Cities) and a walk-off single (6/17 vs. Wisconsin). ERA: Erasmo Ramirez (3.01) Taylor-Made: Right-hander Taylor Stanton yielded two runs over 7.0 innings on Sunday night in Peoria Quality Starts: Jimmy Gillheeney (8) for his seventh quality start this season…that’s tied for second on the club with right-hander Erasmo Ramirez . Strikeouts: Jon Hesketh (82) After suffering back-to-back losses from 6/15 to 6/20 (8 ER in 10.2 IP against Wisconsin and Beloit, 6.74 Holds: Brian Moran (4) ERA), Stanton has allowed three runs over his last 12.2 innings for a 2.13 ERA. Seattle’s 26 th round pick in Saves: Brandon Josselyn (10) 2008 out of Diablo Valley College, Stanton is tied for eighth in the Midwest League in wins (6). The Fantastic Franklin: After a tough 1-for-11 stretch, 19-year-old first-round pick Nick Franklin busted out with a 2-for-5 game on Monday in Peoria , including a season- high two stolen bases and a run scored…it was Franklin’s first multi-hit game since 6/13 vs. Fort Wayne, a span of 12 games…he still leads the club with 23 multi-hit games. Seattle’s #9 prospect according to Baseball America , Franklin was a first-half MWL All-Star (.299, 14 HR, 37 RBI) and is amongst league offensive leaders in several categories, including home runs (T-2nd with 14), total bases (5 th with 149), HR/AB ratio (5 th with a HR per 20.57 at-bats), slugging percentage (5 th at .517), OPS (8 th at .861) and runs scored (T-9th with 50). The Pen is Mightier: Following a stretch of 16 earned runs over 18.0 innings, the LumberKings’ bullpen has settled down for just eight earned runs over the last 46.1 innings for an ERA of 1.55. Lefty Jose Jimenez locked down his second save with 2.0 scoreless innings on Monday, his first since 5/29 vs. Kane County…Jimenez, who spent all of 2009 in the Kings’ pen has the lowest active ERA amongst Clinton relievers at 2.65.