LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS GAME NOTES - 5/7/18 LHV IRONPIGS (14-14|4th|1.5 GB) vs. PAWTUCKET RED SOX (15-12|1st|1.0 GA) Mon: LHP Cole Irvin (1-1, 4.50) vs. LHP Josh Smith (0-0, 0.59) 2018 IL RANKINGS IRONPIGS RECORDS: OFFENSE: PITCHING: 2018 Season: Overall: 14-14 Home: 8-5 Away: 6-9 AVG .249 7th ERA* 4.16 11th 2018 vs. PAW: Overall: 1-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-1 R 121 4th Hits* 221 9th 2017 Season: Overall: 80-62 Home: 44-27 Away: 36-35 Hits 224 9th CG 0 t5th All-Time: Overall: 719-744 Home: 380-350 Away: 339-394 HR 26 t1st SHO 3 t2nd BB 96 6th SV 8 t4th UPCOMING PROBABLES: SO* 240 11th HR* 18 t7th TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE Tue: LHP Brandon Leibrandt (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Marcus Walden (0-0, 9.00) SB 22 t4th BB* 89 8th Wed: RHP Enyel De Los Santos (3-0, 1.07) vs. LHP Jalen Beeks (2-1, 1.71) CS* 7 t8th SO 231 7th Thu: RHP Tom Eshelman (1-3, 7.11) vs. TBA vs. BUF E* 16 6th WHP* 1.34 8th Fri: RHP Jake Waguespack (0-3, 7.62) vs. TBA vs. BUF *Ranked in Ascending Order ’18 BY THE NUMBERS TONIGHT’S GAME: PIGS IN IL RANKINGS The IronPigs (14-14) return home to start a seven-game, North Division homestand with the opener Place in North Division 4th of a three-game series against the fi rst-place Pawtucket Red Sox (15-12) at Coca-Cola Park... With a BATTING Games Back (Division) 1.5 AVG .360 Joey Meneses 3rd 6-1 loss in Rochester yesterday, the Pigs dropped the fi nal two contests to split the four-game series RBI 17 Dylan Cozens t7th Games Back (WC) 2.0 with the Red Wings. S ll, Lehigh Valley has won six of its last 10 aff airs... The Red Sox -- Boston’s top 17 Danny Or z t7th Current Streak L2 affi liate -- shut out Scranton/WB for the second-straight day, 2-0, to sweep a two-game, home series R 22 Mitch Walding 1st Longest Win Streak W4 (4/13) from the RailRiders (back end of a home-and-home). The Sox have won three in a row to take over the 18 Dylan Cozens 2nd Longest Losing Streak L3 (2x) division lead. With a win tonight, they will match their longest winning streak of 2018 (April 20-23). 16 Danny Or z t5th Largest Lead +0.5 (4/7) 2B 9 Joey Meneses t4th • Tonight features On-Field Photo Day for Bacon USA Members only... First-pitch is at 7:05 p.m. 8 Mitch Walding t5th Largest Deficit 3.5 (5/1) 3B 3 Roman Quinn t1st High-Water Mark 2 (3x) FRIENDLY COKE-FINES: HR 7 Dylan Cozens 1st Low-Water Mark 2 (3x) The Pigs have started 8-5 at Coca-Cola Park, pos ng a 69-49 run diff eren al... The off ense is averag- 6 Danny Or z t2nd Postponements (H/R) 1/2 ing 5.3 runs per game (69) while ba ng .269 (114-424) at home as compared to a 6-9 record on the 4 Mitch Walding t5th 2018 Attendance 89,984 road, averaging 3.5 runs per game (52) and pos ng a .231 AVG (110-477)... Meanwhile, the pitching SB 11 Roman Quinn 1st staff has a 3.24 ERA (114.0/41) at home as compared to a 5.02 ERA (122.0/68) away from Allentown. 