OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2021 GAME INFORMATION Omaha Storm Chasers | 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Neb. 68046 | (402) 738-5100 | StormChasers.com | @OMAStormChasers Omaha Storm Chasers (28-11) vs. Louisville Bats (13-26) LHP Marcelo Martinez (Triple-A debut) vs. RHP Riley O'Brien (1-2, 4.76) Saturday, June 19, 2021 | Game #40 | Home Game #23 7:05 p.m. CT | Werner Park | Papillion, Neb. Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS Sun., June 20 vs. Louisville 7:05 p.m. LHP Daniel Lynch (3-1, 4.88) vs. RHP Bo Takahashi (1-3, 6.23) Mon., June 21 OFF Tues., June 22 at Iowa 6:38 p.m. TBA vs. TBA Wed., June 23 at Iowa 6:38 p.m. TBA vs. TBA PITCHING IN: RHP Scott Blewett tossed 5.0 innings of one-run ball and the Omaha Storm Chasers bullpen 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS combined for 4.0 scoreless innings to limit the Louisville Bats to four total hits in a 5-1 win for Omaha. The Chasers Record ............................................................28-11 cracked the scoreboard in the bottom of the third against former Chaser Michael Mariot on a two-run single by INF Emmanuel Rivera. Omaha plated three runs in the eighth inning on a two-run single by INF Gabriel Cancel and an Home ............................................................... 18-4 RBI groundout from PH Bubba Starling. It was Omaha's 18th home win of the year, the most in Triple-A East. Road ................................................................ 10-7 Place (Triple-A East MW)..............1st (+ 7.0 G) BEST OF THE BEST: At 28-11 (.718), the Omaha Storm Chasers have the best record in MInor League Baseball and the best winning percentage in both MiLB and Major League Baseball. San Francisco (45-25, .643) currently has the Streak .................................................................W1 best record in MLB. Omaha leads the Triple-A East Midwest Division by 7.0 games, which is the largest divisional Last 5 .................................................................3-2 lead in all of baseball. Last 10 ...............................................................7-3 POWER OUTAGE: Friday's 5-1 win over Louisville marked only the second game for Omaha without a home run at Werner Park this season and just the eighth game overall this season for Omaha without a homer. It was the first OMAHA vs. LOUISVILLE game without a home run for Omaha since June 8. The Chasers are 25-6 in games when they hit a home run and 16-1 at home, while posting a 3-5 record when not hitting a home run at 2-3 at home. 2021 vs. Louisville ..........................................3-1 at Omaha .....................................................3-1 The Storm Chasers lead Triple-A East and all of Minor League Baseball with 80 home runs HOME RUN HEROES: at Louisville ............................................... 0-0 (39 games), including 19 home runs in the last five games. The Chasers have three games with at least five home runs this week, including a seven-homer game on 6/13 @ STP that set a modern franchsie record (2011-present). The All-Time vs. Louisville ..........................134-132 Chasers' 80 home runs are also more than 14 Major League teams and tied with the San Diego Padres. Omaha has recorded at least one home run in 25 of its last 27 games—including a 13-game homer streak from 5/16-6/1—and has IN THIS SERIES (0-0) recorded 19 multi-homer games, including three-four homer games, five five-homer games, and one seven-homer game. INF Ryan McBroom currently leads the league with 13 home runs, INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn is second with 12, June 15 .......................................................W, 11-5 INF Emmaunel Rivera is third with 11, and INF Gabriel Cancel is tied for sixth in the league with 10. Omaha is the only June 16 ........................................................ L, 8-5 team in Minor League Baseball with four players with 10+ home runs. June 17 ........................................................W, 6-5 OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT: The Chasers have 17 games with 10+ hits through 39 games, including one 15-hit game June 18 ........................................................W, 5-1 and one 21-hit game. Omaha's .276 average leads Triple-A East and is tied for fourth in Minor League Baseball while June 19 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. the team's .514 slugging percentage leads Triple-A East and is third in MiLB. Omaha is also first in Triple-A East and June 20 ................................................. 