Columbus Clippers Game #85 Game Information Home Game #41 Media Relations Department - 330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, OH 43215 - (614)-462-5250 - [email protected] Thursday, July 4 (7:05) - Huntington Park Louisville Bats Columbus Clippers (Cincinnati Reds) vs. (Cleveland Indians) RHP Lucas Sims (4-0, 5.24) RHP Mitch Talbot (2-0, 5.70) (32-53) (52-32) LAST GAME Upcoming Probables July 3 R H E LOB Friday, July 5 vs. Louisville (7:15): RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (2-6, 7.03) vs. RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (5-5, 4.99) Columbus 6 9 1 7 Saturday, July 6 vs. Louisville (7:15): TBA vs. LHP Tanner Tully (1-0, 3.00) Toledo 5 8 0 8 Sunday, July 7 vs. Louisville (2:05): RHP Tejay Antone (2-1, 5.71) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (3-0, 1.75) W: Rob Kaminsky (1-0) Thursday, July 11 vs. Indianapolis (7:05): TBA vs. TBA L: John Schreiber (3-4) Tonight's Game S: Jon Edwards (1) The Clippers will send RHP Mitch Talbot to the mound tonight, looking to stay perfect in July (Scranton/WB is only other undefeated HR: Thompson (21),Barnes (18) team in July). Louisville will counter with RHP Lucas Sims. The Clippers are 32-24 (.571) against right handers this season. Sims has Highlights pitched against the Clippers eight times in his career, going 2-2 with a 3.73ERA (41.0IP, 35H, 20R, 17ER, 17BB, 54K). The Clippers improved to 8-0 in extra innings this year, scoring vs. the Bats twice in the 10th without the aid Columbus was 15-9 against Louisville last year, outscoring the Bats 125-119 (12-13 with a +4 run differential in 2017; 11-12, +12 in of a hit. At the plate, Trayce 2016). Brandon Barnes has hit .322/.396/.508 with 4HR and 27RBI in 31 games opposing the Bats in his career. Eric Haase is hitting Thompson's 2-run HR in the .321/.378/.745 with 11HR and 28RBI in 31 games and Greg Allen has hit .328/.364/.426 with a HR and 8RBI in 15 games. 4th gave Columbus the lead and Playing Down a solo shot from Brandon The Clippers have seen more than their share of bottom dwellers this season, as tonight will mark the 12th time (four against Louisville). Barnes in the 8th forced extras. In the previous 11, the Clippers have a series record of 6-4-1 (1-3 in last four; 12-3-1 against non-last place teams), going 20-16 in the individual games (5-8 in last 13; 32-16 against non-last place teams). Solid Response CLIPPER QUICK FACTS Since four consecutive slaughters from 6/3-6/6 (allowed more than 10 runs in four straight for first time in franchise history, got beat by at Current Streak: W3 least five in four straight for third time in history), the Clippers have cobbled together a 19-6 record (best in the IL). In the last 25, Home Streak: W3 Columbus is +49 in the run department (152-103) and +22 in homers (50-28), but only +24 in hits (228-204; +22 in last four games). Home: 21-19 July: 3-0 Pummeled Pitching Thursday: 8-4 The Clipper staff has allowed at least 8ER in 10 of the last 18 home games (allowed at least 8ER twice in first 22 home games), posting Night Games: 40-19 an ERA of 6.61 (162.0IP, 119ER). Opponents had homered in 13 straight games at Huntington Park (33HR total) before the shutout on vs. West: 24-17 6/21, but they have responded with 10HR in the four games since (43HR allowed in last 18 home games, 12HR in last 18 on road). Last 10: 8-2 Consecutive days in 1st: 26 Production at the Top Scoring at least 4 runs: 42-14 Greg Allen is doing what a leadoff man does, reaching base in 20 straight games since 6/9 (.381OBP) and crossing the plate 22 times. Scoring less than 4 runs: 10-18 He has batted .294 (25x85) during that time, including a current hit streak of eight games (.389, 14x36). Allen has four multi-hit games in Come from behind wins: 22 his last seven, watching his average increase from .257 to .280. Additionally, he has successfully swiped four in a row since 6/22. Last at bat wins: 13 Team Batting: .263, 10th Right Behind Team Pitching: 4.63, 5th Daniel Johnson extended his on-base streak to 19 games last night (.389OBP since 6/13), as he has reached