th 27 YEAR 22 WINNING SEASONS 19 PLAYOFF APPEARANCES 1994 CHAMPIONS 2012 CHAMPIONS 2016 CHAMPIONS 2017 CHAMPIONS WINNIPEG GOLDEYES 2020 GAME INFORMATION GAME: #42 HOME GAME: #19 WINNIPEG GOLDEYES (24-17) vs. MILWAUKEE MILKMEN (23-19) FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st , 2020 – FRANKLIN FIELD – 6:35 PM TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHERS: WIN: RHP Brandon Cumpton (1-1, 3.48) MIL: RHP Drew Hutchison (0-0, 3.60) GOLDEYES WIN LATE OVER MILKMEN: The Winnipeg Goldeyes beat the Milwaukee Milkmen 6-3 at Franklin Field on Thursday evening. Tied at 3-3 in the top of the seventh inning, John Nester put the Goldeyes in front with a two-run double. Wes Darvill added a two-out, RBI single that made it 6-3. Nate Antone, Jose Jose, and Victor Capellan each pitched 1.0 scoreless inning of relief with Capellan earning his 10 th save of the year. Evan Grills started for the Goldeyes and picked up the win, allowing three earned runs on three hits in 6.0 innings. Grills walked none and struck out nine. Winnipeg took a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run homer from Kyle Mart. Jordan George homered leading off the top of the third to make it 3-0. Brett Vertigan’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third put the Milkmen on the board, and Milwaukee briefly tied the game in the sixth on back-to-back home runs from David Washington and Adam Brett Walker. ALL-TIME AGAINST THE MILKMEN: The Winnipeg Goldeyes are 6-6 all-time against the Milwaukee Milkmen, including a 2-2 record in home games, and a 3-4 record at Franklin Field. The Milkmen are in their second year of existence, and finished 38-62 during their expansion season in 2019. The Milkmen opened Franklin Field on June 24 th , 2019 with a 3-2 loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats before earning its first official home win the following night over Gary SouthShore, 8-2. The facility is located in Franklin, Wisconsin, a suburb of downtown Milwaukee, and also plays host to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Panthers) baseball team. Inclement weather during the winter of 2019 led to construction delays, and the Milkmen played their first 14 home games at Kokomo Municipal Stadium in Kokomo, Indiana. Kokomo is home to the Northwoods League’s Kokomo Jackrabbits, a college summer wood bat team under the same ownership group as the Milkmen. The Milkmen went 7-7 during the games at Kokomo. Anthony Barone, who served as Milwaukee’s bench coach in 2019, takes over as the club’s manager. Barone previously managed the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s (PGCBL) Jamestown Jammers from 2015-18, winning a championship in 2018. Barone was named PGCBL Coach of the Year in both 2017 and 2018. SERIES MATCHUP: The Winnipeg Goldeyes are 24-17 and in first place in the American Association. The Goldeyes just lost two of three to the Milwaukee Milkmen at Franklin Field. The Goldeyes are third in the American Association in hitting (.279), second in pitching (4.10), and fourth in fielding (.975). The Milwaukee Milkmen are 23-19, in second place, and 1.5 games behind the Goldeyes. The Milkmen are sixth in the league in batting (.246), first in pitching (4.03), and first in defence (.980). This is the second of three head-to-head series between this season between Winnipeg and Milwaukee. The Goldeyes were 5-4 against the Milkmen in 2019. PROJECTED UPCOMING PITCHING MATCHUPS TONIGHT’S STARTERS: The Goldeyes go with former 8/22 vs. MIL: LHP Mitchell Lambson (4-2, 3.97) vs. RHP Tim Dillard (0-0, 2.70) Major League right-hander Brandon Cumpton who is 1-1 8/23 vs. MIL: RHP Frank Duncan (5-3, 3.46) vs. RHP Ryan Kussmaul (4-1, 5.32) with a 3.48 ERA in five starts this season. Cumpton picked up the win at Sioux Falls last Saturday, pitching 5.1 shutout innings on six hits. Cumpton walked one and struck out four. Cumpton was 5-8 with a 4.88 ERA in 15 starts last season for the Atlantic League’s Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Cumpton posted a 3.86 fielding independent pitching (FIP) over 83.0 innings pitched, and his 1.6 wins above replacement (WAR) ranked sixth in the Atlantic League among pitchers with less than 90.0 innings. Cumpton also made five starts and one relief appearance for the Mexican League’s Pericos de Puebla in 2019. Cumpton was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth round in 2010 out of Georgia Tech University (Atlanta, Georgia). Cumpton played three seasons in the Major Leagues, first with the Pirates from 2013-14 and again with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2018. In 102.1 Major League innings, Cumpton has a 4.05 ERA and 3.06 FIP with 70 strikeouts against only 25 walks and