Myrtle Beach Pelicans (20-26) at Columbia Fireflies (25-18) vs. THE FIREFLIES 2021 vs. Fireflies ......................................................................4-6 Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 5:05 p.m. in Myrtle Beach .......................................................................2-3 in Columbia ....................................................................2-3 Game No. 47 • Road Game No. 30 2019 vs. Columbia ................................................................ N/A Segra Park • Columbia, S.C. All-Time vs. Columbia............................................... 4-6 (.400) LHP Adam Laskey (0-2, 8.48 ERA) vs. LHP Rylan Kaufman (1-2, 5.02 ERA) LAST TIME OUT PELICANS BY THE NUMBERS The Pelicans fell in dramatic fashion on Saturday night as HOWARD RETURNS Darryl Collins hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning After nearly a month-long stint on the IL where he Record ....................................................................20-26 to give the Fireflies a 6-2 win.SS Ed Howard hit his first missed 21 games, Cubs’ 2020 first-round draft pickSS Home Record .........................................................7-10 career home run to lead-off the game, andDH Ethan Ed Howard returned to the starting lineup and went 0-2 Road Record .........................................................13-16 Hearn brought home another run in the first with an RBI against Charleston on 6/17. In his first two games back, Current Streak ............................................................ L3 single, but the Birds would fail to score for the rest of the Howard was taken out after seing four innings of action. game and sacrificed six unanswered runs.RHP Carlos Howard has gone 12-72 (.167) with 32 strikeouts in his Ocampo blew a save in the eighth inning by giving up the first 20 professional games after becoming the first Cubs Runs Scored ....................................190 (4.1/G)/10th tying run on a homer from Juan Carlos Negret. first-round selection out of high school since 2021 (Albert Runs Allowed ....................................221 (4.8/G)/6th Almora Jr.) He hit his first professional home run on 6/26 Run Differential ...............................................-31/9th ALL THAT POWER at Columbia with a solo shot that clanked off the foul pole Low-A East, South Division Standing/GB ..........4th/10.5 As a team, the Pelicans have struggled for home runs this to lead-off the game. Current Standings Streak .......................4th/3 days season, ranking 11/12 in the Low-A East with 24 homers. Long Standings Strk ...........3rd (May 27-June 10) The power numbers are on the rise, as the Birds matched BUDDY’S BACK their season-long streak at five games in a row with a A familar face will be leading the Pelicans in 2021 as home run from 6/19-6/25, including the first three games Buddy Bailey returns to manage the club for his second Series Record.............................................................2-4 of the series in Columbia. OF Yohendrick Pinango got stint in Myrtle Beach. Bailey previously led the Pelicans Series Streak ............................................................... L2 things started with a solo homer in the first game of the from 2016-18, and will be coaching his 15th season in Pelicans’ Sweeps ..........................................................0 series, while IF Fabian Pertuz followed with a two-run the Cubs organization. During his first three years with Sweeps of the Pelicans ..............................................0 shot in Wednesday’s game (6/23) for his first of the year. the Pelicans, Bailey recorded 216 wins, three half-season In Thursday’s game, IF Flemin Bautista kept the streak Southern Division Championship titles, one Southern Batting Average/Rank .............................. .216/11th going with his first home run of the season on a two-run Division Championship title, and the Carolina League On-Base Percentage ................................. .296/11th shot in the third inning. SS Ed Howard hit his first career Championship in 2016. In 2017, Bailey became just the home run to lead-off the game on Saturday 6/26. 11th minor league manager to reach the 2,000-win Slugging Percentage ................................ .317/11th plateau- he currently sits with 2,160. 2021 wil be his 33rd OPS ................................................................ .612/11th NO-HITTER season as a minor league manager. Strikeouts .........................................................476/6th The Pelicans had four pitchers combine to throw the Walks ................................................................144/12th second no-hitter in club history on Wednesaday 6/23 PELICAN POINTS Hits ......................................................................322/9th in Columbia against the Fireflies. LHP DJ Herz, RHP This will be the second time that Myrtle Beach is playing Doubles ................................................................59/9th Jeremiah Estrada, RHP Bailey Reid, and RHP Danis Cor- Columbia this season. In the first series played at Pelicans Triples ................................................................. 