2021 GAME NOTES HIGH POINT ROCKERS BASEBALL · HIGHPOINTROCKERS.COM · 336-888-1000 · #ROCKON High Point Rockers at Gastonia Honey Hunters Tuesday, July 27, 2021 • 6:50 p.m. • Gastonia, N.C. • CaroMont Health Park (5,000) · Game 54 of 120 · Radio: Rockers Baseball Network (MixLr) HIGH POINT ROCKERS (27-26) GASTONIA HONEY HUNTERS (23-29) 2021 BY THE NUMBERS Starter: RHP Ricky Knapp (4-3, 6.15 ERA) Starter: RHP Spencer Bivens (1-0, 1.50 ERA) Overall ...............................................................27-26 2021 Record: 27-26 (2nd in South Division, 5.5 GB) 2021 Record: 23-29 (3rd South Division, 9.0 GB) Home ..................................................................10-11 Last 10: 7-3 Last 10: 5-5 Road ...................................................................17-15 Streak: W1 Streak: L1 This Week .............................................................0-0 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Last Series ............................................................2-1 Last 10 ...................................................................7-3 Wednesday RHP Tommy Lawrence (3-2, 6.89 ERA) vs. RHP A.J. Merkel (3-2, 4.89 ERA) TBA 6:50 P.M. May ........................................................................3-1 Thursday LHP Bryce Hensley (4-3, 5.05 ERA) vs. LHP Alsis Herrera (0-3, 8.49 ERA) TBA 6:50 P.M. June ...................................................................10-15 Friday (vs. WV) TBA vs. TBA 7:05 P.M. July ....................................................................14-10 August ..................................................................0-0 Saturday TBA vs. TBA 7:05 P.M. September ...........................................................0-0 October ................................................................0-0 THE BIG NUMBERS HIGH POINT ROCKERS NEWS AND NOTES Sunday Crab Fest: The offense exploded for the High Point Rockers to the tune of seven runs in the first three vs. LHP ..................................................................4-2 vs. RHP ............................................................. 23-24 innings, and Cooper Casad tossed eight innings of two-run baseball as the Rockers took the rubber-match against the vs. North............................................................ 13-12 2.59 Southern Maryland Blue Crabs by a score of 8-2. Jared Mitchell kick-started the offense with a massive first two at- vs. South ...........................................................14-14 Cooper Casad’s July ERA (5 bats, driving home two with a home run in the first before hitting a two-run double in the third for four RBI before the Series Openers .....................................................9-8 Series Finale..........................................................9-7 Starts) end of the third inning. Mitchell’s home run was his tenth of the year to lead the team and become the first Rocker to Day ....................................................................... 2-3 reach double digit homers on the year. Casad starred on the mound by going a season-high eight innings and throwing Night ................................................................. 24-23 102 pitches while allowing just one earned run, six hits and a walk while striking out six. For the Rockers, it clinched White Jersey .........................................................7-9 their fourth straight series victory, and brought them back above .500 for the second time this week. Blue Jersey ...........................................................9-9 Gray Jersey..........................................................11-8 Where it Stands: The Rockers come into Tuesday’s game as winners of four straight series, and eight of their last 11. 2021 vs. GASTONIA .391 High Point has taken down Gastonia, Lexington, Lancaster and SoMD over the span, bringing their record from five Overall .............................................................7-3 Giovanny Alfonzo’s avg games under .500 to now a game above. Gastonia comes into today off a series loss against the West Virginia Power Home ...............................................................4-2 during his current 12-game in Charleston, losing 9-2 in the series finale. Since the Rockers and Honey Hunters met on 7/13-7/15, Gastonia has Road ................................................................3-1 hit streak. He also has 14 RBI gone 5-5, and are now six games under .500. The Honey Hunters have been eliminated from the first half division 6/4 vs. Gastonia .............................................. W 3-2 in that span. race, while the Rockers sit 5.5 games back of Lexington with seven games left in the half. 6/5 vs. Gastonia ............................................... L 