Great Lakes Loons Media Notes · Dow Diamond · 825 E Main St. Midland, MI 48640 · (989) 837-BALL · www.Loons.com · High-A Affiliate - LA Dodgers · Thursday, September 16 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (56-59) at Great Lakes Loons (62-54) RH Joey Matulovich (7 G, 31.0 IP, 5.23 ERA) vs. RH Jesus Vargas (23 G, 97.1 IP, 4.53 ERA) 7:05 PM EDT | Dow Diamond (5,200) | Midland, MI Game 117/120 | Series 20/20 | Home Game 57/60 | Home Series 10/10 Loons At A Glance Coming Up... Opponent Current Streak L2 Fri., September 17 | vs. Wisconsin | 7:05 PM | RH Justin Jarvis (16G, 59.2, 5.73) vs. RH Carlos Duran (2G, 7.1, 7ER) Wisconsin Last 5 Games 2-3 (Milwaukee Brewers) Last 10 Games 5-5 Sat., September 18 | vs. Wisconsin | 7:05 PM | LH Nick Bennett (11G, 51.1, 4.21) vs. RH Gavin Stone (5G, 21.0, 3.86) Home 27-29 Sun., September 19 | vs. Wisconsin | 1:05 PM | RH TJ Shook (4G, 16.0, 9.00) vs. RH Hyun-Il Choi (8G, 36.0, 4.50) Road 35-25 All-Time Matchup: Day 12-6 About Last Week: The Loons split a six-game series in West What Works: Night 51-47 Michigan taking games 1, 4, and 6. The series featured *48-17 when scoring first (14-36 otherwise) WIS, 32-27 Extra Inning 5-4 polarizing highs and lows for Great Lakes... The series began *40-11 when out-hitting opponent (22-42 otherwise) Doubleheader with a franchise-record 18 runs including a season-high 10 *15-4 when SP gets to 5 innings (47-50 otherwise) At Dow Diamond: 4-4 extra-base hits and finished with a 6-run 9th inning comeback *45-34 in any uniform BUT the home creams (17-20) WIS, 14-13 vs. East 60-48 punctuated by an Andy Pages go-ahead 3-run HR (his 2nd HR *59-25 with 4+ runs (3-29 otherwise) vs. West 2-6 of the game and 30th of the year). Now for the lows... Thursday At Fox Cities Stad: Series 9W-5L-4T saw the Loons commit a season-high 4 errors while striking out Pour It On: On September 7th, the Loons scored 18 runs for a season-most 19 times as part of a 10-5 loss. In total, the Loons just the third time in franchise history and the first time since the WIS, 18-14 Home Series 4-3-2 committed 10 errors in the series - their most in any series this 2009 season. Road Series 5-2-2 year. 2019: Series Openers 9-11 Landon Knack: The 60th overall pick in the 2020 draft was Player of the Year: Andy Pages is running away with the High-A named HAC Pitcher of the Month for the month on July. Knack GL, 3-0 Series Finales 13-6 Central League Player of the Year award. finished the month with a 3-0 record, a 1.54 ERA, and a 37-to- vs. RH Starters 53-43 1 K:BB ratio. The East Tennessee State product was promoted to (3-0 at DD) vs. LH Starters 9-11 -Ranks 1st in wRC at 104 (17 more than 2nd in the league - his Double-A Tulsa on July 31st. (0-0 at FCS) teammate, Ryan Ward) Scoring 1st 48-17 -Only player in the league to have played every game No-Hitter: Clayton Beeter (2.0 IP), Bobby Miller (5.0), Jacob Opp. Scores 1st 14-36 -Ranks 1st in HR (31), RBI (87), SLG (.550), OPS (.945), XBH Cantleberry (1.0), and Cameron Gibbens (1.0) combined for This Year: Out-Hit Opp. 40-11 (56), TB (233), and Runs (95) the Loons’ first no-hitter in franchise history in a 14-0 win over Meeting 8/12 Out-Hit by Opp. 17-33 -Ranks 2nd in OBP (.395), Hits (114), and BB (73) Lake County on July 23rd. WIS, 6-2 Hits Equal 5-8 Going Down in History: Andy Pages should not only be named Feeling Grand: The 2021 Loons have already hit 6 grand slams. (6 at FCS) Shutouts 6-4 HAC POTY, but he should also go down as the having the best The previous season-high was 4 from the 2010 and 2019 teams. 1-Run Games 10-18 individual season in Loons franchise history. Coming into 2019, the Loons had hit 28 grand slams in the (6 at DD) franchise’s roughly 1,800 games. Hit 1 HR 14-14 Season-Long Franchise Ranks: Hit Multiple HRs 39-18 1st - wRC (104) Eddys Leonard: On August 29, Leonard became the third player 8/11a|L, 8-7 Hit No HRs 9-19 1st - HR (31), OPS (.945), wRC+ (154) in franchise history to hit 3 home runs in the same game joining 8/11b|L 6-3 Errorless Games 34-16 2nd - RBI (87) 2017 Loon Cody Thomas and 2019 Loon Niko Hulsizer. 