CLEARWATER THRESHERS 2019 GAME INFORMATION 727-712-4300 • threshersbaseball.com • 601 N Old Coachman RD Clearwater, FL 33765 Email: [email protected] • Facebook: /threshersbaseball Twitter: @threshers • Instagram: threshersbaseball CLEARWATER THRESHERS (PHI) (64-67, 28-37) at CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS (TB) (79-51, 44-20) Sunday, August 25, 2019 - 12:30 p.m. EDT Charlotte Sports Park - Game 132 (66) - Road 66 (34) LHP Ethan Lindow (0-1, 0.82) vs. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (6-2, 2.23) TODAY’S GAME: Finale of a three-game series against the Charlotte Stone Crabs (TB) at Charlotte BY THE NUMBERS Sports Park (0-2)...Final contest of a six-game road trip against the St. Lucie Mets and the Charlotte (3-2)... Current Streak......... L2 Game 1 of Series 17-23 Clearwater is coming off a three-game series sweep over the St. Lucie Mets to start the six-game road trip, Last 5 Games .........3-2 Game 2 of Series 23-17 after a 1-5 homestand against the Dunedin Blue Jays (TOR) and Florida Fire Frogs (ATL)...Fourth, and final Last 10 Games .......4-6 Game 3 of Series 19-17 series (13 games) between the two clubs in 2019...The Threshers took two of three at Charlotte Sports Park, Home...................28-38 Game 4 of Series .5-10 May 28-30. Away ...................36-29 Rubber Match .........6-5 Day Games .........13-20 Series W-L-T ....17-17-7 Night Games ......51-47 Series Sweeps .......5-6 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: 20-year-old Ethan Lindow makes his third start at the Advanced-A level Double Headers ..0-4-4 in the finale of the three-game set against the Charlotte Stone Crabs at Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday 2019 vs. STONE CRABS afternoon...The 6-foot-4 hurler did not factor into the decision of a 2-1 loss to the Florida Fire Frogs on Aug. Record .................................................................6-6 18...The southpaw blanked the visitors o nsix hits and four strikeouts...Sunday will be the Locust Grove, Ga. Home....................................................................4-3 native’s first career start against the Tampa Bay Rays affiliate. Away ....................................................................2-3 Current Streak......................................................L2 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Clearwater Threshers suffered another shutout loss at the hands of the THRESHERS AT A GLANCE Charlotte Stones Crabs with a 5-0 loss on Saturday night at Charlotte Sports Park...Clearwater managed April .................... 11-14 Monday ...................6-9 just six hits, with three off the bat of Simón Muzziotti...The Threshers finished 0-for-8 with runners in scoring May......................17-12 Tuesday .............. 11-12 position, and left the bases loaded in the seventh, and left runners at second and third in the eighth while June ......................18-7 Wednesday .............8-9 trailing 2-0...Jack Perkins retired the first seven batters he faced before allowing a single, triple and a single July .......................9-19 Thursday ..............13-5 in order with one out in the second to fall into a 2-0 deficit...Outside of the third frame, the starter only allowed August ..................9-15 Friday ....................9-10 one baserunner...Keylan Killgore surrendered a three-run homer against Kaleo Johnson in the eighth inning September ..............0-0 Saturday ...............13-8 to cap of the scoring for the night...Kyle Arjona worked two scoreless innings of relief. Sunday..................4-13 vs. North .............33-36 vs. South ............31-31 SIMÓN SAYS: Simón Muzziotti collected three hits during Saturday’s loss, giving the 20-year-old his 30th multi-hit performance of the season...The left-handed batter leads the team by three over Matt Vierling...The Aphilliate report Venezuela native has 10 three-hit games under his belt...Muzziotti extended his hitting streak to five games MLB Philadelphia Phillies (67-61): 3rd NL East: (-10.5) with Saturday’s performance, and is hitting .381 (8-for-21) over the stretch. STREAK: W1 LAST GAME: 8/24 at Miami Marlins (W, 9-3) CRUNCH TIME: With the regular season down to its final eight games, the Clearwater Threshers find DUE UP: 8/25 at Miami Marlins (1:10 p.m. EDT) NOTEABLE: Corey Dickerson: 4x5, r, 2 2b, 5rbi themselves in the playoff hunt...The division title may be out of reach for the Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, Zach Eflin: W, 6.0ip, 6h, 2r, 2so as the elimination number entering Sunday is down to just one, but a shot at the Wild Card is still possible... Clearwater is tied with the Lakeland Flying Tigers (DET) for the top Wild Card spot entering Sunday, but is of- AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (61-68): ficially in first due to percentage points...The Threshers are ahead of the Flying Tigers by just .0002 points... 