Jackson Generals Game Notes Page 1 Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 7:05 p.m. CT | Riverwalk Stadium | Montgomery, Ala. | Game #17| Away Game #9 Jackson Generals (5-10) at Montgomery Biscuits (9-9) LHP Kyle Hunter (1-0, 5.63 ERA) vs. RHP Reinaldo Lopez (0-0, 3.45 ERA) Upcoming Schedule & Probable Starters Date Time Opponent Generals Starter Opposing Starter Promotion *First 500 fans Wed, 4/29 10:35 am CT at Montgomery LHP Jake Zokan (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Bradin Hagens (1-1, 1.65) -- Thu, 4/30 7:05 pm CT vs. Pensacola TBA vs. TBA State Farm Agent Wes Harris Dollar Night Fri, 5/1 7:05 pm CT vs. Pensacola TBA vs. TBA Jabari Greer Bobblehead Giveaway* Sat, 5/2 6:05 pm CT vs. Pensacola TBA vs. TBA Star Wars Night presented by JEA Today’s Game: Jackson goes for a second-straight win after an impressive comeback victory over Mont- Radio: TJ Network (AM 1390, FM 94.1, 94.3) | WTJS.com | gomery on Monday night that snapped a four-game skid...A victory would keep Jackson’s hopes of a series win jacksongeneralsbaseball.com (Brandon Liebhaber) alive...Kyle Hunter gets the ball for the Generals in his second start of the year against Montgomery’s Bradin Hagens...The Biscuits lead the league with 156 hits and rank second in the circuit with 16 home runs...Their staff Twitter/Instagram: @jacksongenerals boasts a 2.85 ERA and a league-best 157 strikeouts. Facebook: facebook.com/jacksongenerals Versus Montgomery: This is the fourth of 20 regular season contests between the Generals and Biscuits...Montgomery is 2-1 through three games, which have been decided by a combined five runs...With Biloxi 2015 Generals At a Glance (formerly Huntsville) moving to the South Division, Montgomery is a part of the North Division with Jackson in 2015. These teams were members of the same division for one season in 2004 when the Southern League was Overall Record 5-10 st th divided East and West. That was they year the Orlando Rays moved to Alabama’s capital...The Biscuits travel to 1 Half Record/Standing 5-10-/5 (4.5 GB) nd Jackson at the end of May, and the teams play a pair of series in the Second Half as well. 2 Half Record/Standing -- Home Record 3-5 Don’t Call it a Comeback: Jackson has come from behind in four of its five victories this season, Road Record 2-5 including last night’s 5-4 win over Montgomery...Jackson trailed after the sixth and eighth innings, but came out Streak Win 1 on top...The Generals scored twice in the eighth to take a 3-2 lead only to watch Johnny Field, Jr. put the Biscuits Last 10 4-6 in front with a two-run homer off of Trevor Miller in the bottom of the inning...Jackson answered right back with a vs. Montgomery 1-2 pair of scores in the ninth...The Generals also came back from deficits on April 16 versus Mississippi (down 4-2, vs. Montgomery at Home/on Road 0-0/1-2 won 5-4), April 20 versus Tennessee (down 1-0, won 7-1) and April 21 versus Tennessee (down 3-1, won 5-3)... Jackson’s lone victory in which they did not have to come from behind was on Opening Night (April 9) in Jackson- Southern League Standings ville. The Generals broke a scoreless tie in that game with two ninth-inning runs to win 2-0. North Division W-L Pct. GB L10 Streak It’s-A Me, Dario: Jackson outfielder Dario Pizzano, who celebrated his 24th birthday Saturday, has hit in Tennessee Smokies (CHC) 10-6 .625 -- 6-4 L1 nine-straight games. It is the longest stretch of any General in 2015...Pizzano went 3-for-4 in last night’s win. It Montgomoery Biscuits (TB) 9-9 .500 2.0 7-3 L1 was his fourth multi-hit game and his second three-hit effort of the season...He is 6-for-12 in the first three games Birmingham Barons (CHW) 8-9 .471 2.5 5-5 W1 of Jackson’s current series against Montgomery...Over this nine-game stretch, the outfielder is hitting .417 (15- Chattanooga Lookouts (MIN) 8-9 .471 2.5 3-7 W1 for-36) with a double, a triple, a home run, three RBIs and five runs scored. He has struck out just three times... Jackson Generals (SEA) 5-10 .333 4.5 4-6 W1 Pizzano now ranks second in the league in average (.395), fifth in on-base percentage (.435), fifth in OPS (.970) South Division W-L Pct. GB L10 Streak and eighth in slugging (.535). Biloxi Shuckers (MIL) 12-6 .667 -- 7-3 W1 Why Don’t We Do It On the Road: Jackson’s win on Monday night in Montgomery not only Mobile BayBears (ARI) 10-7 .588 1.5 5-5 W3 snapped the team’s four-game losing streak, but also a five-game skid in games away from Jackson. It was the Mississippi Braves (ATL) 9-7 .563 2.0 6-4 L3 team’s first road win since April 9 in Jacksonville (W, 2-0)...Jackson’s five runs and 11 hits were season-highs in Jacksonville Suns (MIA) 8-9 .471 3.5 3-7 L1 games away from The Ballpark at Jackson. Prior to Monday’s contest, the team had scored just 11 runs in seven Pensacola Blue Wahoos (CIN) 5-12 .294 6.5 3-7 L1 away games (1.57 runs per game)...The team is hitting just .200 on the road, and none of the team’s three long balls have come away from West Tennessee. Southern League Scoreboard Monday, April 27th Tuesday, April 