LEHIGH VALLEY IRONPIGS GAME NOTES - 4/30/18 IRONPIGS (11-10|3rd|1.5 GB) vs. SYRACUSE CHIEFS (12-8|1st|1.0 GA) Mon: RHP Tom Eshelman (1-2, 7.08) vs. LHP Tommy Milone (1-1, 4.87) 2018 IL RANKINGS IRONPIGS RECORDS: OFFENSE: PITCHING: 2018 Season: Overall: 11-10 Home: 7-3 Away: 4-7 AVG .252 6th ERA* 4.17 12th 2017 vs. SYR: Overall: 10-7 Home: 4-3 Away: 6-4 R 92 5th Hits* 169 9th 2017 Season: Overall: 80-62 Home: 44-27 Away: 36-35 Hits 167 9th CG 0 t4th All-Time: Overall: 716-740 Home: 379-349 Away: 337-391 HR 14 t5th SHO 3 t2nd BB 78 5th SV 6 t2nd UPCOMING PROBABLES: SO* 169 5th HR* 15 t10th TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE Tue: RHP Jake Waguespack (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Austin Voth (1-0, 0.96) SB 19 2nd BB* 62 t5th Wed: LHP Cole Irvin (1-1, 3.86) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (1-0, 2.25) CS* 7 t8th SO 187 5th Thu: TBA @ ROC vs. RHP Fernando Romero (0-1, 2.57) @ ROC E* 10 t3rd WHP* 1.32 7th Fri: RHP Enyel De Los Santos (2-0, 1.40) vs. RHP Aaron Slegers (2-0, 1.50) @ ROC *Ranked in Ascending Order ’18 BY THE NUMBERS TONIGHT’S GAME: PIGS IN IL RANKINGS The IronPigs (11-10) play the opener of a three-game series against the North Division-leading Syra- Place in North Division 3rd cuse Chiefs (12-8) at Coca-Cola Park... With a doubleheader sweep of the RailRiders yesterday (W, BATTING Games Back (Division) 1.5 AVG .318 Roman Quinn 9th 4-0; W, 3-0), the Pigs swept the three-game, home set -- earning their fi rst series sweep of the H 21 Mitch Walding t7th Games Back (WC) 0.5 season. The Pigs have started 3-0 on this six-game, North Division homestand... The Chiefs -- Wash- 21 Roman Quinn t7th Current Streak W3 ington’s top affi liate -- were rained out yesterday and wound up spli ng an abbreviated, two-game, R 17 Mitch Walding 1st Longest Win Streak W4 (4/13) home series with Rochester. A er ge ng off to a 9-4 start, the Chiefs have gone just 3-4 over their 13 Dylan Cozens t4th Longest Losing Streak L3 (2x) last seven games. Syracuse has not won a Governors’ Cup since 1976... First-pitch is at 7:05 p.m. 2B 7 Mitch Walding t5th Largest Lead +0.5 (4/7) 3B 2 Roman Quinn t2nd HR 3 Dylan Cozens t1st Largest Deficit 3.0 (5x) DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE!: 3 Mitch Walding t1st High-Water Mark 2 (2x) The Pigs have started 3-1 in doubleheader games after sweeping the twinbill against SWB yes- 3 Danny Or z t1st Low-Water Mark 2 (3x) terday. This fast start comes after the Pigs were a franchise-best 15-4 in doubleheader games in SB 9 Roman Quinn 1st Postponements (H/R) 1/2 2017 -- with a single-season record with six sweeps (prev. 4 in 2016)... After recording just seven 6 Dylan Cozens t2nd combined sweeps in their first eight seasons (2008-15) in 48 twinbills (14.6%), the Pigs have now BB 14 Dylan Cozens 3rd 2018 Attendance 67,576 11 Jesmuel Valen n t10th Year-to-Date Average 7,508 enjoyed 11 sweeps over the past three seasons (2016-18) in 17 tries (64.7%). IL Rank 2nd PITCHING I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE...WASHING!: W 2 Zach Efl in t9th W-L-T Yesterday, the Pigs recorded a pair of shutouts -- marking the first time in franchise history they 2 Ranfi Casimiro t9th vs. RHP (starter) 