game information www.cakesbaseball.com @cakesbaseball ursday, April 19 new orleans baby cakes (5-9) vs. COLORADO SPRINGS SKY SOX (9-4) 7:00p.m. CT Shrine on Airline Game #15 Metairie, LA RHP Joe Gunkel (0-0, 1.64) vs. RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, 3.27) Home Game #8 THE BABY CAKES – e New Orleans Baby Cakes continue a seven HIT ME UP – e Baby Cakes piled up a seasonhigh 13 hits last night, ‘cakes corner game homestand tonight with the third of four games vs. the Colorado with at least one from all nine players in the starting lineup, including the Springs Sky Sox. e ‘Cakes dropped all three meetings at Security Service rst career hit for pitcher Ben Meyer. Jonathan Rodriguez chipped in a Current Streak .............................L1 Home ..........................................52 Field last week and have lost seven of the last nine against the Sky Sox pinch single in the ninth; only Rafael Ortega, who struck out as a pinch Streak ............................................L1 dating back to last season. New Orleans saw its longest home winning hitter in the sixth, failed to collect a hit. Road ........................................... 07 streak in nearly ve years ve games snapped last night. Streak ............................................L7 SLYKE FATHER, SLYKE SON – Scott Van Slyke turned in his team-high Last 10 ........................................ 28 vs. RHP (starter) ........................ 39 YESTERDAY’S NEWS – Colorado Springs scored four times in the sixth h multi-hit e ort with a double and a homer, and became the second vs. LHP (starter) ....................... 20 inning and four more times in the seventh to rally past the Baby Cakes, Baby Cake to nish with three RBI in a game, joining Cito Culver (April vs. Division ................................ 41 8-5. ree New Orleans errors contributed to the rallies, permitting four 12 at Colorado Springs). Van Slyke’s .480 on-base percentage ranks sixth vs. American Conference .......... 59 unearned runs to score and turn a 2-0 lead into an 8-2 de cit. Johnny in the PCL. vs. Paci c Conference .............. 00 vs. NL A liates .........................18 Giavotella misplayed a grounder by Brett Phillips leading o the sixth, vs. AL A liates ......................... 41 and Andres Blanco delivered a game-tying two-run single two batters RISPY BUSINESS – e Baby Cakes are hitting .214 (30x114) through Day ............................................. 21 later. Blanco scored on a elding error by Scott Van Slyke, and Nate Orf the rst 14 games, leading only Omaha (.178) among PCL clubs. NOLA Night ........................................... 38 followed with an RBI single. A dropped y ball by Isaac Galloway in the ranked last in the league in each of the last two seasons, batting .250 with Extra Innings .............................02 Shutouts ..................................... 11 seventh opened the door for another big inning, capped by Blanco’s two- RISP in 2017, and .257 in 2016. New Orleans has le at least nine men on OneRun Games ........................ 13 run homer o Nick Wittgren. e ‘Cakes came back to bring the tying run base in each of the last ve losses. Score 5+ Runs ........................... 24 to the plate in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run double by Van Slyke, Scoring First .............................. 44 who had homered an inning earlier. But Radhames Liz came out of the SIR ISAAC – Isaac Galloway’s stolen base on Monday was the 54th of Opponent Scores First ............. 15 Commit Error ............................ 17 bullpen to strike out Galloway for the nal out and earn the save. James his New Orleans career, moving past Kyle Logan into sole posession of Hit Home Run ............................23 Buckelew took the loss by yielding three hits and four runs, only one of second place on the franchise’s alltime list. Only Colin Porter (61) has Quality Start ............................... 21 which was earned, a er starter Ben Meyer spun 5.0 shutout frames. more steals in a New Orleans uniform. Galloway has hit safely in six of Outhit Opponent .......................32 his last seven contests, going 9x23 (.391) with one triple, one home run Leading A er 6 ......................... 41 Trailing A er 6 ..........................08 ON THE HILL – Joe Gunkel gets the call for his and four RBI. Leading A er 7 ......................... 41 third start and fourth appearance of the season. He On This Date ... Trailing A er 7 ..........................08 BEN IS MIGHTIER – Leading A er 8 ......................... 50 limited Oklahoma City to two hits in 5.0 scoreless 2008: Fernando Tatis blasts two Ben Meyer has yielded one or innings on Sunday and has yielded just one run a no runs in 10 of his 15 starting assignments over the Trailing A er 8 ..........................06 home runs, giving him eight in Series Record ..........................120 solo homer to Nashville’s Slade Heathcott and four the teams rst 17 games, to lead laslast two seasons between New Orleans and HighA Series Openers .......................... 