2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 7:05 p.m. Prince George's Stadium -- Bowie, MD Hartford Yard Goats (40-33, 3-3) @ Bowie Baysox (34-40, 4-2) LHP Matt Whitehouse (3-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. LHP Zac Lowther (7-4, 1.95 ERA) Game #75 (Game #7) // Home Game #37 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox dropped the series opener against Hartford by a score of 3-2. The Yard Goats Overall Record 34-40, 4-2 took the early lead, when Manuel Melendez led off the game with a home run. Hartford added another run in the Home Record 16-20 third inning on a wild pitch, making it 2-0. Bowie fought back to tie the game in the fourth inning on a solo home Road Record 18-20 run from Carlos Perez and an RBI double from Willy Yahn. Hartford scored the game deciding run in the seventh Versus Eastern Division 14-8 inning on an RBI single, making it 3-2. The Yard Goats bullpen was able to keep the Baysox off the board from that Versus Western Division 20-32 point on. Current Streak L2 Current Homestand 0-1 Baysox Starter: LHP Zac Lowther will be making his 14th start of the year for the Baysox today. Lowther, who was Last Road Trip 5-1 named an Eastern League All-Star on Monday, enters tonight with a 1.95 ERA, good for fourth in the league. In his last start in Hartford, Lowther earned the win and helped complete a series sweep, tossing 5.0 innings and allowing Last 5 Games 3-2 just one run on two hits. Lowther has now won three consecutive starts. For the season, Lowther has not allowed Last 10 Games 7-3 an earned run in six of his starts and has allowed three hits or less seven times. When Scoring 4+ Runs 24-10 When Scoring 3- Runs 10-30 In the Other Corner: LHP Matt Whitehouse is making his first appearance as a member of the Rockies After Day Off 5-7 organization today. The 28-year-old was released by the Indians on June 17, and signed to a minor league contract In Shutouts 6-10 by Colorado five days later. Whitehouse is an Eastern League veteran, as this was his third season spending time In 1-Run Games 7-10 with AA-Akron. With the RubberDucks in 2019, Whitehouse had only pitched out of the bullpen, and posted a 4.50 ERA in 22.0 innings. Whitehouse also made nine appearances with AAA-Columbus and was 1-1 with a 9.69 ERA in In 2-Run Games 8-7 13.0 innings of work. In 2018, Whitehouse posted a 2.63 ERA in 65.0 innings with Akron. vs. Left-Handed Starters 10-11 vs. Right-Handed Starters 24-29 Red Hot Baysox: Over the last few weeks, the Baysox have been the hottest team in the Eastern League. Bowie Day Games 10-15 comes tonight winners of five of seven, and six consecutive series. The Baysox have also won 12 of the last 15 Night Games 24-25 games and 15 of the last 20 contests. Ahead After 7 Innings 24-1 Behind After 7 Innings 3-32 All-Stars: INF Mason McCoy, INF Rylan Bannon, LHP Zac Lowther and LHP Alex Wells were all named Eastern Tied After 7 Innings 7-7 League All-Stars on Monday. McCoy is currently the Eastern League leader in hitting with a .333 batting average. Bannon is the active team leader in RBIs with 27. Lowther and Wells each rank in the top five in the Eastern League Ahead After 8 Innings 27-0 in ERA and have eached taken home an Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honor. Behind After 8 Innings 2-31 Tied After 8 Innings 5-5 McCoy's Impact: INF Mason McCoy joined the Baysox on May 6 before a series in Altoona, and the team has taken In Extra Innings 5-3 off since his addition. At the time McCoy was added to the roster, Bowie was 7-23. Since then, the club is 27-17, and In Doubleheaders 0-4 has three winning streaks of at least four games. In 43 games, McCoy is batting .333 with one home run, 12 RBI, 29 When Scoring First 25-10 runs, eight doubles, four triples, 17 walks and three stolen bases. Hit .333 batting average leads the Eastern League Opponents Score First 9-31 by 35 points, and he is the only qualified player in the league hitting over .300. McCoy has reached base in 35 of the Outhit Opponent 26-7 43 games he has played with Bowie, and has 19 multi-hit