LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS GAME NOTES - 4/10/18 IRONPIGS (1-2|t4th|1.5 GB) @ SCRANTON/WB RAILRIDERS (3-1|1st|+0.5 GA) Tue: RHP Enyel De Los Santos (10-6, 3.78 in ’17) vs. RHP Brody Koerner (10-4, 3.52 in ’17) 2018 IL RANKINGS IRONPIGS RECORDS: OFFENSE: PITCHING: 2018 Season: Overall: 1-2 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-2 AVG .185 12th ERA* 3.60 t10th 2017 vs. SWB: Overall: 11-7 (1-3 in PS) Home: 8-3 Away: 3-4 R 9 9th Hits* 22 t6th 2017 Season: Overall: 80-62 Home: 44-27 Away: 36-35 Hits 17 11th CG 0 t1st All-Time: Overall: 706-733 Home: 372-346 Away: 334-387 HR 2 t3rd SHO 0 t3rd BB 16 4th SV 1 t3rd UPCOMING PROBABLES: SO 23 t4th HR* 2 t8th TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE Wed: RHP Drew Anderson (9-4, 3.59 in AA in ’17) vs. RHP Chance Adams (0-0, 9.82) SB 3 t4th BB* 9 3rd Thu: RHP Zach Eflin (1-0, 1.80) vs. RHP Jackson Stephens (0-0, 3.60) vs. LOU CS* 1 t6th SO 32 6th Fri: RHP Tom Eshelman (0-1, 7.20) vs. RHP Jose Lopez (0-1, 3.60) vs. LOU E* 0 t1st OBA* .231 t7th Sat: LHP Cole Irvin (0-0, 3.60) vs. TBA vs. LOU *Ranked in Ascending Order ’18 BY THE NUMBERS TONIGHT’S GAME: The 2018 IronRail series con nues as the IronPigs (1-2) play Game 2 of a three-game series against Scranton/WB (3-1) at PNC Field... Place in North Division t4th With a 5-3 loss last night, the Pigs have dropped back-to-back contests for the fi rst me this season... The RailRiders -- the Yankees’ Games Back (Division) 1.5 top affi liate -- have won back-to-back aff airs for the fi rst me in 2018... Including the postseason, the Riders have won four-consecu- Games Back (WC) --- ve games over the Pigs a er Lehigh Valley had taken six-straight mee ngs from July 9 to Sept. 10, 2017... First-pitch is at 6:35 p.m. Current Streak L2 Longest Win Streak W1 NAT KING COLE: Longest Losing Streak L2 (4/9) LHP Cole Irvin (n/d, 5.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, bb, 10 k) had an impressive Triple-A debut last night. A er allowing a two-run home run by C Largest Lead +0.5 (4/7) Kyle Higashioka in the fi rst inning, the 24-year-old shut down the Riders for the remainder of his ou ng -- re ring 14 of the fi nal 17 Largest Deficit 1.5 (4/9) ba ers faced. In the process, he recorded 10 strikeouts -- tying his career-high set with Reading (AA) against Erie on July 20, 2017... High-Water Mark 1 (4/7) It was also the highest total by a Pig since RHP Nick Pive a struck out 11 on April 20, 2017. Low-Water Mark 1 (4/9) Postponements (H/R) 0/1 LI’L PAPI: 2018 Attendance --- OF Danny Or z (3-5, HR, 2 RBI, R) ed the game in the seventh inning with a two-run HR off RHP Jonathan Holder -- his fi rst round- Year-to-Date Average --- tripper as an IronPig and the 58th of his IL career. The 28-year-old became the second Pig to homer this season (OF Collin Cowgill) IL Rank --- and the fi rst with a three-hit performance... Over parts of fi ve seasons in the IL, Or z has hit .252-58-234 in 446 games (399-1582). W-L-T vs. RHP (starter) 1-0 PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE: vs. LHP (starter) 0-2 Although the Pigs have hit just .183 through the first three games (.138 AVG), the batters have now drawn 16 BB and 4 HBP for a vs. North Division 1-2 much higher .327 OBP... Last season, it took the Pigs seven games to reach 16 BB... OF Dylan Cozens leads the IL with 5 BB (took vs. South Division 0-0 him 12 games to reach 5 BB last year) and INF Jesmuel Valentin is tied for second in the IL with 4 BB. vs. West Division 0-0 TONIGHT’S PITCHERS: Day 1-1 RHP Enyel De Los Santos -- see pg. 7 for more on ED, who’s never pitched above AA... ’17 w/ San Antonio (AA): 10-6, 3.78 in 26 G, 24 GS Night 0-1 Extra Innings 0-0 RHP Brody Koerner -- who is making his IL debut -- is a 6-2, 220 pound, 25-year-old who was selected by NYY in the 17th round of 2015 One-Run Games 0-1 out of Clemson University (graduated with a