triple-a information INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CLUBS 55 S. High Street, Suite 202 Dublin, OH 43017 Phone: (614) 791-9300 Fax: (614) 791-9009 www.www.ilbaseball.com [email protected] President/Treasurer: Randy A. Mobley Vice President: Ken Young League Administrator: Chris Sprague Corporate Secretary: Max Schumacher Office Manager: Gretchen Addison Years Active: 1884 - Present The El Paso Chihuahuas (Triple-A, San Diego Padres) are hosting the 32nd edition of the Triple-A Baseball All- Star Game at Southwest University Park, July 8-10. The three days of festivities include a Home Run Derby and concludes with the nationally televised All-Star Game. The game showcases the best players of Triple-A Baseball's Pacific Coast League against those from the International League. "The Triple-A All-Star Game is a marquee event for all of Minor League Baseball," said Minor League Baseball's President and CEO Pat O'Conner. "To bring together the top caliber of players for this event makes it a showcase event. I can think of no better venue to play this game than in El Paso. What has happened in El Paso is no surprise given the first-rate ownership, management and affiliation put together for the passionate fans in the region." This is the second Triple-A Baseball national event hosted at Southwest University Park. The Gildan Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game was played on September 22, 2015 with the Pacific Coast League's Fresno Grizzlies (Houston Astros) defeating the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Indians), 7-0. The Memphis Redbirds have been selected to host the 2019 Triple-A National Championship Game at AutoZone Park, which will be played on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7:00 p.m. (CT) and pit the winner of the Pacific Coast League against the winner of the International League in a one-game, winner-take-all showdown for Triple-A supremacy. Memphis is the first city to have the honor of repeating as Triple-A National Championship Game host since the game moved away from being played annually in Oklahoma City in 2011. The Redbirds previously hosted the game in 2016, a 3-1 win for the IL's Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees) over the PCL's El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres), in front of a raucous Downtown Memphis crowd of 9,471. 46 | 2019 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Media Guide | Triple-A, New York Yankees | www.swbrailriders.com | international league north BUFFALO BISONS SAHLEN FIELD One James D. Griffin Plaza Surface: Natural Grass Buffalo, NY 14203 Dimensions: LF - 325 CF - 404 Phone: (716) 846-2000 RF - 325 Press Box: (716) 846-2215 Website: www.bisons.com Year Opened: 1988 E-Mail: [email protected] Capacity: 18,025 Affiliation (Since) ...................................................................................... Toronto Blue Jays (2013) Distance from Moosic, PA ................................................................................................. 288 Miles Manager ...................................................................................................... Bobby Meacham (2017) Pitching Coach .............................................................................................................. Doug Mathis Hitting Coach .................................................................................................................. Corey Hart Position Coach .............................................................................................................. Devon White General Manager.................................................................................................. Mike Buczkowski Radio Announcers ........................................................................ Pat Malacaro & Duke McGuire Public Relations Director ............................................................................................ Brad Bisbing All-Time Series vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ............................................................. 176-162 (.521) 2018 GAME-BY-GAME: 2019 HEAD-TO-HEAD: DATE WIN LOSS SAVE DATE LOCATION TIME 4/30 vs. Buffalo L 6-2 Chris Rowley (2-1) Josh Rogers (2-2) Sam Moll (1) 4/4 @ Buffalo 2:05 PM 5/1 vs. Buffalo W 7-1 D. Camarena (1-1) Ryan Borucki (1-3) -- 4/5 @ Buffalo 6:05 PM 5/2 vs. Buffalo W 3-2 Raynel Espinal (1-0) Murphy Smith (0-1) -- 4/6 @ Buffalo 1:05 PM 4/7 @ Buffalo 1:05 PM 5/18 @ Buffalo L 5-1 Ryan Borucki (3-4) D. Camarena (2-3) -- 5/19 @ Buffalo L 9-2 Justin Dillon (1-1) Brody Koerner (1-2) -- 4/11 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM 5/20 @ Buffalo L 4-3 Tim Mayza (2-0) Nestor Cortes (0-3) Justin Shafer (1) 4/12 vs. Buffalo 6:35 PM 4/13 vs. Buffalo 4:05 PM 7/2 @ Buffalo W 6-2 Justus Sheffield (2-3) Chris Rowley (5-5) -- 4/14 vs. Buffalo 1:05 PM 7/3 @ Buffalo W 6-3 Luis Cessa (1-0) Jon Harris (1-1) Raynel Espinal (1) 7/4 vs. Buffalo W 4-2 Stephen Tarpley (1-0) Jose Fernandez (0-1) G. Gallegos (1) 4/19 @ Buffalo 6:05 PM 7/5 vs. Buffalo W 9-6 Nestor Cortes (3-3) Nick Tepesch (0-4) Cody Carroll (8) 4/20 @ Buffalo (Game 1) 1:05 PM @ Buffalo (Game 2) 8/3 vs. Buffalo -- PPD (Rain) -- -- 8/4 vs. Buffalo W 3-1 (7) Nestor Cortes (5-5) Matt Tracy (0-1) Cale Coshow (4) 6/3 @ Buffalo 7:05 PM vs. Buffalo L 6-4 (7) Conor Fisk (3-4) Raynel Espinal (6-2) Justin Shafer (11) 6/4 @ Buffalo 7:05 PM 8/5 vs. Buffalo L 6-5 Tim Mayza (4-2) Tommy Kahnle (2-2) Justin Shafer (12) 6/5 @ Buffalo 7:05 PM 6/6 @ Buffalo 7:05 PM 8/21 @ Buffalo -- Suspended (Rain, B9) -- -- 8/22 @ Buffalo L 2-1 Taylor Guerrieri (2-2) George Kontos (3-1) -- 6/26 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM @ Buffalo L 7-3 Zach Stewart (2-0) J.P Feyereisen (6-6) -- 6/27 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM 8/23 @ Buffalo W 7-3 Adonis Rosa (2-0) J. Waguespack (5-7) Joe Harvey (7) 8/30 vs. Buffalo 7:05 PM 8/31 vs. Buffalo 6:35 PM 9/1 vs. Buffalo 1:05 PM 9/2 vs. Buffalo 12:05 PM DID YOU KNOW? Vladimir Guererro Jr., 20, enters 2019 as the consensus No. 1 prospect in all of baseball. A season ago he made a run at batting .400 before fading in August and finishing with a .381 AVG over 95 games which included 29 doubles and 20 HR. He struck out only once more than he walked (38 K; 37 BB) and led all of Minor League Baseball not just in batting average but in on-base percentage (.437 OBP) and slugging percentage (.636 SLG) as well. In 2018 he was promoted to Triple-A Buffalo after anchoring the middle of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats' batting order (Double-A, Toronto Blue Jays) for 61 games. Over the final 30 games of his season he batted .336 against Triple-A pitching. In six games against the RailRiders, he batted .368 (7-for-19) with a double, 2 RBI and 5 BB (.500 OBP). | 2019 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Media Guide | Triple-A, New York Yankees | www.swbrailriders.com | 47 international league north LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS COCA-COLA PARK 1050 IronPigs Way Surface: Natural Grass Allentown, PA 18109 Dimensions: LF - 323 Phone: (610) 841-7447 CF - 400 Press Box: (610) 841-1317 RF - 325 www.ironpigsbaseball.com Year Opened: 2008 [email protected] Capacity: 10,100 Affiliation (Since) ................................................................................ Philadelphia Phillies (2008) Distance from Moosic, PA .................................................................................................. 74 Miles Manager (Since) ................................................................................................... Gary Jones (2018) Pitching Coach ............................................................................................................ Steve Schrenk Hitting Coach ......................................................................................................... Darryl Robinson Coach ................................................................................................................................. Greg Legg General Manager .......................................................................................................... Kurt Landes Media Relations Manager .......................................................................................... Mike Ventola Radio Announcers .......................................................................... Pat McCarthy & Mike Ventola All-Time Series vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ................................................................. 93-75 (.554) 2018 GAME-BY-GAME: 2019 HEAD-TO-HEAD: DATE WIN LOSS SAVE DATE LOCATION TIME 4/9 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-3 Jonathan Holder (1-0) Austin Davis (0-1) Anyelo Gomez (1) 4/8 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM 4/10 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-2 Brady Lail (1-0) Tyler Viza (0-1) Cale Coshow (1) 4/9 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM 4/11 vs. Lehigh Valley L 2-0 B. Liebrandt (1-0) J.P. Feyereisen (1-1) Pedro Beato (2) 4/10 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM 4/27 @ Lehigh Valley L 6-1 Cole Irvin (1-1) Nestor Cortes (0-1) -- 4/15 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM 4/28 @ Lehigh Valley -- PPD (Rain) -- -- 4/16 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM 4/29 @ Lehigh Valley L 4-0 (7) E. De Los Santos (2-0) Chance Adams (0-2) Pedro Beato (5) 4/17 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM @ Lehigh Valley L 3-0 (7) S. Dominguez (1-0) Ryan Bollinger (0-1) Tom Windle (1) 5/31 vs. Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM 5/15 vs. Lehigh Valley W 4-3 Cody Carroll (2-0) Tom Windle (2-2) -- 6/1 vs. Lehigh Valley 4:05 PM 5/16 vs. Lehigh Valley W 3-1 Chance Adams (1-2) E. De Los Santos (4-1) Cody Carroll (3) 6/2 vs. Lehigh Valley 1:05 PM 5/17 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-4 (11) Brady Lail (4-1) Jake Waguspack (0-4) -- 6/28 @ Lehigh Valley 7:05 PM 6/19 vs. Lehigh Valley L 7-5 B. Leibrandt (3-0) Chance Adams (2-3) Pedro Beato (18) 6/29 @ Lehigh Valley 6:35 PM 6/20 vs. Lehigh Valley W 5-3 Cody