YAKIMA VALLEY PIPPINS GAME NOTES 2019 GAME #39 JULY 21 YAKIMA VALLEY PIPPINS (6-6, 17-21) Royal Athletic Park RHP Trystan Vrieling (0-2, 2.61 ERA) Victoria, British Columbia AT 1:00 PM PT VICTORIA HARBOURCATS (9-3, 27-12) RHP Mitch Lines (0-1, 9.81 ERA) PIPPINS RECORD WHEN... PIPPINS PICKINGS HOME AWAY OVR PIPPINS PITCHING FALTERS LATE, VICTORIA TAKES SERIES: In a game very similar to the series opener on Friday, the Victoria HarbourCats brought out the bats late to take advantage of Yakima Valley Pitching Overall record: 14-8 3-13 17-21 and claim a win on Saturday, 9-1, thus clinching the three-game weekend series. Joe Magrisi, the Pippins vs. North Division: 11-5 0-7 11-12 right-hander, struggled for the first time all season, as the HarbourCats hit him around in the 6th and 7th vs. South Division: 3-3 3-6 6-9 vs. LH SP: innings to the tune of eight earned runs on ten hits, 3 walks, and 13 strikeouts over 6-plus innings. Enter- 5-4 2-4 7-9 ing the day, Magrisi has allowed just two earned runs in 28.1 innings, but his 13 strikeouts were also a vs. RH SP: 9-4 1-9 10-12 Collecting first hit: 5-2 2-11 7-13 season-high. The Pippins could not get much going offensivelym scoring just one run in the top of the 8th Opp. collects first hit: 9-6 1-2 10-8 inning off of reliever Hunter Hennigh, when Nick DiCarlo hit an RBI single. Starter Dakota Hawkins was Scoring first: 8-1 1-5 9-6 shutdown for the HarbourCats, striking out 6 and not walking a batter over 6 shutout innings to earn his Opp. scores first: 6-7 2-8 8-15 first win of the summer. The HarbourCats scored eight of their nine runs in the final four innings of the <5 hits: 1-1 1-4 2-5 game. 5-9 hits: 6-5 1-8 7-13 10+ hits: 7-2 1-1 8-3 FOR THE PIPPINS: Right-hander Trystan Vrieling will start for the Pippins on Sunday in the day game Outhitting opp.: 10-1 3-0 13-1 series finale. The right-hander out of Gonzaga will be making his fourth appearance of the summer, and Opp. outhits: 3-5 0-10 3-15 his third as the starter. His last start came last Sunday at home in a doubleheader against Port Angeles, Hits are tied: 1-2 0-3 1-5 Pippins hit 1 HR: where he allowed just two runs (one earned) over 5 innings of work, striking out 6, but took the loss in a 3-1 1-1 4-2 2-1 Port Angeles win. On the season, the 6-foot-3, 180-pound native of Kennewick, Wash., has posted an Opp. hits 1 HR: 3-1 1-6 4-7 Pippins hit >1 HR: 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 record and 2.61 ERA in 10.1 innings of work, striking out 12 and walking 3. Opponents have hit .262 Opp. hits >1 HR: 0-0 1-3 1-3 off of Vrieling this season. Pippins hit 0 HR: 11-7 2-12 13-19 Opp. hits 0 HR: 11-7 1-4 12-11 FOR THE ELKS: Right-hander Mitch Lines will make his third start of the summer for the HarbourCats <2 runs: 1-3 1-10 2-13 on Sunday to close out the series with the Pippins. The 6-foot, 190-pound right-hander native to Battle 3-7 runs: 8-5 1-3 9-8 Ground, Wash., is 0-1 on the year with a 9.81 ERA over his first two starts of the summer. In 7.1 innings, 8+ runs: 5-0 1-0 6-0 Lines has struck out 7 and walked 4, while opponents have hit a combined .382 off of the Lower Colum- 1-run games: 1-1 2-5 3-6 bia College righty. Lines, who will transfer to Boise State in the fall, lost his last start on Monday in Walla 2-run games: 6-1 0-0 6-1 Walla, allowing six earned runs on 8 hits, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts over 3.1 innings. Leading after 6 inn.: 12-1 0-1 12-2 Trailing after 6 inn.: 1-6 1-10 2-16 SIXTH INNING STRUGGLES: The Pippins have struggled in the middle innings of games all season, but Tied after 6 inn.: 1-1 2-2 3-3 Leading after 7 inn.: 12-1 1-1 13-2 those issues have been exacerbated over the last two games with Victoria. Over the last two days, the Trailing after 7 inn.: 0-7 0-11 0-18 Pippins have been outscored, 10-0, in the sixth inning alone, with that deficit rising to 19-0 when the 8th