Gwinnett Stripers (43-34, 2nd in IL South, 4.5 GB) Charlotte Knights (42-35, 3rd in IL South, 5.5 GB) RHP Shane Carle (3-1, 5.14 ERA) RHP Dylan Cease (5-2, 4.69 ERA) Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:04 PM BB&T Ballpark, Charlotte, NC Game #78 of 140 Road Game #40 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers conclude a two-city, four-game road trip tonight with the finale of a two-game series vs. the Charlotte Knights (Triple-A, Chicago White Sox). Standings: International League South Division standings entering 6/27: Durham (1st, 48-30, 4.5 Current Streak: Lost 1 GA), Gwinnett (2nd, 43-34, 4.5 GB), Charlotte (3rd, 42-35, 5.5 GB), Norfolk (4th, 29-48, 18.5 GB). Last 10 Games: 6-4 All-Time vs. Charlotte: Gwinnett is 118-123 (.490) in 241 games vs. the Knights since 2009 and Long Winning Streak: 8G (5/10-5/18) has won the season series four times in the previous 10 seasons (last: 2017, 14-11). Long Losing Streak: 5G (4/16-4/20) Last Game: The Stripers matched a season high with nine walks in a 9-6 loss to the Charlotte Record Since 2009: 744-761 (.494) in 1,505G Knights last night at BB&T Ballpark. Gwinnett led 2-0 after the top Home: 22-16 Leading after 6: 35-3 of the first inning but fell behind 6-3 as Charlotte plated six runs (2-1) Road: 21-18 Leading after 7: 36-2 against RHP Huascar Ynoa over his 3.2 innings. In the fifth, LF Batting (19 Runs Scored): Day Games: 9-10 Leading after 8: 39-1 Rafael Ortega (2-for-5, HR, R, 4 RBI) tied the game at 6-6 with a .310 (35-for-113), 8 2B, 2 3B, Night Games: 34-24 Tied after 6: 4-1 line drive home run to right off RHP Donn Roach. That score held 4 HR, 24 RBI, 6 SB Extra Innings: 3-3 Tied after 7: 2-3 through the seventh as RHP Wes Parsons tossed 3.1 scoreless Pitching (17 Runs Allowed): Doubleheaders: 0-2 Tied after 8: 0-3 innings in relief, but the Knights went ahead 9-6 in the eighth. 5.88 ERA (17 ER in 26.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 4-3 Trailing after 6: 4-30 Ryan Goins lined a three-run homer to right off RHP Dan Winkler 16 BB, 15 SO, 0 QS, 0 SV Last AB W/L: 6-9 Trailing after 7: 4-29 (L, 0-1) to drive in the decisive runs. Roach (W, 2-3) won despite Walk-Off W/L: 2-1 Trailing after 8: 3-28 Score First: 23-15 With a HR: 38-17 allowing four runs over 5.0 innings, and RHP Jimmy Cordero (S, 1) struck out one in a scoreless ninth. Score Last: 21-14 Without a HR: 5-17 All-Star Duo: Today, the International League named OF Travis Demeritte and RHP Ben Rowen 1-Run Games: 8-12 Allow a HR: 26-25 to the 2019 Triple-A All-Star Game on 7/10 in El Paso, TX. Demeritte, a Triple-A rookie, is a first-time 2-Run Games: 8-4 Allow no HR: 17-9 3-Run Games: 5-5 With an Error: 22-22 IL All-Star. Rowen is an IL All-Star for the second time in his career (2016 with Buffalo). +3-Run Games: 22-13 Without an Error: 21-12 Ortega On Fire: Rafael Ortega has homered twice (#14-15) and tallied 10 RBI in three games on April: 15-10 Vs. LH Starter: 14-11 the road trip, batting .357 (5-for-14, 2B, 2 R, 1 SB). He has hits in 28 of 31 games since 5/18, batting May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 29-23 June: 12-11 Vs. Rehab Starter: 0-2 .292 (38-for-130, 10 2B, 6 HR, 26 R, 23 RBI, 6 SB, .878 OPS) in that span. For the season, Ortega July: 0-0 Pre-All-Star: 43-34 has reached base in 63 of 71 games and ranks among the IL top 10 in runs (1st, 58), total bases (2nd, nd rd th th th August: 0-0 Post-All-Star: 0-0 150), at-bats (T-2 , 285), extra-base hits (T-3 , 38), doubles (T-4 , 20), hits (6 , 79), walks (T-6 , 38), September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 12-9-3 th th games (T-6 , 71), and triples (T-9 , 3). The Stripers are 15-2 (.882) in his 17 multi-run games. Lopez Locked In: Jack Lopez leads the IL in batting since 6/4, hitting .394 (26-for-66, 5 2B, 18 R, (118-123 Since 2009) 8 RBI, 