games, compared to only ten contests in which he has not recorded a hit. Outhit by Opponent 5-32 Equal Hits 3-1 Trio of Lefties: LHPs Zac Lowther, Alex Wells and Bruce Zimmermann have been dominant in the Baysox roation Hit a Home Run 23-14 throughout the 2019 season. All three rank in the top ten in the Eastern League in ERA, while Lowther and Wells No Home Runs 11-25 have each won Eastern League Pitcher of the Week awards. Not to be outdone, Zimmermann pitched a complete No Errors Committed 23-16 game four-hit shutout in Hartford on June 18. Baysox vs. Hartford Top Tier Talent: The Bowie Baysox roster is filled with some of the top prospects in the Orioles' farm system. 2019 Record: 4-3 According to MLB.com, 11 of the top 30 prospects in the organization are in Bowie. Outfielder Yusniel Diaz (#2), , Outielder Ryan McKenna (#7), Left-Handed Pitcher Zac Lowther (#8) and Right-Handed Pitcher Dean Kremer 5/31 vs. Hartford L, 2-1 (#9) rank in the Orioles' top ten. Pitchers Hunter Harvey (#12), Dillon Tate (#17), Zach Pop (#20), Alex Wells (#26), 6/1 vs. Hartford L, 3-1 Catcher Brett Cumberland (#24), Infielder Rylan Bannon (#23) and Infielder Mason McCoy (#30) round out the 6/2 vs. Hartford W, 5-2 top prospects that are spenidng the 2019 campaign with the Baysox. 6/18 at Hartford W, 2-0 6/19 at Hartford W, 10-8 The Buck Starts Here: 2019 marks Buck Britton's first season as manager of the Bowie Baysox. Britton replaces 6/20 at Hartford W, 5-1 Gary Kendall, who was the head man in Bowie from 2011-2018. Britton picked up his first victory as a AA manager 6/24 vs. Hartford L, 3-2 on April 7 against the Harrisburg Senators. Last season, Britton managed the Delmarva Shorebirds, leading the 6/25 vs. Hartford club to a 68-66 record. Prior to getting into coaching, Britton played nine seasons in Minor League Baseball, and 6/26 vs. Hartford spent parts of 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the Baysox. Buck is the brother of former Baysox and Orioles' 7/1 at Hartford left-hander Zack Britton. 7/2 at Hartford 7/3 at Hartford This Day in Baysox History: On June 25, 1994, Vaughn Eshelman pitched a complete-game shutout in the Baysox 9-0 win over Trenton. 2019 TEAM LEADERS Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total Home Runs Three Tied 5 ERA Alex Wells 1.90 RBI Rylan Bannon 27 Wins Zac Lowther 7 Batting Avg Mason McCoy .333 Strikeouts Bruce Zimmerman 75 Runs Ryan McKenna 42 Saves Tyler Erwin 8 UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Wednesday, June 25 7:05 p.m. vs. Hartford Yard Goats LHP Alex Wells (5-1, 1.90 ERA) vs. RHP Heath Holder (4-2, 1.89 ERA) Thursday, June 26 7:05 p.m. vs. Akron RubberDucks RHP Dean Kremer (2-4, 4.28 ERA) vs. TBD Friday, June 27 7:05 p.m. vs. Akron RubberDucks LHP Bruce Zimmermann (2-2, 2.72 ERA) vs. TBD Saturday, June 28 6:35 p.m. vs. Akron RubberDucks RHP Marcos Molina (4-6, 3.81 ERA) vs. TBD TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Zac Lowther HT: 6’2” LBS: 235 B: L T: L BORN: 4/30/96 PLACE: Brooklyn Heights, OH AMATEUR: Xavier University HOW ACQUIRED: Selected by BAL in the CBB 2nd round in 2017 2019 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 7 (6/13/18 w/ Frederick, A+) Bowie: 7-4 1.95 13 13 69.1 43 17 15 33 67 Earned Runs: 5 (7/16/18 w/ Frederick, A+) CAREER: 17-10 2.00 48 46 247.1 164 61 55 79 293 Innings Pitched: 7.2 (5/14/19 w/ Bowie) Walks: 5 (2x, last: 6/8/19 w/ Bowie) Strikeouts: 13 (4/9/18 w, Delmarva, A) LOWTHER 2019 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Started against Harrisburg on 4/7...earned the win...did not allow a run...struck DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO out six....took a no-decision on 4/14 against Harrisburg...allowed two runs in four 4/7 AA @ HBG 1-0 W 5.0 2 0 0 2 6 innings...pitched five strong innings allowing just one run on 4/20 in Akron...allowed 4/14 AA v. HBG 1-0 ND 4.0 4 2 2 5 2 four runs and took the loss on 4/26 against Akron...had his best start of the season 4/20 AA @ AKR 1-1 L 5.0 3 1 1 2 2 on 5/2 in Erie...pitched 5.1 scoreless innings...allowed just one hit and struck out six..