Gwinnett Braves Media Relations Dept. Manager: Dave Lezotte (678.277.0320) Assistant: Juan Dorado (678.277.0328) nd th Gwinnett Braves (39-43, 2 in IL South, 4.5 GB) Charlotte Knights (32-51, 4 in IL South, 12.0 GB) G1: RHP Cody Martin (5-6, 3.02 ERA) VS G1: RHP Shawn Hill (2-2, 4.24 ERA) G2: RHP Kanekoa Texeira (0-0, 3.38 ERA) G2: RHP Matt Zaleski (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Monday, June 30, 2014 12:05 PM BB&T Ballpark, Charlotte, NC Games #83-84 of 144 Radio: WDUN.com / GwinnettBraves.com Today’s Games: Following a 4-6 homestand, the Gwinnett Braves hit the road for a five-game, RECORD BREAKDOWN four-day road trip (3 at CHA, 2 at DUR). Gwinnett will play a day/night doubleheader against the Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox) at BB&T Ballpark today to make up for a rainout on 4/18. Current Streak: Lost 2 Both games will last nine innings, with game one to start at 12:05 PM and game two at 7:05 PM. Last 10 Games: 4-6 After going 25-18 (.581, 1st in IL South) over their first 43 games, the G-Braves are 14-25 (.359) in Long Winning Streak: 7 Games (4/14-4/21) their last 39 games. The club spent 63 days at or above .500 from 4/15 to 6/14 before falling below Long Losing Streak: 5 Games (5/1-5/5) the mark on 6/15…Gwinnett has been below .500 for 15 straight days. Record Since 2009: 392-408 GWN trails Durham (45-40) by 4.5 games for first place in the International League South Division. Home: 19-23 Leading after 6: 29-8 GWN is seventh in the IL Wild Card standings, 5.5 games behind leader Rochester (45-38). Road: 20-20 Leading after 7: 31-6 With a win in game one, the G-Braves would avoid falling to five games under .500 for the Day Games: 5-12 Leading after 8: 31-2 first time this season…a doubleheader sweep would improve GWN’s record vs. Charlotte to 7-2. Night Games: 34-31 Tied after 6: 4-4 Extra Innings: 2-2 Tied after 7: 3-3 Knights Take Game 2: The Charlotte Knights completed a sweep of the two-game series at Doubleheaders: 3-1 Tied after 8: 3-4 Coolray Field with a 9-6 win over the G-Braves yesterday afternoon. The Knights opened a 6-0 lead Shutout W/L: 5-6 Trailing after 6: 6-31 through three innings and held off a Gwinnett comeback. RHP Aaron Northcraft (L, 0-1) was tagged Last At-Bat W/L: 7-10 Trailing after 7: 5-33 for six runs on eight hits over 2.2 innings. RBI singles by Micah Johnson and Carlos Sanchez started Walk-Off W/L: 3-1 Trailing after 8: 2-34 the scoring in the second inning, and Andy Wilkins (solo) and Blake Tekotte (2-run) added home runs Score First: 22-13 With a HR: 18-15 in the third. Todd Cunningham (1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI) belted a two-run homer to right field in the fifth, Score Last: 21-18 Without a HR: 21-28 and Edward Salcedo (1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI) laced a two-run double in the sixth to cut the deficit to 6-4. 1-Run Games: 15-13 Allow a HR: 17-23 2-Run Games: 2-5 Allow no HR: 22-20 Elmer Reyes (1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI) also contributed a two-run double in the eighth, but the Knights 3-Run Games: 8-6 With an Error: 17-26 added two runs against RHP and one more against LHP to put the game Jorge Reyes Ryan Buchter +3-Run Games: 14-19 Without an Error: 22-17 away. RHP Dylan Axelrod (W, 5-6) yielded four runs on nine hits over 6.0 IP for Charlotte. April: 15-10 Vs. LH Starter: 14-10 Though it happened in a two-game series, the G-Braves were swept by an opponent for the May: 14-15 Vs. RH Starter: 25-33 first time since dropping four games to Lehigh Valley from 5/1 to 5/4 at Coolray Field. June: 10-18 Pre All-Star: 39-43 July: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 Power Surge: After producing just seven home runs over the first 22 games in June, the Gwinnett August/Sept: 0-0 Series W/L/T: 7/8/8 offense has combined for seven homers over the past six games (47 HR total, T-13th in IL). VS. CHARLOTTE (60-55 Since 2009) hit his second home run of the homestand yesterday, lifting a two-run