Gwinnett Stripers (17-13, 1st in IL South, 1.0 GA) Durham Bulls (15-14, 3rd in IL South, 1.5 GB) LHP Kolby Allard (2-1, 4.13 ERA) LHP Ryan Yarbrough (0-0, 3.60 ERA) Monday, May 6, 2019 1:05 PM Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC Game #31 of 140 Road Game #15 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Today’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers conclude a two-city, eight-game road trip today with the finale of a five-game series vs. the Durham Bulls (Triple-A, Tampa Bay Rays). International League South Standings: Entering 5/6, Gwinnett (1st, 17-13, 1.0 GA), Charlotte Current Streak: Lost 1 (2nd, 16-14, 1.0 GB), Durham (3rd, 15-14, 1.5 GB), Norfolk (4th, 14-16, 3.0 GB). Last 10 Games: 6-4 All-Time vs. Durham: Gwinnett is 103-120 (.462) in 223 games vs. Durham since 2009 and has Long Winning Streak: 6G (4/21-4/27) won the season series over the Bulls three times in the previous 10 seasons (last: 2015, 12-9). Long Losing Streak: 5G (4/16-4/20) Last Game: The Stripers fell 6-2 to the Durham Bulls last night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Record Since 2009: 718-740 (.492) Gwinnett took a 2-0 lead in the first inning as RF Rafael Ortega Home: 10-6 Leading after 6: 12-0 (1-for-2, R, SB) and 1B Austin Riley (0-for-3, R) each drew (4-3) Road: 7-7 Leading after 7: 14-0 walks, LF Adam Duvall (1-for-4, RBI) lined an RBI single and 3B Batting (45 Runs Scored): Day Games: 3-5 Leading after 8: 15-1 Pedro Florimon (1-for-2, 2B, RBI) lifted a sacrifice fly. Following .296 (71-for-240), 20 2B, 1 3B, Night Games: 14-8 Tied after 6: 1-0 a 43-minute rain delay in the second inning, the Bulls scored six 13 HR, 42 RBI, 1 SB Extra Innings: 0-1 Tied after 7: 0-0 unanswered runs. RHP Bryse Wilson (L, 0-3) allowed four runs Pitching (31 Runs Allowed): Doubleheaders: 0-2 Tied after 8: 0-0 over 4.0 innings, coming on a solo home run by Jason Coats, 4.18 ERA (26 ER in 56.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 2-2 Trailing after 6: 3-13 game-tying RBI single by Jake Smolinski, go-ahead sacrifice fly 16 BB, 49 SO, 2 QS, 1 SV Last AB W/L: 1-2 Trailing after 7: 2-13 by Nick Ciuffo, and RBI groundout by Coats. RHP Jonathan Aro Walk-Off W/L: 0-0 Trailing after 8: 1-10 Score First: 9-8 With a HR: 14-6 yielded two more runs over 2.0 innings on a solo homer by Kean Wong and sacrifice fly by Smolinski. Score Last: 7-6 Without a HR: 3-7 LHP Colin Poche (W, 1-2) and two other Durham relievers combined on 5.0 scoreless innings. 1-Run Games: 4-5 Allow a HR: 11-8 Power Surge: Though held homerless last night, the Stripers enter play with an IL-leading 44 2-Run Games: 3-0 Allow no HR: 6-5 3-Run Games: 2-2 With an Error: 7-8 home runs through 30 games…that’s one more than second-place Charlotte (43). After tying the club +3-Run Games: 8-6 Without an Error: 10-5 record for most homers in a month with 33 in April (also had 33 in August 2010), Gwinnett has hit 11 April: 15-10 Vs. LH Starter: 4-4 homers through five games in May. Thanks in part to the long-ball, the Stripers lead the league in total May: 2-3 Vs. RH Starter: 13-9 bases (490), batting (.280), slugging percentage (.493), and OPS (.851). June: 0-0 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-0 July: 0-0 Pre-All-Star: 17-13 Austin Riley recorded his third multi-homer game of the season on Saturday at Austin Powers: August/Sept: 0-0 Post-All-Star: 0-0 Durham (#7 of his MiLB career, #4 in his career with Gwinnett), launching a pair of two-run blasts (#9- 10) and tallying a season-high five RBI. He has also homered twice on 4/6 vs. Norfolk (2-run, solo) and (103-120 Since 2009) 5/1 at Charlotte (both solo). Following a 16-game homer drought from 4/7-4/24, Riley has homered eight times (#3-10) in his last 10 games, batting .474 (18-for-38, 5 2B, 14 R, 18 RBI) in that span. ’09- ‘18 2019 2019 Head-to-Head st nd nd He ranks among IL leaders in extra-base hits (T-1 , 19), homers (2 , 10), RBI (2 , 27), total bases (T- Home: 53-51 1-1 Outscoring 43-42 nd rd th th th 2 , 73), runs (T-3 , 