Clinton LumberKings Game Notes Class A Midwest League Affiliate of the Seattle Mariners Clinton LumberKings Media Relations Dept. | 563.242.0727 ext. 106 | [email protected] | www.lumberkings.com nd st Clinton LumberKings (37-28, 2 in West / 2.0 GB) Quad Cities River Bandits (39-26, 1 in West / 2.0 GA) LHP Tony Butler (3-3, 3.16 ERA) VS. LHP Anthony Ferrara (12-7, 3.11 ERA) Friday, September 2, 2011 7:00 PM Modern Woodmen Park, Davenport, IA Game #137 Radio Broadcast: AM 1390 KCLN The LumberKings rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to take a 5-4 lead in Bandits Down Capps, Kings: the third inning, but the Quad Cities River Bandits scored twice in the fourth and added a run in the seventh for RECORD BREAKDOWN an 8-5 win last night at Modern Woodmen Park. Right-hander Carter Capps (L, 1-1) was hammered for seven runs over 3.1 innings, four coming in the first inning. Kolten Wong led off the game with a solo HR to Current Streak: Lost 3 right field, and Joey Bergman added a two-run double just out of the reach of right-fielder Kalian Sams. Mike Last 10 Games: 7-3 O’Neill singled to score Bergman, putting Quad Cities up 4-0. The resilient Kings scored four times off Long Winning Streak: 8 Games (8/21-8/28) Bandits’ ace Boone Whiting (W, 5-2) to tie the game in the second…Stefen Romero , John Hicks and Mickey Long Losing Streak: 8 Games (5/7-5/14) Wiswall all singled in succession and a two-run triple by Sams to left-center cut the deficit to a run. Kevin All-Time Record: 4201-4408 Rivers tied the game with an RBI single. In the third, Clinton took a 5-4 lead as Mike McGee singled and scored on a fielders’ choice by Hicks. Capps, however, gave up a two-out double to Packy Elkins that tied the Vs. West: 50-61 Leading after 6: 43-9 game in the third and walked Jonathan Rodriguez to force home the winning run in the fourth. Right-hander Vs. East: 11-13 Leading after 7: 48-8 John Taylor allowed a sac fly to Cody Stanley in the fourth and an RBI groundout to Elkins in the seventh, First Half: 24-46 Leading after 8: 47-5 making the deficit 8-5. Right-hander Matt Bischoff tossed a scoreless ninth to keep the Kings close, but they Scoring First: 41-26 Tied after 6: 10-10 failed to score against right-handers Drew Benes (H, 2) or Aidan Lucas (S, 11) over the final 3.2 innings. Scoring Last: 40-24 Tied after 7: 9-11 Extra-Innings: 8-7 Tied after 8: 7-8 Quest for the West: Despite their third-straight loss last night (0-1 in September), the playoff-bound Doubleheaders: 4-6 Trailing after 6: 8-55 LumberKings saw their lead for the West’s top playoff spot remain at 2.5 games over Kane County (35- April: 7-16 Trailing after 7: 4-55 31)…their magic number to clinch the top spot is now three. The Kings have been above third place for 63 of May: 8-22 Trailing after 8: 2-56 68 days this half after finishing a MWL-worst 24-46 in the first half. Manager Eddie Menchaca’s club June: 13-11 Last AB Wins: 13 clinched a playoff spot with a 5-2 win over Beloit on Sunday, Clinton’s 10 th berth in the last 14 years. July: 15-13 Walk-off Wins: 4 August: 18-11 Shutouts: 6 Hot and Cold: After winning a season-best eight-straight games from 8/21 to 8/28 and 13 of 15 games September: 0-1 Times Shut Out: 9 from 8/13 to 8/28, the LumberKings have dropped three-straight games. They’ve been out-scored 35-18 in Home: 28-41 10+ Runs: 5-2 those losses, hitting .262 (28-for-107) with a HR and 17 RBI and posting a 9.36 ERA (26 ER in 25.0 IP). Road: 33-33 1 Run Games: 17-19 During their red-hot 15-game stretch, the LumberKings out-scored opponents 94-51, hitting .283 (146-for-515) - with 13 HR and 90 RBI and posting a 2.96 ERA (45 ER in 137.0 IP). That stretch included the eight-game LumberKings vs. Quad Cities in 2011 winning streak, Clinton’s first since 1997 (four-game sweeps vs. Lansing and Rockford, 4/15 to 4/21). Season: 5-8 Home: 3-3 Road: 2-5 Offense: .273, 9 HR Pitching: 5.85, 115 K Red-Hot Hicks: John Hicks went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI last night, his fourth RBI of the series at Quad Cities. He celebrated his 22 nd birthday the previous night with his sixth