degree in accounting)… In 2017, the Winchester, Va., native split the season between Three or Less 1-2 High-A Tampa (4-1, 2.45 in 6 GS) and Double-A Trenton (6-3, 4.08 in 12 GS)... On DL, 4/6-5/26… Promoted to Trenton on 7/3... Scoring First 1-1 Recorded a 24.1 IP scoreless streak from 6/21-7/9, including not allowing a run in his first 13.1 IP in the Eastern League… Combined Opponents Score First 0-1 to go 10-4, 3.52 in 18 GS between levels... Named EL Pitcher of Week on 7/9... In 2016, Koerner was also shut down for nearly two Leading after 5 1-0 months after having right elbow surgery to clean up a bone chip... Two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll Selection at Clemson. Trailing after 5 0-2 • ’17 vs. REA (1 GS): 7/4 vs REA: W, 8.0 ip, 9 h, 0 r, bb, k (W, 2-0)... MiLB Career (3): 15-5, 2.79 in 44 G, 23 GS (125 K in 170.2 IP) Tied after 5 0-0 • Scouting Report: 2-sm FB (91-93; good sink); CB (78-79); SL (85-88; trouble locating); CH (82-83)... Live arm, but depends on sinker for GO Travel Days 0-0 Series Openers 1-1 IRONRAIL SERIES WITH SWB: Series Finales 0-1 SWB leads the season series, 1-0, after LHV took 2017, 11-7 -- including the final five regular-season meetings dating back to July 9 Rubber Matches 0-0 (but in the IL Divisional series, 3-1)... The Riders won in 2016, 10-8 -- then swept LHV, 3-0, in ILDS... SWB holds the lead in the all-time Doubleheader Games 0-0 series, 89-77 (not including 6-1 in the postseason) -- after going 24-8 against LHV in 2008-09 (14-2 in ’08)... SWB leads at home* Sweep/Swept/Split ---/---/--- (49-34) and LHV leads at CCP* (43-40); *SWB is 6-4 as the “home team” at CCP all-time... All-time, LHV has won three seasons series 2-Game Series 0-0-1 (2010, 2014, 2017) while SWB has won five (2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016). The teams have split two season series (2012, 2013). 3-Game Series 0-0 • Changing of the PA Guard?: After starting 9-26 vs. SWB all-time, LHV’s gone 68-62 vs. SWB in the regular season since 6/17/10. Sweep/Swept ---/--- • North Stars!: SWB has won eight North Division titles in 11 years since affiliating with the Yankees in ’07 (and nine of 12 overall). 4-Game Series 0-0-0 Sweep/Swept ---/--- BACON BITS: 5-Game Series 0-0 • Close Encounters... of the Third Kind!: The Pigs’ three games have been decided by just fi ve runs combined (average of 1.7 R/G). Sweep/Swept ---/--- • Secrataries of Defense: LHV has yet to commit an error in its three games (26 innings). Last year, LHV ranked t9th in the IL (109 E). Monday 0-1 • Spelling R-E-L-I-E-F: Despite allowing 3 R last night, the LHV pen started the season with 7.0 IP scoreless and sports a 2.70 ERA. Tuesday 0-0 • OF Roman Quinn (1-5, R) has stolen a base in each of his fi rst two games... He led MLB in stolen bases (9) in Spring Training. • RHP Tom Eshelman (L, 5.0 ip, 8 h, 4 r, 4 er, 5 k) allowed 4 R on Sunday. Last season, he only allowed more than 4 R in one of 18 GS. Wednesday 0-0 • The two hits allowed by LHV on 4/7 @ PAW was the lowest total in a nine-inning game since allowing two in a 3-1 win 8/1/16 @ ROC. Thursday 0-0 Friday 0-0 BACON BITS: KEY PLAYER INFORMATION Saturday 1-0 • INF Alexi Amarista, signed by PHI on 3/26, hit .268-2-7 (15-56) in the VWL • C Logan Moore has nailed 45.6% (67-147) SB a in AA/AAA over last 4 years Sunday 0-1 • INF Dean Anna spent ’14 in the IL, ba ng .207-2-21 in 65 G between SWB/IND • OF Danny Or z has spent parts of last 5 years in the IL (.252-58-234 in 446 G) April 1-2 May 0-0 • OF Collin Cowgill spent 2016 in the IL, ba ng .234-4-30 in 103 G w/ COL • OF Andrew Pullin ranked 2nd in MiLB in 2B (42) & 5th in XBH (66) last year June 0-0 • OF Dylan Cozens, an IL midseason All-Star, fi nished 4th in the IL in HR (27) • OF Roman Quinn, who missed 93 G in ’17, led MLB with 9 SB in Spring July 0-0 • INF Ma McBride is a Bethlehem na ve & product of Liberty HS, Lehigh U.