5th International League North: (-8.0) STREAK: W1 Both teams lead the Daytona Tortugas (CIN) by just one game entering the final stretch, with the Tortugas LAST GAME: 8/24 vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (W, 7-3) visiting the Bradenton Marauders (PIT) over the weekend...The Dunedin Blue Jays lead Lakeland by a game DUE UP: 8/25 vs. Scranton/WB RailRiders (1:35 p.m. EDT) heading into Sunday, and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker...The Tampa Tarpons (NYY) sit 1.5 behind Dune- NOTEABLE: Jerad Eickhoff: W, 5.0ip, 3h, 2r, 2bb, 3so Rob Brantly: 2x3, r, rbi, bb din, and have two games remaining this weekend against Lakeland...Lakeland sweeping Tampa in Friday’s doubleheader pushed the New York Yankees affiliate two games back in the Wild Card race. AA Reading Fightin Phils (75-55, 36-27): 1st Eastern League Eastern: (+3.5) LEAVING MEN ON BASE: After plating 47 runs through the first seven games of the second half (6.7 STREAK: L2 LAST GAME: 8/24 at Hartford Yard Goats (L, 9-4) runs/game) to lead to a 5-2 start, the Clearwater offense has managed 161 runs the last 58 contests (2.8 DUE UP: 8/25 at Hartford Yard Goats (1:05 p.m. EDT) runs/game) to go 23-35 ever since...Over the stretch, Clearwater has managed just a .205 average with a NOTEABLE: Cornelius Randolph: 1x4, r, hr, 2rbi chance to drive a runner home (91-for-443)...The Philadelphia Phillies affiliate has 399 hits over the 58-game A Lakewood BlueClaws (55-74, 26-33): stretch (6.9 hits/game), with 118 going for extra bases (30 percent). 7th South Atlantic League Northern: (-11.5) STREAK: L3 HOME SWEET HOME?: With the 8-20 mark since the start of July, Clearwater continued to stay below LAST GAME: 8/24 at West Virginia Power (L, 5-2) .500 with a 28-38 record at Spectrum Field in 2019 as the home team...The two losses at home on Aug. 17 DUE UP: 8/25 at West Virginia Power (2:05 p.m. EDT) NOTEABLE: Jonathan Guzman: 1x5, 2rbi to the Florida Fire Frogs ensured the Threshers cannot finish with a .500 mark at home in the 2019 season... The discrepancy in stats between home and road games is not that different for the Threshers...The club has RK Williamsport Crosscutters (27-39): a .252 average at home compared to .233 on the road, and has scored 13 more runs at Spectrum Field (244- 6th New York-Penn League Pinckney: (-9.5) STREAK: W1 231)...Clearwater has a .691 OPS at Spectrum Field, but has posted a .652 on the road...On the mound, LAST GAME: 8/24 vs. Mahoning Valley Scrappers (W, 3-1) the pitching staff does have a higher ERA on the home bump (3.90-3.15), and has a slighlty higher average DUE UP: 8/25 at Batvavia Muckdogs (5:05 p.m. EDT) against (.246-.233)...The Threshers have been swept six times this season, with five coming at home. NOTEABLE: Tyler Burch: W, 5.0ip, 2h, 4so THRESHERS RECORD WHEN... vs. .500 or Better: 36-38 One-Run Games: 19-18 Lead After 6: 50-9 Out-Hit Opp: 48-11 Starter Goes more than 6.0 IP: 8-2 Errorless: 37-32 vs. Below .500: 28-28 Two-Run Games: 11-10 Tied After 6: 5-9 Hits Equal: 9-5 Starter Goes 6.0 IP: 18-14 Committing 1 Error: 14-28 Score First: 40-17 Shutouts: 11-21 Trail After 6: 8-51 Out-Hit by Opp: 7-51 Starter Goes less than 6.0 IP: 38-51 Committing 2+ Errors: 13-7 Opp. Score First: 24-50 Walk-Off Decisions: 2-4 Lead After 7: 52-5 Collect 0-4 Hits: 2-21 Starter Gets Decision: 39-45 Opp. is Errorless: 19-36 Score 4 or More: 45-13 Extra Innings: 5-5 Tied After 7: 7-6 Collect 5-9 Hits: 32-38 Reliever Gets Decision: 25-22 Score 3 or Fewer: 19-54 Trail After 7: 4-55 Collect 10+ Hits: 30-8 vs. Left-Handed Starter: 16-15 Opp. Score 4 or More: 13-45 Lead After 8: 51-2 Hit No HR: 24-46 vs. Right-Handed Starter: 48-52 Opp. Score 3 or Fewer: 51-22 Tied After 8: 5-6 Hit At Least 1 HR: 38-23 Trail After 8: 4-45 Opp. Hits At Least 1 HR: 31-37 DATE OPPONENT SERIES PROBABLE PITCHERS STREAM TIME (ET) Monday, Aug. 26 vs. Lakeland (DET) RHP Andrew brown (6.46) vs. TBD TuneIn 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 vs. Lakeland (DET) RHP Alejandro Requena (8-10, 4.96) vs. TBD TuneIn 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 vs. Lakeland (DET) RHP James McArthur (2-1, 3.57) vs. TBD TuneIn 7:00 p.m.