rd th Gwinnett Stripers (24-27, 3 in IL South, 4.5 GB) Louisville Bats (17-33, 4 in IL West, 15.0 GB) LHP Kolby Allard (4-1, 2.09 ERA) AT LHP Justin Nicolino (2-2, 4.13 ERA) Friday, June 1, 2018 7:00 PM Louisville Slugger Field, Louisville, KY Game #52 of 140 Road Game #28 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers continue a six-game, two-city road trip tonight with the 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN opener of a three-game series vs. the Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds). In the South: The Stripers (24-27) are third in the IL South Division, trailing Durham (1st, 29-23) by Current Streak: Won 5 4.5 games and Norfolk (28-23) by 4.0 games and leading Charlotte (4th, 22-31) by 3.0 games. Last 10 Games: 8-2 All-Time vs. Louisville: Gwinnett is 35-36 (.493) in 71 previous games against Louisville, winning Long Winning Streak: 5 Games (5/26-current) the season series vs. the Bats three times in nine seasons: 2011 (5-3), 2015 (6-4) and 2017 (4-3). (2x, last: 4/25-4/29) Long Losing Streak: 4 Games Record Since 2009: 655-685 (.489) Last Game: The Stripers extended their season-best winning streak to five games and swept the three-game series in Indianapolis with a 3-0 win over the Indians Home: 11-13 Leading after 6: 17-5 last night at Victory Field. RHP Luke Jackson tossed 4.0 three- ROAD TRIP (3-0) Road: 13-14 Leading after 7: 18-4 hit innings and struck out four in a spot start, and RHP Lucas Batting: Day Games: 8-7 Leading after 8: 17-2 Sims, LHP Rex Brothers (W, 2-1) and RHP Jason Hursh (S, 1) .252 (26-for-103), 6 2B, 1 3B, Night Games: 16-20 Tied after 6: 2-4 combined on 5.0 two-hit innings and five strikeouts in relief. The 2 HR, 17 R, 16 RBI, 3 SB Extra Innings: 1-5 Tied after 7: 1-5 decisive run came in the second inning as CF Michael Reed (3- Pitching: Doubleheaders: 3-1 Tied after 8: 2-5 for-3, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI) doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by C 1.93 ERA (6 ER in 28.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 5-3 Trailing after 6: 4-18 Last AB W/L: 3-10 Trailing after 7: 4-18 Rob Brantly (0-for-3, RBI). Gwinnett raised the lead to 3-0 in the 5 BB, 26 SO, 0 Holds, 2 Saves Walk-Off W/L: 0-5 Trailing after 8: 1-19 fourth as 1B Carlos Franco (1-for-2, R) singled and scored on a Score First: 14-10 With a HR: 17-12 double by Reed, and LF Rio Ruiz (2-for-3, RBI) followed with an RBI single scoring Reed. All three Score Last: 11-11 Without a HR: 7-15 runs came off RHP Alex McRae (L, 1-5), who allowed eight hits over 6.1 innings for the Indians. The 1-Run Games: 5-9 Allow a HR: 8-12 rd shutout was the Stripers’ fifth this season (5-3 shutout record, .625, 3 in IL). 2-Run Games: 4-6 Allow no HR: 16-15 3-Run Games: 4-3 With an Error: 13-15 th This is Why We’re Hot: Following a 16-26 start (.381, 4 in IL South) over the first 42 games of +3-Run Games: 11-9 Without an Error: 11-12 2018, Gwinnett is 8-1 (.889) over the last nine games. The Stripers are outscoring opponents 49-26 April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 4-8 in that nine-game span, batting .260 (72-for-277, 14 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR, 44 RBI, 6 SB) and posting a 2.71 May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 20-19 ERA (23 ER in 76.1 IP, 28 BB, 65 SO, 4 HR, 2 holds, 5 saves). June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 1-1 July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 24-27 Jackson Stays Scoreless: With 4.0 scoreless innings (3 H, 1 BB, 4 SO) in last night’s spot August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 start, Luke Jackson extended his scoreless innings streak to 16.0. That streak is tied for the team September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 5-7-4 lead alongside current Atlanta Braves reliever Miguel Socolovich (16.0 scoreless IP with GWN from 4/27-current). Jackson’s streak spans his last seven outings (2-0, .098 BAA, 5-for-51, 7 BB, 27 SO). VS. LOUISVILLE (35-36 Since 2009) Rotation Resurgence: Stripers’ starting pitchers (Allard, E. Franco, Jackson, Mader, Parsons, ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. LOU Sanchez, Socolovich) are 4-0 with a 2.45 ERA (12 ER in 44.0 IP) and four quality starts over the Home: 19-18 0-0 .