th nd Gwinnett Stripers (9-15, 4 in IL South, 4.0 GB) Indianapolis Indians (12-11, 2 in IL West, 3.5 GB) LHP Kolby Allard (1-1, 2.57 ERA) AT RHP Casey Sadler (0-2, 8.31 ERA) Thursday, May 3, 2018 7:05 PM Victory Field, Indianapolis, IN Game #25 of 140 Road Game #15 Radio Broadcast: 97.7 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers continue a seven-game, two-city road trip tonight with the 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN opener of a four-game series vs. the Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh Pirates). In the South: The Stripers (9-15, .375) are fourth in the IL South, trailing Durham (1st, 13-11, .542) Current Streak: Lost 1 by 4.0 games, Norfolk (2nd, 12-11, .522) by 3.5 games and Charlotte (3rd, 11-14, .440) by 1.5 games. Last 10 Games: 4-6 All-Time vs. Indianapolis: Gwinnett is 35-41 (.461) in 76 prior meetings with the Indians, winning Long Winning Streak: 3 Games (4/16-4/18) the season series over Indianapolis just once in nine seasons: 2009 (6-2). Long Losing Streak: 4 Games (2x, last: 4/25-4/29) Record Since 2009: 640-673 (.487) Last Game: The Stripers’ hopes of a sweep were dashed with a 6-5 loss to the Charlotte Knights yesterday afternoon at BB&T Ballpark. Gwinnett took leads of 2-0 Home: 3-7 Leading after 6: 6-3 and 3-2, but LHP Luiz Gohara (L, 0-2) yielded six runs over 4.1 ROAD TRIP Road: 6-8 Leading after 7: 7-3 (2-1) 2-5 7-1 innings and exited with a 6-3 deficit. Kevan Smith blasted a two- Day Games: Leading after 8: Batting: Night Games: 7-10 Tied after 6: 1-3 run homer off Gohara to tie the game at 2-2 in the first inning, .324 (36-for-111), 10 2B, 3 3B, Extra Innings: 0-4 Tied after 7: 0-3 then added an RBI single to cap a three-run second as Charlotte 3 HR, 18 R, 17 RBI, 4 SB Doubleheaders: 1-1 Tied after 8: 0-4 took a 5-3 lead. Patrick Leonard lifted a solo homer off Gohara to Pitching: Shutout W/L: 2-2 Trailing after 6: 2-9 make it 6-3 in the fifth. The Stripers scored twice in the sixth to 3.81 ERA (11 ER in 26.0 IP), Last AB W/L: 1-7 Trailing after 7: 2-9 close the gap to 6-5, but the comeback stalled there. Following 9 BB, 29 SO, 1 Hold, 1 Save Walk-Off W/L: 0-3 Trailing after 8: 1-9 5.0 innings of five-run baseball from LHP Matt Tomshaw (W, 1-0), Score First: 5-5 With a HR: 6-7 Knights’ relievers Rob Scahill (H, 3), Xavier Cedeno (H, 4) and Jeanmar Gomez (S, 1) combined on Score Last: 4-7 Without a HR: 3-8 4.0 scoreless IP. 3B Jose Bautista (2-for-3, R), CF Peter Bourjos (2-for-4, 2B, R, RBI), LF Dustin 1-Run Games: 2-6 Allow a HR: 2-7 Peterson (2-for-5, 2B, RBI) and RF Danny Santana (2-for-4, 2B, 3B, R) each had multi-hit efforts. 2-Run Games: 2-4 Allow no HR: 7-8 3-Run Games: 2-2 With an Error: 4-6 Petey Power: After starting the year 0-for-14, Dustin Peterson is batting .342 (26-for-76, 8 2B, 3 +3-Run Games: 3-3 Without an Error: 5-9 HR, 8 R, 16 RBI) over 18 games since 4/12…he ranks eighth in the IL in batting in that span. His April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 2-6 three home runs this season (T-7th in IL) are already two more than he had all last year (1 HR in 87 May: 1-1 Vs. RH Starter: 7-9 games with Gwinnett). Peterson also ranks among IL offensive leaders in hits (T-3rd, 26), doubles (T- June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-1 4th, 8), extra-base hits (T-4th, 11), RBI (T-5th, 16) and total bases (T-5th, 43). July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 9-15 August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 IL Batter of the Week: He was named the IL Batter of the Week for 4/23-4/29 after hitting .391 (9- September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 2-4-2 for-23, 4 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 8 RBI) in six games…he led the IL in doubles (T-1st), homers (T-1st), RBI (T- 1st), extra-base hits (1st, 6), SLG (1st, .826), OPS (1st, 1.288) and total bases (1st, 19) in that span. VS. INDIANAPOLIS (35-41 Since 2009) IL Leaderboard: In addition to the rankings for Dustin Peterson, the following Stripers are among ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. IND IL leaders: Carlos Franco ranks in RBI (T-2nd, 18) and homers (T-3rd, 4)…Danny Santana ranks in Home: 22-20 0-0 .