OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2021 GAME INFORMATION Omaha Storm Chasers | 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Neb. 68046 | (402) 738-5100 | StormChasers.com | @OMAStormChasers Omaha Storm Chasers (31-14) at Iowa Cubs (16-27) LHP Daniel Lynch (3-1, 4.84) vs. RHP Joe Biagini (1-2, 4.50) Saturday, June 26, 2021 | Game #46 | Road Game #22 7:08 p.m. CT | Principal Park | Des Moines, Iowa Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING SCHEDULE & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sun. June 27 at Iowa 1:08 p.m. RHP Jackson Kowar (5-0, 0.85) vs. TBA Mon., June 28 OFF Tues., June 29 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. TBA Wed., June 30 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. TBA TIME TO BOUNCE BACK: LHP Marcelo Martinez held the Iowa Cubs to one run on two hits in 5.0 innings in his 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS second career Triple-A start and OF/INF Erick Mejia hit his first home run of the season, but the Omaha Storm Record ............................................................31-14 Chasers fell, 4-3, to the Iowa Cubs on Friday. THe I-Cubs tied the game at three with two runs in the sixth and then loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth before getting a walk-off single from Erick Castillo. It was Omaha's first Home ............................................................... 19-5 walk-off loss of the season. Road ................................................................ 12-9 Place (Triple-A East MW)............. 1st (+ 6.0 G) At 31-14 (.689), the Omaha Storm Chasers have the third-best record in Minor League Baseball, BEST OF THE BEST: .................................................................. L1 trailing Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-13, .698) and San Jose (32-14, .696). Omaha leads the Triple-A East Midwest Streak Division by 6.0 games, the second-largest divisional lead in all of baseball. The Chasers have been in sole possesion Last 5 .................................................................3-2 of first place since May 26 (31 days). Last 10 ...............................................................6-4 HISTORIC HOMER PACE: The Storm Chasers lead Triple-A East and all of Minor League Baseball with 90 home runs in 45 games, averaring two home runs per game. Omaha is on pace to hit 240 home runs in the 120-game OMAHA vs. IOWA season, which would break the franchise record of 231 set in 1999 (141 games). The 1999 team's 231 home runs in a 2021 vs. Iowa ..................................................9-6 season was a modern Pacific Coast League record until 2019, when El Paso hit 258 home runs in 140 games. If the at Omaha .....................................................5-1 2021 season included all 142 initially-scheduled games, Omaha would be on pace for 284 homers. The Sacramento .........................................................4-5 Solons hit 305 home runs in 1974 while playing home games in a converted football stadium with a left-field fence at Iowa located 233 feet from home plate. All-Time vs. Iowa .................................508-475 HOME RUN HEROS: The Chasers' 90 home runs are also more than 15 teams in Major League Baseball and are IN THIS SERIES (2-2) tied with the Seattle Mariners. Omaha has recorded at least one home run in 30 of its last 33 games—including a 13-game homer streak from 5/16-6/1—and has recorded 22 multi-homer games, including three-four homer games, June 22 ...........................................................PPD five five-homer games, and one seven-homer game.INF Ryan McBroom currently leads the league with 14 home June 23 (DH) ......................................W, 12-4 (7) runs, INF Emmaunel Rivera is tied for second with 13, and INF Gabriel Cancel is tied for fifth in the league with 11. June 23 (DH) .........................................L, 8-5 (7) RED HOT RIVERA: INF Emmanuel Rivera currently leads the league 25 extra-base hits and 101 total bases while June 24 ........................................W, 8-6 (Rain/7) also leading the circuit with 39 RBIs. The 24-year-old is also tied for second on home runs (13) and runs scored (33), June 25 .........................................................L, 4-3 is third in hits (49), fifth in slugging percentage (.601), and tied for seventh in doubles (11). Rivera is batting .333 with June 26 ..................................................7:08 p.m. eight home runs in 20 games in June after batting .253 with five home runs in 22 games in May. June 27 .................................................. 