6 Dylan Cozens t7th Year-to-Date Average 7,499 BB 20 Mitch Walding t1st IL Rank 2nd JOLTIN’ JOEY NAMED IL BATTED OF THE WEEK: 15 Dylan Cozens t8th W-L-T 1B Joey Meneses has been named IL League Ba er of the Week today. From 4/30-5/2, the 26-year- PITCHING vs. RHP (starter) 11-7 old ba ed an IL-best .520 (13-for-25) with two home runs, eight RBI and three walks while also lead- W 3 Ranfi Casimiro t3rd vs. LHP (starter) 3-7 3 Enyel De Los Santos t3rd ing the league in extra-base hits (6), total bases (24), slugging percentage (.960) and OPS (1.531). In ERA 1.07 Enyel De Los Santos 2nd vs. North Division 8-7 addi onal, the na ve of Culiacan, Mexico, ranked ed for fi rst in hits (13) and doubles (5), second in SO 33 Enyel De Los Santos t6th vs. South Division 3-6 on-base percentage (.571), ed for second in RBI and ed for third in runs scored (6). Meseses be- IP 31.2 Tom Eshelman t4th vs. West Division 3-1 comes the 10th Pig to earn this honor, joining Andy Tracy (3x: 6/30/08, 8/11/08, 6/22/09), Michael G 12 Aus n Davis t3rd Day 5-6 Taylor (8/17/09), John Mayberry (4/19/10), Jeff Larish (6/6/10), John Suomi (6/5/12), Cesar Her- 12 Tom Windle t3rd 11 Pedro Beato t6th Night 9-8 nandez (7/9/13), Brian Bogusevic (5/11/15), Dylan Cozens (5/15/17) and Nick Williams (5/29/18). SV 7 Pedro Beato 1st Extra Innings 0-1 • Meneses now has six mul -hit eff orts over his last eight games (15-28; .536-2-9, 6 2B, 3 BB, 6 One-Run Games 2-3 R). The former Braves prospect ranks third in the IL in AVG (.360), ed for fourth in 2B (9) and fi h in SLG (.560). Three or Less 7-8 Scoring First 9-2 (MORE) ABOUT LAST NIGHT...: Opponents Score First 5-12 • OF Roman Quinn (0-4) snapped his season-high, 10-game hi ng streak, during which me he ba ed .357-2-10 (15-42, 2 2B, 2 3B). Leading after 5 11-0 • OF Dylan Cozens (0-3) snapped his season-high, nine-game hi ng streak, during which me he ba ed .394-4-8 (13-33, 2B, 2 BB). Trailing after 5 1-12 • The solo HR by 3B Mitch Walding marked the fi rst/only run scored by LHV in 34 innings in a game started by RHP Jake Waguespack. Tied after 5 2-2 TONIGHT’S PITCHERS: Travel Days 0-0 LHP Cole Irvin* -- see pg. 7 for more on CI, a Non-Roster Invitee to PHI Spring Training... Was a ’17 FSL midseason All-Star w/ Clearwater Series Openers 5-4 Series Finales 3-5 LHP Josh Smith – making just the third start of his professional career – is 6-3, 200-pound, 28-year-old who was selected by BOS Rubber Matches 0-3 in the 2016 Rule 5 Draft (minor league portion) from PIT. Drafted by PIT in the 25th round of 2012 out of Wichita State. Originally Doubleheader Games 3-1 selected by MIL in 26th round of 2011, but did not sign... The native of Pleasant Hill, MO, spent most of 2017 with Double-A Portland Sweep/Swept/Split 1/0/1 (5-1, 3.26, SV in 33 G, 0 GS)… Appeared in 2 G for Pawtucket (0-0, 0.00, SV in 5.1 IP)… Made his first career start on 4/23/18 @ TOL (4 2-Game Series 0-0-1 ip, 3 h, 1 