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI last nine games (team is 8-1). Gwinnett starters had been 4-9 with a 4.54 ERA (53 ER in 105.0 IP) Road: 16-18 0-0 ’18 Pitching vs. LOU Overall: 35-36 0-0 0.00 ERA, .000 BAA and eight quality starts over the previous 20 games (team went 8-12). Fantastic Franco: With a 1-for-2 effort last night, Carlos Franco is batting .314 (33-for-105, 7 2B, TEAM IL RANKINGS 1 3B, 6 HR, 18 R, 23 RBI, .571 SLG, .942 OPS) in 27 road games this season. He leads the IL in RBI th rd st rd th Batting: .240 (9 ) ERA: 3.45 (3 ) (39) and ranks among league leaders in games (T-1 , 51), home runs (T-3 , 9), at-bats (4 , 195), total th th th th th Runs: 215 (6 ) Runs: 204 (10 ) bases (4 , 88), runs (T-6 , 29) and extra-base hits (T-6 , 21). Franco, named Gwinnett’s April Player Hits: 407 (8th) ER: 171 (11th) of the Month by Atlanta (.250, 22-for-88, 5 2B, 4 HR, 11 R, 18 RBI, .752 OPS in 22G), batted .243 (26- 2B: 95 (6th) Innings: 446.0 (8th) for-107, 6 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 18 R, 21 RBI, .757 OPS) in 29 games in May. rd th 3B: 13 (T-3 ) SO: 441 (T-6 ) th th Santana is IL Batter of the Week: Danny Santana was named International League Batter of HR: 40 (5 ) BB: 178 (4 ) RBI: 206 (6th) CG: 2 (T-1st) the Week for 5/21-5/27 on Monday. He hit .333 (8-for-24, 2 2B, 4 HR, 7 R, 7 RBI, .917 SLG, 1.250 Steals: 30 (7th) SHO: 5 (T-4th) OPS) in six games during the week, leading the league in homers, total bases (22) and extra-base OBP: .307 (14th) Holds: 14 (T-9th) hits (T-1st, 6). In 37 total games with Gwinnett this season, Santana is batting a team-best .260 (40-for- SLG: .382 (6th) Saves: 10 (T-11th) 154, 11 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 25 R, 19 RBI, 5 SB, .506 SLG, .786 OPS). He ranks among IL leaders in th th rd th th th OPS: .689 (9 ) WHIP: 1.26 (5 ) triples (T-3 ), extra-base hits (T-6 , 21), slugging percentage (7 ) and total bases (9 , 78). Rise of Riley: Austin Riley is batting .293 (27-for-92, 3 2B, 4 HR, 10 R, 18 RBI, 1 SB, .457 SLG, TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) .803 OPS) over 23 games on his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett. On Wednesday at Indianapolis, he AVG: Santana (.260) ERA: Allard (2.09) blasted his first home run (3-run, off RHP Casey Sadler) since his historic three-homer, eight-RBI effort OBP: Ruiz (.316) WHIP: Allard (1.09) on 5/13 vs. Norfolk (both career highs, tied GWN single-game records). Rated No. 74 on MLB.com’s SLG: Santana (.506) Wins: Allard (4) Top 100 Prospects list, Riley is batting .314 (60-for-191, 13 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR, 27 R, 38 RBI, 1 SB, OPS: Santana (.786) IP: Allard (56.0) .571 SLG, .942 OPS) in 50 games between Double-A Mississippi and Gwinnett this season. Hits: Ruiz (49) SO: Phillips (39) HR: Franco (9) QS: Allard (6) All Good: Tonight’s starting pitcher Kolby Allard is 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA (7 ER in 41.1 IP) and a Runs: 2 Tied (29) CG: 2 Tied (1)* .230 BAA (34-for-148, 2 HR, 9 BB, 5 SO) on a six-game quality start streak. Rated No. 51 on RBI: Franco (39)* Holds: 2 Tied (3) MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, Allard is 4-1 with a 2.09 ERA (13 ER in 56.0 IP) in nine starts on his Steals: Carrera (7) Saves: Phillips (4) Triple-A debut with Gwinnett. He ranks among IL leaders in ERA (2nd), fewest baserunners/9.0 IP for th th th th th starters (5 , 10.13), innings (6 ), WHIP (6 , 1.09), wins (T-8 ) and lowest BAA (9 , .228). IL Leaderboard: In addition to Franco, Santana and Allard, the following active Stripers rank among IL leaders: Rio Ruiz ranks in games (T-1st, 51), at-bats (T-5th, 192) and runs (T-6th, 29)…Matt Wisler ranks in complete games (T-1st, 1)…Evan Phillips ranks among relievers in SO/9.0 IP (4th, 13.33) and saves (T-10th, 4).