Norfolk Tides (58-51, 2nd in IL South, 4.0 GB) Gwinnett Stripers (51-57, 3rd in IL South, 10.5 GB) LHP John Means (5-2, 2.99 ERA) RHP Bryse Wilson (Triple-A Debut) Saturday, August 4, 2018 6:05 PM Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, GA Game #109 of 140 Home Game #52 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers continue a rain-shortened four-game homestand with game two of a three-game series vs. the Norfolk Tides (Triple-A, Baltimore Orioles). IL Standings: The Stripers (51-57) are third in the International League South Division, trailing Current Streak: Won 3 Durham (1st, 61-46) by 10.5 games and Norfolk (2nd, 58-51) by 6.5 games and leading Charlotte (4th, Last 10 Games: 6-4 50-58) by 1.0 game. Gwinnett is also 6.5 games behind Norfolk for the IL Wild Card spot. Long Winning Streak: 5 Games (2x, last: 7/14-7/18) All-Time vs. Norfolk: Gwinnett is 115-98 (.540) in 213 prior meetings with Norfolk (9-10 in 2018), Long Losing Streak: 8 Games (6/23-6/29) and has won the season series vs. the Tides seven times in the previous nine years: 2009 (11-10), Record Since 2009: 682-715 (.488) 2010 (11-10), 2011 (14-7), 2014 (11-10), 2015 (12-10), 2016 (17-6) and 2017 (13-10). Home: 27-24 Leading after 6: 36-8 Last Game: The Stripers improved to 17-22 (.436, 13th in IL) in one-run games with a 5-4 win over Road: 24-33 Leading after 7: 41-6 the Norfolk Tides last night. RHP Kyle Wright (W, 1-0) pitched Day Games: 15-11 Leading after 8: 37-2 5.2 no-hit innings in his Triple-A debut, but gave up two runs on (2-0) Night Games: 36-46 Tied after 6: 8-11 Extra Innings: 2-10 Tied after 7: 3-10 four walks, all in the sixth inning. LHP Phil Pfeifer and RHP Wes Batting (12 Runs Scored): Doubleheaders: 6-4 Tied after 8: 5-10 Parsons continued the no-no through 7.1 frames before Cedric .302 (19-for-63), 5 2B, 1 3B, Shutout W/L: 9-5 Trailing after 6: 5-38 Mullins reached on an infield single. Gwinnett built a 3-0 lead 2 HR, 11 RBI, 0 SB Last AB W/L: 10-19 Trailing after 7: 5-41 through five against LHP Josh Rogers (L, 7-9) as 3B Austin Pitching (10 Runs Allowed): Walk-Off W/L: 5-10 Trailing after 8: 1-41 Riley (2-for-3, 2 2B, 3 RBI) stroked a pair of RBI doubles and 1B 5.00 ERA (10 ER in 18.0 IP), Score First: 33-20 With a HR: 35-26 8 BB, 17 SO, 0 QS, 2 SV Carlos Franco (1-for-4, HR, R, RBI) crushed a solo home run. Score Last: 26-20 Without a HR: 16-31 After Wright saw the lead cut to 3-2 in the sixth, the Stripers took 1-Run Games: 17-22 Allow a HR: 16-28 a 5-2 lead in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk to Riley and run-scoring passed ball. Parsons (S, 1) 2-Run Games: 7-10 Allow no HR: 35-29 yielded two runs to make it 5-4 in the eighth but struck out two in a scoreless ninth. 3-Run Games: 8-6 With an Error: 24-31 +3-Run Games: 19-19 Without an Error: 27-26 Strong Stretch: The Stripers are 16-7 (.696) over their last 23 games since 7/5. Gwinnett has April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 12-19 outscored opponents 115-98 in that span, batting .293 (232-for-792, 43 2B, 6 3B, 16 HR, 111 RBI, 10 May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 39-38 SB) and posting a 3.81 ERA (87 ER in 205.1 IP, 17 HR, 65 BB, 192 SO). Starting pitchers have gone June: 11-19 Vs. Rehab Starter: 3-2 9-3 with a 2.90 ERA (42 ER in 130.1 IP) and 11 quality starts in the 23 games. July: 15-11 Pre All-Star: 38-51 August: 1-0 Post All-Star: 13-6 Wright Stuff: Kyle Wright (5.