4-2 6/6 vs. Gastonia ................................................. PPD 7/2 @ Gastonia ..............................................W 12-11 Last Time We Met: The Rockers last played the Honey Hunters from 7/13-7/15 in a four games in three day series at 7/3 @ Gastonia ...............................................W 12-4 Truist Point. After dropping game one of the series 8-1, the Rockers won the next three games by a combined score 7/4 @ Gastonia .................................................L 11-3 of 30-5. The 31 runs scored in a series was the third-most runs scored in a series all year, with the 39 runs scored vs. 7/5 @ Gastonia ...............................................W 12-5 7/14 vs. Gastonia ...............................................L 8-1 Gastonia over Fourth of July weekend being the season high. The Rockers have won six of eight against Gastonia after 7/14 vs. Gastonia ..............................................W 7-2 17.5 they split the first two games in June. This series marks the final meeting between the two teams in the first half. 7/15 vs. Gastonia .............................................W 12-1 Average combined run They’ll match up 12 times in the second half. 7/16 vs. Gastonia ............................................ W 11-2 7/27 @ Gastonia .........................................6:50 P.M. total of the 4 games played 7/28 @ Gastonia.........................................6:50 P.M. between High Point and Oh Ricky You’re so Fine: Rockers RHP Ricky Knapp has found success in his last two starts to the tune of a team-best 7/29 @ Gastonia.........................................6:50 P.M. Gastonia at CaroMont Health 14/1 K/BB ratio. His last two starts have seen him allow four runs in 11.1 innings while holding an 11.1 K/9. Today is 8/24 @ Gastonia ........................................6:50 P.M. Park this year. Knapp’s fourth start against the Honey Hunters in 2021, and third start against them this month. 8/25 @ Gastonia ........................................6:50 P.M. 8/26 @ Gastonia ........................................6:50 P.M. 8/31 vs. Gastonia ........................................ 7:05 P.M. This Staff is on Fire: Over the past 11 starts, Rockers’ starters have gone at least five innings while allowing three runs 9/1 vs. Gastonia .......................................... 7:05 P.M. or less in nine of them. The average start over the span is six innings, two runs, one walk and six strikeouts. The staff 9/2 vs. Gastonia ......................................... 7:05 P.M. has also struck out 65 batters in 68.2 innings. 9/7 vs. Gastonia ......................................... 7:05 P.M. 9/8 vs. Gastonia ......................................... 7:05 P.M. .432 9/9 vs. Gastonia ......................................... 7:05 P.M. 9/17 @ Gastonia .........................................6:50 P.M. Rockers OBP vs. Gastonia this 9/18 @ Gastonia .........................................6:50 P.M. season (10 Games Played) 9/19 @ Gastonia .........................................4:50 P.M. 2021 ALPB STANDINGS TEAM LEADERS North Division HR: 10, Jared Mitchell Long Island ......................................33-19, .635, - GB RBI: 38, Jared Mitchell Southern Maryland .....................26-26, .500, 7.0 GB SB: 12, Michael Russell Lancaster ................................25-28, .472, 8.5 GB, E AVG: .354, Michael Russell York .........................................22-31, .415, 11.5 GB, E W: 4, Knapp, Hensley, Casad South Division ERA: 4.05, Cooper Casad Lexington .........................................31-19, .620, - GB SO: 46, Craig Stem High Point ................................27-26, .509, 5.5 GB SV: 6, Preston Gainey Gastonia ...................................23-29 .442, 9.0 GB West Virginia .......................... 21-30, .412, 10.5 GB, E STARTING PITCHER RHP - RICKY KNAPP #32 Height: 6-0 Weight: 217 29 y/o High: AAA (NYM) 2021: 4-3, 10 G (10 GS), 6.15 ERA ALPB: 4-3, 10 G (10 GS), 6.15 ERA CAREER: 43-46, 153 G (123 GS), 4.29 ERA 2021 Game Log Dec. IP H R ER BB K Final Score Notes Pitches/Strikes 5/30 @ York (G2) W 5.0 6 4 4 2 8 6-4 (W) 1st game in ALPB 91/52 6/5 vs. Gastonia L 5.0 4 1 1 5 0 4-2 (L) -- 89/55 6/11 @ West Virginia W 6.0 1 0 0 3 4 7-2 (W) No-hitter for 5.2 IP 80/50 6/17 vs. Lexington ND 6.0 4 6 6 4 3 12-7 (L) Allowed 3 HR, Faced 2 in 7th 87/52 6/23 @ West Virginia ND 5.0 12 5 5 1 2 6-5 (L) Faced 3 in 6th 95/68 6/29 vs. York ND 6.0 6 1 1 0 7 5-4 (L) -- 103/63 May/June Totals 2-1 33.0 33 17 17 15 24 -- -- 4.64 ERA 7/4 @ Gastonia L 3.1 7 9 9 3 3 11-3 (L) 3 HR Allowed 74/47 7/9 @ Lexington L 5.0 8 6 6 2 2 6-4 (L) 3 HR Allowed 80/49 7/15 vs. Gastonia W 5.1 5 2 2 1 8 11-2 (W) Tied Season High for K 90/55 7/21 @ Lancaster W 6.0 8 2 2 0 6 6-3 (W) -- 95/69 July Totals