Gwinnett Stripers (7-9, 2nd in IL South, 3.5 GB) Durham Bulls (6-9, 4th in IL South, 4.0 GB) RHP Mike Foltynewicz (1-1, 4.38 ERA) RHP Andrew Moore (0-2, 16.76 ERA) Sunday, April 21, 2019 5:05 PM Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC Game #17 of 140 Road Game #7 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers wrap up a three-game road trip tonight with the finale of a three-game series vs. the Durham Bulls (Triple-A, Tampa Bay Rays). Standings: The International League South Division standings are as follows: Charlotte (1st, 11-6, Current Streak: Lost 5 3.5 GA), Gwinnett (2nd, 7-9, 3.5 GB), Norfolk (3rd, 7-10, 4.0 GB), Durham (4th, 6-9, 4.0 GB). Last 10 Games: 3-7 All-Time vs. Durham: Gwinnett is 100-118 (.459) in 218 games vs. Durham since 2009 and has Long Winning Streak: 3G (4/6-4/8) won the season series over the Bulls three times in the previous 10 seasons (last: 2015, 12-9). Long Losing Streak: 5G (4/16-Current) Record Since 2009: 708-736 (.490) Last Games: The Stripers were swept in a doubleheader by the Durham Bulls last night at DBAP, losing 11-2 and 3-2. Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead in game one on a Home: 5-5 Leading after 6: 5-0 leadoff home run by RF Rafael Ortega (2-for-3, HR, R, RBI), but (0-2) Road: 2-4 Leading after 7: 5-0 LHP Kolby Allard (L, 1-1) was tagged for five runs on seven hits Batting (4 Runs Scored): Day Games: 2-3 Leading after 8: 6-1 over 4.0 innings. Nick Solak’s RBI double put Durham ahead 2-1 .255 (13-for-51), 2 2B, 0 3B, Night Games: 5-6 Tied after 6: 0-0 in the fourth, and Dashenko Ricardo’s three-run homer in the 3 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB Extra Innings: 0-1 Tied after 7: 0-0 fourth made it 5-1. RHP Jason Creasy yielded six more runs in Pitching (14 Runs Allowed): Doubleheaders: 0-2 Tied after 8: 0-0 the fifth on homers by Jake Smolinski, Jason Coats, and Andrew 10.50 ERA (14 ER in 12.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 1-2 Trailing after 6: 2-9 Last AB W/L: 1-2 Trailing after 7: 2-9 Velazquez. A solo blast by LF Adam Duvall (1-for-3, HR, R, RBI) 7 BB, 11 SO, 0 QS, 0 SV Walk-Off W/L: 0-0 Trailing after 8: 1-6 cut the deficit to 11-2 in the sixth. LHP Ryan Merritt (W, 1-1) Score First: 5-6 With a HR: 6-4 worked 5.0 one-run frames in game one. Game two saw the Stripers take a 2-0 lead on an RBI single Score Last: 1-5 Without a HR: 1-5 from SS Jack Lopez (1-for-3, RBI) and a solo homer from 3B Pedro Florimon (1-for-2, HR, R, RBI), 1-Run Games: 2-5 Allow a HR: 4-4 but LHP Corbin Clouse (L, 0-1) allowed a two-out, three-run double to Kean Wong in the sixth. LHP 2-Run Games: 2-0 Allow no HR: 3-5 Hoby Milner (W, 1-0) and RHP Oliver Drake (S, 2) combined to preserve the 3-2 win. 3-Run Games: 1-1 With an Error: 5-5 +3-Run Games: 2-3 Without an Error: 2-4 Folty On Rehab: RHP Mike Foltynewicz, on the Braves’ 10-day injured list since 3/25 with a right April: 7-9 Vs. LH Starter: 3-2 elbow spur, is scheduled to make his fourth rehab start for the Stripers tonight. He is 1-1 with a May: 0-0 Vs. RH Starter: 4-7 4.38 ERA (6 ER in 12.1 IP) in his three starts with Gwinnett this season: 4/4 vs. Norfolk (win, 5.0 IP, 0 June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 56p/34s), 4/9 vs. Durham (loss, 3.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 61p/43s), and July: 0-0 Pre-All-Star: 7-9 4/15 vs. Charlotte (ND, 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 HB, 4 BB, 5 SO, 85p/49s). The 2018 NL All-Star is 3-9 August: 0-0 Post-All-Star: 0-0 with a 3.09 ERA (33 ER in 96.0 IP) in 19 career starts with Gwinnett (2015-16, 2019). September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 1-2-2 Ortega On Fire: Rafael Ortega blasted his third leadoff homer of 2019 in game one last night (100-118 Since 2009) (off LHP Ryan Merritt), becoming the first Gwinnett player with three leadoff clouts in a season since ’09- ‘18 2019 2019 vs. Durham Ozzie