WINNIPEG GOLDEYES 2015 GAME NOTES Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (0-0) at Winnipeg Goldeyes (1-0) Tuesday, May 12, 2015 @ 6:00 p.m. - Jewel 101 (100.7 FM) - Shaw Park FM - Austin Kirk (L, 0-0, 0.00) at WPG - Coby Cowgill (R, 0-0, 0.000) Spring Training Game 2 Spring Training Home Game 2 Today’s Pitchers X Games: The Goldeyes welcome the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Returning Players (9) to Shaw Park tonight and tomorrow for a pair of exhibition games. Coby Cowgill, Benji Waite, Raul Rivera, Jon Both games are slated to begin at 6 p.m... Following their workout Pitchers (6) Fitzsimmons on Thursday afternoon, the Goldeyes will depart for Kansas City, Gabe Aguilar where they will meet the T-Bones for three games next weekend... Kyle Anderson Winnipeg’s exhibition schedule concludes next Tuesday in Wichita Taylor Bratton against the Wingnuts. Nick Hernandez Goldeyes at a Glance Matt Jackson Fish Down Wesmen: The Goldeyes shook off some early rust to Spring Record: 1-0 Brendan Lafferty defeat the University of Winnipeg Wesmen 9-1 Sunday afternoon at Home Record: 1-0 Shaw Park... The Goldeyes didn’t have a hit for the first three innings, Position Players (3) Road Record: 0-0 but scored twice in the fourth inning, five times in the seventh and Luis Alen vs. North: 0-0 twice in the eighth... Benjamin Bostick paced the Goldeyes with four Casey Haerther vs. Central: 0-0 RBI as part of a 2-for-2 day... Matt Jackson pitched two scoreless Josh Mazzola vs. South: 0-0 innings to earn the win, while starter Nick Hernandez struck out five vs. College Teams: 1-0 Wesmen in his two innings of work. Mon: 0-0 Tues: 0-0 Wed: 0-0 Thur: 0-0 New Faces (17) Fri: 0-0 Sat: 0-0 Sun: 1-0 Today’s Starting Pitcher: Coby Cowgill will start today’s game for Pitchers (7) vs. LH Starter: 0-0 Winnipeg... He’s a former farmhand of the Texas Rangers and San Coby Cowgill vs. RH Starter: 1-0 Diego Padres... He went 5-4 with a 6.90 ERA at two Class A levels in Jon Fitzsimmons Day: 1-0 Night: 0-0 the Padres system last year... In 2012, he posted a 2.80 ERA in 27 Rob Nixon When Goldeyes Score First: 1-0 games and 70 innings pitched at Class A. Jailen Peguero When Opponent Scores First: 0-0 Salamida Retires: The Goldeyes announced on Saturday that Mark Pope Come-from-behind-wins: 0 five-year starting pitcher Chris Salamida has elected to retire from Raul Rivera When leading after 7/8:1-0/ 1-0 professional baseball... In 90 starts during five seasons, he went 40-25 Benji Waite When trailing after 7/8: 0-0/ 0-0 with a 3.85 ERA. When tied after 7/8: 0-0/ 0-0 Position Players (10) Extra-innings: 0-0 Rotation Spots: With Salamida’s retirement, another spot in the Aaron Baker 1-run games: 0-0 starting rotation is available... Entering today’s game, the Goldeyes Ben Bostick When Goldeyes out-hit opp: 1-0 have Nick Hernandez, Kyle Anderson, Matt Jackson, Rob Nixon and Brad Boyer When opp out-hits Goldeyes: 0-0 Coby Cowgill on their starting staff. Casio Grider When hits tied: 0-0 Adam Heisler Canadian Content: The CRTC will be happy to know that there are Brett Krill When Goldeyes score 4+: 1-0 three Canadian arms looking for a role on the Goldeyes pitching staff When Goldeyes score 3-: 0-0 Ramon Ortega this spring... Rob Nixon is looking land a spot in the starting rotation, Brady Wilson Team-high hits: 9 while returnee Taylor Bratton and newcomer Jon Fitzsimmons are Team-high runs: 9 Mike Wilson looking for a role in the bullpen... All three hurlers hail from Ontario... C.J. Ziegler Opp-high hits: 5 Additionally, transplanted Californian Brendan Lafferty now makes his Opp-high runs: 1 home in Winnipeg. When Goldeyes get 10+ hits: 0-0 The Departed (13) Walk-Off W/L:0-0 Staff Intact: For the second consecutive season, the Goldeyes Shutouts W/L: 0-0 coaching staff remains intact from the previous season, as hitting Pitchers (6) coach Tom Vaeth and pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea return with Ryan Bollinger manager Rick Forney... Vaeth has been with the organization since Kaohi Downing Media Relations Contacts 2003, while Vermilyea returned to the organization in 2013 after Barry Fowler Scott Unger - Media Relations Manager serving as the team’s closer in 2011. Chris Kissock Phone: 204-956-3225 Email: [email protected] Chris Salamida On the Airwaves: Steve Schuster returns as the Voice of the Taylor Sewitt Danielle Doiron - Media Relations Assistant Goldeyes after taking over the headset last season from longtime Phone: 204-956-3212 Email: [email protected] voice Paul Edmonds... All Goldeyes games, including the exhibition Position Players (7) games, will be broadcast on Jewel 101, which can be found at 100.7 Reggie Abercrombie FM, or online at www.jewel101.com. Brock Bond Jake Blackwood Miscellanous: Jordan Guida • Born on January 4, 1981, closer Jailen Peguero is the oldest Tyler Kuhn player on the Goldeyes training camp roster at 34 years of age. Ryan Pineda • Born on November 29, 1991, reliever Jon Fitzsimmons is the Donnie Webb youngest player on the Goldeyes training camp roster at 23 years of age. • Last season the Goldeyes had 12 returning players entering training camp. This year there are only nine returning players. The Skipper: Manager Rick Forney is in his 10th season as the team’s manager, making him the fourth-longest serving manager in the American Association next to Fargo-Moorhead’s Doug Simunic (19 years), St. Paul’s George Tsamis (12 years) and Gary’s Greg Tagert (11 years)... Forney has a career 490-392 record, good for a .556 winning percentage. Regular Season Awaits: The Goldeyes begin their 22nd season on Thursday, May 21 in Grand Prairie, Texas against the AirHogs... Following the opening series, the Goldeyes will play three games against the Wichita Wingnuts and three games against the expansion Joplin Blasters... The Goldeyes home opener is on Tuesday, June 2 against the Sioux Falls Canaries. 2015 Winnipeg Goldeyes Spring Training Results Date Opp Sc Res Rec Winner Loser Save Att 5/10 UW 9-1 W 1-0 Jackson Pilat NA 5/12 FM 5/13 FM 5/15 at KC 5/16 at KC 5/17 at KC 5/19 at WIC Pitching Lines Gabe Aguilar Jailen Peguero Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO 5/10 UW ND 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 Kyle Anderson Mark Pope Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO 5/10 UW ND 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 5/10 UW ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Raul Rivera Taylor Bratton Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Benji Waite Coby Cowgill Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Jon Fitzsimmons Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Nick Hernandez Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO 5/10 UW ND 2.0 3 0 0 0 5 Matt Jackson Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO 5/10 UW W 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 Brendan Lafferty Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO 5/10 UW ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Rob Nixon Date Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO Batting Log PLAYER 5/10 vs UW 5/12 vs FM 5/13 vs FM 5/15 at KC 5/16 at KC 5/17 at KC 5/19 at WIC Alen o2 (1-for-2) Baker ooo (0-for-3) Bostick (1)(1) (2-for-2) Boyer cwo (0-for-2) Grider o(o)ow (0-for-3) Haerther DNP Heisler wooew (0-for-3) Krill ooo(1) (1-for-4) Mazzola eo1(1)K (2-for-5) Ortega oo (0-for-2) Wilson, B o(3)ww (1-for-2) Wilson, M cKe(2)0 (1-for-5) Ziegler k1 (1-for-2) Key 1- single 2- double 3- triple 4- home run o- out K- strikeout swinging k- strikeout looking w- walk h- HBP e- reached on error b- SAC c- reached on fielder’s choice f- sacrifice fly DNP- did not Play Bold indicates run scored in that plate appearance Parenthesis indicates RBI (if applicable) Read left-to-right for first-to-last PA.