2019 BOWIE BAYSOX GAME NOTES Friday, August 9, 2019 - 7:05 p.m. The Diamond -- Richmond, VA Bowie Baysox (61-53, 31-15) @ Richmond Flying Squirrels (42-72, 19-28) RHP Tyler Herb (1-2, 5.84 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Lawson (5-6, 3.74 ERA) Games #115 // Road Game #56 2019 SEASON In Case You Missed It: The Baysox lost both the resumption of Wednesday's suspended game and the Overall Record 61-53, 31-15 scheduled contest on Thursday in Trenton. Bowie did not score a run in 11 innings of offense on Thursday. The Home Record 33-26 Baysox were ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning when the suspended game resumed, but allowed a Road Record 28-27 two-run home run in the sixth to fall behind 3-2. The Thunder were able to hold that lead through the end of the Versus Eastern Division 23-17 ballgame. In game two of the day, the Bowie bats never got going, and Trenton took it 4-0. Versus Western Division 38-36 Current Streak L2 Baysox Starter: RHP Tyler Herb will make the start for the Baysox today. It will be Herb's sixth start of the Last Homestand 3-3 season with Bowie and third since returning from Triple-A Norfolk. In his last start, Herb had his best outing of Current Road Trip 1-2 the season, pitching 6.0 shutout innings and yielding just one hit against Portland. Prior to that, Herb allowed just two hits in 6.0 innings in a win against Binghamton. The 27-year-old has made 16 appearances with Norfolk Last 5 Games 2-3 in 2019 and posted a 7.16 ERA in 76.2 innings. Herb is making his second start of the season against Richmond, Last 10 Games 5-5 after he made his season debut against the Flying Squirrels on April 9. That day, he pitched 4.0 innings and When Scoring 4+ Runs 47-13 allowed two runs (one earned) in a no-decision. Herb was a member of the Flying Squirrels in 2017, and posted When Scoring 3- Runs 15-40 a 2.76 ERA in 10 starts. He was acquired by the Orioles in a trade with the Giants in March in exchange for former After Day Off 8-8 Baysox OF Mike Yastrzemski. In Shutouts 12-14 In 1-Run Games 15-14 In the Other Corner: RHP Brandon Lawson will make his 20th start of the season for the Flying Squirrels today. In 2-Run Games 14-10 Lawson pitched very well in his last start against Harrisburg, earning the win after allowing just one run in 6.0 innings. Outside of a tough outing against Portland on July 30 where he allowed five earned runs, Lawson has vs. Left-Handed Starters 15-16 been solid of late, yielding two earned runs or less in four of his last five starts. Lawson is in his first season in vs. Right-Handed Starters 46-37 the Giants organization after being signed to a minor league contract in April. The 24-year-old was released Day Games 15-18 by Tampa Bay in March after spending the first three years of his professional career in the Rays' organization. Night Games 46-35 Lawson was selected by Tampa Bay in the 12th round of the 2016 MLB Draft out of the University of South Ahead After 7 Innings 47-3 Florida. Behind After 7 Innings 5-39 Tied After 7 Innings 8-11 Baumann Named Pitcher of the Month: RHP Mike Baumann has been named the Orioles' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July. For the month, Baumann was 2-1 in five starts with a 1.38 ERA. The 23-year-old Ahead After 8 Innings 49-1 pitched 32.2 innings during those five starts and held opponents to a .148 batting average against. Baumann Behind After 8 Innings 3-38 also struck out 31 batters and only walked six during July. On July 16, Baumann pitched a no-hitter against Tied After 8 Innings 6-9 Harrisburg, striking out ten in a dominant effort. It was just the third nine-inning no-hitter in Baysox history. In Extra Innings 7-5 Baumann becomes the second straight Bowie pitcher to win this award after Alex Wells took home the honor in In Doubleheaders 2-6 June. When Scoring First 41-16 Opponents Score First 20-37 40 Wins in Two Months: The Baysox made history winning 40 games between June and July, the most in Outhit Opponent 44-9 consecutive months in the franchise's existance. Bowie went 20-7 in June, the best record in any month in