Charleston RiverDogs Game Notes Game 82 Augusta GreenJackets (42-41, 5-10) vs. Charleston RiverDogs (42-39, 9-4) Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, Charleston, S.C. 7:05 p.m. – Friday, July 6, 2018 RHP Jose Marte (6-2, 3.53) Today’s Starters RHP Miguel Yajure (2-0, 2.37) Last RiverDogs Game: July 5 South Atlantic League 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E G AUG 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 7 4 CSC 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 X 7 9 0 RiverDogs chased Augusta starter Joey Marciano with a four-run fifth inning, and three eighth inning errors gave the Dogs as many unearned insurance runs as Charleston defeated the GreenJackets. 2018 Second Half Standings Marciano left with two outs in the fourth after a stolen base and a throwing error by catcher Jeffry Northern Division W L GB Parra allowed second baseman Wilkerman Garcia to score. Left fielder Carlos Vidal started the West Virginia (Pirates) 8 5 - inning with a single and came home on Pablo Olivares’ RBI single. Garcia followed suit with a run- Greensboro (Marlins) 8 6 0.5 scoring knock to plate right fielder Leonardo Molina. Shortstop Oswaldo Cabrera drove a sacrifice fly *Lakewood (Phillies) 8 6 0.5 to right field, bringing home Olivares to give the Dogs a 4-2 lead. Delmarva (Orioles) 8 7 1.0 Hickory (Rangers) 8 7 1.0 Right-hander Jio Orozco delivered with six quality innings, allowing two runs and striking out a Kannapolis (White Sox) 7 8 2.0 season-best seven GreenJackets en route to his first RiverDogs win of the season. The RiverDogs’ victory protected their early second half lead atop the Southern Division, matching Asheville’s Hagerstown (Nationals) 4 10 4.5 league-best ninth victory since the All-Star break. Southern Division W L GB Doggie Bites: Asheville (Rockies) 9 4 - • Back on Track: The RiverDogs avoided a third straight loss with their Thursday victory. Charleston (Yankees) 9 4 - Charleston has lost back-to-back contests just once in the second half and has not lost three Columbia (Mets) 7 7 2.5 straight in nearly two months, going back to when Hagerstown and Columbia combined to down Greenville (Red Sox) 7 8 3.0 the Dogs in four consecutive games from 5/15-5/18. *Rome (Braves) 6 9 4.0 • Second-Half Surge: The RiverDogs are out to a league-best 9-4 start to the second-half, tied Lexington (Royals) 5 8 4.0 with Asheville at the top of the Southern Division standings. The Dogs surged out of the gates Augusta (Giants) 5 10 5.0 with an 8-2 start, their best 10-game stretch of the season. The Dogs lead the league in run differential since the All-Star break, outscoring their opponents 72-45 (+27) and ranking tops in run prevention and second in runs scored over that span. * indicates first-half winner • Solo: A RiverDogs Story: Chris Hess and Dermis Garcia each hit solo home runs on Wednesday, making it 40 of Charleston’s 58 big flies (69%) that have gone for one run. The Dogs have hit a three-run dinger (5) or a grand slam (1) on just six occasions this season. For Garcia, five of his six home runs have been single-tally RiverDogs Quick Stats st four-baggers. All-Star Steven Sensley had 10 home runs, all solo shots, when he was promoted to Advanced-A Tampa# Second on -Half1 HalfDivision Record: Winner 33-35 June 27th. Charleston enters Thursday’s contest in the top half of the league in home runs but tied for the second-fewest 2nd Half Record: 9-4 runs (319). Home Record: 22-17 Road Record: 20-22 • Jason Down the Block: Catcher Jason Lopez continued to showcase flashes of middle of the order pop, belting two more Current Streak: W1 home runs on Tuesday for his first career multi-home run game. The 20-year-old backstop now owns a career-best seven Current Road Streak: L1 on the season and three in the last four games after having collected just one homer in each of his first three pro seasons. Current Home Streak: W1 Among SAL catchers (min. 150 PA), Lopez ranks third in slugging percentage (.494) and isolated power (.210). His .835 This Homestand: 1-1 OPS ranks third best among all RiverDogs that have accrued at least 100 plate appearances, trailing only recently called up Last Road Trip: 3-1 OF Steven Sensley and OF Pablo