LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS GAME NOTES - 4/16/18 LHV IRONPIGS (5-4|t3rd|1.5 GB) vs. NORFOLK TIDES (4-4|1st|0.5 GA) Mon: RHP Jake Thompson (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jimmy Yacabonis (0-0, 4.50) 2018 IL RANKINGS IRONPIGS RECORDS: OFFENSE: PITCHING: 2018 Season: Overall: 5-4 Home: 3-1 Away: 2-3 AVG .263 5th ERA* 3.19 7th 2017 vs. NOR: Overall: 2-4 Home: 1-2 Away: 1-2 R 46 2nd Hits* 69 6th 2017 Season: Overall: 80-62 Home: 44-27 Away: 36-35 Hits 79 5th CG 0 t2nd All-Time: Overall: 710-735 Home: 375-347 Away: 335-388 HR 8 t3rd SHO 1 t1st BB 35 4th SV 3 t2nd UPCOMING PROBABLES: SO 69 5th HR* 9 t12th TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE Tue: RHP Zach Eflin (2-0, 1.64) vs. RHP David Hess (0-0, 1.80) SB 10 3rd BB* 26 5th Wed: RHP Tom Eshelman (1-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Yefry Ramirez (0-1, 2.08) CS* 4 13th SO 93 2nd Fri: LHP Cole Irvin (0-0, 5.00) vs. TBA vs. DUR E* 5 5th WHP* 1.20 3rd Sat: RHP Enyel De Los Santos (0-0, 2.25) vs. TBA vs. DUR *Ranked in Ascending Order ’18 BY THE NUMBERS TONIGHT’S GAME: RECORD BY DIV. The IronPigs (5-4) play the opener of a three-game series against the South Division-leading Norfolk Tides (4- Place in North Division t3rd Rec WPCT 4) at Coca-Cola Park... With a 5-4 loss in 10 yesterday, the Pigs fell short of a sweep in their four-game, home North 27-20 .574 Games Back (Division) 1.5 series against Louisville. The loss also snapped their season-high, four-game winning streak as well as their Games Back (WC) 1.0 West 18-18 .500 eight-game surge at Coca-Cola Park going back to last season... The Tides -- Bal more’s top affi liate -- were South 14-21 .400 Current Streak L1 postponed in their series fi nale at Syracuse yesterday. The Tides dropped the series to the Chiefs and have Longest Win Streak W4 (4/13) started 1-2 on their weather-shortened, six-game, North Division road trip... First-pitch tonight is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Longest Losing Streak L3 (4/10) • Southern Comfort: All- me, the Pigs are 161-146 vs. the South -- their best record* among the 3 divisions (*only non-losing mark). Largest Lead +0.5 (4/7) Largest Deficit 2.5 (4/10) EXTRA SPECIAL?: High-Water Mark 2 (4/14) With the 5-4 loss in 10 inning yesterday, the Pigs have started 0-1 in extra-inning games this season... Last season, the Pigs went 8-5 Low-Water Mark 2 (4/10) in extras -- including a 6-5 win in 12 innings Game 1 of the ILDS on 9/7 vs. SWB... All-time, LHV is now 70-61 in extra-inning affairs. Postponements (H/R) 0/1 2018 Attendance 34,697 FRIENDLY COKE-FINES: Year-to-Date Average 8,674 The Pigs have started 3-1 at home and my an average score of 8.3-4.3 (33-17 overall)... The off ense is averaging 8.3 runs per game IL Rank 2nd (33) while ba ng .329 (48-146) at home as compared to averaging 2.6 runs per game (13) while ba ng .201 (31-154) on the road. W-L-T vs. RHP (starter) 5-1 GENERAL LEI-BRANDT: vs. LHP (starter) 0-3 Yesterday, LHP Brandon Leibrandt (n/d, 4.0 ip, h, 5 k) stayed nearly perfect in his new capacity -- retiring 12 of 13 batters faced (inc. vs. North Division 2-3 the first 11)... The 25-year-old also earned a win with 2.2 IP scoreless in his prior outing on 4/11 @ SWB after posting 2.0 IP scoreless vs. South Division 0-0 in his Triple-A relief debut 4/9 at PAW... Success out of the pen shouldn’t be a surprise, as Leibrandt posted a 2.06 ERA (48.0/11) in vs. West Division 3-1 the first 4.0 IP of his 12 IL starts in 2017... As a reliever in his pro career, he’s now 1-0, 0.48, SV in 6 G (18.2 ip, 8 h, r, er, 0 bb, 19 k). Day 1-2 Night 4-2 THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Extra Innings 0-1 OF Roman Quinn (3-5, 2 R) has reached base safely in all seven of his games (9-29; .310-0-1, 3B, 4 BB, 6 R). The 24-year-old is also One-Run Games 1-2 4-for-5* in SB a empts a er leading MLB with nine SB in spring training (*lone CS came on a pickoff and a 1-3-6 putout). Three or Less 3-4 • Da ng back to last year (5/7), he’s