team history, then followed that with a 20-8 month of July. The two-month record 40-15 was the best in professional Outhit by Opponent 12-41 baseball, and Bowie won 15 of 16 series during that stretch. Equal Hits 6-2 Hit a Home Run 39-18 July Numbers: During the month of July, Bowie went 20-8, thanks to having the best ERA (2.46) and WHIP No Home Runs 22-35 (1.10) in the Eastern League, with that 2.46 ERA being the lowest for any Eastern League team in any month No Errors Committed 40-22 since Akron posted a 2.34 ERA in April of 2018. Bowie ranked second in batting average (.260), runs scored (138), Baysox vs. Richmond on-base percentage (.334), slugging percentage (.417) and OPS (.751). On the mound, Baysox starters combined to go 15-2 with a 2.17 ERA in 169.2 innings. At the plate, Yusniel Diaz led the Eastern League with 22 RBI and 2019 Record: 7-3 Carlos Perez had a 27-game on-base streak, tied for the longest in the league this season. 4/9 at Richmond W, 8-5 4/10 at Richmond L, 3-2 Down the Stretch They Go: WIth less than four weeks left in the regular season, Bowie and Erie are in a tight 4/29 vs. Richmond L, 3-2 race for the second-half West Division title. Erie currently has a 2.0-game lead and 24 games to play, while the 4/30 vs. Richmond W, 6-4 Baysox have 26 games remaining. After playing 18 games against each other in April and May, the Baysox and 5/1 vs. Richmond L, 7-3 SeaWolves do not play each other again this season. 5/10 vs. Richmond W, 8-5 5/11 vs. Richmond W, 3-0 Baysox and Squirrels: Tonight's series opener between Bowie and Richmond will begin a stretch of eight 7/22 at Richmond W, 5-0 (7) games in seven days where the teams will play against each other. The Baysox and Flying Squirrels will play four 7/22 at Richmond W, 2-0 (7) games in three days in Richmond this weekend, and after an off day Monday battle each other four more times 7/24 at Richmond W, 8-1 in three days in Bowie next week. The Baysox are 7-3 against the Flying Squirrels this season and have won the 8/9 at Richmond last five meetings. 8/10 at Richmond (G1) 8/10 at Richmond (G2) This Day in History: On August 9, 2017, Austin Hays and Anthony Santander each hit a home run and 8/11 at Richmond combined to drive in nine as the Baysox defeated Harrisburg 14-2. 8/13 vs. Richmond (G1) 2019 TEAM LEADERS 8/13 vs. Richmond (G2) Statistic Name Total Statistic Name Total 8/14 vs. Richmond 8/15 vs. Richmond Home Runs Diaz/Perez 10 ERA Alex Wells 2.11 8/30 at Richmond RBI Yusniel Diaz 51 Wins Zac Lowther 12 8/31 at Richmond Batting Avg Mason McCoy .286 Strikeouts Zac Lowther 116 9/1 at Richmond Runs Ryan McKenna 65 Saves Tyler Erwin 8 9/2 at Richmond UPCOMING BAYSOX SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH UPS Date Time Opponent Pitchers Saturday, August 10 DH Game 1 at Richmond Flying Squirrels RHP Dean Kremer (8-4, 3.16 ERA) vs. LHP Caleb Baragar (3-4, 3.99 ERA) Saturday, August 10 DH Game 2 at Richmond Flying Squirrels RHP Cody Sedlock (0-1, 2.63 ERA) vs. TBD Sunday, August 11 1:05 p.m. at Richmond Flying Squirrels LHP Zac Lowther (12-5, 2.72 ERA) vs. RHP Alfred Gutierrez (6-5, 4.44 ERA) Monday, August 12 OFF DAY TODAY’S BAYSOX STARTER: Tyler Herb HT: 6’3” WT: 200 B: R T: R BORN: 4/28/92 PLACE: Harrisburg, PA AMATEUR: Coastal Carolina University HOW ACQUIRED: Via trade from SF in March 2019 2019 Stats Career Highs W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K Hits: 12 (2x, last: 8/23/18 w/ Sacramento, AAA) Norfolk: 4-8 7.16 16 13 76.2 109 66 61 37 63 Earned Runs: 9 (8/23/18 w/ Sacramento, AAA) Bowie: 1-2 5.84 5 5 24.2 25 18 16 8 24 Innings Pitched: 9.0 (8/21/17 w/ Richmond, AA) CAREER: 35-44 4.55 137 114 665.0 749 390 336 241 564 Walks: 6 (3x, last: 5/26/19 w/ Norfolk, AAA) Strikeouts: 11 (4/30/16 w/ Bakersfield, A+) HERB 2019 DAY-BY-DAY 2019: Acquired by the Orioles in March in a trade with the Giants for Mike DATE CLASS OPP REC W/L IP H R ER BB SO Yastrzemski...made his first three starts of the year with Bowie...promoted to Triple-A 4/9 AA @ RIC 0-0 ND 4.0 5 2 1 2 3 Norfolk on April 28...made 16 appearances with the Tides and went 4-8 with a 7.16 4/15 AA v.