24), slugging (5 , .646), doubles (T-6 , 9), and hits (T-7 , 34). Road: 46-64 3-4 .263, 12 HR, 39 RBI Overall: 99-115 4-5 5.35 ERA, .260 BAA Duvall Does It All: Adam Duvall enters play riding a 14-game on-base streak dating back to 4/21, batting .333 (17-for-51, 3 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 15 R, 18 RBI, 7 BB, .433 OBP) in that span. The 14- nd game stretch includes a 12-game hitting streak (T-2 in IL this season, .356, 16-for-45) from 4/21-5/3, a five-game homer streak (tied GWN record, 6 HR, #3-8) from 4/25-4/29, and a seven-game RBI Batting: .280 (1st) ERA: 4.59 (6th) streak (1 game shy of tying GWN record, 15 RBI) from 4/25-5/1. Duvall ranks among IL leaders in Runs: 167 (3rd) Runs: 144 (9th) extra-base hits (T-1st, 19), total bases (T-2nd, 73), slugging (3rd, .670), homers (T-3rd, 9), runs (T-3rd, Hits: 278 (2nd) ER: 131 (9th) 24), RBI (4th, 24), OPS (4th, 1.076), triples (T-4th, 2), and hits (T-7th, 34). 2B: 64 (3rd) Innings: 257.0 (6th) 3B: 8 (T-3rd) SO: 232 (13th) Ortega On Fire: Rafael Ortega is 6-for-11 (.545) with three doubles and five runs in his last three HR: 44 (1st) BB: 102 (T-8th) games. He leads the club with a .325 average (37-for-114, 8 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 27 R, 10 RBI, 4 SB) and RBI: 157 (3rd) CG: 0 (T-6th) ranks among IL leaders in triples (T-1st, 3), runs (T-1st, 27), hits (T-3rd, 37), extra-base hits (T-3rd, 18), Steals: 10 (14th) SHO: 2 (T-3rd) total bases (4th, 72), slugging (6th, .632), OPS (6th, 1.044), and homers (T-6th, 7). His four leadoff OBP: .358 (2nd) Holds: 9 (T-6th) homers are tied for the GWN single-season record (Nate McLouth in 2010, Ozzie Albies in 2017). SLG: .493 (1st) Saves: 9 (T-3rd) OPS: .851 (1st) WHIP: 1.29 (1st) Diff’rent Streaks: Travis Demeritte enters play riding an 11-game hitting streak, batting .359 (14- for-39, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 10 R, 10 RBI, .457 OBP) since 4/24. With 4.0 scoreless innings in his first th (*Leads IL) career start (355 professional appearance) on Saturday at Durham, RHP Ben Rowen has posted a team-best 15.2-inning scoreless streak over six outings with Gwinnett. RHP Rafael De Paula has not AVG: Ortega (.325) ERA: Allard (4.13) allowed a run over his last five outings (8.1 IP) since 4/18, earning two saves (2-for-2) in that span. OBP: Ortega (.412) WHIP: B. Wilson (1.34) SLG: Duvall (.670) BAA: B. Wilson (.290) More IL Leaders: In addition to the players/categories already mentioned, the following Stripers OPS: Duvall (1.076) Wins: 4 Tied (2) th rank among IL leaders: Andres Blanco ranks in extra-base hits (T-7 , 13)…Ryan LaMarre ranks in Hits: Ortega (37) IP: B. Wilson (25.1) triples (T-4th, 2)…Kolby Allard ranks in ERA (9th, 4.13)…Thomas Burrows ranks in saves (T-4th, 4). 2B: Riley (9) BB: Santiago (12) Braves on Rehab: Atlanta LHP Jesse Biddle (10-day IL since 4/27, right thigh contusion/groin 3B: Ortega (3)* SO: B. Wilson (25) strain) and LHP Jonny Venters (10-day IL since 4/15, calf strain) are both on rehab assignments with HR: Riley (10) CG: None Gwinnett. Biddle is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER in 1.0 IP) in one outing since 5/4, while Venters is 0-0 Runs: Ortega (27)* SHO: None with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER in 6.0 IP) in six outings since 4/25. They are two of three Braves to rehab with RBI: Riley (27) Holds: Clouse (3) Steals: 2 Tied (4) Saves: Burrows (4) Gwinnett in 2019, joining RHP Mike Foltynewicz (10-day IL from 3/25-4/26, right elbow bone spur), who went 1-1 with a 6.11 ERA (12 ER in 17.2 IP) over four rehab starts from 4/4-4/21. Prospecting: Gwinnett’s active roster features four of the MLB.com Top 100 Prospects List: RHP Kyle Wright (29), 3B Austin Riley (35), RHP Touki Toussaint (47), and RHP Bryse Wilson (77). Wright (2), Riley (5), Toussaint (6), and Wilson (7) are four of seven active Stripers players ranked on the Braves’ Top 30 Prospects list by MLB.com…that list includes LHP Kolby Allard (11), LHP Thomas Burrows (18), and C Alex Jackson (28).