rd st Gwinnett Stripers (30-36, 3 in IL South, 7.0 GB) Durham Bulls (37-29, 1 in IL South, 1.5 GA) RHP Wes Parsons (1-1, 3.47 ERA) AT RHP Andrew Moore (1-1, 4.00 ERA) Sunday, June 17, 2018 5:05 PM Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC Game #67 of 140 Road Game #37 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers conclude a seven-game, two-city road trip tonight with the 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN finale of a four-game series vs. the Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays). In the South: The Stripers (30-36) are third in the IL South Division, trailing Durham (1st, 37-29) by Current Streak: Won 1 7.0 games and Norfolk (2nd, 35-30) by 5.5 games and leading Charlotte (4th, 30-37) by 0.5 games. Last 10 Games: 6-4 All-Time vs. Durham: Gwinnett is 94-111 (.459) in 205 prior meetings with Durham and has won Long Winning Streak: 5 Games (5/26-5/31) the season series vs. the Bulls three times in nine years: 2010 (12-9), 2012 (11-10) and 2015 (12-9). Long Losing Streak: 7 Games (6/1-6/8) Last Game: The Stripers defeated the Durham Bulls 8-5 in game three of the series last night at Record Since 2009: 661-694 (.488) Durham Bulls Athletic Park. CF Danny Santana (3-for-5, 2 HR, 3 Home: 13-17 Leading after 6: 21-5 R, 3 RBI) and LF Michael Reed (1-for-5, HR, R, RBI) both hit ROAD TRIP (4-2) Road: 17-19 Leading after 7: 23-4 solo home runs and 3B Rio Ruiz (2-for-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI) stroked Batting (24 Runs Scored): Day Games: 10-9 Leading after 8: 21-2 a two-run double as Gwinnett built a 5-1 lead midway through the .229 (44-for-192), 9 2B, 0 3B, Night Games: 20-27 Tied after 6: 3-7 fifth. Durham responded with three runs off RHP Lucas Sims in 7 HR, 23 RBI, 2 SB Extra Innings: 1-6 Tied after 7: 1-7 the bottom of the fifth to make it a 5-4 game, but Santana blasted Pitching (13 Runs Allowed): Doubleheaders: 4-2 Tied after 8: 2-6 his second homer of the night – a two-run shot off RHP Mike 2.02 ERA (11 ER in 49.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 6-4 Trailing after 6: 4-24 Franco in the sixth – to put the Stripers back ahead 7-4. Sims (W, 12 BB, 56 SO, 3 QS, 3 SV Last AB W/L: 4-12 Trailing after 7: 4-25 4-2) exited after 5.2 innings with four runs – three earned – on Walk-Off W/L: 0-6 Trailing after 8: 1-26 Score First: 19-13 With a HR: 22-15 eight hits. RHP David Peterson (H, 3) yielded a run before stranding the bases loaded in the seventh, Score Last: 14-15 Without a HR: 8-21 and RHP Jason Hursh (H, 2) and RHP Evan Phillips (S, 6) each tossed a scoreless frame. 2B Phil 1-Run Games: 8-13 Allow a HR: 8-15 Gosselin (2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI) added an insurance RBI single for an 8-5 lead in the ninth. RHP Chih- 2-Run Games: 4-8 Allow no HR: 22-21 Wei Hu (L, 2-6) allowed five runs – three earned – on six hits over 5.0 innings for the Bulls. 3-Run Games: 5-3 With an Error: 14-21 +3-Run Games: 13-12 Without an Error: 16-15 Danny Santana matched a career high with two homers last night (solo off Slugging Santana: April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 5-12 RHP Chih-Wei Hu and 2-run off RHP Mike Franco). It’s just the second multi-homer game of his May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 25-24 career, first since 8/29/15 with Rochester vs. Pawtucket (3-for-4, 2 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI). Following last June: 6-9 Vs. Rehab Starter: 1-1 night’s effort, Santana ranks second in the IL in slugging percentage (.527)…he also ranks among July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 30-36 league leaders in HR/AB ratio (2nd, 1/18.27), home runs (T-3rd, 11), extra-base hits (T-4th, 28), triples August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 (T-5th, 3), runs (T-7th, 34), total bases (10th, 106) and stolen bases (T-10th, 8). September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 7-9-4 Reed, Between the Lines: Michael