Gwinnett Braves Media Relations Department Coolray Field 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 678.277.0320 rd th Durham Bulls (43-48, 3 in IL South, 6.0 GB) Gwinnett Braves (42-49, 4 in IL South, 7.0 GB) RHP Lance Pendleton (4-2, 3.25 ERA) VS. RHP Julio Teheran (5-5, 4.37 ERA) Sunday, July 8, 2012 2:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #92 of 144 Radio: WDUN 550 AM / 102.9 FM TV: CSS Yepez Lifts G-Braves Past Bulls: A towering two-run homer to left field by Jose Yepez in RECORD BREAKDOWN the eighth inning erased a 5-4 deficit and led the Gwinnett Braves to a 6-5 win over the Durham Bulls last night at Coolray Field. The Bulls enjoyed a 4-0 lead through four and a half innings, Current Streak: Won 1 but the G-Braves scored three times in the fifth on RBI doubles by Jose Constanza and Last 10 Games: 5-5 Christian Marrero. Stefan Gartrell doubled to open the sixth and scored on a wild pitch by Long Winning Streak: 6 Games (4/9-4/14) reliever Frank De Los Santos to tie the score at 4-4. Starter Yohan Flande yielded five runs Long Losing Streak: 15 Games (6/16-6/30) over 6.1 innings, including a go-ahead run for Durham in the seventh. Jaye Chapman gave up Record Since 2009: 273-248 a single to Cole Figueroa that scored an inherited runner to Flande‟s line, giving the Bulls a brief Home: 26-21 Leading after 6: 27-4 5-4 lead. However, facing left-hander Cesar Ramos (L, 3-2) in the eighth, Gartrell singled up the Road: 16-28 Leading after 7: 31-1 middle and Yepez blasted a 3-2 pitch down the left-field line for the tying and winning runs. Day Games: 8-5 Leading after 8: 30-0 Chapman (W, 3-4) worked 2.2 scoreless innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Gartrell (3- Night Games: 34-44 Tied after 6: 11-4 for-4) and Constanza (2-for-3) provided half of Gwinnett‟s 10 hits in the victory. Extra Innings: 7-1 Tied after 7: 6-6 Doubleheaders: 5-1 Tied after 8: 5-2 th Best for Last: Jose Yepez’s blast, his second of the season, led the G-Braves to their 12 Shutout W/L: 8-4 Trailing after 6: 4-41 last at-bat win this season (12-4 in games decided in the last at-bat). They‟ve won in their final Last At-Bat W/L: 12-4 Trailing after 7: 5-42 at-bat four times in seven games this month, including “walk-off” wins courtesy of Felix Pie Walk-Off W/L: 8-2 Trailing after 8: 3-44 on 7/1 vs. Charlotte (6-5 win), Tyler Pastornicky on 7/2 vs. Charlotte (3-2 win in 12 innings), Score First: 33-16 With a HR: 18-17 Score Last: 23-13 Without a HR: 23-32 Jose Constanza on 7/3 vs. Charlotte (4-3 win) and Yepez last night, who tallied his second last 1-Run Games: 16-9 Allow a HR: 12-28 at-bat winning RBI. The catcher also lifted a walk-off sac fly to beat Toledo, 3-2, on 5/11. Yepez 2-Run Games: 5-9 Allow no HR: 29-21 and Constanza (3 RBI) are the only G-Braves with multiple last at-bat game-winners this year. 3-Run Games: 6-10 April: 17-7 +3-Run Games: 15-21 May: 15-15 Standings Watch: With their fifth win in the last seven games, Gwinnett remains in fourth Vs. IL South: 21-14 June: 5-25 place in the IL South Division…they trail division-leading Charlotte (49-42) by 7.0 games. The Vs. IL North: 11-25 July: 5-2 G-Braves remain 5.0 games behind second-place Norfolk (47-44), but are now 1.0 game behind Vs. IL West: 10-10 August: 0-0 third-place Durham (43-48). After spending 55-straight days in first place from 4/12 to 6/4 (led Pre All-Star: 42-49 September: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 Series W/L/T: 8-11-6 South by 5.5 games from 5/1-5/2 and 5/15), 20-straight days with a share of second place from 6/5 to 6/23 and three-straight days with a share of third place from 6/24 to 6/26, the G-Braves th th VS. DURHAM (38-36 Since 2009) are in fourth place for the 11 -straight day and the 13 day this season (4/5, 4/8, 6/27-Current). ’09-‘11 2012 ’12 Offense vs. DUR Constanza Ties the Record: With a 2-for-3 effort out of the leadoff spot that included his