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 HB, 4 BB, 5 SO, 3 WP) became the fourth September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 13-15-6 Stripers pitcher to win in his Triple-A debut this season, joining Mike Soroka (4/6 at NOR, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R), Michael Mader (5/24 vs. DUR, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER) and Touki Toussaint (7/5 vs. NOR, 6.2 IP, 5 (115-98 Since 2009) H, 1 ER). Wright, rated the No. 24 prospect in baseball by MLB.com, is 7-8 with a 3.68 ERA (47 ER in 115.0 IP), a .240 BAA and 110 strikeouts over 21 starts between Gwinnett and Double-A Mississippi. ’09- ‘17 2018 2018 vs. Norfolk Home: 59-40 3-3 Outscoring 78-70 Rise of Riley: Austin Riley, rated the No. 43 prospect in baseball by MLB.com, is batting .300 (87- Road: 47-48 6-7 .246, 13 HR, 73 RBI for-290, 22 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 39 R, 51 RBI, 1 SB, .376 OBP, .510 SLG, .886 OPS) in 78 games across Overall: 106-88 9-10 3.73 ERA, .255 BAA three levels of the Braves’ system this season. In 45 games on his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett, he’s batting .283 (49-for-173, 9 2B, 4 HR, 19 R, 28 RBI, 1 SB, .362 OBP, .405 SLG, .766 OPS). Power Restored: Carlos Franco’s 423-foot solo homer off LHP Josh Rogers last night was his Batting: .252 (9th) ERA: 3.85 (7th) th th second in the last two games (#14-15, 5th in IL). It’s the first time Franco has homered in back-to-back Runs: 451 (8 ) Runs: 453 (8 ) th th games since 5/16-5/17 at Columbus. In addition to homers, he also ranks among IL leaders in games Hits: 901 (9 ) ER: 399 (8 ) th th (2nd, 105), RBI (T-2nd, 64), at-bats (T-6th, 386) and total bases (T-8th, 158). Franco was Gwinnett’s lone 2B: 188 (9 ) Innings: 931.2 (13 ) th th participant in the 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game on 7/11 in Columbus (sub at 1B, 1-for-2, SO). 3B: 22 (T-5 ) SO: 917 (4 ) HR: 80 (8th) BB: 379 (3rd) Surging Santana: Danny Santana has hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games with Gwinnett dating RBI: 432 (8th) CG: 3 (T-1st) back to 6/14, batting .361 (22-for-61, 6 2B, 4 HR, 14 R, 12 RBI, 3 SB). He ranks among IL leaders in Steals: 45 (13th) SHO: 9 (T-5th) extra-base hits (T-8th, 36) and homers (T-10th, 13) despite playing in just 61 games with the Stripers. OBP: .315 (12th) Holds: 35 (T-6th) Santana has also logged 15 MLB games with Atlanta this season (.179, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 1 SB). SLG: .383 (8th) Saves: 22 (13th) OPS: .698 (9th) WHIP: 1.35 (10th) Marte is Mashing: Luis Marte has hit safely in 14 of 18 games (10 multi-hit games) since joining the Stripers on 7/12, ranking seventh in the IL in batting in that span (.373, 28-for-76, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 (*Leads IL) HR, 11 R, 14 RBI, 1 SB, .397 OBP, .533 SLG, .931 OPS). He was named Gwinnett’s July Player of the Month by Atlanta (.389, 28-for-72, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 R, 14 RBI, 1 SB in 17G). AVG: Ruiz (.264) ERA: Allard (2.80) OBP: Peterson (.323) WHIP: Allard (1.21) His Name is Rio: Rio Ruiz has hit safely in 27 of 31 games since 6/26, ranking 14th in the IL in SLG: Franco (.409) BAA: Allard (.249) batting in that span (.311, 41-for-132, 4 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 19 R, 28 RBI, .352 OBP, .462 SLG, .814 OPS: Peterson (.730) Wins: 2 Tied (6) OPS). For the season, Ruiz ranks among IL leaders in games (1st, 107), at-bats (1st, 421), runs (T-3rd, Hits: Ruiz (111) IP: Allard (109.1) 58), hits (T-4th, 111), RBI (T-5th, 60), total bases (6th, 161) and triples (T-8th, 4). HR: Franco (15) SO: Allard (87) Runs: Ruiz (58) CG: Wisler (2)* Brave Leaders: Michael Reed leads Braves’ full-season minor leaguers in batting (.340, 91-for- RBI: Franco (64) Holds: Hursh (5) 268, 23 2B, 10 HR, 56 R, 31 RBI, 9 SB in 81G between MIS/GWN). Wes Parsons leads Braves’ MiLB Steals: Santana (9) Saves: Phillips (8) pitchers in ERA (2.47, 26 ER in 94.2 IP in 20G, 17 starts between MIS/GWN). Parsons was named Gwinnett’s July Pitcher of the Month by Atlanta (3-0, 1.88 ERA, .247 BAA in 4G, 3 starts). Terrific Touki: Touki Toussaint is 2-0 with a 1.78 ERA (5 ER in 25.1 IP) and a .183 BAA (17-for-93, 0 HR, 10 BB, 24 SO) in four starts on his Triple-A debut with Gwinnett. Including 16 starts with Mississippi, he’s 6-6 with a 2.67 ERA (33 ER in 111.1 IP), a .202 BAA and 131 strikeouts (T-13th in MiLB) in 20 starts this season.