Tied after 7 inn.: 2-0 2-1 4-1 inning is included. The sixth inning has been the most difficult one all year for the Pippins - they have Leading after 8 inn.: 13-0 3-1 16-1 allowed 36 runs in that inning this year, the most of any inning, and have been outscored by 14 in the sixth Trailing after 8 inn.: 0-7 0-10 0-17 innings of games this year. Tied after 8 inn.: 0-0 0-0 0-0 Extra innings: 0-0 0-1 0-1 A LOT OF DUDES: Within the past week, the Pippins have had four new players debut for the team in Monday: 1-1 0-0 1-1 WCL play, brining their total number of players to appear in a game this season, through 36 games, to 47. Tuesday: 2-1 1-0 3-1 Brothers Kyle and Tyler Dean, both position players, debuted early last weekend against Port Angeles, Wednesday: 4-0 1-2 5-2 Thursday: while left-hander Anthony Alvarado made his season debut on the mound on Sunday. On Thursday, right- 2-2 0-1 2-3 hander Dominic Miller debuted in relief. A litany of injures has led to larger-than-expected roster turnover Friday: 1-1 1-3 2-4 Saturday: 2-1 0-4 2-5 early in the season. Sunday: 2-2 0-3 2-5 Following off day: 3-1 0-0 3-1 ODDS & ENDS: The Pippins did not commit an error on defense for the first time since June 7 against Sunny weather: 12-7 2-9 14-16 Wenatchee, a stretch of 33 games over six weeks. Cloudy weather: 2-1 1-4 3-5 THE ROAD AHEAD: PIPPINS UPCOMING SCHEDULE AGAINST THE HARBOURCATS All times Pacific. Pippins starters listed first. Date Venue Result Record June 12th Yakima County Stadium W, 4-2 1-0 Mon.-Tue., 7/22-23: All-Star Break (Bend, OR) June 13th Yakima County Stadium L, 3-5 1-1 Wed., 7/24 at Kelowna (6:35 PM): TBA vs. TBA June 20th Yakima County Stadium L, 4-13 1-2 Thu., 7/25 at Kelowna (6:35 PM): TBA vs. TBA July 19th Royal Athletic Park L, 2-17 1-3 Fri., 7/26 at Kelowna (6:35 PM): TBA vs. TBA Sat., 7/27 vs. Ridgefield (6:35 PM): TBA vs. TBA July 20th Royal Athletic Park L, 1-9 1-4 July 21st Royal Athletic Park All games can be heard live at pippinsbaseball.com/live, with Miles Klotz on the call. Each home game can also be watched live via streaming video at pippinsbaseball.com/live. Spanish-language broadcasts All-time record: 11-14 of WCL home games can be heard on KDNA 91.9 FM, with Francisco Rios & Leonardo Rios on the call. 2018 record: 2-4 Most runs scored: 12 (2x; last 7/11/17) PIPPINS ON THIS DAY: JULY 21st Most runs allowed: 17 (7/19/19) Largest home win: 12-3 (7/9/14) All-time record: 2-2 Most runs scored: 6 (2017) Notable event: 2018: The Largest road win: 12-6 (7/11/17) 2018: W, 5-4 vs. WEN Fewest runs scored: 1 (2016) Pippins strike for 4 runs in the Largest home loss: 13-4 (6/20/18) Last win: 2018 (WEN) Most runs allowed: 8 (2016) bottom of the 8th inning to grab Largest road loss: 17-2 (7/19/19) Last loss: 2016 (@KEL) Fewest runs allowed: 4 (15, 18) a 5-4 win over Wenatchee. YAKIMA VALLEY PIPPINS: MEMBERS OF THE WEST COAST LEAGUE 12 S. Second St., Yakima, WA, 98902 www.pippinsbaseball.com (509)-575-4487 @PippinsBaseball Media Contact: Miles Klotz ([email protected]) Yakima Valley Pippins Baseball TODAY’S PIPPINS STARTER RHP Trystan Vrieling NOTES 2019 Summer Hometown: Kennewick, WA • Making his second start of the summer today in Victoria • Made his first start in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Port Angeles, allowing one earned run on 7 hits over 5 innings...struck out 6 and walked 0 School: Gonzaga • Took the loss on July 6 in Portland, allowing 2 runs in 4.1 innings as the Pippins lost in 10 innings in walk-off fashion Year: Fr. • Picked up the save in his season debut on July 3 against Bellingham with a 1-2-3 ninth inning Height: 6-3 Career • Played his senior season at Kamiakin High School in Kennewick, WA, in 2019 Weight: 180 • Signed to play college baseball at Gonzaga starting in the fall • Named Conference Pitcher of the Year as a senior at Kamiakin in 2019 B/T: R/R 2019 Game-by-Game Results DATE OPP.