Olivares. Last Five: 3-2 • Olivares Going the Farrest: After a four-day span in which he went 9-for-19 with 3 HR and 11 RBI, RiverDogs outfielder Last Ten: 6-4 Team AVG (rank): .249 (T6th) Pablo Olivares was named the SAL Player of the Week last Monday. The 20-year-old’s 11-game hitting streak came to an Team HR (rank): 58 (T7th) end after going 0-for-4 Tuesday, a stretch in which he went (.404), but has three series in the first two games against Runs Scored (rank): 326 (11th) Augusta. Since the month of May, Olivares is hitting .360 (59-for-164), the best mark in the league over that span. He is Team ERA (rank): 2.87 (2nd) currently 5 plate appearances shy of qualifying for the league leaderboards in which he would rank second in batting (.346), Team K (rank): 691 (8th) first in OBP (.415), and fourth in OPS (.883). Team SV (rank): 26 (2nd) • Narrow Margins: Following Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat, the RiverDogs have played 37 one-run games this season, the most 2018 vs. AUG: 2-3 in the South Atlantic League and contests in which they have gone 17-20. The Holy City has fared better at home, going 10-10 in games decided by one-run at The Joe versus a 7-10 mark on the road. 48 of the Holy City’s first 80 games have been decided by two runs or fewer, also the most in the league. • Pinstriped Prospects: Once again, the RiverDogs tap into one of the premier farm systems in baseball with the New York Yankees. Recently rated the second-best farm system by Baseball America pre-season and the sixth-best by MLB.com, the Bronx Bombers boast five of MLB.com’s Preseason Top-100 prospects. Charleston’s current roster features five of the Yankees’ Top-30 prospects (MLB.com, BA): RHP Deivi Garcia (#16, #24), INF Dermis Garcia (#22, #20), INF Oswaldo Cabrera (--, #26), RHP Alexander Vargas (--, #28), and RHP Rony Garcia (--, #29). In 2017, the Yankees led all of baseball in organizational winning percentage (.602) between the Major and minor leagues and featured seven of their eight domestic affiliates in the postseason. Upcoming Matchups (subject to change) --- Listen to the RiverDogs on 1250 WTMA and online at www.riverdogs.com. Saturday, July 7, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Columbia: RHP Janson Junk (2-1, 4.08) vs TBD Sunday, July 8, 2:05PM: Charleston @ Columbia: RHP Rony Garcia (3-4, 3.97) vs TBD Monday, July 9, 7:05PM: Charleston @ Columbia: LHP Reiver Sanmartin (0-1, 5.40) vs TBD Media Relations Contact: Matt Dean Email: [email protected] Today’s Starter #31 MIGUEL YAJURE (RHP) HT: 6’1” WT: 175 B/T: R/R HOMETOWN: Cabimas, Venezuela AGE: 20 BORN: 5/1/98 ACQUIRED: NDFA, 2015 Repertoire: FB, CB, CH W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO IP H R ER BB K BAA 2018 2-0 2.37 4/4 0 0 19.0 15 11 5 4 19 .217 MiLB Career 3-4 2.01 27/24 0 0 107.1 93 41 24 29 76 .237 (3 Seasons) 2018 IP- 5.0, 3x (@GVL, 6/30) H- 6, 2x (@GVL, 6/30) ER- 3, (@GVL, 6/8) BB- 1, 4x (@GVL, 6/30) K- 9, (vs ASH, 6/14) Highs: Career IP- 6.0, (7/8/16) H- 6, 5x (“”) ER- 3, 3x (“”) BB- 4, (7/1/15) K- 9, (“”) Highs: Last 3 Games: IP H R ER BB K Career Notes… @GVL (6/30) 5.0 6 2 2 1 5 • Did not pitch in 2017 @LEX (6/22) 5.0 3 4 0 1 4 vs ASH (6/14) 5.0 0 1 0 1 9 • In 2016, made nine appearances (6 starts) for the GCL Yankees East, going 1-2 with a 2.87 ERA (21 SO, 5 BB, 31.1 IP) while holding opponents to just a .211 average 2018 Notes… Activated from the 7-Day disabled list on • Made pro debut in the Dominican Summer League in 2015, 6/8…struck out career-best nine batters in 5.0 innings of recording the sixth-lowest ERA (1.42) among all DSL pitchers one-run ball on 6/14 vs ASH… who threw at least 50 innings • Signed as a non-drafted, international free agent as a 16-year- old with the Yankees on March 5, 2015 RiverDogs Starters in 2018 Pitcher Games Started W-L Team W-L Run Support Runs/Gm Garcia, D 4 1-2 2-2 21 5.3 Garcia, R 13 3-4 8-5 68 5.2 Junk 6 2-1 4-2 23 3.8 Orozco 7 1-1 4-3 28 4.0 Sanmartín 1 0-1 0-1 3 3.0 Sears 10 1-5 5-5 29 2.9 Vargas 5 3-1 3-2 25 5.0 Yajure 4 2-0 3-1 24 6.0 This Day in RiverDogs History…July 6, 1997 Catcher Matt Quatraro hits for the cycle and the RiverDogs rally for three runs in the ninth to top the Crawdads 6-5 at Joe Riley Park.