7:05 p.m. third in MiLB in hits (366). OLIVARES ON TOP: OF Edward Olivares has been recalled by Kansas City and optioned to Triple-A Omaha three ON THE HOMESTAND (3-1) times in the last three weeks. He was initially recalled on 5/30, then optioned on 6/3, recalled again on 6/6, optioned again on 6/9, recalled once more on 6/14, and optioned back to Omaha on 6/17. Despite playing only five games Games ...................................................................4 with the Chasers in June, Olivares still qualifies for the Tirple-A East league leaderboards and ranks first in aveage Record ................................................................3-1 (.375), second in on-base percentage (.454), and sixth in slugging (.606). He has hit leadoff in each of the 25 games he's played with Omaha, collecting 14 multi-hit games. In seven games with Kansas City, Olivares has gone 6-for-23 Batters (.292) with three runs scored and a stolen base. Batting Average ............................ .282 (37-131) RISP ..................................................... .261 (6-23) MEIBRYS MAGIC: C Meibry Viloria leads the team and is tied for fifth in Triple-A East with a .404 on-base percentage. Viloria is currently in the midst of a 14-game on-base streak after beginning the season with a 14-game on-base Runs/Runs Per Game ............................27 / 6.8 streak from 5/4-5/27. Overall, Viloria has reached base in 28 of the 29 games he's played this season. The only time Home Runs ........................................................12 he was kept off base was on 5/27 vs. IND, when he went 0-for-4. Viloria also leads the team with 17 walks. Pitchers RYAN ON A RAMPAGE: INF/OF Ryan O'Hearn is 7-for-15 (.467) with two home runs, two doubles, and four RBIs in ERA .....................................4.75 (19 ER / 36.0 IP) four games against Louisville, following up a 9-for-21 (.429) week with five home runs and nine RBIs in five games against St. Paul that earned him Triple-A East Player of the Week honors. Since joining the Chasers on May 28, Starter W/L ........................................................2-1 O'Hearn is batting .388 (26-for-67) with 12 home runs and 25 RBIs, reaching base safely in 16 of 17 games and hitting Starter ERA ...........................4.70 (8 ER / 15.1 IP) safely in 15 of 17. In 15 games in June, O'Hearn is batting .400 (24-for-60) with all 12 of his home runs. Reliever W/L ......................................................1-0 FOR OMAHA: LHP Marcelo Martinez makes his first start with Omaha and his Triple-A debut on Saturday after Reliever ERA .....................4.79 (11 ER / 20.2 IP) making six starts with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Martinez, who signed with Kansas City as an international free Saves/Opps ..........................................1/1 (100%) agent in March of 2018, recorded a 5.33 ERA in his six starts with the Naturals, striking out 31 and walking 11. In his last two starts, Martinez struck out 17, walked 3, and allowed two runs on four hits over 10.0 innings, including a 6.0-inning, nine-strikeout start on 6/1 vs. TUL that helped him earn Double-A Central Pitcher of the Week honors. HOME ATTENDANCE INFO 2021 Home Attendance ........................ 68,989 FOR LOUISVILLE: RHP Riley O'Brien makes his eighth start of the season for Louisville. In his first seven starts, O'Brien has a 4.76 ERA in 34.0 innings iwth 36 strikeouts and 19 walks. He allowed a season-high seven runs on four Home Openings (Lost) ............................22 (0) hits in his last start on 6/13 @ TOL, walking four and striking out one in just 1.1 innings, his shortest start of the year. Average Attendance ................................ 3,135 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER MARCELO LEFT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS MARTINEZ | IP (START): 6.0, 19x, last - 6/1/21 vs. TUL HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): 5.0, 4/5/19 vs. DEL 6-2 190 LEFT LEFT RUNS ALLOWED: 7, 5/18/19 @ POT WALKS: 5, 4/30/19 @ FRE BORN: August 10, 1996 STRIKEOUTS: 12, 2x, last - 8/1/18 @ PUL BIRTHPLACE: Reynoso, México MOST HITS ALLOWED: 6, 7/12/18 @ DAN AGE: 24 International FA, 2018 46 ACQUIRED: 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): 6.0, 6/1 vs. TUL DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: 5, 5/19 @ SPR with Double-A Northwest Arkansas WALKS: 3, 3x, last - 6/12 vs. FRI 5/6 @ ARK ND 5.0 2 1 1 0 9 STRIKEOUTS: 9, 2x, last - 6/1 vs. TUL 5/13 vs. TUL L 4.1 5 4 4 2 3 5/19 @ SPR ND 4.0 5 5 5 3 1 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 5, 2x, last - 5/19 @ SPR 5/25 vs. SA L 3.2 4 4 4 3 1 SCORELESS STREAK: -- 6/1 vs. TUL W 6.0 2 1 1 0 9 6/12 @ FRI ND 4.0 2 1 1 3 8 RUN SUPPORT with Triple-A Omaha 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 6/18 vs. LOU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bold - Career High Italics - Relief Outing PITCHER VS.