28th Power Outage: Jackson’s three home runs thus far in 2015 are the fewest among Southern League Birmingham 3, Jacksonville 2 MIS at MOB, 5:05 pm CT (DH) teams. That’s a surprise considering what many of these players did in 2014. The team features four hitters that Chattanooga 5, Tennessee 3 BIR at JAX, 7:05 pm ET surpassed 15 long balls: Gabriel Guerrero (18), Jordy Lara (26), Jabari Henry (30) and D.J. Peterson (31). Guerrero Biloxi 8, Pensacola 2 CHA at TNS, 7:05 pm ET and Lara were two of just seven minor league players to hit .300 with 90 runs scored, 45 extra-base hits and 90 Jackson 5, Montgomery 4 BIL at PNS, 6:35 pm CT runs batted in, while Peterson was one of five to hit 30 home runs while driving in more than 100...Jackson’s last Mississippi at Mobile, PPD JXN at MTG, 7:05 pm CT home run came from Dario Pizzano in a loss against Tennessee on April 22...The Generals other two long balls both came on April 16 in a win over Mississippi. Jabari Henry and Gabriel Guerrero both went yard against Tyrell Generals vs. Montgomery Jenkins in a 5-4 win. Jackson (Rank) Stat Montgomery (Rank) Last Game: April 27, 2015 at Montgomery .212 (8th) Average .254 (5th) 51 (8th) Runs 76 (2nd) Final R H E LOB wp: Trevor Miller (1-0, 6.97) 109 (8th) Hits 156 (1st) lp: Mark Sappington (1-1, 5.40) Generals 5 11 0 8 3 (10th) Home Runs 16 (2nd) sv: Tony Zych (1) 50 (9th) Walks 58 (4th) Biscuits 4 8 3 7 time: 2:27 139 (7th) Strikeouts 176 (10th) Ballpark: Riverwalk Stadium (Montgomery, Ala.) Attendance: 1,504 15 (5th) Steals 16 (t-2nd) .286 (9th) On-Base % .326 (5th) HR: MTG: Field (4) | JXN: None .283 (10th) Slugging % .391 (3rd) Recap: The Generals came out on top in a back-and-forth affair that featrued four lead changes, including three in the .570 (9th) OPS .717 (4th) 4.53 (9th) ERA 2.85 (3rd) final two innings...The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Generals...Jackson scored twice in the ninth inning against 154 (10th) Hits Allowed 145 (8th) Mark Sappington to take a 5-4 lead...Tony Zych shut the door with a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save of the year...Dario 112 (8th) Strikeouts 157 (1st) Pizzano went 3-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to nine games...Jackson’s five runs and 11 hits were the most for the Generals 51 (3rd) Walks 72 (10th) in a road contest this year. 1.496 (10th) WHIP 1.320 (6th) Southern League Champions 2000 | Division Champions 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012 | Southern League since 1998 Jackson Generals Game Notes Page 2 Today’s Starting Pitcher #16 Kyle Hunter LHP Full Name: Kyle J. Hunter Born: June 18, 1989 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Age: 25 Last School: Kansas State Height/Weight: 6-2/207 Drafted: 31st Round in 2012 Draft Pitches: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup, Cutter Acquired: Drafted by Seattle Pro Career: Fifth professional season; All with Seattle 2015 Season Statistics Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB WP BK BB SO WHIP Jackson 1-0 5.62 4 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 7 6 2.125 vs. Montgomery First start versus Montgomery 2015 Hunter Day-By-Day Last Time Out: Allowed a season-high three runs on three hits over 2.1 innings in relief against Tennessee on April 3...Walked four batters while striking Date OPP Score Dec GS IP H R ER HR BB SO PC - S out one...His 48 pitches tied a season-high...Also threw 48 pitches in his lone start 4/11 at JAX L, 3-1 -- 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 1 29-19 of the season on April 16 against Mississippi (2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 B, 4 K) 4/16 vs MIS W, 5-4 -- * 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 4 48-31 4/20 vs TNS W, 7-1 W 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14-9 2014 Highlights: Appeared in 38 games with Jackson, starting three times...Went 5-3 with a 3.25 ERA in 74.2 innings...Over final 15 appearances from 4/23 vs TNS L, 9-2 -- 2.1 3 3 3 0 4 1 48-23 July 16 to August 31, went 3-0 with a 0.32 ERA (1 ER in 28.0 IP) Versus Montgomery: Was at his best against the Biscuits, going 1-0 with a 0.61 ERA in 14.2 innings over seven appearances...Struck out 10 while walking just one batter...Gave up only one run on 13 hits against the Biscuits...Won on Au- gust 31 in Montgomery in his last outing of the season, tossing 2.2 shutout innings Career Highlights/Miscellaneous: Graduated from Galesburg (IL) High School in 2008...Drafted in the 33rd round of the 2008 Draft by Tampa Bay, but opted to play for Kansas State in lieu of signing...Also taken by the Yankees in the 43rd Round of the 2010 draft, but returned to school for senior sea- son...2012: Led all Midwest League relievers with 84.2 innings and a ratio of 1.17 walks per nine innings in 2012 with Clinton...Went 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA in August for the LumberKings...Finished the year with a 2.98 earned run average...2013: Was promoted to Jackson after eight relief appearances in High Desert in 2013..