three home runs. Cumpton struck out five batters during his Major League debut on June 15 th , 2013 versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cumpton picked up his first Major League win on July 30 th of that same year after pitching 7.0 shutout innings versus the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a double header. Cumpton managed his way back to the Majors in 2018 after Tommy John Surgery sidelined him during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Cumpton is in his ninth season of professional baseball, and is 55-61 lifetime with two saves and a 4.20 ERA in 188 games, 146 of them as a starting pitcher. Cumpton has averaged just 2.8 walks and 0.6 home runs per nine innings as a professional. Tonight will be Cumpton’s first career appearance against Milwaukee, as well as his first career appearance at Franklin Field. The Milkmen go with former Major League right-hander Drew Hutchison who is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA in two starts since signing with the club on August 9th . Hutchison took a no-decision vs. St. Paul last Saturday, pitching 3.0 shutout innings on two hits. Hutchison walked two and struck out three. The Saints won the game 8-3. Hutchison pitched at the Triple-A level for three different Major League organizations in 2019. Hutchison was a combined 11-6 with a 5.28 ERA in 23 starts and two relief appearances for the International League’s Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees), the International League’s Rochester Red Wings (Minnesota Twins), and the Pacific Coast League’s Salt Lake Bees (Los Angeles Angels). Hutchison struck out 133 and walked 54 in 131.1 combined innings. Hutchison pitched five years in the Major Leagues (2012, 2014-16, 2018) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers. Hutchison won 13 games for the 2015 Blue Jays club that reached Game Six of the American League Championship Series, which marked Toronto’s first postseason in 22 years. Hutchison was a combined 32-23 with a 5.10 ERA in the Major Leagues in 98 appearances, 79 of them starts. Hutchison averaged 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings in 460.1 Major League innings. Hutchison was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 15 th round in 2009 out of Lakeland Senior High School (Lakeland, Florida). Hutchison is in his 11 th season of professional baseball, and is 81-59 (.579) lifetime with a 4.12 ERA in 244 appearances, 216 of them as a starting pitcher. Hutchison has averaged 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings during his career. Tonight will be Hutchison’s first career appearance against the Goldeyes. Hutchison is 0-0 with a 3.60 ERA in two career starts at Franklin Field. GOLDEYES MANAGER: Rick Forney is now in his 15 th season as Goldeyes’ manager, and his 24 th overall within the organization. During his first 14 years at the helm, the Goldeyes have posted a .547 overall winning percentage (755-626), 11 winning seasons, nine playoff appearances, and an American Association-record three championships. Forney was voted American Association Manager of the Year in 2011, and managed the American Association during the American Association/Can-Am League All-Star Game in 2017. Forney’s .555 winning percentage in the American Association (2011-19) is the fourth-highest in league history (there have been 56 total American Association managers through the 2019 season). Forney pitched professionally for 10 years, including four seasons with the Goldeyes. During his playing career, Forney was 89-56 (.614) with a 3.63 ERA, and reached the Triple-A level in 1995. GOLDEYES WELCOME NEW HITTING COACH: The Winnipeg Goldeyes introduced Kash Beauchamp as their hitting coach last November. Beauchamp enjoyed a 14-year playing career in which he reached Triple-A in six different seasons. The former first overall draft pick (January phase, 1982) compiled a .285 career batting average in 1,083 professional games. In 1993, Beauchamp hit .367 for the Northern League’s Rochester Aces (the franchise that eventually became the Winnipeg Goldeyes), and became the first position player in independent baseball history to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization (Cincinnati Reds). Beauchamp has 10 years of managerial experience in independent baseball, and currently serves as the independent leagues scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. DARVILL NAMED BATTER OF THE WEEK: Winnipeg Goldeyes’ shortstop Wes Darvill has been named the American Association’s Batter of the Week for August 10 th -16 th . In seven games, Darvill was 12-for-27 (.444) with 11 runs scored, three home runs, and 10 RBI while helping the Goldeyes to a 5-2 record.