Albies had four in 2017. Ortega’s six homers are tied for the IL lead alongside Will Craig of Home: 53-51 1-1 Outscored 11-19 Indianapolis…he also ranks among IL leaders in total bases (1st, 46), extra-base hits (1st, 11), triples Road: 46-64 0-2 .252, 4 HR, 11 RBI (1st, 3), runs (1st, 15), slugging pct. (2nd, .754), hits (3rd, 20), OPS (4th, 1.142), and batting (14th, .328). Overall: 99-115 1-3 5.40 ERA, .241 BAA Ortega has hit five of his six homers on the road, batting .360 with a 1.447 OPS. One-Two Punch: Gwinnett’s 1-2 hitters, Rafael Ortega and Andres Blanco, have combined to bat .330 (36-for-109, 7 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 22 R, 17 RBI, 3 SB) through 16 games this season. Ortega has Batting: .262 (6th) ERA: 4.50 (7th) reached base safely in 14 of 15 games, while Blanco has reached base safely in 10-straight games Runs: 69 (11th) Runs: 75 (T-8th) since 4/8 (.410, 16-for-39, 5 2B, 3 HR, 7 R, 11 RBI, 1 SB, .500 OBP). Blanco, named the IL Player of Hits: 136 (7th) ER: 69 (9th) the Week for 4/8-4/14 (.476, 10-for-21, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 R, 10 RBI, 1 SB in 5G), currently ranks among IL 2B: 26 (9th) Innings: 138.0 (5th) th th th leaders in on-base pct. (5 , .448), OPS (5 , 1.073), and batting (T-12 , .333). 3B: 6 (T-3rd) SO: 128 (T-10th) HR: 16 (8th) BB: 61 (5th) Adam Duvall extended his team-best on-base streak to 13 games with a Duvall Stopped at 13: RBI: 66 (T-10th) CG: 0 (T-4th) solo home run (off RHP Andrew Kittredge) in game one last night, but saw the streak snapped with an Steals: 6 (T-11th) SHO: 1 (T-4th) 0-for-3 showing in game two. He batted .340 (16-for-47, 4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 R, 5 RBI, 8 BB, .439 OBP) OBP: .343 (6th) Holds: 5 (T-8th) on the streak from 4/6-4/20, tied for the second-longest in the IL this season. Duvall also holds SLG: .428 (8th) Saves: 5 (T-5th) Gwinnett’s longest hitting streak, a nine-game stretch from 4/6-4/15 (.333, 11-for-33, 3 2B, 6 R, 3 RBI). OPS: .771 (7th) WHIP: 1.22 (1st) Rotation Reversal: After going 3-1 with a 1.52 ERA (4 ER in 23.2 IP) over the first five games this season (team went 4-1), Stripers’ starting pitchers have combined to go 0-6 with a 6.26 ERA (32 ER in (*Leads IL) 46.0 IP) over the last 11 games (team is 3-8). Gwinnett has utilized nine different starters already in AVG: Blanco (.333) ERA: Allard (4.05) 2019 (Allard, Foltynewicz, Leyva, Newcomb, Santiago, Soroka, Toussaint, Wilson, and Wright). OBP: Blanco (.448) WHIP: B. Wilson (1.32) SLG: Ortega (.754) BAA: Allard (.280) Berryhill is Back: Manager Damon Berryhill has guided Gwinnett to a 148-149 (.498) record in OPS: Ortega (1.142) Wins: 7 Tied (1) 297 games over three seasons with the club. The former Atlanta Braves catcher is the sixth skipper in Hits: Ortega (20) IP: B. Wilson (16.2) club history and has a career record of 566-536 (.514) in 1,102 games across 11 MiLB seasons. 2B: 2 Tied (5) BB: Foltynewicz (7) His previous stops include Advanced-A Bakersfield (Texas, 2008), Rookie-level Ogden (LA Dodgers, 3B: Ortega (3)* SO: B. Wilson (16) 2009-13), Triple-A Albuquerque (LAD, 2014) and Triple-A Oklahoma City (LAD, 2015). HR: Ortega (6)* CG: None Runs: Ortega (15)* SHO: None Webb Debuts: On 4/16, RHP Jacob Webb became the 88th former Gwinnett player to make his RBI: Blanco (11) Holds: Clouse (2) Major League debut as he pitched in relief for Atlanta vs. Arizona (0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 SO). Webb is 0-0 Steals: LaMarre (3) Saves: Burrows (2) with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER in 1.2 IP) in three outings since being recalled from Gwinnett on 4/14. He joins C Alex Jackson (.000, 0-for-10 in 3G from 4/7-4/16) as 2019 Stripers to make MLB debuts. Prospecting: Gwinnett’s active roster features three members of the MLB.com Top 100 Prospects List: RHP Kyle Wright (29), 3B Austin Riley (35), and RHP Touki Toussaint (47).