Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes Game 99 Augusta GreenJackets (50-50, 13-19) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (48-50, 15-15) Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, Charleston, S.C. 7:05 p.m. – Wednesday, July 25, 2018 LHP John Gavin (5-3, 1.83) Today’s Starters RHP Deivi Garcia (1-3, 3.77) Last RiverDogs Game: July 24 South Atlantic League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 G CSC 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5 7 2 Reiver Sanmartin delivered six innings of one-run baseball as the Charleston RiverDogs defeated the Augusta GreenJackets. Sanmartin (1-3) suffered losses in each of his first three starts with the 2018 Second Half Standings RiverDogs but managed his first win by allowing just four hits and striking out five GreenJackets in his six frames. The Colombian southpaw did not walk a batter in his outing and has issued just three Northern Division W L GB free passes in 20 2/3 innings with Charleston. *Lakewood (Phillies) 20 11 - Delmarva (Orioles) 18 12 1.5 The RiverDogs took the lead in the opening inning on a two-run double from Oswaldo Cabrera, Hickory (Rangers) 18 12 1.5 scoring Carlos Vidal and Wilkerman Garcia. Charleston added a run in the fourth on an error by Kannapolis (White Sox) 14 15 5.0 Augusta starting pitcher Garrett Cave (5-6), allowing Garcia to reach and left fielder Mitchell Hansen West Virginia (Pirates) 13 15 5.5 to score with two outs. Augusta scored its lone run in the seventh, but Dermis Garcia got the run Greensboro (Marlins) 14 17 6.0 back and more with his two-run blast over the left center field wall off Stetson Woods. Wilkerman Garcia also scored on Dermis Garcia’s 10th long ball of the season. Hagerstown (Nationals) 10 19 9.0 Doggie Bites: Southern Division W L GB • Savior Sanmartin: Left-hander Reiver Sanmartin notched his first RiverDogs win in Tuesday’s Greenville (Red Sox) 17 13 - victory over Augusta. The Colombian hurler dealt six innings with five strikeouts, no walks, and Asheville (Rockies) 15 13 1.0 just one run allowed. The 22-year-old suffered losses in each of his first three outings with Lexington (Royals) 15 14 1.5 Charleston but managed more than five innings for the first time as a Dog on Tuesday. Charleston (Yankees) 15 15 2.0 • Britton to the Bronx: The New York Yankees made a blockbuster trade for Orioles reliver Zach Columbia (Mets) 14 17 3.5 Britton. All three Yanks prospects in the deal were former RiverDogs, including Cody Carroll, *Rome (Braves) 14 18 4.0 who spent the entire 2016 season with Charleston and was fourth on the squad in innings Augusta (Giants) 13 19 5.0 pitched. Also included were southpaw pitcher Josh Rogers and right-handed hurler Dillon Tate, both 2016 Dogs. • Let Slumping Dogs Lie: Despite Tuesday’s victory over Augusta, the RiverDogs have dropped * indicates first-half winner 11 of their last 14 contests. Charleston shook their season-worst seven-game skid with last Tuesday’s win, their only victory of the previous seven-day homestand, an overall losing streak that was the RiverDogs’ worst since losing 8 in a row in 2014. Charleston has been outscored 68-38 (-30) over the 14-game slump, hitting .218 (95-436) as a team and with a 4.81 staff ERA (63 ER, 118.0 IP) over that span. Prior to the 14-game stretch, Charleston was out to a league-best 12-4 start to the second-half. # Second-Half Division Winner • Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: Despite back-to-back strong outings from Roansy Contreras and Reiver Sanmartin, Charleston starters have failed to reach five innings in 9 of the last 13 games, a span in which Charleston is 3-10. Still ranking second in the league, Charleston’s staff ERA rose to as high as 3.22 on Sunday, its highest mark since April 11 with the RiverDogs conceding 68 runs in their RiverDogs Quick Stats last 14 games, including 46 from starting pitching alone. Charleston starters have just three quality starts (6.0+ innings, 3 1st Half Record: 33-35 ER or less) since July 6, and have a 5.91 ERA (53 ER, 80.2 IP) over that span. 2nd Half Record: 15-15 • It’s a Sticky Situation: After going a collective 1-for-25 with runners in scoring position over the weekend in Rome, the Home Record: 25-24 RiverDogs are