3rd - Runs (95) 8/12|W, 5-2 1+ Error Games 27-37 James Outman: With a HR on July 20th, he became the Loons’ 8/13|L, 10-4 Starter goes 5IP 15-4 Going, Going, Gone!: The Loons are first in the HAC, second in franchise record holder for career HRs passing 2009 Loon Kyle Starter goes <5IP 47-50 MiLB (exluding Triple-A), and fourth overall with 184 home runs Russell (26). Outman hit 19 with the Low-A Loons in 2019 and 8/14|W, 13-2 this season. Despite a shortened 2021 season, the Loons have had 9 this season before being promoted to Double-A Tulsa on 8/15|L, 8-6 Sundays 14-6 already broken the franchise record for home runs in a single Thursday with 28 in his career. Mondays 0-0 season previsously held by the 2010 team with 127 (0.91/gm). 9/14|L, 6-3 Tuesdays 8-10 This years team is averaging 1.59 HR per game. Andy Pages Vargas Breaks Decade-Long Record: Miguel Vargas re-wrote 9/15|L, 4-2 Wednesdays 9-12 (31) and Ryan Ward (27) are the 1st set of Loons teammates to the Loons’ record book with the longest hitting streak in franchise both hit 20+ HRs in the same season. history and professional baseball this year by registering a hit 9/16|7:05 Thursdays 11-8 in 26 straight games from May 12-June 10. During that time, Fridays 10-8 Gone Streakin’: Vargas hit a HAC-best .372 (next closest: .333). He had 42 hits 9/17|7:05 Saturdays 10-10 *Jorbit Vivas: 19g OBS (.425 OBP, 23-for-69, 8 BB, 3 HBP) (26 1Bs, 9 2Bs, 1 3B, 6 HRs) and an OPS of 1.038 during the 9/18|7:05 April 0-0 *Andy Pages: 16g OBS (.493 OBP, 19-for-54, 11 BB, 4 HBP) streak. Vargas was promoted to Double-A Tulsa June 16th. 9/19|1:05 May 12 - 12 Protected Pitchers: Loons starting pitchers have only logged Draft Day: The LA Dodgers selected 19 players this week that June 13-12 332.1 innings (~2.2/start). That is the least amount of innings could one day become Loons. Of the 19 picks, 17 were pitchers Home July 16-11 from a starting rotation in all of Minor League Baseball. (next: (15 from college). The Dodgers used their 1st round pick on a Clearwater: 367.2). high school pitcher from Alabama, Maddux Bruns (Mississippi Away August 14-12 State), and their next pick in the 3rd round on another high September 6-7 Tuesday: The Loons have an 8-10 record on Tuesday’s this year school pitcher from Maryland, Peter Heubeck (Wake Forest). Cream Uniform 17-20 despite having by far the best offense in the league in series Bruns became the the first HS pitcher drafted and signed in the openers. As a team, Great Lakes hits .284 (26 points higher 1st round by the Dodgers since Grant Holmes in 2014. Gray Uniform 30-22 than the rest of league), with an OPS .918 (124 points higher). Green Uniform 12-6 Their 4.94 ERA ranks 2nd to last in the league. Other Uniforms 3-6 Loons Lookback Prospecting (Top 30s) Baseball America (Mid) MLB (Mid) FanGraphs (Live) #6 OF Andy Pages #5 OF Andy Pages #2 OF Andy Pages #13 SS Leonel Valera #15 SS Leonel Valera #17 RHP Hyun-Il Choi #20 C Carson Taylor #18 INF Eddys Leonard #19 LHP Robinson Ortiz #22 LHP Robinson Ortiz #19 INF Jorbit Vivas #22 INF Jorbit Vivas #25 3B Brandon Lewis #25 3B Brandon Lewis #29 INF Eddys Leonard #26 RHP Hyun-Il Choi #26 RHP Hyun-Il Choi #27 INF Eddys Leonard #28 RHP Gavin Stone #28 OF Ryan Ward #29 LHP Robinson Ortiz #30 INF Jorbit Vivas #30 C Carson Taylor Brad Tunney - Manager, Play-by-Play & Programming | W: 989-837-6149 | C: 586-291-1409 | [email protected] | @brad_tunney Chris Jared - Broadcasting and Communications Assistant | C: 810-701-5126| [email protected] | @Chris Jared01 Today’s Loons Starting Pitcher #9 RHP Jesus Vargas 2021 Game-By-Game 6-2, 175 | 23yo | Macuto, VE | Int’l FA, 2014 - LAD Date Final Exit DEC IP H R ER BB K HR TP/STR THROWS: 4sFB, CT, SL, CH 5/4 vs. DAY L, 9-4 Relief App L 1.1 4 3 3 0 0 1 23/15 This Year: On Opening Day roster.