9/T-7th rea tossed the first no-hitter for Myrtle Beach since Nick Ballpark, the Fireflies led three games to two before Sun- Tepesch and Jimmy Reyes combined for a no-no against day’s game was postponed to a later date. In a series that Home Runs ......................................................24/11th the Wilmington Blue Rocks on May 19, 2012. The group was dampened by weather, the Fireflies took the first two Stolen Bases.....................................................27/11th struck out 16 batters with Herz and Estrada both striking games before the Pelicans won game three in a contest out seven apiece. C Pablo Aliendo was behind the plate that started Thursday and was completed on Friday night Errors .................................................................47/T-8th for Myrtle Beach. after being suspended due to rain. Friday night ended with Pelicans’ C Raymond Pena laying down a suicide ERA .....................................................................4.20/7th squeeze bunt which scored IF Ryan Reynolds for a walk- Strikeouts .........................................................474/7th PABLO...SANCHEZ? off win. Saturday’s doubleheader was split with the Birds’ Pelicans’ DH/C Pablo Aliendo has been hitting like the holding the Fireflies to just one hits through seven innings Walks ..................................................................202/6th Backyard Baseball legend Pablo Sanchez in the last three in the first game. Hits Allowed ....................................................334/7th weeks. After starting the season just 4-32 (.125), Aliendo Home Runs .........................................................31/6th saw a nine-game hitting streak end on Wednesday night WHIP ..................................................................1.38/7th (6/9) which was tied for the longest by a Pelican this season. In the stretch, Aliendo went 17-33 (.515) with 4 2B, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored. Aliendo had a six-game hit- ting streak snapped on Friday night (6/25) while leading LOW-A EAST STANDINGS the team in average at .276. SOUTH Charleston 30-15 -- Columbia 25-18 4.0 Augusta 20-26 10.5 Myrtle Beach 20-26 10.5 THE WEEK AHEAD NORTH DATE TIME OPPONENT PELICANS STARTER OPP. STARTER Delmarva 29-16 -- 06/28 OFF Lynchburg 25-20 4 Salem 25-22 5 06/29 7:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks LHP DJ Herz (1-2) TBD Fredricksburg 14-33 16 06/30 7:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks RHP Richard Gallardo (1-4) TBD CENTRAL 07/01 7:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks RHP Manuel Espinoza (2-4) TBD Carolina 28-17 -- 07/02 7:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks LHP Adam Laskey (0-2) TBD Down East 26-20 2.5 07/03 6:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks LHP DJ Herz (1-2) TBD Fayetteville 17-28 11 07/04 6:05 p.m. vs. Down East Wood Ducks RHP Richard Gallardo (1-4) TBD Kannapolis 14-32 14.5 BIRD DROPPINGS - The Pelicans tossed a combined no-hitter on June 23, 2021 for the first time since 2012 (2nd in team history) - C/DH Pablo Aliendo tied the longest hitting streak by a Pelican this season at nine games (5/25-6/5) - The six-game losing streak from 6/13-6/19 was the longest of the season for the Pelicans - The Pelicans committed a season-high five errors against Columbia on Wednesday 6/2 - With two home runs in the third inning on Sunday 6/20, the Pelicans set a new season-high for HR in an inning - The Pelicans were held scoreless for 23.1 innings from the 8th inning on 6/17 to the 2nd inning on 6/19 against the - 13 runs is marked a new season-high for the Pelicans against Lynchburg (5/21), while the 14 hits are also a season-high RiverDogs - A three-game winning is the longest of the season for Myrtle Beach (May 23-26, May 28-30, June 20-22), they - The Pelicans rank 116/120 MiLB teams in OBP (.296) improved to over .500 for the first time this year with a 4-0 win over Salem on Sunday 5/30) - The Pelicans have committed nine errors in five games against Columbia PAGE 2 • 2021 MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS GAME NOTES SITUATIONAL RECORDS & MISC., HIGHS AND LOWS PELICANS SITUATIONAL RECORD Against the 2021 Opponents Pitching Number of Days (in division) Team Total Home Road With a RHSP ...............................................................................12-15 In first place ........................................................................................0 vs. Low-A East, North................7-5......................0-0