rd th Charlotte Knights (12-17, 3 in IL South, 5.0 GB) Gwinnett Stripers (11-17, 4 in IL South, 5.5 GB) LHP Matt Tomshaw (1-0, 8.10 ERA) AT LHP Jon Kennedy (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Monday, May 7, 2018 7:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #29 of 140 Home Game #11 Radio Broadcast: 97.7 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers open a seven-game homestand tonight with game one of 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN a four-game series vs. the Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox). In the South: The Stripers (11-17) are fourth in the IL South Division, trailing Norfolk (1st, 16-11) Current Streak: Won 1 nd rd by 5.5 games, Durham (2 , 16-12) by 5.0 games and Charlotte (3 , 12-17) by 0.5 games. Last 10 Games: 4-6 All-Time vs. Charlotte: Gwinnett is 104-104 (.500) in 208 prior meetings with Charlotte, winning Long Winning Streak: 3 Games (4/16-4/18) the season series four times in nine years: 2011 (13-8), 2013 (13-9), 2014 (13-9) and 2017 (14-11). (2x, last: 4/25-4/29) Long Losing Streak: 4 Games Record Since 2009: 642-675 (.487) Last Game: The Stripers defeated the Indianapolis Indians 4-1 in a rain-shortened five-inning game yesterday at Victory Field, clinching a winning road trip. Gwinnett Home: 3-7 Leading after 6: 6-4 scored all four runs with two outs in the first inning as RF Xavier LAST ROAD TRIP (4-3) Road: 8-10 Leading after 7: 7-4 3-5 8-2 Avery (1-for-2, 2B, R, 2 RBI) stroked a two-run double to center, Batting: Day Games: Leading after 8: SS Tyler Smith (1-for-2, R, RBI) laced an RBI single to left and C .266 (61-for-229), 14 2B, 5 3B, Night Games: 8-12 Tied after 6: 1-4 Chris Stewart (1-for-2, 3B, RBI) ripped an RBI triple to right. All 4 HR, 30 R, 29 RBI, 7 SB Extra Innings: 0-4 Tied after 7: 0-4 1-1 0-4 four runs came off Indians’ RHP Clay Holmes (L, 1-1), who did Pitching: Doubleheaders: Tied after 8: not allow another hit after the first as he completed 5.0 innings. 3.18 ERA (20 ER in 56.2 IP), Shutout W/L: 2-2 Trailing after 6: 3-9 Last AB W/L: 1-9 Trailing after 7: 3-9 RHP Matt Wisler (W, 1-1) tossed a 5.0-inning complete game for 17 BB, 55 SO, 2 Holds, 2 Saves Walk-Off W/L: 0-4 Trailing after 8: 1-10 the Stripers, holding Indianapolis to one run on six hits. His lone Score First: 6-6 With a HR: 7-7 blemish came in the fourth when Jose Osuna doubled and scored on a groundout by Jacob Stallings. Score Last: 5-7 Without a HR: 4-10 The rains came after the fifth, and following a 1:00 delay, the game was called. The win was Damon 1-Run Games: 3-7 Allow a HR: 3-7 th Berryhill’s 500 as a Minor League manager (500-475, .513 in 975 games over 10 seasons). 2-Run Games: 2-5 Allow no HR: 8-10 3-Run Games: 3-2 With an Error: 5-7 Wisler, While He Works: RHP Matt Wisler recorded the fourth complete game of his career +3-Run Games: 3-3 Without an Error: 6-10 yesterday (win, 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO). All four of his complete games are less than 9.0 April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 2-6 IP, including 7/1/12 with Class-A Fort Wayne at Lake County (win, 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R), 8/19/16 with May: 3-3 Vs. RH Starter: 9-11 Gwinnett vs. Charlotte (win, 7.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER) and 7/2/17 with Gwinnett at Charlotte (win, 7.0 IP, June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-1 3 H, 0 R). Wisler is 1-1 with a 3.52 ERA (9 ER in 23.0 IP) in four starts with the Stripers this season July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 11-17 and ranks among IL pitching leaders in lowest BB/9.0 IP ratio for starters (1st, 0.39), complete games August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 (T-1st, 1), fewest baserunners/9.0 IP ratio for starters (5th, 8.61) and WHIP (8th, 0.96). September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 2-4-3 Fantastic Franco: Carlos Franco enters play ranking among International League leaders in RBI VS. CHARLOTTE (104-104 Since 2009) (1st, 21), hits (3rd, 30), total bases (T-3rd, 51), home runs (4th, 5) and extra-base hits (T-8th, 11). He batted .346 (9-for-26, 1 2B, 2 HR, 5 R, 6 RBI) in seven games on the last road trip, blasting homers on ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. CHA 4/30 at Charlotte (3-run, off LHP Kyle Kubat) and 5/4 at Indianapolis (2-run, off RHP Alex McRae). In Home: 54-47 0-0 .324, 3 HR, 17 RBI 18 road games this season, Franco is batting .329 (23-for-70, 3 2B, 4 HR, 10 R, 15 RBI, .927 OPS). Road: 48-56 2-1 ’18 Pitching vs. CHA Overall: 102-103 2-1 3.81 ERA, .242 BAA IL Leaderboard: In addition to the IL rankings for Wisler and Franco, the following active Stripers are among IL leaders: Peter Bourjos and Danny Santana are both tied for fourth in triples (2)…Rio TEAM IL RANKINGS th th Ruiz ranks in doubles (T-6 , 8)…Ezequiel Carrera ranks in steals (T-4 , 7)…Kolby Allard ranks .243 (10th) 3.39 (5th) th th Batting: ERA: among pitchers in ERA (8 , 2.25)…Evan Phillips ranks among relievers in holds (T-4 , 3). Runs: 106 (11th) Runs: 115 (6th) Hits: 229 (6th) ER: 93 (9th) Phil Gosselin, claimed by Atlanta off waivers from Cincinnati on 5/3, is batting Welcome Back: 2B: 61 (3rd) Innings: 246.2 (T-2nd) .143 (1-for-7, R, RBI) over three games since joining the Stripers. Including 154 games as a G-Brave 3B: 6 (T-6th) SO: 245 (3rd) from 2013-14, he is batting .314 (186-for-592, 33 2B, 6 3B, 7 HR, 76 R, 47 RBI, 7 SB) in 157 career HR: 18 (7th) BB: 110 (2nd) . Gosselin was an IL Postseason All-Star in 2014 when he posted a Gwinnett- games with Gwinnett RBI: 104 (T-7th) CG: 2 (1st) record .344 average (130-for-378, 29 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 58 R, 31 RBI, 6 SB) in 96 games. th th Steals: 22 (T-4 ) SHO: 2 (T-8 ) th rd Riley Arrives: Austin Riley, the No. 93 prospect on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, has been OBP: .307 (14 ) Holds: 12 (3 ) SLG: .377 (6th) Saves: 5 (T-10th) transferred to Gwinnett from Double-A Mississippi and is set to make his Triple-A debut. Riley, also OPS: .685 (11th) WHIP: 1.30 (6th) rated Atlanta’s No. 8 prospect, batted .333 (33-for-99, 10 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 20 RBI) in 27 games with the M-Braves…he ranked among Southern League leaders in slugging pct. (1st, .667), extra-base hits (1st, st st nd nd th th TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) 19), total bases (1 , 67), homers (T-1 ), RBI (2 ), doubles (T-2 ), hits (5 ) and batting (9 ). AVG: Peterson (.289) ERA: Soroka (1.99) Rotation Recap: After going 5-6 with a 2.75 ERA (32 ER in 104.2 IP) and a .203 BAA (77-for-379, OBP: Peterson (.347) WHIP: Wisler (0.96) 7 HR, 39 BB, 98 SO) over 22 games in April, Stripers’ starting pitchers are 1-1 with a 4.75 ERA (16 ER SLG: Peterson (.478) Wins: Soroka (2) in 30.1 IP) and a .314 BAA (38-for-121, 4 HR, 6 BB, 22 SO) in six games in May. The 11-man group OPS: Peterson (.825) IP: Allard (28.0) has received just 48 runs of support in 28 games this year, a 1.71 runs-per-game average. Hits: Franco (30) SO: Soroka (24) Franco (5) Allard (2) ‘Pen Performers: Stripers’ relievers are 2-2 with a 2.08 ERA (4 ER in 17.1 IP) and two saves (2- HR: QS: Runs: 2 Tied (15) CG: 2 Tied (1)* for-3) thus far in May. RHP Josh Ravin has yet to allow an earned run in seven games (2 unearned in RBI: Franco (21)* Holds: Phillips (3) 7.2 IP) with Gwinnett, going 0-1 with two saves (2-for-3). RHP Evan Phillips has allowed just two Steals: Carrera (7) Saves: Ravin (2) unearned runs over his last eight outings (12.0 IP) since 4/12, going 1-1 with one save (1-for-1). All Good: LHP Kolby Allard saw his scoreless streak halted at 11.2 innings on Thursday night at Indianapolis, but turned in his second straight quality start (7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO)…he has allowed just one run over his last two outings for a 0.68 ERA (1 ER in 13.1 IP). Allard, rated No. 56 on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list, is 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA (7 ER in 28.0 IP) and a .218 BAA (22-for-101, 1 HR, 9 BB, 22 SO) in five starts on his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett.