th th Rochester Red Wings (0-3, 6 in IL North, 2.5 GB) Gwinnett Stripers (2-3, 4 in IL South, 1.0 GB) RHP Myles Jaye (3-6, 3.58 ERA in 2017) AT RHP Mike Soroka (1-0, 0.00 ERA) Thursday, April 12, 2018 7:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #6 of 140 Home Game #1 Radio Broadcast: 97.7 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers begin their opening seven-game homestand of 2018 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN tonight with game one of a four-game series vs. the Rochester Red Wings (Minnesota Twins). In the South: Gwinnett (2-3, .400) is fourth in the International League South Division, 1.0 game Current Streak: Lost 1 behind Norfolk (1st, 3-2, .600) and a half-game behind Charlotte and Durham (T-2nd, 3-3, .500). Last 10 Games: 2-3 All-Time vs. Rochester: Gwinnett is 33-36 (.478) in 69 meetings with Rochester, and has won Long Winning Streak: 1 Game (2x, last: 4/10) the season series vs. the Red Wings four times: 2009 (5-3), 2010 (5-3), 2012 (5-3) and 2015 (5-3). Long Losing Streak: 2 Games (4/8-4/9) Record Since 2009: 633-661 (.489) Last Game: The Stripers lost 5-2 to the Durham Bulls in the finale of a three-game series last night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. RHP Aaron Blair (L, 0-1) yielded Home: 0-0 Leading after 6: 1-1 three unearned runs on one hit and five walks over 2.2 innings LAST ROAD TRIP (2-3) Road: 2-3 Leading after 7: 1-1 1-1 2-0 before exiting due to an injury suffered while covering the plate Day Games: Leading after 8: Batting: Night Games: 1-2 Tied after 6: 0-1 on a run-scoring wild pitch. RHP replaced him in David Peterson .174 (27-for-155), 8 2B, 0 3B, Extra Innings: 0-0 Tied after 7: 0-1 the third inning and allowed two earned runs on five hits over 2.1 6 HR, 13 R, 12 RBI, 3 SB Doubleheaders: 0-0 Tied after 8: 0-1 innings. Gwinnett’s runs each came via the longball as CF Danny Pitching: Shutout W/L: 0-0 Trailing after 6: 1-1 Santana (1-for-4, HR, R, RBI) homered off LHP Anthony Banda 2.74 ERA (13 ER in 42.2 IP), Last AB W/L: 0-2 Trailing after 7: 1-1 in the fifth and 1B Carlos Franco (2-for-4, HR, R, RBI) homered 21 BB, 44 SO, 4 Holds, 2 Saves Walk-Off W/L: 0-1 Trailing after 8: 0-2 off RHP Hunter Wood in the eighth. Banda (W, 2-0) gave up one Score First: 1-1 With a HR: 1-3 run on five hits and struck out eight over 5.1 innings for Durham, and three Bulls’ relievers including Score Last: 1-1 Without a HR: 1-0 RHP Ryne Stanek (S, 1) combined to allow a run on one hit over the final 3.2 innings. 1-Run Games: 1-0 Allow a HR: 1-1 2-Run Games: 1-2 Allow no HR: 1-2 Fantastic Franco: 1B Carlos Franco enters play in the midst of a team-best five-game on-base 3-Run Games: 0-1 With an Error: 0-1 streak (.333 OBP), team-best four-game hitting streak (.375, 6-for-16, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI) and +3-Run Games: 0-0 Without an Error: 2-2 team-best three-game RBI streak (4 RBI). Through five games, he leads the Stripers in batting (.316), April: 2-3 Vs. LH Starter: 0-2 hits (6), homers (2), runs (3), RBI (4), total bases (13), OBP (.333), SLG (.684) and OPS (1.018). May: 0-0 Vs. RH Starter: 2-1 June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-0 Extra, Extra: Of the Stripers’ 27 hits through five games, 14 have gone for extra bases (51.9%), July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 2-3 including eight doubles (1 each for Ronald Acuña Jr., Rob Brantly, Jaff Decker, Carlos Franco, Rio August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 0-1-1 Ruiz, Kade Scivicque, Tyler Smith and Chris Stewart) and an IL-leading six homers (2 for Franco, 1 each for Johan Camargo, Ruiz, Danny Santana and Smith). Last year’s club tallied 369 extra-base VS. ROCHESTER hits (219 2B, 33 3B, 117 HR) among 1,211 total hits, a Gwinnett club-record 30.5% ratio. (33-36 Since 2009) ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. ROC Stripers starting pitchers ( , , , Rotation Recap: Mike Soroka Matt Wisler Lucas Sims Kolby Allard Home: 20-14 0-0 .