multi-hit game in his last nine starts, going 2-for-4 with his ninth double, two runs scored and three RBI. Seattle’s fourth-round pick TEAM TOTALS in 2011 out of the University of Virginia, Hicks has recorded a hit in 18 of 22 games since the start of th th August , batting .337 (29-for-86) with seven doubles, two triples, two HR and 21 RBI. That span included a Hitting: .237 (16 ) ERA: 3.81 (10 ) career-best nine-game hitting streak from 8/17 to 8/27…he hit .500 (17-for-34) with eight XBH and 12 RBI. HR: 89 Strikeouts: 1,143 XBH: 311 Starter W: 36 Return of the Mac: Since going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts on 8/29 to snap a seven-game hitting Runs: 549 Holds: 28 streak, Mike McGee has recorded back-to-back two-hit games on the series at Quad Cities…he’s a combined th Steals: 158 Saves: 34 4-for-6 (.667) with his third triple of the season, three runs scored and an RBI. Seattle’s 15 round pick in - 2011 out of Florida State University, McGee has reached base in 50 of 56 games with Clinton …he’s batting .282 (62-for-220) with 15 doubles, three triples, four HR, 43 runs scored, 26 RBI and a .352 on-base pct. TEAM LEADERS Struggling Starters: LumberKings’ starting pitchers are 0-3 with a 14.34 ERA (17 ER in 10.2 IP) over Average: Stefen Romero (.279) the last three games after going 17-5 with a 2.87 ERA (66 ER in 207.0 IP) and 19 quality starts in their Hits: Mickey Wiswall (120) previous 35 games. Left-hander Roenis Elias served up a career-high nine earned runs over 1.2 innings on Wednesday, the most runs allowed by a Clinton starting pitcher this year…Elias had been 3-1 with a 3.94 ERA Doubles: Stefen Romero (21) over his first five starts with Clinton before the outing. RHP Carter Capps , Seattle’s supplemental third-round Triples: Julio Morban (6) pick in 2011 out of Mount Olive College (NC), suffered his first professional loss last night with seven earned Home Runs: Kalian Sams (17) runs over just 3.1 innings…Capps had been 1-0 with a 3.07 ERA over his first three outings as a LumberKing. RBI: Stefen Romero (63) Stolen Bases: Kalian Sams (25) Ace Status: Despite snapping a four-game winning streak with his first loss since 7/17 vs. Lansing, left- Wins: Anthony Fernandez (7) hander Anthony Fernandez lowered his ERA by six points Monday night against Beloit. The Clinton ace gave up five runs but just one earned over 5.2 innings and struck out nine, dropping his ERA to 2.80…that’s Innings: Anthony Fernandez (125.1) fifth-best in the MWL. Since returning from a seven-start stint in High Desert (1-1, 7.39), Fernandez is 6-2 ERA: Anthony Fernandez (2.80) with a 2.07 ERA (22 ER in 95.2 IP) and 10 quality starts in his last 14 outings with the Kings. Quality Starts: Anthony Fernandez (10) Strikeouts: Taijuan Walker (113) “Mor” is Better: Julio Morban extended his hitting streak to six games Wednesday night, going 1-or-4 Holds: Ryan Kiel (6) with two runs scored…Morban is batting .333 (8-for-24) with a double, seven runs scored and two RBI on the Saves: Tyler Burgoon (14) streak, the longest active on the club. He hit .287 (25-for-87) with a HR and nine RBI in 23 games in August. Slammin’ Sammy: Kalian Sams extended his RBI streak to three-straight games last night with two RBI on his third triple of the season…he finished 1-for-4. Sams has driven in six runs on the span, including three on his team-leading 17 th HR on Monday against Beloit (off RHP A.J. Achter). The 17 th blast was Sams’ career-best 23 rd HR this year (6 came with high-A High Desert). The South Holland, Netherlands native has 68 career home runs including 37 in the Midwest League (4 with Wisconsin, 33 with Clinton). Romero is Rolling: Stefen Romero went 1-for-4 with a run scored last night, giving him a hit in 42 of his last 50 games since the end of June …he’s hitting .315 (79-for- 251) with 13 HR and 48 RBI in that span. Romero hit in 10-straight games from 8/14 to 8/24, hitting .410 (16-for-39) with five doubles, a triple, HR, 12 runs scored and nine RBI…it was his longest streak since hitting in 13-straight from 7/25 to 8/8 (the longest streak by a LumberKing this season).