OMAHA STORM CHASERS 2021 GAME INFORMATION Omaha Storm Chasers | 12356 Ballpark Way, Papillion, Neb. 68046 | (402) 738-5100 | StormChasers.com | @OMAStormChasers Omaha Storm Chasers (32-14) at Iowa Cubs (16-28) RHP Jackson Kowar (5-0, 0.85) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (MLB rehab) Sunday, June 27, 2021 | Game #47 | Road Game #23 1:08 p.m. CT | Principal Park | Des Moines, Iowa Radio: 1180 The Zone | TV: MiLB.TV UPCOMING SCHEDULE & PROBABLE PITCHERS Mon., June 28 OFF Tues., June 29 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. TBA Wed., June 30 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. TBA Thurs. July 1 at St. Paul 7:05 p.m. TBA vs. TBA BRINGING THE THUNDER: The Omaha Storm Chasers batted around twice on Saturday, scoring four runs in the 2021 OMAHA STORM CHASERS first inning and eight runs in the fifth inning, to blow past the Iowa Cubs, 13-2, at Principal Park. It was the seventh Record ...........................................................32-14 time this season the Chasers have scored 10+ runs and the third time this year Omaha has recorded 15+ hits. OF Anderson Miller hit two home runs, finishing 3-for-4 with four RBIs, whileINF Gabriel Cancel went 2-for-5 with four Home ............................................................... 19-5 RBIs and C Nick Dini went 3-for-5 with two RBIs. LHP Daniel Lynch tossed 5.0 shutout innings, tying a season high Road ................................................................ 13-9 with seven strikeouts. Omaha is 7-0 in Lynch's starts this season. LHP Jake Kalish retired all five batters he faced with four strikeouts and has thrown 4.1 perfect innings with nine strikeouts in his last two outings. Place (Triple-A East MW)..............1st (+ 7.0 G) Streak .................................................................W1 MERRY-GO-ROUND: The eight runs Omaha scored in the fifth inning on Saturday were the most runs in an inning by the Chasers this season, and the first eight-run inning since July 6, 2019, when they scored eight runs in the first Last 5 .................................................................3-2 inning on an 11-3 win over Nashville at Werner Park. OF Anderson Miller started the inning with a single, scored the Last 10 ...............................................................6-4 first run of the inning, and then capped the scoring with a three-run homer. He became the first Chasers to get two hits and score two runs in a single inning since Elier Hernandez on May 8, 2019, in a 14-3 win at Memphis. OMAHA vs. IOWA MILLER TIME: OF Anderson Miller extended his hitting streak to a season-best six games (6/17-pres.) on Saturday. In that span, Miller is batting .421 (8-for-19) with four home runs, one double, seven runs scored, and 10 RBIs. Miller's 2021 vs. Iowa ................................................10-6 two-homer game on Saturday was the second of his career and the 11th multi-homer game by a Chasers player this at Omaha .....................................................5-1 season. Prior to the beginning of his hitting streak, Miller was batting .179/.200/.194 in 31 games, including a 1-for-32 at Iowa .........................................................5-5 (.031) stretch from May 22-June 2 (10 games). All-Time vs. Iowa .................................509-475 RIVERA IN THE RANKINGS: INF Emmanuel Rivera currently leads the league with 25 extra-base hits and 101 total bases while also leading the circuit with 39 RBIs. The 24-year-old is also second in runs scored (35), tied for second in home runs (13), ranks third in hits (49), and is tied for eighth in slugging percentage (.601). Rivera is batting .333 with IN THIS SERIES (3-2) eight home runs in 20 games in June after batting .253 with five home runs in 22 games in May. June 22 ...........................................................PPD OLIVARES ON TOP: OF Edward Olivares has 17 multi-hit games in 31 games played with Omaha. After batting June 23 (DH) ......................................W, 12-4 (7) .395/.473/.654 in 20 games in May, Olivares is batting .333/.385/.542 through 11 games in June. Olivares leads June 23 (DH) .........................................L, 8-5 (7) the league in average (.372), ranks third on on-base percentage (.441), is second in slugging (.612), and is fourth in Triple-A East in hits (48). The 25-year-old has been recalled by Kansas City and optioned back to Omaha three times June 24 ........................................W, 8-6 (Rain/7) in the last three weeks. He was initially recalled on 5/30, then optioned on 6/3, recalled again on 6/6, optioned again June 25 .........................................................L, 4-3 on 6/9, recalled once more on 6/14, and optioned back to Omaha on 6/17. In seven total games with Kansas City, June 26 ......................................................W, 13-2 Olivares has gone 6-for-23 (.292) with three runs scored and a stolen base. June 27 .................................................. 