Columbus Clippers Game #81 Game Information Road Game #41 Media Relations Department - 330 Huntington Park Ln., Columbus, OH 43215 - (614)-462-5250 - [email protected] Sunday, June 30 (2:00) - Louisville Slugger Field Columbus Clippers Louisville Bats (Cleveland Indians) vs. (Cincinnati Reds) RHP Shao-Ching Chiang (5-5, 4.99) RHP Vladimir Gutierrez (2-6, 6.87) (49-31) (29-52) LAST GAME Upcoming Probables June 29 R H E LOB Monday, July 1 at Toledo (7:05): RHP Asher Wojciechowski (8-2, 3.81) vs. RHP Kyle Funkhouser (1-3, 6.46) Columbus 8 12 2 5 Tuesday, July 2 at Toledo (7:05): RHP Aaron Civale (2-0, 2.04) vs. RHP Beau Burrows (0-2, 4.40) Louisville 9 15 1 13 Wednesday, July 3 at Toledo (7:05): RHP Michael Peoples (5-3, 4.37) vs. LHP Tyler Alexander (2-9, 6.23) W: Joel Kuhnel (1-0) Thursday, July 4 vs. Louisville (7:05): TBA vs. RHP Mitch Talbot (2-0, 5.70) L: Neil Ramirez (2-1) Today's Game S: The Clippers will send RHP Shao-Ching Chiang to the mound today, looking to improve the Clippers to 11-1-1 in road series this HR: Johnson (4), Haase (19); season. Louisville will counter with RHP Vladimir Gutierrez. The Clippers are 30-23 (.566) against right handers this season. O'Grady (17) Gutierrez has pitched against the Clippers once in his career, on 4/17 in Slugger Field (ND, 5.0IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 4K). Highlights Greg Allen went 3x5, stole a vs. the Bats base and scored a pair of runs 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 to lead the offense. Daniel 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 Johnson had a 3-run HR. .324/.383/.735 with 10HR and 26RBI in 30 games and Adam Rosales is a .315 hitter in 87 games at Louisville Slugger Field. Solid Response 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 least five in four straight for third time in history), the Clippers have cobbled together a 16-5 record (2nd best in the IL, Buffalo is 17-5). In the last 21, Columbus is +36 in the run department (124-88) and +18 in homers (43-25), but only +2 in hits (182-180). First to 50 CLIPPER QUICK FACTS A loss from the Durham Bulls last night gives the Clippers another opportunity to become the first team in the IL to reach 50 wins this Current Streak: L1 season. When they woke up on 6/7, the Clippers were at 33-26, the sixth best record in the IL and 2.0 games behind Indianapolis for the Road Streak: L1 West. They now own the best record in the IL by half a game and have the largest lead of any division (7.5 games). Road: 28-12 June: 18-10 Un-Clutch Sunday: 6-7 During the last four games of the winning streak, 6/25-6/28, the Clippers hit .158 with runners in scoring position (6x38, 41LOB). They Day Games: 12-12 rebounded last night to go 5x12 with 5LOB, yet lost the game in the 9th inning. The loss when leading after eight innings was the second vs. West: 21-16 on the season for the Clippers, snapping a 37 game win streak (last loss came on 4/7 vs. Indianapolis) Last 10: 8-2 Consecutive days in 1st: 22 Unwelcome Guests Scoring at least 4 runs: 39-13 The road homer streak was snapped at 15 games on 6/13 (35HR during the streak that included games at Pawtucket, Syracuse, Norfolk, Scoring less than 4 runs: 10-18 Durham and Rochester), but the Clippers have roared back with 17HR in the last seven (Lehigh Valley, Indy, Louisville). On the season, Come from behind wins: 21 the Clippers have gone deep in 36 of 40 on the road, clobbering 79HR (most road HR in the IL; 58HR in 40 home games, 11 homerless). Last at bat wins: 12 Team Batting: .261, 10th Production at the Top Team Pitching: 4.72, 5th Greg Allen is doing what a leadoff man does, reaching base in 16 straight games since 6/9 (.390OBP) and crossing the plate 17 times. Team Defense: .981, 4th He has