2021 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Saturday, May 8, 2021 - 4:00 p.m. Peoples Natural Gas Field -- Altoona, PA Bowie Baysox (3-1) @ Altoona Curve (1-3) RHP Cody Sedlock (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brenan Hanifee (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Game #5 // Road Game #5 2021 SEASON About Last Night: Bowie rallied from an initial 2-0 deficit to take a 4-2 lead, but could not hang on as the Altoona Overall Record 3-1 Curve won, 5-4 in 10 innings. Chris Hudgins hit his first home run of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot and the Home Record 0-0 first Baysox home run with a man on base. With the game still tied at two in the seventh, Patrick Dorrian doubled Road Record 3-1 to begin the inning and continue his strong start to the young season. Alexis Torres doubled him in one batter Versus Northeast Division 0-0 later, and Malquin Canelo drove in Torres to put the Baysox on top 4-2. Altoona then scored three unanswered to Versus Southwest Division 3-1 win the game. Down to their final out in the ninth, Oneil Cruz shot a grounder down the third base line to drive Current Streak L1 in Davis from second. Bowie failed to score in the tenth, and Castro lined one to left-center on the second pitch of Last Homestand N/A the bottom of the inning off Bowie reliever Diogenes Almengo, scoring the automatic runner at second to win the Current Road Trip 3-1 game. Baysox starter Ofelky Peralta went four innings and allowed two runs on three hits with three walks and five strikeouts on 76 pitches. David Lebron gave Bowie 2.2 strong innings in relief, allowing a run on four hits with two Last 5 Games 3-1 walks and six strikeouts. Nick Vespi looked unhittable at first, striking out the first five batters he faced after Lebron Last 10 Games 3-1 exited, but Vespi was tagged with the game-tying run in the ninth. When Scoring 4+ Runs 2-1 When Scoring 3- Runs 0-0 New Year, New League: The Eastern League is no more, and the Double-A Northeast League has taken its place. After Day Off 1-0 Joining the league this year are the Somerset Patriots, who have replaced the Trenton Thunder. The league is split In Shutouts 0-0 in two divisions: the Northeast, which includes Binghamton, Hartford, New Hampshire, Portland, Reading, and In 1-Run Games 1-1 Somerset, and the Southwest, which includes Akron, Altoona, Bowie, Erie, Harrisburg, and Richmond. A significant change to this year's format is a lack of playoffs at the end of the season; the season will finish upon the completion In 2-Run Games 0-0 of the regular season schedule. vs. Left-Handed Starters 0-0 vs. Right-Handed Starters 3-1 Sedlock Starts: Righty Cody Sedlock will make his 10th appearance and sixth start in a Bowie uniform on Day Games 0-0 Saturday afternoon. Sedlock was 1-2 with a 3.71 ERA in Bowie in 2019 over 34 innings. Drafted in the first round by Night Games 3-1 Baltimore in 2016, this is Sedlock's fifth season in the Orioles organization. For more information, see page 2. Ahead After 7 Innings 2-1 Behind After 7 Innings 1-0 In the Other Corner: Signed by the Pirates in March of 2017, Satruday's starter for the Curve, right-hander Osvaldo Tied After 7 Innings 0-0 Bido, will be making his Double-A debut. Bido spent most of his 2019 season in the South Atlantic League, making Ahead After 8 Innings 2-1 20 starts for the Greensboro Grasshoppers. There, he finished with an 11-5 record and 3.55 ERA while throwing the most innings of his professional career with a single team (111.2). Bido has a career WHIP of 1.27 and a .244 BAA. Behind After 8 Innings 0-0 Tied After 8 Innings 1-0 Adding Adley: The No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 Draft, catcher Adley Rutschman, is in his first season with the In Extra Innings 0-1 Bowie Baysox. Rutschman is the focal point of an Orioles organization that is focused on building for the future. A In Doubleheaders 0-0 College World Series champion at Oregon State, Rutschman got on base at a .575 clip his junior season, and was the When Scoring First 2-0 first catcher selected with the first overall pick since Joe Mauer in 2001. Opponents Score First 1-1 Outhit Opponent 2-0 Top Tier Talent: The Bowie Baysox roster is filled with some of the top prospects in the Orioles' farm system. Outhit by Opponent 1-1 According to MLB.com, four of the top 30 prospects in the organization will begin the season in Bowie. Catcher Adley Ruschman (#1) headlines the roster, coming into the year as Baltimore's number one prospect. Left-handed Equal Hits 0-0 pitcher D.L. Hall (#4) is just a few spots behind Rutschman. Infielder Terrin Vavra (#12) and RHP Kyle Bradish (#14) Hit a Home Run 3-1 round out the rest of the Bowie squad in the rankings. No Home Runs 0-0 No Errors Committed 1-1 The Buck Starts Here: 