Reed has reached base safely in 14 of 15 games since VS. DURHAM (94-111 Since 2009) joining the Stripers on 5/29, ranking second in the IL with a .417 average in that span (20-for-48, 4 2B, 2 HR, 9 R, 6 RBI, 13 BB, .541 OBP, .625 SLG, 1.166 OPS). Including 44 games with Double-A ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. DUR Mississippi from 4/5-5/27 (named a Southern League All-Star on 6/6), he is batting .340 (64-for-188, 17 Home: 47-47 3-4 .216, 14 HR, 48 RBI 2B, 6 HR, 42 R, 20 RBI, 6 SB, 43 BB, .470 OBP, .527 SLG, .997 OPS) in 59 total games this season. Road: 41-57 3-3 ’18 Pitching vs. DUR Overall: 88-104 6-7 3.65 ERA, .247 BAA Rotation Resurgence: With last night’s win by Lucas Sims (5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO), Stripers’ starting pitchers are 5-1 with a 1.96 ERA (10 ER in 46.0 IP) and four quality starts in the TEAM IL RANKINGS last eight games (team is 6-2). Gwinnett starters had gone 0-4 with a 4.95 ERA (20 ER in 36.1 IP) and two quality starts over the first seven games of June (team went 0-7). Overall, Stripers’ starters (18 Batting: .238 (11th) ERA: 3.40 (3rd) total) are 17-20 with a 3.38 ERA (124 ER in 330.1 IP) and 21 quality starts in 65 games. Runs: 258 (10th) Runs: 250 (10th) Hits: 514 (T-11th) ER: 215 (12th) Closing Time: With last night’s save, Evan Phillips is now 6-for-6 in save chances (T-7th in IL). 2B: 115 (T-6th) Innings: 569.0 (T-9th) All six saves have come over his last 22 outings since 4/12, a span in which he is 3-3 with a 0.88 ERA 3B: 14 (T-5th) SO: 556 (5th) (3 ER in 30.2 IP, 19 H, 8 BB, 46 SO). Overall, Phillips is 3-4 with a 1.64 ERA (6 ER in 33.0 IP) and a HR: 51 (6th) BB: 223 (3rd) .195 BAA…he also ranks among IL relief leaders in SO/9.0 IP (4th, 13.09) and games (T-8th, 24). RBI: 245 (10th) CG: 3 (1st) Steals: 32 (T-8th) SHO: 6 (T-5th) Fantastic Franco: Entering today, Carlos Franco is tied for the IL lead in RBI (43) alongside th th st rd OBP: .301 (14 ) Holds: 18 (T-9 ) Brandon Barnes of Columbus. He also ranks among IL leaders in games (T-1 , 66), at-bats (3 , 249), th th rd th th th th SLG: .375 (10 ) Saves: 13 (11 ) home runs (T-3 , 11), total bases (4 , 113), runs (T-5 , 35), extra-base hits (T-7 , 26) and hits (T-10 , OPS: .677 (11th) WHIP: 1.26 (4th) 64). Franco has hit seven of his 11 homers on the road, batting .292 (40-for-137, 7 2B, 1 3B, 21 R, 25 RBI, .511 SLG, .858 OPS) in 36 games away from Coolray Field this season. TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) th All Good: Kolby Allard earned his fifth win of the year (T-6 in IL) with his ninth-straight quality AVG: Santana (.264) ERA: Allard (2.28) start on Thursday (6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO). He is 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA (13 ER in 60.1 IP) OBP: Franco (.307) WHIP: Allard (1.12) and a .242 BAA (52-for-236, 2 HR, 14 BB, 38 SO) in that nine-start span dating back to 4/28. Allard, SLG: Santana (.527) BAA: Allard (.238) rated No. 50 on the MLB.com “Top 100 Prospects” list, is 5-2 with a 2.28 ERA (19 ER in 75.0 IP) over OPS: Santana (.812) Wins: Allard (5) rd 12 starts in his Triple-A debut. In addition to wins, he ranks among IL pitching leaders in ERA (3 ), Hits: Franco (64) IP: Allard (75.0) th th th th innings (4 ), fewest baserunners/9.0 IP for starters (5 , 10.32), WHIP (6 , 1.12) and starts (T-10 ). HR: 2 Tied (11) SO: Allard (51) IL Leaderboard: In addition to the players already listed above, the following active Stripers rank Runs: Franco (35) CG: Wisler (2)* RBI: Franco (43)* Holds: 3 Tied (3) among IL leaders: Rio Ruiz ranks in games (T-1st, 66), at-bats (5th, 246) and runs (T-7th, 34)…Matt Steals: Santana (8) Saves: Phillips (6) Wisler ranks among pitching leaders in complete games (1st, 2) and shutouts (T-1st, 1). Gosselin Stays Hot: After seeing his season-best six-game hitting streak (.350, 7-for-20, 1 RBI from 6/9-6/14) snapped on Friday, Phil Gosselin tied season highs in hits (2) and RBI (2) last night.