MEDIA INFORMATION Myrtle Beach Pelicans (18-33, 5th, 16.0 GB / Southern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Chicago Cubs vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (31-19, 1st, 0.0 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals Game No. 51 • Home Game No. 26 Frawley Stadium • Monday, May 27, 2019 • 12:05 p.m. BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWN Today’s Starting Pitchup Matchup HOME: 14-11 | AWAY: 17-8| STREAK: W2| LAST 5: 3-2 | LAST 10: 7-3 Wilmington: RHP Brady Singer WALK THIS WAY: The Wilmington Blue Rocks let a three-run lead slip away in the eighth inning on Sunday, but still walked off Myrtle Beach: RHP Javier Assad a winner, beating the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6-5 at Frawley Stadium. Brewer Hicklen’s sacrifice fly sent the fans home happy in the ninth as the Rocks improved to 31-19 on the year—the highest Tomorrow’s Starter for the Blue Crew they have been above .500 in 2019. Jackson Kowar will make his 10th start as a Blue Rock. The 33rd overall pick in the TOP OF THE STANDINGS TO YOU: Wilmington has been in 2018 Draft out of the University of Florida first place for more than three-quarters of the 2019 season—42 of signed with the Royals for $2.14 million the campaign’s first 52 days. The Blue Crew lead Frederick by five last summer. The righty entered 2019 as the games with 19 contests remaining in the season’s opening half. seventh-ranked prospect in the Royals sys- tem. He spent his first professional season SOLID DEBUT: Kris Bubic left in line to get the win in his Ad- at Low-A Lexington where he helped the Leg- vanced-A debut. The righty got three strikeouts in his first inning as a Blue Rock and held the Pelicans to just two runs on two hits, but ends win a South Atlantic League Champion- four walks in five frames. Bubic was one of four pitchers taken by ship. Kowar went 0-1 with a 3.42 ERA in the Royals in the first 40 selections of the 2018 Draft. That entire nine total regular season starts, but posted a quartet now resides in Wilmington. 1.06 ERA and a scant .125 batting average against over his final five outings, and then KILLING IT IN CLOSE CONTESTS: Wilmington has excelled earned victories in both of his playoff starts. in close contests this season. The Blue Crew lead the Carolina League with 22 games decided by a single score in 2019 and have played 32 affairs with a margin of victory of two-or-less. The Rocks 2019 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. MB are an impressive 24-8 in those close calls including 18-4 in one-run decisions. They are also stellar at holding late leads, going 18-1 when taking an advantage into the eighth inning and 19-0 when leading after eight—granted they took a circuitous route to continuing Rocks lead 2-1 that trend on Sunday. Wilmington went almost 11 months between walk-off wins from last May until April 9 of this year. But the Blue Crew are making up for lost time with three already in 2019 (against the Dash, Keys and Pelicans) and two in the last two weeks alone. Date Site Result LETHAL VERSUS LEFTIES: The Blue Rocks are 14-4 on the 5/24 Wilmington L, 2-1 season against southpaw starting pitching. Conversely, Wilmington 5/25 Wilmington W, 2-1 is just 17-15 when opposing righties. 5/26 Wilmington W, 6-5 FUN IN THE SUN: The Rocks have enjoyed great success in daylight this season. Wilmington improved to 8-1 in day games 5/27 Wilmington this season, with five of the victories featuring comebacks. 6/2 Myrtle Beach . LINE OF DEMARCATION: Four has been the magic number for 6/3 Myrtle Beach the Wilmington offense in 2019. When the Rocks score four times in 6/4 Myrtle Beach a game they are 18-2 on the year. Conversely, when Wilmington man- ages just three scores or fewer in an affair the team is only 13-17. 