2019 Idaho Falls Chukars Media Notes August 16th, 2019 - Game 55 (Game 18 - 2nd Half) - 7:15 PM MT Idaho Falls Chukars (KC) (5-12, 26-28) vs Billings Mustangs (CIN) (12-5, 27-28) Melaleuca Field - Idaho Falls, ID Broadcast - KSPZ 980 The Zone RHP #29 Stephen Ridings: 3-3, 7.71 RHP #14 Justin McGregor: 3-4, 4.83 ERA, 37.1 IP, 36 H, 32 ER, 24 BB, 61 VS ERA, 50.1 IP, 72 H, 27 ER, 6 BB, 34 SO, .245 Opp Avg, 1.61 WHIP SO, .327 Opp Avg, 1.55 WHIP Upcoming Games/Pitching Matchups Date Opponent Time (MT) Chukars Pitcher Opposing Pitcher August 17 Billings 7:15 PM RHP Bryar Johnson RHP Miguel Medrano August 18 Billings 4:00 PM RHP Nathan Webb RHP Noah Davis Chukars vs Chukars By The Numbers Previous Game (8/15/19) R H E Billings Streaks (2019 Season) Longest Win Streak 9 4 9 1 Overall Record: 10-2 Home: 5-1 Road: 5-1 Longest Losing Streak 6 Current Streak L4 11 0 Batting: .261 AVG, 12 HR, 65 R Lead/Trail 7 Pitching: 3.11 ERA, 9 HR allowed Leading After 5 Innings 22-3 Champion Chuks: Leading After 6 Innings 23-2 The Chukars return home for the first of a four game series 2019 Team Leaders Leading After 7 Innings 17-1 tonight against the Billings Mustangs. Stephen Ridings goes for the Chukars, Leading After 8 Innings 17-1 making his third appearance (second start) against Billings this year. In his last Batting Average ERA start against Billings, Ridings struck out a career high 11. He is opposed by Justin Tied After 5 Innings 2-0 McGregor, who will make his third start against the Chukars. McGregor has Tied After 6 Innings 2-3 allowed 11 runs over 11.2 innings against Idaho Falls. Tied After 7 Innings 4-3 Tied After 8 Innings 4-0 I’m Sorry Ms Jackson, He Is For Real: Orem shortstop Jeremiah Jackson has torn Trailing After 5 Innings 2-24 up the Pioneer League this year, and made his impact well known last night against Trailing After 6 Innings 1-23 the Chukars. Jackson hit three home runs, driving in five in aiding the Owlz to a Trailing After 7 Innings 2-19 7-4 win over the Chukars. Jackson has six multi homer games with three of them Trailing After 8 Innings 2-20 coming against Idaho Falls. In seven games against the Chukars, Jackson homered Clay Dungan - (.348) Brad Bonnenfant - (0.59) Extra Innings 5-0 seven times, accounting for over a third of his league leading 20 homers. Idaho Home Runs Wins Scoring Trends Falls was swept by Orem, marking the second time the Chukars have been swept Scoring First 18-11 in a four game series this year. The Chukars now have their fourth losing streak of Opponent Scores First 8-17 at least four games this year. Scoring At Least 4 Runs 22-13 Wonderful Webb: Scoring 3 Or Less Runs 4-15 On August 2nd, Nathan Webb pitched the game of the year, Scoring In The 1st Inning 13-7 going a complete game seven innings, allowing just five hits, walking one, and Allowing At Least 4 Runs 15-24 striking out ten as the Chukars blanked the Mustangs 3-0 in game two of their doubleheader. In 19.1 innings of work against the Mustangs this season, Webb Allowing 3 Or Less Runs 11-4 Michael Emodi - (11) Chih-Ting Wang - (4) has not allowed an earned run. For his performance, Webb was named the Pioneer Scoring The Final Run 16-12 League Pitcher of the Week. RBI Innings Pitched Allowing The Final Run 10-16 Record In 1 Run Games 8-5 Extras Are Fun: On August 3rd, the last game before the All Star break, the Times Scoring 10+ Runs 5 Chukars put on a show for the fans, beating Billings 3-2 in ten innings for their Record Splits fourth walk off win of the year. Idaho Falls is 5-0 in extra innings, with four of Versus LH Starter 3-8 those wins coming against the Mustangs. Michael Emodi delivered the game Versus RH Starter 23-20 winning RBI with an infield single. Home 14-11 Away 12-17 Oh My Emodi!: Michael Emodi last Monday was named the Pioneer League’s Michael Emodi - (43) Nathan Webb - (48.1) Night Games 21-23 Player of the Week for the past week. In six games played, Emodi went 12-25 with Hits Strikeouts Day Games 5-5 a home run, seven doubles, a triple, and ten RBI. He is the first Chukar to earn a Versus Northern Division Opponents 22-16 weekly honor this season. Emodi is second in the league in RBI and is fourth in Versus Southern Division Opponents 4-12 home runs. Against Opponents With +.250 Team Avg 13-25 A Dun-good Performance: On June 23rd, Chukars shortstop Clay Dungan Against Opponents With -.250 Team Avg 13-3 recorded six hits in six at bats, making him the second Chukar in as many seasons Against Opponents Averaging 4< Runs/Game 22-28 to do so, as Kyle Kasser accomplished the feat against Orem. Dungan has multiple Against Opponents Averaging 4> Runs/Game 4-0 hits in 20 games, which leads the team. He is also third in the league in batting Against Opponents With 4.00> Team ERA 6-0 average and first in hits. Dungan also just had a career best 15 game hitting streak Clay Dungan - (63) Nathan Webb - (64) Against Opponents With 4.00< Team ERA 20-28 snapped, which is the longest for any Chukar in 2019. Dungan over the All Star Runs Saves When Outhitting Opponent 21-1 break was named the Royals Player of the Month for July at Idaho Falls. Every When Outhit By Opponent 5-27 