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI and Aaron Blair) have combined to go 1-1 with a 1.74 ERA (4 ER in 20.2 IP), a .189 BAA (14-for-74, 1 Road: 13-22 0-0 ’18 Pitching vs. ROC HR), nine walks and 21 strikeouts over the first five games of the season. Overall: 33-36 0-0 0.00 ERA, .000 BAA Allard: Making his Triple-A debut Tuesday at Durham (ND, 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO), he became the second youngest starting pitcher in GWN history (20 years, 7 months, 28 days). TEAM IL RANKINGS Only Julio Teheran was younger (20 years, 2 months, 12 days for debut on 4/8/11 vs. Durham). .174 (14th) 2.74 (4th) With Monday’s start at Durham (ND, 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 SO), he is 1-0 with a 1.13 Batting: ERA: Sims: th th ERA (2 ER in 16.0 IP) and 24 strikeouts over his last three starts with Gwinnett since 7/22/17. Runs: 13 (T-12 ) Runs: 17 (10 ) Hits: 27 (13th) ER: 13 (11th) Wisler: Including Sunday’s start at Norfolk (ND, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO), he is 6-1 with 2B: 8 (T-7th) Innings: 42.2 (11th) a 2.35 ERA (15 ER in 57.1 IP) in his last 12 outings (8 starts) with Gwinnett since 6/15/17. th th 3B: 0 (T-8 ) SO: 44 (11 ) st th All Eyes on Acuña Jr.: OF Ronald Acuña Jr., rated No. 2 on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects HR: 6 (T-1 ) BB: 21 (8 ) RBI: 12 (12th) CG: 0 (T-1st) list, is batting .105 (2-for-19, 1 2B, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 SO) over five games with Gwinnett following a red-hot th th Spring Training with Atlanta (.432, 19-for-44, 4 HR, 8 R, 11 RBI, 4 SB, 1.247 OPS in 16 games). Steals: 3 (T-6 ) SHO: 0 (T-4 ) OBP: .250 (14th) Holds: 4 (T-2nd) Breakout Season: Acuña hit .325 (181-for-557, 31 2B, 8 3B, 21 HR, 88 R, 82 RBI, 44 SB) in 139 SLG: .342 (5th) Saves: 2 (T-3rd) games between Advanced-A Florida, Double-A Mississippi and Gwinnett last year, earning the 2017 OPS: .592 (11th) WHIP: 1.27 (6th) Minor League Player of the Year award from both Baseball America and USA Today. He led MiLB in hits, at-bats and games while ranking third in total bases (291) and ninth in steals. Following TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) the season, he was named MVP of the Arizona Fall League (.325, 7 HR, 16 RBI in 23G with Peoria). AVG: Franco (.316) ERA: 2 Tied (0.00)* Camargo on Rehab: Atlanta Braves INF Johan Camargo, on the 10-day disabled list since 3/26 OBP: Franco (.333) WHIP: Wisler (0.60) with a right oblique strain, homered off Durham RHP Chih-Wei Hu in his second rehab game with SLG: Franco (.684) Wins: 2 Tied (1) Gwinnett on Tuesday (1-for-5, R, RBI). In four total games on his rehab assignment (2 with GWN, 2 OPS: Franco (1.018) IP: 2 Tied (5.0) with Advanced-A Florida), he is batting .125 (2-for-16, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 6 SO). Hits: Franco (6) SO: 2 Tied (7) HR: Franco (2)* QS: None The Stripers’ roster includes five members of the Atlanta Braves’ Top 30 Prospects Prospecting: Runs: Franco (3) CG: None list according to MLB.com: OF Ronald Acuña Jr. (No. 1), RHP Mike Soroka (No. 3), LHP Kolby RBI: Franco (4) Holds: Phillips (2)* Allard (No. 6), LHP Max Fried (No. 7) and OF Dustin Peterson (No. 16). Acuña Jr. (No. 2), Soroka Steals: 3 Tied (1) Saves: 2 Tied (1) (No. 31), Allard (No. 58) and Fried (No. 83) are also ranked on MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list. Same Team, New Uniform: Fifteen non-rehab members of the Stripers’ active roster spent time with Gwinnett last season: RHPs Jason Hursh (3-4, 5.50 ERA in 28 games), David Peterson (2-4, 4.12 ERA, 7 saves in 50 games), Evan Phillips (2-3, 4.75 ERA, 2 saves in 25 games), Lucas Sims (7-4, 3.75 ERA in 20 games, 19 starts) and Matt Wisler (7-5, 3.56 ERA in 18 games, 14 starts), LHPs Rex Brothers (0-0, 2.57 ERA, 1 save in 7 games), Max Fried (0-0, 0.00 ERA in 2 starts) and Phil Pfeifer (0-2, 3.60 ERA, 1 save in 11 games), C Kade Scivicque (.272, 2 HR, 11 RBI in 24 games), INFs Carlos Franco (.232, 10 HR, 39 RBI in 93 games), Sean Kazmar Jr.