1:08 p.m. BEST OF THE BEST: At 32-14 (.696), the Omaha Storm Chasers have the third-best record in Minor League Baseball, trailing Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (31-13, .705) and San Jose (33-14, .702). Omaha leads the Triple-A East Midwest Division by 7.0 games, the largest divisional lead in all of affiliated baseball. The Chasers have been in sole possesion of first ON THE ROAD TRIP (3-2) place for 32 consecutive days (May 26-pres.) Games .................................................................. 5 HISTORIC HOMER PACE: The Storm Chasers lead Triple-A East and all of Minor League Baseball with 92 home Record ...............................................................3-2 runs in 46 games, averaring two home runs per game. Omaha is on pace to hit 240 home runs in the 120-game season, which would break the franchise record of 231 set in 1999 (141 games). The 1999 team's 231 home runs in a Batters season was a modern Pacific Coast League record until 2019, when El Paso hit 258 home runs in 140 games. If the Batting Average ............................ .263 (45-171) 2021 season included all 142 initially-scheduled games, Omaha would be on pace for 284 homers. The Sacramento RISP ................................................... .298 (14-47) Solons hit 305 home runs in 1974 while playing home games in a converted football stadium with a left-field fence located 233 feet from home plate. Runs/Runs Per Game .............................41 / 8.2 HOME RUN HEROES: The Chasers' 92 home runs are also more than 16 teams in Major League Baseball and are Home Runs ......................................................... 9 tied with the Boston Red Sox. Omaha has recorded at least one home run in 31 of its last 34 games—including a 13-game homer streak from 5/16-6/1—and has recorded 23 multi-homer games, including three-four homer games, Pitchers five five-homer games, and one seven-homer game.INF Ryan McBroom currently leads the league with 14 home ERA .....................................5.70 (23 ER / 36.1 IP) runs, INF Emmaunel Rivera is tied for second with 13, and INF Gabriel Cancel is tied for fifth in the league with 11. Starter W/L ........................................................0-1 FOR OMAHA: RHP Jackson Kowar makes his seventh start for Omaha and his first since being optioned from Starter ERA ....................... 6.10 (14 ER / 20.2 IP) Kansas City following his first Major League appearances. Sunday is his third start against Iowa this season. On 5/22 @ IOW, Kowar struck out a career-high 10 batters in 6.0 innings of one-run ball and on 6/2 vs. IOW—his final start Reliever W/L ......................................................2-1 before his promotion to Kansas City—Kowar allowed one hit in 5.0 shutout innings with five strikeouts and one walk. Reliever ERA ....................... 5.17 (9 ER / 15.2 IP) Following his start against Iowa on 6/2 prior to his promotion on 6/7, Kowar led Triple-A East in ERA (0.85), batting Saves/Opps ..........................................1/2 (50%) average against (.165), WHIP (0.88) and wins (5), was tied for the league lead in strikeouts (41), and was third in the league in innings (31.2). Kowar was named Triple-A East Pitcher of the Month in May. In three games (two starts) with Kansas City, Kowar allowed 10 runs on 11 hits in 5.0 innings (18.00 ERA), walking five and striking out two. He allowed HOME ATTENDANCE INFO four runs on three hits in 0.2 innings in his MLB debut on 6/7 @ LAA. 2021 Home Attendance ..........................72,415 FOR IOWA: RHP Trevor Williams makes a rehab start with Iowa after being placed on the 10-day Injured List on May 31 with appendicitis. Williams has a 5.36 ERA in 10 starts with Chicago (NL) this season, his first with the Cubs after Home Openings (Lost) ............................24 (0) playing his first five Major League seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Average Attendance ................................ 3,017 2021 Omaha Storm Chasers Game Information Page 1 STARTING PITCHER JACKSON KOWAR RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER CAREER HIGHS | IP (START): 8.0, 2x, last - 8/24/19 @ FRI HEIGHT WEIGHT BATS THROWS IP (RELIEF): N/A 6-5 200 RIGHT RIGHT RUNS ALLOWED: 6, 7/21/19 @ AMA BORN: Oct. 4, 1996 WALKS: 3, 6x, last - 8/30/19 vs. FRI BIRTHPLACE: Weddington, N.C. STRIKEOUTS: 10, 5/22 @ IOW AGE: 24 MOST HITS ALLOWED: 8, 2x, last - 7/21/19 @ AMA ACQUIRED: 1st Round (33rd overall), 2018 SCHOOL: University of Florida 37 2021 SEASON HIGHS 2021 GAME-BY-GAME IP (START): 6.0, 5/22 @ IOW DATE OPPONENT DEC IP H R ER BB SO LEFT GAME RESULT RUNS ALLOWED: 1, 3x, last - 5/22 @ IOW with Triple-A Omaha WALKS: 2, 3x, last - 5/28 vs. IND 5/4 vs.