shot off Todd Cunningham RHP Dylan Axelrod (#4)…he also hit a solo blast off Toledo LHP Mike Belfiore on 6/24. ’09-‘13 2014 ’14 Offense vs. CHA Brandon Boggs (#4-5, solo HR off Toledo RHP Drew VerHagen on 6/26, 3-run HR off Charlotte Home: 30-24 3-2 .308, 6 HR, 40 RBI RHP Erik Johnson on 6/29) and Phil Gosselin (#2-3, solo HR off Toledo LHP Duane Below on 6/24, Road: 25-29 2-0 ’14 Pitching vs. CHA solo HR off Toledo LHP Mike Belfiore on 6/25) also homered twice on homestand. Overall: 55-53 5-2 4.45 ERA, .229 BAA More on Northcraft: In just his second Triple-A start, RHP Aaron Northcraft yielded a season- TEAM RANKINGS high six earned runs over 2.2 IP (8 H, 2 HR, 1 HB, 3 BB, 3 SO, 74 pitches, 45 strikes) yesterday. It’s his most ER in a start since 6/6/13 with Double-A Mississippi at Chattanooga (loss, 4.1 IP, 9 H, 6 ER). Hitting: .265 (5th) ERA: 4.12 (9th) th th Northcraft went 7-3 with a 2.88 ERA (21 ER in 65.2 IP) in 13 games, 12 starts with Mississippi HR: 47 (T-13 ) Strikeouts: 613 (9 ) th th before joining the G-Braves on 6/24…he was a Southern League All-Star with the M-Braves. Runs: 342 (T-11 ) WHIP: 1.43 (11 ) th th Prior to Northcraft’s loss, Gwinnett starting pitchers had combined to go 2-1 with a 2.06 ERA OPS: .713 (9 ) Holds: 26 (5 ) th th (11 ER in 48.0 IP) and six quality starts in the previous nine games. Steals: 60 (T-5 ) Saves: 19 (T-11 ) INF Phil Gosselin went 1-for-5 with his team-leading 20th double TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) Gosselin Among Leaders: yesterday…he remains third in the International League in batting (.330). Gosselin also ranks Average: Phil Gosselin (.330) among IL leaders in hit (1st, 98), doubles (T-3rd, 20), total bases (6th, 133) and runs (T-6th, 45). Hits: Phil Gosselin (98)* After batting .333 in both April (26-for-78, 6 XBH, 6 RBI) and May (40-for-120, 11 XBH, 7 RBI), Home Runs: Ernesto Mejia (7) Gosselin is batting .323 (32-for-99, 6 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI) in 26 games thus far in June. RBI: 2 Players Tied (34) Jose Constanza (17) Welcome Back, Welcome Aboard: 3B/OF Edward Salcedo and SS Elmer Reyes combined Stolen Bases: to go 2-for-8 with two doubles and four RBI in yesterday’s game. Wins: Cody Martin (5) Salcedo went 1-for-4 with a two-run double in his first game since 6/5 vs. Columbus…he had been ERA: Yunesky Maya (2.17) on the DL since 6/6 with a left thumb sprain. Yesterday was his first career game in the outfield. Strikeouts: Cody Martin (78) Holds: Atahualpa Severino (7) Reyes notched his first extra-base hit and RBI at the Triple-A level, going 1-for-4 with a two-run double…he’s batting .286 (2-for-7) since being called up from Double-A Mississippi on 6/28. Saves: Juan Jaime (13) Constanza, the Catalyst: OF Jose Constanza went 1-for-5 with a run scored yesterday, giving him hits in 10 of his last 12 games…that span includes a seven- game hitting streak from 6/20 to 6/27 (.379, 11-for-29, 4 R, 5 RBI, 2 SB). He’s batting .275 (28-for-102, 2B, 10 R, 7 RBI, 6 SB) in 26 games in June. Constanza (.272, 5 2B, 2 3B, 37 R, 20 RBI) currently ranks among IL leaders in lowest TPA per strikeout ratio (3rd, 10.18) and stolen bases (4th, 17-for-22, 77.3%). The fourth-year G-Brave (2011-current) leads the Gwinnett franchise in games played (320), at-bats (1,268), hits (374), triples (13), runs (177) and steals (75). Carpenter on Rehab: Atlanta Braves’ RHP David Carpenter began his rehab assignment with the G-Braves on Saturday night vs. Charlotte, making the first start of his professional career in his 342nd appearance. He worked 1.0 scoreless IP (0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 22 pitches, 16 strikes) and exited with a 4-0 lead. Carpenter, 4-1 with a 4.23 ERA (13 ER in 27.2 IP) and two saves in 34 games with Atlanta, has been on the 15-day disabled list since 6/17 with a strained right biceps. He is 1-2 with a 3.31 ERA (6 ER in 16.1 IP) in seven career outings (1 start) with Gwinnett…Carpenter opened the 2013 season with the G-Braves (1-2, 3.52).