still the worst team in the SAL in situational hitting, batting just .229 (183-799) with runners in scoring Road Record: 23-26 position. All-Star Chris Hess has been Charleston’s most effective hitter in big spots by a large margin; the Rhode Island Current Streak: W1 product is hitting .315 with a .466 slugging percentage in 73 at-bats in such situations. Current Home Streak: W1 Current Road Streak: L1 • Dermis Doing Dermis: Infielder Dermis Garcia touched off for his fourth homer in 12 games on Tuesday, the preseason This Homestand: 1-1 top-20 Yankees prospect’s ninth of the season and eighth since the beginning of June. The Dominican slugger saw his Last Road Trip: 1-3 season-best 11-game hitting streak come to an end in Friday’s game two with a 0-for-3. The top prospect from the 2014 Last Five: 2-3 international class hit .341 (14-for-41), including 3 HR, over the streak. Last Ten: 3-7 • Narrow Margins: Following Monday’s 2-1 defeat, the RiverDogs have played 43 one-run games this season, the most in Team AVG (rank): .246 (9th) the South Atlantic League and contests in which they have gone 19-24. 58 of the Holy City’s first 98 games have been Team HR (rank): 64 (10th) Runs Scored (rank): 383 (13th) decided by two runs or fewer, the second-most in the league to Kannapolis. Team ERA (rank): 3.18 (2nd) • Pinstriped Prospects: Once again, the RiverDogs tap into one of the premier farm systems in baseball with the New York Team K (rank): 801 (11th) Yankees. Recently rated the second-best farm system by Baseball America pre-season and the sixth-best by MLB.com, Team SV (rank): 30 (2nd) the Bronx Bombers boast five of MLB.com’s Preseason Top-100 prospects. Charleston’s current roster features five of the 2018 vs. AUG: 4-4 Yankees’ Top-30 prospects (MLB.com, BA): RHP Deivi Garcia (#13, #24), INF Dermis Garcia (#18, #20), RHP Roansy Contreras (#25, --), INF Oswaldo Cabrera (--, #26), and RHP Alexander Vargas (--, #28). In 2017, the Yankees led all of baseball in organizational winning percentage (.602) between the Major and minor leagues and featured seven of their eight domestic affiliates in the postseason. Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Thursday, July 25, 7:05PM: Charleston vs Augusta: RHP Miguel Yajure (2-2, 4.31) vs RHP Aaron Phillips (3-5, 4.50) Friday, July 26, 7:05PM: Charleston vs Greenville: RHP Janson Junk (4-2, 3.90) vs TBD Saturday, July 27, 6:05PM: Charleston vs Greenville: RHP Alex Mauricio (0-3, 5.64) vs TBD Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected] Today’s Starter #11 DEIVI GARCIA (RHP) HT: 5’10” WT: 163 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Bonao, D.R. AGE: 19 BORN: 5/19/99 ACQUIRED: NDFA, 2015 Repertoire: FB, CB, CH W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 2018 (w/ CSC) 1-3 3.77 6/6 0 0 28.2 25 14 12 8 44 .227 MiLB Career 8-10 3.11 32/29 0 0 141.2 92 56 49 62 197 .189 (3 Seasons) 2018 IP- 5.0, 2x (vs GVL, 6/17) H- 4, (vs ASH, 6/11) ER- 2, 2x (vs GVL, 6/17) BB- 1, (vs GVL, 6/17) K- 10, (vs ASH, 6/11) Highs: Career IP- 6.0, (6/6/17) H- 6, 2x (7/29/17) ER- 5, (8/25/17) BB- 5, (6/21/16) K- 10, 2x (“”) Highs: Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K Career Notes… vs HIC (7/17) 4.1 2 0 0 2 7 vs DEL (7/11) 4.1 4 5 4 4 6 • Rated the Yankees No. 16 pre-season by MLB.com, No. 24 by vs AUG (7/4) 5.0 6 3 2 1 7 Baseball America • In 2017, combined between Rookie-level Pulaski, GCL Yankees, and DSL Yankees to go 6-2, 3.30 ERA (85 SO, 19 BB, 60.0 IP) 2018 Notes… Made one start with High-A Tampa on 6/5, o Posted a 12.75 SO per nine innings ratio, the 2nd-highest allowing two runs over 4.2 IP with 7 SO and 3 among Yankees farmhands with at least 50 innings thrown BB…Assigned to Charleston’s roster on 6/11…Tied a o Held opponents to a .202 batting average career-best 10 strikeouts in his RiverDogs debut on 6/11…struck out at least 6 batters in each of his first six o Went 2-1, 4.50 ERA in six games (5 starts) with 43 starts with Charleston…Made each of his first six starts strikeouts in 28 innings to finish the year with Pulaski with the RiverDogs at Riley Park… • Made pro debut with the DSL Yankees 2 in 2016, going 1-5, 2.61 ERA (61 SO, 32 BB in 48.1 IP) over 12 starts o Led all DSL starters with a 11.36 SO per nine innings ratio (min.