hit safely in 20 of his last 27 G in the IL -- ba ng .312-2-7 (34-109, 4 2B, 3 3B, 14 BB, 18 R, 8 SB). Scoring First 2-2 Opponents Score First 3-2 LI’L PAPI: Leading after 5 4-0 OF Danny Or z (1-1, BB, R) has hit safely in his last fi ve starts (10-21; .476-2-8, 2B, 5 R) and in six of his last seven games overall (11- Trailing after 5 0-2 23; .478-2-8, 2B, 6 R)... On Thursday, the 28-year-old had a monster game (3-4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 3 R) -- pu ng the Pigs ahead for Tied after 5 1-2 good on a two-out, RBI double in the fi rst inning off RHP Jackson Stephens and tying single-game, career-highs for RBI (5) and R (3). Travel Days 0-0 • Over parts of fi ve IL seasons, Or z has hit .254-59-240 in 453 games (407-1600) with ROC (’14-15), IND (’16-17) and LHV (’18). Series Openers 2-1 TONIGHT’S PITCHERS: Series Finales 1-2 RHP Jake Thompson* -- see pg. 7 for more on JT, a member of the 40-Man Roster... ’18 w/ PHI: 0-0, 7.20, SV in 2 G (5.0 ip, 7 h, 4 er, bb, 4 k) Rubber Matches 0-0 Doubleheader Games 0-0 RHP Jimmy Yacabonis – making just the second start in his pro career -- is a 6-3, 205-pounf, 26-year-old drafted by the Orioles in Sweep/Swept/Split ---/---/--- the 13th Round of 2013 out of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia... Enters the season as the #23 Prospect in the BAL system 2-Game Series 0-0-1 according to Baseball America... The Matawan, N.J. native split 2017 between BAL (2-0, 4.35 in 14 G, 0 GS) and NOR (4-0, 1.32, 11 3-Game Series 0-1 SV in 41 G, 0 GS)... Made ML debut with 1.0 IP scoreless on 6/11 vs. NYY... First career professional start came 4/10/18 vs. CHA (n/d, Sweep/Swept ---/--- 2 ip, 2 h, 2 bb, 1 k)… Recalled to BAL on 4/7 @ NYY (1.0 ip, 3 er) and optioned on 4/8… Grandfather pitched professionally in Cuba… 4-Game Series 1-0-0 All-Big 5 and 2nd team All-A10 as SJU’s closer… MiLB Career (6): 13-13, 3.02, 42 SV in 191 G, GS.... Career vs LHV: 0-0, 8.10 in 2 G. Sweep/Swept ---/--- • Scouting Report: FB (90-97, some cut and sink); SL (83-85, sharp bite when it’s on); CH (not great feel)... low arm slot, max effort 5-Game Series 0-0 Sweep/Swept ---/--- *BIG JAKE!: Monday 0-1 With RHP Drew Anderson landing on the DL on Wednesday, RHP Jake Thompson (n/d, 3.1 ip, 3 h, 0 r, bb, 3 k) pitched well in the Tuesday 0-1 spot-start at SWB and began an IronPigs shutout for the ninth time in his IL career. The 24-year-old made the Phillies Opening Day roster after being converting to reliever in spring training as was optioned down after earning his first career save on April 7 against Wednesday 1-0 Miami. Over parts of three seasons with the Pigs, the 2016 IL Pitcher of the Year is 16-19, 3.76 in 44 GS (251.1/105) in his IL career. Thursday 1-0 Friday 1-0 BACON BITS: KEY PLAYER INFORMATION Saturday 2-0 • INF Alexi Amarista has hit safely in 5 of his 6 G, reaching safely in all 6 G • OF Danny Or z has hit safely in each of last 5 starts (10-21; .476-2-8, 2B, 5 R) Sunday 0-2 • INF Dean Anna has hit safely in his last 5 G (6-20; .300-0-2, 2B, 3 R, SB) • OF Andrew Pullin ranked 2nd in MiLB in 2B (42) & 5th in XBH (66) last year April 5-4 May 0-0 • OF Collin Cowgill has hit safely in 3 of his 4 G (3-14, .214-1-2, 2B, 3 R) • OF Roman Quinn, who missed 93 G in ’17, led MLB with 9 SB in Spring June 0-0 • OF Dylan Cozens has hit safely in his last 4 starts (8-19; .421-2-4, 5 R, 3 SB) • C Nick Rickles has recorded an RBI in each of his 3 G (2-10; .200-0-3, 2B, R) July 0-0 • INF Ma McBride has reached safely in all 5 G (4-14; .286-2-6, 2 BB, 3 R) • INF Jesmuel Valen n, who missed 108 G in ’17, hit .295-3-11 in MLB Spring August 0-0 • INF Joey Meneses was a ’17 MiLB organiza on All-Star / ATL (.292-9-45 in AA) • INF Mitch Walding has hit safely in last 5 G (9-21; .429-1-2, 2B, BB, 6 R) September 0-0 • C Logan Moore has nailed 45.6% (67-147) SB a in AA/AAA over last 4 years • RHP Pedro Beato has converted 36-of-38 (94.7%) SV ops w/ LHV (’17-18) 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 NOR: NOR won the season series, 4-2..