2 SB, .908 OPS) with eight multi-hit efforts in that 17-game span (had a 5G multi-hit streak from ’09- ‘18 2019 2019 Head-to-Head 6/16-21). Lopez was named the IL Batter of the Week for 6/17-23 after leading the league in batting Home: 60-52 2-5 Outscoring 75-72 (.619, 13-for-21, 3 2B, 9 R, 1 RBI, .667 OBP, .762 SLG, 1.429 OPS) in six games last week. Road: 53-62 3-4 .277, 15 HR, 72 RBI Overall: 113-114 5-9 4.50 ERA, .231 BAA Demeritte Doing Damage: Travis Demeritte ranks sixth in the IL in batting since 6/12, hitting .381 (16-for-42, 7 2B, 2 HR, 9 R, 13 RBI, 3 SB, 1.209 OPS) in 13 games. He has reached base safely th in 64 of 69 games during his Triple-A debut, leading Gwinnett in batting (.301, 13 in IL), on-base pct. (.398, 9th in IL), slugging pct. (.593, 4th in IL), and OPS (.991, 4th in IL). Demeritte also ranks among the Batting: .267 (6th) ERA: 4.35 (1st) IL top 10 in doubles (1st, 23), RBI (T-1st, 57), extra-base hits (2nd, 40), total bases (5th, 146), walks (T- Runs: 437 (4th) Runs: 368 (3rd) 6th, 38), and runs (T-9th, 48). The Stripers are 12-4 (.750) in his 16 multi-hit efforts this season. Hits: 703 (4th) ER: 328 (2nd) 2B: 149 (T-6th) Innings: 678.1 (2nd) Decisive Blows from Duvall: Adam Duvall’s last four homers have all produced GWRBI: 6/6 3B: 17 (T-4th) SO: 625 (10th) th th vs. Durham (5 -inning grand slam in 6-1 win), 6/18 vs. Louisville (10 -inning 2-run walk-off HR in 5-3 HR: 118 (3rd) BB: 259 (4th) st th win), 6/23 vs. Syracuse (1 -inning 2-run HR in 5-1 win), and 6/25 at Norfolk (7 -inning 3-run HR in 8-4 RBI: 409 (5th) SHO: 4 (T-3rd) win). Duvall ranks second in the IL with 21 homers, the most by a Gwinnett hitter since Ernesto Mejia Steals: 32 (14th) Holds: 19 (10th) rd rd hit a club-record 28 in 2013. He also ranks in the IL top 10 in RBI (3 , 56), total bases (T-3 , 147), OBP: .345 (6th) Saves: 19 (9th) th th th extra-base hits (5 , 37), slugging pct. (7 , .579), and runs (8 , 49). The Stripers are 16-3 (.842) in 19 SLG: .471 (5th) WHIP: 1.35 (2nd) games when Duvall has homered this season, including 2-0 in his two multi-homer games. OPS: .816 (5th) BAA: .257 (6th) Power Up: The Stripers rank third in the IL in homers with 118 in 77 games (1.53 HR/game), trailing Columbus (leads with 133 HR in 77G) and Scranton/WB (2nd with 128 HR in 76G). The club is (*Leads IL) just five clouts shy of tying the Gwinnett single-season record (123 HR in 2011) and is on pace to hit AVG: Demeritte (.301) ERA: Allard (3.75) 214 homers in 2016, which would be 18 short of matching the IL single-season record (232 HR by OBP: Demeritte (.398) WHIP: Wilson (1.24) Baltimore in 1932). Fourteen different Stripers have gone deep this season (6 have 10-plus HR). SLG: Demeritte (.593) BAA: Wilson (.262) All Good: Kolby Allard has posted four straight quality starts since 6/6, going 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA OPS: Demeritte (.991) Wins: Allard (6) (2nd in IL, 6 ER in 27.0 IP), a 1.07 WHIP, and a .233 BAA in that span. That impressive stretch has Hits: Ortega (79) IP: Allard (84.0) lowered his ERA from 4.58 to 3.75 (3rd in IL). Allard is 6-3 with a team-high seven quality starts in 15 2B: Demeritte (23)* BB: Allard (29) total starts this year…in addition to ERA, he ranks among the IL top 10 in starts (T-1st), wins (T-2nd), 3B: LaMarre (7)* SO: Wilson (79) GO/AO ratio (3rd, 1.42), innings (3rd, 84.0), winning pct. (T-5th, .670), and WHIP (8th, 1.35). HR: Duvall (21) CG: None Runs: Ortega (58)* SHO: None Also Hot: Ryan LaMarre is batting .464 (13-for-28, 3 2B, 3 3B, 4 R, 7 RBI, 1 SB) with five multi-hit RBI: Demeritte (57)* Holds: Creasy (4) efforts in seven games since 6/19…he is tied for the IL lead in triples (7). Sean Kazmar Jr. ranks 11th Steals: Ortega (10) Saves: De Paula (6) in the IL in batting since 5/16 (.325, 39-for-120, 9 2B, 7 HR, 25 R, 26 RBI, .941 OPS in 33G).