Home: 16-15 4-2 .254, 7 HR, 44 RBI eighth double, Jose Constanza extended his hitting streak to 14 games last night. That Road: 17-16 1-3 ’12 Pitching vs. DUR streak ties Felix Pie (6/17/12 to 7/1/12) and Barbaro Canizares (8/24/10 to 9/6/10) for the Overall: 33-31 5-5 3.10 ERA, .251 BAA longest streak in Gwinnett Braves history, dating back to 2009. Constanza‟s streak is the second longest active streak in the IL, trailing Norfolk‟s L.J. Hoes (18-game streak). The speedy 2012 TEAM TOTALS outfielder is hitting .403 (25-for-62) with three doubles, 10 runs scored and three RBI in that 14- th th game span, raising his batting average from .284 to .315…his average now leads the IL. Hitting: .251 (9 ) ERA: 4.00 (8 ) HR: 52 Strikeouts: 674 Mighty Mejia: Ernesto Mejia went 1-for-3 with his IL-leading 98th hit last night, extending his XBH: 228 Starter W: 25 hitting streak to eight games. He‟s batting .323 (10-for-31) with a double, two HR and five RBI in Runs: 349 Holds: 15 that eight-game span, holding his batting average at .303…that’s eighth-best in the circuit. Steals: 87 Saves: 18 Since the start of May, the slugging first baseman is hitting .318 (77-for-242) with 14 HR and 43 nd 2012 TEAM LEADERS RBI. In addition to hits and average, Mejia is also among IL leaders in total bases (T-2 , 172), rd th th th th RBI (3 , 58), extra-base hits (T-5 , 39), HR (T-6 , 17), slugging pct. (7 , .533), OPS (7 , .895), Average: Jose Constanza (.315) th th doubles (T-7 , 21) and runs scored (T-10 , 45). Mejia has been selected to represent the IL Hits: Ernesto Mejia (98) th in the 25 Triple-A All-Star Game, scheduled for 7/11 at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, NY. Home Runs: Ernesto Mejia (17) RBI: Ernesto Mejia (58) What a Relief: Jaye Chapman earned his first win since 5/28 vs. Lehigh Valley last night, Stolen Bases: Luis Durango (30) throwing 2.2 scoreless innings to beat Durham. He‟s now 1-0 with a save and a 0.00 ERA (0 ER Wins: Todd Redmond (6) in 8.0 IP) in his last four outings, lowering his ERA from 3.60 to 2.93. Cory Gearrin is 3-1 with a ERA: Todd Redmond (3.40) bullpen-best 1.25 ERA (6 ER in 43.1 IP) and seven saves this season…he ranks among IL relief Strikeouts: Todd Redmond (92) leaders in lowest baserunners per 9.0 IP ratio (3rd, 9.55), lowest opponent average (4th, .187) Quality Starts: Eric Junge, Todd Redmond (8) and highest strikeout per 9.0 IP ratio (5th, 10.59)…Gearrin was elected to the Triple-A All-Star Saves: Cory Gearrin (7) Game, but will not pitch. Buddy Carlyle leads the „pen with four wins (4-3) to go with a solid Holds: Anthony Varvaro (4) 2.25 ERA (12 ER in 48.0 IP)…he ranks third in lowest walks per 9.0 IP ratio for relievers (1.84). Need for Speed: With two more stolen bases last night, the G-Braves remain second in the IL in total steals with 87 in 117 attempts…they trail only Toledo (98 steals in 135 attempts). Luis Durango swiped his league-leading 30th base in 40 attempts last night, becoming the first player in Triple-A to reach the 30-steal plateau this season (Las Vegas‟s Anthony Gose has 29 steals to lead the PCL). Durango, Jose Constanza (10-for-12), Felix Pie (8-for-8) and Stefan Gartrell (7-for-7) have combined for 63% of the club‟s steals. Speaking of speed, Pie (T-3rd, 6) and Constanza (T-7th, 4) are both among IL triples leaders. Seeing Red Again: Todd Redmond just missed out on his ninth quality start Friday night, allowing four runs on eight hits over 6.0 innings in his sixth loss. Though 0-2 with a 4.01 ERA (11 ER in 24.2 IP) in his last four starts since returning from a brief call-up to Atlanta, “Red” still leads the club with a 3.40 ERA…that mark is 10th-best in the International League…he‟s also among IL leaders in strikeouts (T-5th, 92) and innings (T-7th, 100.2). A member of the Gwinnett pitching staff since 2009, Redmond has thrown 100-plus innings in four-straight years as a G-Brave and seven-straight seasons since 2006.