bb, 3)… Has never thrown more than 4.0 IP in his career... Graduated from Pleasant Hill (MO) H.S., where he was all-state as 3-Game Series 1-5 a P and OF in addition to three years of basketball and football (DB)... MiLB Career (7): 16-13, 4.13, 13 SV in 194 G, 2 GS (309.2/142). Sweep/Swept 1/0 • Career vs. LHV (6/19/17): n/d, 3 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 1 k... IL Career (3): 0-2, 2.25, SV in 15 G, 2 GS (28.0/7) w/ IND (’16), PAW (’17-18) 4-Game Series 1-0-1 • Scouting Report: FB (88-92), SL (breaks hard on righties), CH… not great control… cross-firer… ¾ arm slot (.199 baa) Sweep/Swept ---/--- 5-Game Series 0-0 *SWERVIN’ IRVIN: Sweep/Swept ---/--- The Pigs have won each of the last two games started by LHP Cole Irvin, who has gone 1-0, 3.46 (13.0 ip, 5 er) during the span... Monday 1-3 Even though he didn’t earn the win in his last start on 5/2 vs. SYR (n/d, 7.0 ip, 8 h, 5 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 3 k), the 24-year-old survived a Tuesday 0-3 tumultuous start -- allowing five runs over the first 2.0 IP -- by finishing with 5.0 IP scoreless for LHV’s longest outing this season (7.0 IP). His effort would help allow the Pigs to come back for an 8-6 victory... In LHV’s 6-1 win 4/27 vs. SWB (W, 6.0 ip, 6 h, 0 r, bb, Wednesday 3-2 3 k), Irvin tossed six shutout innings to earn his first career Triple-A victory... In his MiLB career, he’s 15-11, 3.24 ERA in 40 G, 36 GS. Thursday 2-0 Friday 3-1 BACON BITS: KEY PLAYER INFORMATION Saturday 3-1 • INF Alexi Amarista, on DL since 4/18 (hamstring), has hit safely in 6 of his 8 G • C Logan Moore has nailed 46.4% (70-151) SB a in AA/AAA over last 4 years Sunday 2-4 • INF Dean Anna had a LHV season-high 10-G hit streak from 4/10-21 (.359-0-4) • OF Danny Or z has 4 HR of his last 9 G (7-31; .226-4-9, BB, 6 R; .645 SLG) April 11-11 May 3-3 • OF Collin Cowgill spent 2016 in the IL, ba ng .234-4-30 in 103 G w/ COL • INF Trevor Plouff e hit .273-1-2 in 4 G (3-11) at RR (AAA) before released 4/10 June 0-0 • OF Dylan Cozens has hit safely in 9 of L10 (13-36; .361-4-8, 2B, 2 BB, 6 R, SB) • OF Andrew Pullin has hit in 3 of his L5 (5-20; .250-1-2, 2B) a er 1-20 skid July 0-0 • INF Ma McBride is a Bethlehem na ve & product of Liberty HS, Lehigh U • OF Roman Quinn has hit in 10 of L11 (15-46; .326-2-10, 2 2B, 2 3B, 3 BB, 7 R, 7 SB) August 0-0 • INF Heiker Meneses has hit in safely 6 of L7 (8-20; .400-0-2) between AA/AAA • C Nick Rickles has recorded an RBI in 7 of his 13 G (11-44; .250-0-7, 2 2B, 2 R) September 0-0 • INF Joey Meneses has m-h eff orts in 6 of his L8 (15-28; .536-2-9, 6 2B, 3 BB, 6 R) • INF Mitch Walding has reached in 16 of L17 (13-47; .277-2-8, 17 BB; .469 OBP) all 140 games broadcast live on ESPN 1160/1230/1320 AM and at www.ironpigsbaseball.com • all 70 home games televised on TV2 Sports (SECTV) ’17 BY THE NUMBERS SERIES WITH PAW: The 2018 series is tied, 1-1, after LHV took the 2017 series, 10-7..