base in 34 of 36 since Team Defense: .981, 3rd joining the Clippers on 5/25. Among players that are currently in the IL, Greg Allen's 20 game streak ranks 2nd (one behind Rochester's Brent Rooker) and Johnson is 3rd. Since moving to the three-hole on 6/22, he is slashing .341/.429/.512 in 41AB. LEAGUE STANDINGS North W - L Pct GB Flaherty On Fire SWB 49 - 35 .583 - Ryan Flaherty has hit safely in 12 straight starts, batting .367 (18x49) since 6/20, and over his last 39 games, dating to 5/15, he has put BUF 43 - 41 .512 6.0 together a line of .319/.413/.556 with 7HR and 29RBI. Monday's 3-hit contest was his first since opening day (4/4 vs. Indianapolis) and ROC 41 - 42 .494 7.5 boosted his average over .270 for the first time since 4/26. The 5RBI game on Monday was his first since 9/28/12 with Baltimore. LHV 40 - 42 .488 8.0 SYR 41 - 44 .482 8.5 Haase to Trot PAW 33 - 50 .398 15.5 Eric Haase saw his on-base streak snapped at 11 last night (.467OBP from 6/21-7/2). On Tuesday, he hit his 14th road homer this year, South W - L Pct GB tying him with Trayce Thompson for the IL lead (Thompson hit his 15th last night). Haase is hitting .309/.394/.691 in road games, while DUR 51 - 34 .600 - going for .211/.321/.474 at home. Last year, he hit 60 points better on the road (.265 to .205), but hit more bombs at home (11 to 9). GWN 48 - 36 .571 2.5 CHA 46 - 39.541 5.0 Taking Advantage NOR 33 - 52 .388 18.0 Adam Rosales has hit .315 (23x73) with 6HR in 19 games at Huntington Park since returning to the Clippers, watching all of his homers West W - L Pct GB sail out of the home field (0HR in 60AB on the road; 0HR in 72AB with Rochester). He is one of only two active Clippers with a positive COL 52 - 32 .619 - home/road homer split (Yu Chang, +1; team is -28). His home/road average split sits at +115 (team is -39). IND 42 -41 .506 9.5 TOL 37 - 47 .440 15.0 ORGANIZATION REPORT vs. LOUISVILLE LOU 32 - 53 .376 20.5 Cleveland (47-38), 2nd place Akron (34-35), 3rd place; (6-10), 5th place All-Time July 3 R H E 7/3 vs. Altoona, lost, 6-4 Home Road Overall League Notes Cleveland 4 8 0 7/4 at Binghamton, 6:35 118-92 103-118 221-210 Kansas City 0 5 0 Lynchburg (32-35), 2nd place; (9-5), 2nd place 2019 W- Clevinger (2-2), L- Duffy (3-5) 7/3 at Frederick, won, 8-0 (7); won, 6-4 (7) Home Road Overall HR- Santana (19), Perez (15) 7/4 vs. Myrtle Beach, 6:00 1-2 4-3 5-5 Clevinger: 6.0IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 9K Lake County (40-29), 2nd place*; (8-5), 2nd place 2018 Goody: 2.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K 7/3 vs. Fort Wayne, won, 3-2 Home Road Overall 7/4 at KC, 1:15 (Plesac vs. Bailey) 7/4 at Fort Wayne, 6:05 5-5 10-4 15-9 Governors' Cup Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2015 IL West Division Champions: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 Columbus Clippers Game Information Thursday, July 4 This Date in Clipper History Huntington (Small) Park 7/4/1982 In each of the first 10 years since the move downtown, Huntington Park has ranked among the top two in the IL in homers per game, In a double header at Syracuse, totaling 2.16 per contest (1,539HR, 714 games). Last year, HP averaged over a pair per game for the second straight year (sixth time Clipper pitcher Lynn overall), but needed 5HR (all by the Clippers) on the season's final day to jump into 2nd place. The team total of 68HR was the lowest McGlothern broke George since 2015. Over the life of the park, the Clippers have hit fewer long balls than the opposition (845 to 822). Bell's jaw with a pitched ball. The fireworks started when year gms COLopp total avg rank yeargms COL opp total avgrank year gms COL opp total avg rank 2009 71 57 73 130 1.83 2nd 201372 63 72 135 1.88 2nd 2017 71 95 88 183 2.58 1st Syracuse pitcher Jackson Todd 2010 72 90 83173 2.40 2nd2014 72 64 85 149 2.07 2nd 2018 69 68 76 144 2.09 2nd retaliated by throwing two 2011 72 100 77 177 2.46 1st 2015 72 62 64 126 1.75 2nd 2019 40 58 70 128 3.20 2nd pitches at Otis Nixon's head, 2012 71 91 88 179 2.52 1st 2016 72 74 69 143 1.99 1st inciting a bench clearing brawl.