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI triples (T-2nd, 2)…Ezequiel Carrera ranks in steals (T-5th, 6)…Rio Ruiz ranks in hits (T-10th, 24). Road: 13-21 0-0 ’18 Pitching vs. IND Overall: 35-41 0-0 0.00 ERA, .000 BAA Joey Bats Heating Up: Jose Bautista is batting .400 (6-for-15, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 R, 4 RBI) over his last five games. On Tuesday at Charlotte, he hit his first home run as a Striper, a game-winning TEAM IL RANKINGS two-run blast (off RHP Gregory Infante) in the ninth inning of an 8-6 victory. In 10 games with Gwinnett, the 37-year-old Bautista is batting .250 (9-for-36, 1 2B, 1 HR, 6 R, 5 RBI, 1 SB) and posting a .933 Batting: .247 (7th) ERA: 3.50 (5th) fielding percentage (2 errors/30 TC) in nine starts at third base. Since signing with Atlanta on 4/18, he Runs: 94 (T-10th) Runs: 104 (T-5th) is batting .256 (11-for-43, 2 2B, 1 HR, 7 R, 5 RBI, 1 SB, 8 BB, 8 SO) in 12 MiLB games. Hits: 204 (T-3rd) ER: 84 (9th) 2B: 57 (2nd) Innings: 216.0 (2nd) Also Hot: Danny Santana is batting .467 (7-for-15, 1 2B, 2 3B, 3 R, 4 RBI, 3 SB) over his last four 3B: 4 (T-8th) SO: 219 (3rd) games, raising his season average from .147 to .245. Chris Stewart is batting .474 (9-for-19, 4 2B, 4 HR: 17 (6th) BB: 102 (1st) R, 2 RBI) over his last six games after opening the year 1-for-11 (.091). Peter Bourjos is batting .571 RBI: 92 (T-7th) CG: 1 (T-1st) (4-for-7, 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI) in two games since joining Gwinnett on 5/1. Steals: 19 (5th) SHO: 2 (T-6th) OBP: .313 (12th) Holds: 11 (3rd) Rotation Reversal: After going 5-6 with a 2.75 ERA (32 ER in 104.2 IP) and a .203 BAA (77-for- SLG: .387 (5th) Saves: 4 (T-10th) 379, 7 HR, 39 BB, 98 SO) over 22 games in April, Stripers’ starting pitchers are 0-1 with a 9.58 ERA OPS: .700 (8th) WHIP: 1.31 (6th) (11 ER in 10.1 IP) and a .370 BAA (17-for-46, 3 HR, 4 BB, 9 SO) in two games in May. The 10-man group has received just 41 runs of support in 24 games this year, a 1.71 runs-per-game average. TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) Kolby Allard: Turned in his first Triple-A quality start on 4/28 vs. Durham (ND, 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 AVG: Peterson (.289) ERA: Soroka (1.99) BB, 5 SO). He has not allowed a run over his last 11.1 innings since the first inning on 4/21 at Peterson (.347) Soroka (0.97) Pawtucket. Allard is 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA (6 ER in 21.0 IP) and a .208 BAA in four starts with GWN. OBP: WHIP: SLG: Peterson (.478) Wins: Soroka (2) Lucas Sims: Earned his first win of the season on 4/30 at Charlotte (5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 SO), OPS: Peterson (.825) IP: Soroka (22.2) leading the Stripers to their second shutout of 2018 (also won 1-0 on 4/23-G1 at Rochester). In three Hits: Peterson (26) SO: Soroka (24) starts with Gwinnett this year, Sims is 1-1 with a 1.46 ERA (2 ER in 12.1 IP) and a .182 BAA. HR: Franco (4) QS: 3 Tied (1) Ruiz (13) Soroka (1)* ‘Pen Performers: Gwinnett relievers have not allowed a run to their own line over the last Runs: CG: RBI: Franco (18) Holds: 5 Tied (2) four games (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 ER in 14.0 IP, 1 save, 1 hold, 7 H, 4 BB, 18 SO). Josh Ravin has yet to Steals: Carrera (6) Saves: 4 Tied (1) allow a run or hit in five outings (6.0 IP) with the Stripers. Evan Phillips has allowed just two unearned runs over his last seven outings (11.0 IP) since 4/12, lowering his ERA from 11.57 to 2.03. Franco, Soroka Earn April Awards: The Atlanta Braves have named Carlos Franco as Gwinnett’s April Player of the Month and Mike Soroka as Gwinnett’s April Pitcher of the Month.