2019 marks Buck Britton's second season as manager of the Bowie Baysox. In 2019, Britton Baysox vs. Altoona led the Baysox to the Eastern League Championship Series in his first year at the helm. Before Bowie, Britton managed the Delmarva Shorebirds, leading the club to a 68-66 record in 2018. Prior to getting into coaching, 2021 Record: 1-0 Britton played nine seasons in Minor League Baseball, and spent parts of 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the Baysox. Buck is the brother of former Baysox and Orioles' left-hander Zack Britton. May 4 @ ALT W, 2-1 May 5 @ ALT W, 8-4 This Day in Baysox History: This is the third straight season that May 8th marks a matchup with Altoona. The May 6 @ ALT W, 8-4 teams have split the last two, with Bowie winning the most recent pairing in 2019. The Baysox ran away with the May 7 @ ALT L, 5-4 win, scoring 12 runs behind four hits from Mason McCoy to win 12-3. May 8 @ ALT 6:00 May 9 @ ALT 6:00 2021 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Five Tied 1 ERA Five Tied 0.00 RBI Adley Rutschman 4 Wins Three Tied 1 Batting Avg Robert Neustrom .389 Strikeouts D.L. Hall 10 Runs Patrick Dorrian 4 Saves N/A N/A UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Tuesday, May 4 6:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve LHP D.L. Hall vs. RHP Roansy Contreras Wednesday, May 5 6:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve RHP Kyle Bradish vs. RHP Travis MacGregor Thursday, May 6 6:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve LHP Kevin Smith vs. RHP Noe Toribio Friday, May 7 6:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve RHP Ofelky Peralta vs. RHP Max Kranick Saturday, May 8 4:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve RHP Cody Sedlock vs. RHP Osvaldo Bido Sunday, May 9 4:00 p.m. @ Altoona Curve RHP Brenan Hanifee vs. RHP Jeff Passantino TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: RHP Cody Sedlock HT: 6’3” WT: 220 B: R T: R BORN: 6/19/95 Hometown: Sherrard, IL AMATEUR: University of Illinois HOW ACQUIRED: Selected in 1st Round of 2016 Draft 2019 Stats W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Frederick (A+) 4-1 2.36 13 10 61.0 38 16 16 26 66 Bowie (AA) 1-2 3.71 9 6 34.0 30 15 14 20 34 CAREER: 9-12 4.30 64 54 249.0 241 130 119 113 222 Sedlock 2021 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Split time between the Frederick Keys (Class-A DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO Advanced) and the Bowie Baysox (Double-A)... Joined the Baysox on July 17 and made six starts in his first Double-A action...Earned his first career save7/28 @ Binghamton...Named a Midseason Carolina League All-Star, going 4-1 with a 2.36 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for the Keys)... 2018: Rated as the No. 7 prospect in the Orioles system according to Baseball America…Appeared in 13 games between Frederick, the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Class-A Short Season) & the Gulf Coast League Orioles (Rookie)…Allowed two earned runs in a season-high 6 IP 9/2 vs. MB… 2017: Spent the season with Frederick…Allowed just two hits over six innings and struck out five in Last Win: N/A his Carolina League debut on April 8… Struck out a Last Loss: N/A career-high seven in a win against Carolina on May 5… Had two stints on the disabled list, and finished the season on the DL… 2016: Spent first professional season with Aberdeen…Ranked as No. 5 prospect in New York-Penn League by Baseball America…Limited opponents to a .138 average in August (3.00 ERA)... CAREER NOTES: Drafted by the Orioles in first round of the 2016 draft out of University of Illinois…3rd- ever 1st-rd pick out of Illinois (Tyler Jay, John Ericks)…Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2016 (5-4, 2.49 ERA with a school record 116 strikeouts)… Pitches: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Changeup 2021 BAYSOX BULLPEN #45 Diogenes Almengo B/T: R/R Throws: 4F, 2F, SL, CH Height: 6’2" Weight: 215 Opening Day Age: 24 Experience: 7th Year From: Santiago, DR 2019: Spent the entire regular season with Frederick (Class-A Advanced) before joing the Baysox for the 2019 Postseason...Owned a 5-5 record (3.90 ERA) out of the bullpen, recording 13 saves to lead the team...Had a streak of 13.2 innings (over eight games) without allowing an earned run from July 5 through August 4...2018: Split time between the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Class-A Short Season) and the Delmarva Shorebirds (Class A)...Had a 1-1 record with a 1.50 ERA in nine relief appearances in the South Atlantic League...During that stretch, he allowed two earned runs on five hits in 12 innings, along with a .122 opponents batting average…CAREER NOTES: Signed to a minor league contract by the Houston Astros on June 12, 2014..