8/9 Myrtle Beach LOOKING TO HEAT UP: Despite sitting atop the CL North for 8/10 Myrtle Beach more than 80 percent of the season the Blue Rocks offense continues 8/11 Myrtle Beach to be a work in progress. Wilmington won on Saturday despite getting out-hit 7-3. The Blue Crew actually have managed fewer hits than 8/30 Myrtle Beach their opponents in 16 of their 31 wins in 2019. Wilmington showed 8/31 Wilmington some life on Sunday though, getting more hits in the first five frames than they did in the opening two games of the series combined. Overall 9/1 Wilmington the Rocks rank last in the CL in runs scored, hits, batting average and on-base percentage. Wilmington has recorded five hits or fewer in 23 9/2 Wilmington games this year, but have managed to win 11 of them. Upcoming Probable Starters and Schedule Tuesday, May 28 Scheduled Day Off Wednesday, May 29 at Fayetteville 7:00 p.m. RHP Jackson Kowar vs. TBA 89.7 WGLS-FM Thursday, May 30 at Fayetteville 7:00 p.m. TBA vs. TBA 89.7 WGLS-FM RADIO: Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM WEBCAST: wgls.rowan.edu or bluerocks.com Wilmington Blue Rocks Game Notes MEDIA INFORMATION CONTINUED HOME RUN NOTES Blue Rocks vs. the Carolina League Blue Rocks 2-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (2 IN 2018 ) Opponent Record Home Road 4.14.19 Seuly Matias at CAR (Solo HR & 2-R HR) Frederick 5-3 3-1 2-2 3-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (HAS NEVER HAPPENED) Lynchburg 3-0 0-0 3-0 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Potomac 3-2 1-1 2-1 LAST TIME: 7.9.18 D.J. Burt & Emmanuel Rivera at FRE Salem 7-5 2-2 5-3 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) Northern Div. 18-10 6-4 12-6 4.14.19 7.10.18 Nick Heath at FRE (Off big-league rehabber Chris Tillman) Opponent Record Home Road GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 6.24.18 Meibrys Viloria at POT (off Jeremy Hellickson) Carolina 5-1 1-0 4-1 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Down East 1-3 1-3 0-0 LAST TIME 7.24.17 Chase Vallot vs. SAL (10th inning) Fayetteville 0-0 0-0 0-0 PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (1 IN BOTH 2018) Myrtle Beach 2-1 2-1 0-0 LAST TIME: 5.16.15 Dex Kjerstad at LYN Winston-Salem 5-4 3-3 2-1 INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (2 IN 2018) Southern Div. 13-9 7-7 6-2 LAST TIME: 8.19.18 @ W-S Oliver Nunez (4th inning, solo HR) BLUE ROCKS HOME RUNS: 9 (63 IN 2018 / 23 HOME & 40 AWAY) Runners Left On Base Carolina 6 Lynchburg 1 Blue Rocks: 268| Opponents: 325 Down East 0 Myrtle Beach 1 Fayetteville 0 Potomac 3 Numbers With RISP Frederick 4 Salem 3 Blue Rocks: .189 Avg. (71-for-376) Winston-Salem 2 Blue Rocks On... FRAWLEY 4 ROAD 16 Mondays: 2-2 April: 15-11 Tuesdays: 5-2 May: 16-8 Opponents Wednesdays: 2-5 June: 0-0 2-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (4 IN 2018) Thursdays: 4-3 July: 0-0 LAST TIME 8.19.18 Yermin Mercedes (Solo HR & GW 3-R HR) Fridays: 3-2 Aug: 0-0 3-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (1 IN 2018) Saturdays: 8-4 Sept: 0-0 LAST TIME: Michael Chavis (SAL) 4.19.17 at Hayley Toyota Sundays: 4-1 BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2017/0 IN 2016) First Game of Series: 8-7 LAST TIME 8.10.18 Jared Young & Andruw Monasterio off Nolan Waston at MB Last Game of Series: 10-4 BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK (0 IN 2018) Series Won: 8 LEADOFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2017) Series Lost: 3 LAST TIME: 7.3.18 Luis Gonzalez (W-S) off Gerson Garabito at Wilmington Series Split: 3 GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2018) Series Swept: 3 LAST TIME: 7.21.17 Drew Turbin (FRE) off Cristian Castillo (5-3 Loss) Rubber Matches: 0-1 WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2018) LAST TIME: 8.19.18 Yermin Merceds at Frederick 2019 Roster (29) PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) Pitchers (14) Catchers (3) Holden Capps MJ Melendez INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2018) J.C. Cloney Sebastian Rivero Daniel Duarte Stephan Vidal HOME RUNS ALLOWED TO: 6 (92 in 2018/ 33 Home & 59 AWAY) Carolina 1 Lynchburg 0 Robert Garcia Down East 1 Myrtle Beach 0 Jackson Kowar Infielders (5) Fayetteville 0 Potomac 1 Rito Lugo Ricky Aracena Frederick 5 Salem 3 Winston-Salem 6 Daniel Lynch Dennicher Carrasco Marcelo Martinez Angelo Castellano FRAWLEY 6 ROAD 11 Josh Mitchell Cristian Perez Tad Ratliff Nick Pratto Brady Singer Collin Snider Outfielders (6) Daniel Tillo Marten Gasparini Nolan Watson Brewer Hicklen Tyler Zuber Kyle Isbel Rudy Martin Seuly Matias Blake Perkins TODAY’S BLUE ROCKS STARTING PITCHER #26 RHP Brady Singer Acquired: First-Round Pick (18th overall) in 2018 Draft Born: Eustis, FL Age: 22 (August 4, 1996) Resides: Leesburg, FL Ht: 6’5 Wt: 195 College: Florida Bats/Throws: R/R Pitch Repertoire: 4FB, 2FB, SL, CH THE BOOK ON BRADY SINGER: Brady Singer will make his 10th start of the season for the Blue Rocks and the 10th of his professional career.