13 hits in 8.0 innings across his two starting assignments. New Orleans past Omaha 62. JupJupiter. When pitching in his home ballpark, Meyer Series Finales .............................12 Gunkel has yet to walk a batter, and his 0.73 WHIP Tony Armas holds the Royals to an ownowns a 1.33 ERA (7 ER/47.1 IP) and has held oppo Doubleheader Games ...............00 unearned run and four hits over 5.2 ranks second in the PCL among pitchers with at least nennents to a .146 batting average (23x158) while striking Sweep/Swept/Split .................0/2/0 innings to pick up the win. Come From Behind Wins ..............1 10.0 innings pitched, behind Fresno’s Kent Emman out 55 batters. Bat Around For/Against ...........1/1 uel (0.64). Tonight marks his rst career appearance Longest Win Streak ....................+4 against Colorado Springs. ERRONEOUS – New Orleans committed three errors in a game for the Longest Lose Streak .....................7 rst time since last July 28 at Fresno. e Baby Cakes had just one miscue High Water Mark ........................+3 Low Water Mark ..........................4 JOHNNY G – Johnny Giavotella went 1x4 last night and is 2x7 with a in the previous 43.1 innings until two errors in last night’s sixth inning. White Jersey .............................. 42 walk and an RBI double in his rst two games with the Baby Cakes, play NOLA fell to 17 when committing an error. Grey Jersey ..................................04 ing on the same eld where he helped Jesuit High School win the 2005 Blue Jersey ................................. 13 Louisiana state championship. Giavotella went on to earn AllAmerican PLAYOFF PELS – e Baby Cakes are wearing their Pelicans throwback Pelicans Jersey ........................... 00 Misc. Jersey ................................00 honors in his three seasons at the University of New Orleans before being uniforms tonight and on Saturday while the New Orleans Pelicans host dra ed by the Kansas City Royals in the second round in 2008. In 25 pro NBA playo games. e uniforms are modeled a er those worn by the city’s Southern Association franchise in 1955 when they served as a games at the Shrine, Giavotella is batting .351 (33x94) with eight doubles, TEAM LEADERS three home runs and 17 RBI. DoubleA a liate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. AB: Adames/Sierra ......................52 AVG: Van Slyke ....................... .366 TEARS IN SEVEN – e Baby Cakes have surrendered at least seven ROSTER MOVES – New Orleans has added catcher Chad Wallach, who H: Van Slyke .................................15 was optioned on Tuesday when Miami activated J.T. Realmuto. Wallach R: Galloway ..................................10 runs in eight of their nine defeats. It was not until the team’s 28th game 2B: Van Slyke ..................................3 last season (May 5 vs. Iowa) that the ‘Cakes allowed seven or more runs was 4x31 (.129) with two RBI and 17 strikeouts in nine games. In a corre 3B: Adames .....................................2 for the eighth time. sponding move, Sharif Othman was transferred to AA Jacksonville a er HR: Van Slyke/Rodriguez .............2 hitting .185 (5x27) with three RBI in eight games with the Baby Cakes. RBI: Van Slyke/Adames ................8 31 ALWAYS – e Baby Cakes announced last ursday they would be SB: Galloway ...................................4 retiring jersey 31 in honor of Wally Ponti , Jr., who wore the number as NAWLINS NOTES – NOLA is in the midst of playing 24 straight games W: Five tied with ............................1 an AllAmerican third baseman at LSU prior to his passing in 2002. e against Nashville, Colorado Springs and Oklahoma City to open the year L: ree tied with ...........................2 Ponti Classic featuring LSU has been played at the Shrine on Airline in ... Sean Burnett struck out the side in the eighth inning in his team debut, SV: ree tied with ........................1 the third time a ‘Cakes pitcher has fanned the side this season and second ERA: Gunkel .............................1.64 Ponti ’s native Metairie annually since 2004 and has raised more than G: Wittgren .....................................7 $1.5 million for charitable organizations. e ceremony, marking the rst reliever to do so (Jumbo Diaz, April 12 at Colorado Springs) ... Exactly half GS: Four tied with .........................3 number to be retired in franchise history, will take place July 27 when the of the outs in last night’s game came via strikeout, with ‘Cakes pitchers IP: Gallen ...................................17.0 Baby Cakes host Tacoma. whi ng 13 but Baby Cakes hitters fanning 14 times, both season highs. K: Alcantara/Meyer .....................17 BB: Alcantara ...............................11 upcoming schedule and probable starters date time (CT) opponent probable pitchers radio/tv online Friday, April 20 7:00 vs. Colorado Springs LHP Adam Conley (0-2, 19.64) vs. RHP Freddy Peralta (3-0, 1.13) Fox Sports 1280 AM / CST 37 MiLB.tv Saturday, April 21 6:00 vs. Oklahoma City RHP Zac Gallen (1-1, 3.18) vs. RHP Guillermo Moscoso (0-0, 6.00) Fox Sports 1280 AM / CST 37 MiLB.tv Sunday, April 22 1:00 vs.