1:08 p.m. OLIVARES ON TOP: OF Edward Olivares has 16 multi-hit games in 30 games played with Omaha. After batting .395/.473/.654 in 20 games in May, Olivares is batting .326/.370/.558 through 10 games in June. Olivares leads the ON THE ROAD TRIP (2-2) league in average (.371), ranks third on on-base percentage (.439), is second in slugging (.621), and is tied for fourth Games ...................................................................4 in Triple-A East in hits (46). The 25-year-old has been recalled by Kansas City and optioned back to Omaha three times in the last three weeks. He was initially recalled on 5/30, then optioned on 6/3, recalled again on 6/6, optioned Record ...............................................................2-2 again on 6/9, recalled once more on 6/14, and optioned back to Omaha on 6/17. In seven total games with Kansas Batters City, Olivares has gone 6-for-23 (.292) with three runs scored and a stolen base. Batting Average .......................... .236 (30-127) MILLER TIME: OF Anderson Miller's grand slam on Thursday extended his hitting streak to a season-best five RISP .................................................... .250 (8-32) games. In that span, Miller is batting .333 (5-for-15) with two home runs, one double, four runs scored, and six RBIs. Runs/Runs Per Game ............................28 / 7.0 FOR OMAHA: LHP Daniel Lynch makes his sixth start (seventh appearance) of the season for the Storm Chasers Home Runs ..........................................................7 and his third against the Iowa Cubs. In his last start, Lynch allowed three runs (two earned) on a season-high nine hits in 4.0 innings, striking out four and walking three. After posting a 2.70 ERA in his first three starts with Omaha in Pitchers May with 20 strikeouts and six walks in 16.2 innings, Lynch has a 6.75 ERA in four starts in June with 15 strikeouts and ERA .......................................6.91 (21 ER / 27.1 IP) six walks in 18.2 innings. Lynch made his Triple-A debut against Iowa at Prinicpal Park on 5/19, stirking out seven in a Starter W/L ........................................................0-1 season-high 6.0 innings in a relief appearance. Starter ERA ....................... 8.04 (14 ER / 15.2 IP) FOR IOWA: RHP Joe Biagini makes his sixth start for Iowa. He last pitched on 6/15 @ STP, throwing just one scoreless Reliever W/L ......................................................2-1 and hitless inning with no strikeouts and no walks. Biagini pitched against Omaha on 5/22 at Werner Park, allowing Reliever ERA .......................5.40 (7 ER / 11.2 IP) five runs on seven hits (including one home run) with two strikeouts and three walks. The right-hander joined the Saves/Opps ..........................................1/2 (50%) Chicago (NL) organization after making four relief appearances for Houston in 2020. He made his Major League debut with Toronto in 2016 after the Blue Jays selected him in the Rule V draft in 2015 from San Francisco. Biagini was traded from Toronto to Houston on July 31, 2019. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO 2021 Home Attendance ..........................72,415 DOPPLER RADAR: Former Chasers LHP Danny Duffy and OF Jarrod Dyson each reached 10 years of Major League service time this week, joining INF Mike Moustakas and INF Eric Hosmer as former Chasers to reach that Home Openings (Lost) ............................24 (0) milestone this season. Average Attendance ................................ 3,017 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER DANIEL LEFT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS LYNCH | IP (START): 7.0, 3x, last 0 5/25/19 vs. MD HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 6.0, 5/18 @ IOW 6-6 200 LEFT LEFT RUNS ALLOWED: 7, 6/10 @ STP BORN: Nov. 17, 1996 WALKS: 4, 4/10/19 vs. WS BIRTHPLACE: Newport News, Va. STRIKEOUTS: 9, 2x, last - 8/24/19 vs. DE AGE: 24 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 10, 5/8/19 @ SAL ACQUIRED: 1st Round (34th overall), 2018 MLB SERVICE TIME: 12 days 52 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): 5.1, 5/25 vs. IND DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: 7, 6/10 @ STP with Kansas City (MLB) WALKS: 3, 5/19 @ IOW 4/3 vs. CLE ND 4.2 4 3 3 4 3 Mid 5, leading 3-1 L, 8-6 STRIKEOUTS: 7, 2x, last - 5/30 vs. IND 4/8 vs. CWS L 0.2 7 8 8 1 0 Mid 1, trailing 7-0 L, 9-1 4/13 @ DET L 2.2 7 4 3 0 4 Mid 3, trailing 4-0 L, 4-3 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 9, 6/20 vs. LOU with Triple-A Omaha SCORELESS STREAK: 0.2, 6/20-pres. 5/18 @ IOW L 6.0 7 4 4 3 7 Mid 8, tied 4-4 L, 5-4 5/25 vs. IND W 5.1 6 1 1 1 6 Mid 6, leading 2-1 W, 3-1 5/30 vs. IND ND 5.0 2 0 0 2 7 End 5, leading 1-0 W, 7-2 RUN SUPPORT 6/4 vs. IOW ND 4.0 6 4 4 1 4 End 4, leading 8-4 W, 13-8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 6/10 @ STP W 5.0 8 7 7 2 4 End 5, leading 12-7 W, 16-9 5 7 6 3 2 -- -- -- -- 23 6/15 vs.