affiliate has this honor designated. Dungan has also drawn at least one walk in When Starter Completes 6 Innings 4-1 seven of his past ten games. When Starter Goes Less Than 6 Innings 22-27 When Using 3 Or Less Pitchers 21-19 Magnificent Marquez: Chukars infielder Jose Marquez is second in the league When Using 4 Or More Pitchers 5-9 in hits with 59 and has multiple hits in four of his past six games. Marquez hit a When Hitting At Least 1 Home Run 21-12 grand slam against Orem on Monday night, his first homer of the season. When Going Homerless 5-16 Clay Dungan - (41) Derrick Adams - (4) All Stars: When Allowing At Least 1 Home Run 11-14 Michael Emodi, Clay Dungan, and Chih-Ting Wang were named to the 2019 Pioneer League All Star Team and participated in the game on August 6th. 1st Half 21-16 Idaho Falls Chukars Emodi was the starting catcher, while Dungan got the start at second base. Wang @ifchukars Walkoff Situations 4-1 threw 0.2 innings out of the bullpen. Tonight’s Starting Pitcher 2 RHP - #29 Stephen Ridings Born: August 14, 1995 - Height/Weight: 6’8”, 220 LBS - Resides: Huntington, NY - Acquired: Trade with Cubs Career Statistics Year Team W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP Opp Avg WHIP 2017 AZL Cubs 0-2 4.09 12/8 22.0 17 11 10 20 26 1 4 .218 1.68 2018 Eugene 3-3 4.15 22/0 34.2 29 19 16 15 44 4 1 .230 1.27 Stephen Ridings - Pitching - Game Log - 2019 - Regular Season Date GM # Team Opp W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WHIP AVG AB WP BK GIDP TBF NP-S 6/18/19 1 IDF MIS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 5 3.00 .250 8 0 0 0 12 61 - 31 6/23/19 1 IDF BIL 1 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 3 1 1 4 0 6 2.60 .238 13 1 0 0 18 72 - 42 6/29/19 1 IDF GTF 1 0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.73 .233 22 0 0 0 23 82 - 60 7/5/19 1 IDF MIS 0 1 7.24 1 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 5 5 0 1 3 0 4 1.76 .231 9 1 0 0 14 65 - 41 7/12/19 1 IDF OGD 0 1 11.34 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 10 10 0 2 5 0 6 2.16 .284 15 1 0 0 23 93 - 51 7/19/19 1 IDF @BIL 0 1 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 11 1.92 .264 20 1 0 0 22 93 - 58 7/24/19 1 IDF @MIS 1 0 8.56 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 9 1.72 .257 22 0 1 0 24 93 - 63 7/31/19 1 IDF MIS 0 0 7.56 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 1.56 .250 23 0 0 0 23 96 - 65 8/10/19 1 IDF @OGD 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 1 0 5 0 7 1.61 .245 15 0 0 0 20 90 - 53 Total IDF ROA 3 3 7.71 9 7 0 0 0 37.1 36 34 32 3 5 24 0 61 1.61 .245 147 4 1 0 179 745 - 464 Stephen Ridings - Pitching - Game Log - 2018 - Regular Season Date Team Opp W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WHIP AVG AB WP BK TBF NP-S 6/17/18 EUG VAN 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3.00 .400 5 1 0 6 19 - 13 6/21/18 EUG @HIL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2.50 .333 4 2 0 6 28 - 15 6/23/18 EUG BOI 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.25 .200 6 0 0 6 30 - 22 6/26/18 EUG @SK 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.33 .261 8 1 0 8 36 - 22 7/1/18 EUG EVE 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 .207 6 0 0 6 23 - 16 7/4/18 EUG @BOI 0 0 5.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1.22 .250 7 0 0 7 26 - 17 7/7/18 EUG HIL 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.40 .268 5 0 0 6 19 - 10 7/14/18 EUG @SPO 0 0 6.55 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 1.73 .283 5 0 0 8 40 - 19 7/18/18 EUG SK 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.58 .265 3 0 0 3 15 - 10 7/22/18 EUG @TRI 0 1 6.23 1 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.54 .250 3 2 0 4 19 - 12 7/26/18 EUG SK 1 0 6.60 1 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 1.47 .237 7 0 0 8 29 - 21 7/29/18 EUG @VAN 0 0 6.32 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.47 .230 2 0 0 3 15 - 6 8/2/18 EUG SPO 0 0 5.60 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.30 .212 5 0 0 6 20 - 12 8/5/18 EUG SPO 0 0 4.95 1 0 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.25 .200 9 1 0 10 41 - 27 8/9/18 EUG @EVE 1 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.23 .198 6 0 0 7 33 - 21 8/13/18 EUG @EVE 0 0 4.01 1 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.22 .198 10 0 0 11 47 - 29 8/16/18 EUG HIL 1 0 3.90 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.19 .210 9 0 0 10 24 - 18 8/20/18 EUG @HIL 0 0 3.72 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.21 .210 5 0 0 6 N/A - N/A 8/24/18 EUG TRI 0 1 3.48 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.19 .212 8 0 0 8 25 - 22 8/26/18 EUG TRI 0 0 3.66 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.25 .222 4 1 0 5 20 - 10 8/30/18 EUG @SK 0 0 3.48 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.19 .215 4 0 0 5 14 - 10 9/1/18 EUG @BOI 0 1 4.15 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 1.27 .230 5 0 0 7 23 - 14 Total 3 3 4.15 22 0 0 34.2 29 19 16 4 1 15 1 44 1.27 .230 126 8 0 146 546 - 346 Meet Stephen Ridings: Stephen Ridings is in his third season of professional baseball.