batted .288 (19x66) during that time, finally watching his average tick up from where it started (.267) thanks to last night's 3-hit game (second 3-hit game this year, 5/17 at Syracuse). Additionally, Allen has successfully swiped four in a row since 6/22. LEAGUE STANDINGS North W - L Pct GB Right Behind SWB 46 - 34 .575 - Daniel Johnson extended his on-base streak to 15 games last night (.357OBP since 6/13), marking the third time this season that a BUF 42 - 38 .525 4.0 Clipper has reached at least 15 (the aforementioned, Greg Allen, and Oscar Mercado from 4/6-4/26). Among players that are currently ROC 39 - 40 .494 6.5 in the IL, Allen's streak is tied for 2nd (one behind Rochester's Brent Rooker) and Johnson is tied for 4th. SYR 39 - 42 .481 7.5 LHV 37 - 41 .474 8.0 Road Warriors PAW 32 - 47 .405 13.5 Today's 4-5-6 batters have been dominant away from Huntington Park this season, combining to hit 32HR in 395AB (14HR in 309AB at South W - L Pct GB home). Trayce Thompson leads the IL with 14HR on the road and is hitting 62 points better. Mark Mathias has hit 86% of his homers DUR 49 - 32 .605 - on the road and has an average that is 88 points higher. Eric Haase is 104 points better on the road with a 1.094OPS. GWN 45 - 35 .563 3.5 CHA45 - 36 .556 4.0 Navarro All Alone NOR 31 - 50 .383 18.0 Dioner Navarro is the only Clipper on the active roster who does not have a homer this season (every batter has at least 2HR; every West W - L Pct GB pitcher with at least 3.0IP has allowed at least 1HR, except Brandon Barnes). Navarro's last longball came on 8/24/16 when he played COL 49 - 31 .613 - for Chicago (AL) vs. Philadelphia. His last (and only) homer in a Clipper uniform came on 8/8/04 vs. Durham (5,439 days ago). IND 41 -38 .519 7.5 TOL 36 - 44 .450 13.0 ORGANIZATION REPORT vs. LOUISVILLE LOU 29 - 52 .358 20.5 Cleveland (44-38), 2nd place Akron (34-35), 3rd place; (4-8), 5th place All-Time June 29 R H E 6/29 at Bowie, lost, 8-7 Home Road Overall League Notes Cleveland 0 5 0 6/30 at Bowie, 1:35 118-92 103-117 221-209 Baltimore 13 13 0 Lynchburg (32-35), 2nd place; (5-5), 3rd place 2019 W- Cashner (8-3), L- Plesac (3-3) 6/29 vs. Down East, won, 3-2 (10) Home Road Overall HR- Santander (4), Nunez (17, 18), Sisco (4) 6/30 vs. Down East, 3:00 1-2 4-2 5-4 Kipnis: 1x4, 2B Lake County (40-29), 2nd place*; (6-3), 2nd place 2018 Santana: 1x3 6/29 at West Michigan, lost, 7-3 Home Road Overall 6/30 at BAL, 1:05 (Bieber vs. Ynoa) 6/30 at West Michigan, 6:00 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 Sunday, June 30 This Date in Clipper History Huntington (Small) Park 6/30/2003 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, The Clippers beat the 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 SkyChiefs 6-3 in Columbus, 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 powered by Fernando since 2015. Over the life of the park, the Clippers have hit fewer long balls than the opposition (845 to 822). Seguignol. The IL MVP was 2x4 with a HR and 3RBI on the day, year gmsCOLopp total avg rank yeargms COL opp total avgrank year gms COL opp total avg rank kicking off a stretch of five 2009 71 57 73 130 1.83 2nd 201372 6372 135 1.88 2nd 2017 71 95 88 183 2.58 1st consecutive games with a HR 2010 72 90 83173 2.40 2nd 2014 72 64 85 149 2.07 2nd 2018 69 68 76 144 2.09 2nd 2011 72 100 77 177 2.46 1st 2015 72 62 64 126 1.75 2nd 2019 40 58 70 128 3.20 4th (6HR, 14RBI). From that point 2012 71 91 88 179 2.52 1st 2016 7274 69143 1.99 1st on, he would hit .353 (84x238) with 20HR and 62RBI over his Record Pace final 60 games of the season, The Clippers are all but certain to shatter the established mark for homers in a season (182 in 1983), as they are currently on pace for finishing 1st in the IL in batting 240.