8-5 2 Enyel De Los Santos t9th posted white-washings in both ends of a doubleheader... The Pigs have now recorded three shut- ERA 1.40 Enyel De Los Santos 6th vs. LHP (starter) 3-5 outs this season -- which is tied for second in the IL behind Columbus (4)... Oddly, all three blankings G 9 Pedro Beato t3rd vs. North Division 5-3 have come against the RailRiders... The Pigs now own 113 shutouts all-time. 9 Zac Cur s t3rd vs. South Division 3-6 9 Tom Windle t3rd vs. West Division 3-1 PITCHING FITS!: SV 5 Pedro Beato t1st Day 4-4 The Pigs pitching staff enters tonight with a 15.0-IP* scoreless streak, which started after SWB HLD 4 Aus n Davis 1st 2 Ranfi Casimiro t6th Night 7-6 scored a soft run off LHP Hoby Milner in the eighth inning on Friday -- the only run plated by the 2 Zac Cur s t6th Extra Innings 0-1 RailRiders in the three-game series (*the franchise record in 38.0 IP, from 5/15-18, 2012)... So far, SO 25 Enyel De Los Santos t8th One-Run Games 2-2 the staff is a combined 3-0, 0.43 ERA (23.0 IP, 17 H, R, ER, 6 BB, 21 K) on the homestand. Three or Less 5-6 • For Starters: Pigs starters own a 14.2-IP scoreless streak on the homestand after a 10.46 ERA (26.2/31) on the past road trip (2-4). Scoring First 7-2 Opponents Score First 4-8 FRIENDLY COKE-FINES: Leading after 5 9-0 The Pigs have started 7-3 at Coca-Cola Park, pos ng a 57-35 run diff eren al... The off ense is averaging 5.7 runs per game (57) while Trailing after 5 1-8 ba ng .272 (87-320) at home as compared to averaging 3.2 runs per game (35) while ba ng .234 (80-342) on the road... Mean- Tied after 5 1-2 while, the pitching staff has a 2.79 ERA (87.0/27) at home as compared to a 5.52 ERA (88.0/54) away from Allentown. Travel Days 0-0 THE MEDICINE MAN: Series Openers 4-3 OF Roman Quinn (2-2, RBI, BB, 2 R, 2 SB) has now hit safely in his last six games (10-22; .455-1-7, 2B, 3B, 4 BB, 5 R, 5 SB) while reach- Series Finales 2-5 ing base safely in 14 (87.5%) of 16 games this season... Friday night, he hit his fi rst career Grand Slam... The 24-year-old leads the Rubber Matches 0-3 IL with 9 SB* a er leading MLB with 9 SB in spring training (*lone CS came on a pickoff /1-3-6 putout)... Da ng back to last year Doubleheader Games 3-1 (5/7), the St. Joe, Fla., na ve has hit safely in 27 of his last 36 G in the IL -- ba ng .315-3-15 (46-146, 5 2B, 4 3B, 17 BB, 23 R, 13 SB). Sweep/Swept/Split 1/0/1 2-Game Series 0-0-1 TONIGHT’S PITCHERS: 3-Game Series 1-4 RHP Tom Eshelman -- see pg. 7 for more on TE, the IL starter in the ’17 Triple-A ASG... ’17 vs. SYR: 3-0, 1.29 in 5 GS (35 ip, 26 h, 5 er, 4 bb, 19 k) Sweep/Swept 1/0 LHP Tommy Milone – who owns 45 career big league wins over parts of six MLB seasons – is a 6-0, 215-pound, 31-year-old who 4-Game Series 1-0-0 was originally selected by WSH in the 10th round of the 2008 draft out of USC (CA)... Returned to the organization after signing as a Sweep/Swept ---/--- minor league free agent on 2/13/18... Tonight will mark his first start against LHV since 2011... The Saugus, Calif., native split 2017 5-Game Series 0-0 between the NYM and MIL, making 17 appearances in MLB (1-3, 7.63 in 17 G, 8 GS) and five in MiLB (1-1, 5.40, 5 GS, 21.2/13, 28 Sweep/Swept ---/--- h, 14 k, .311 baa)... Has spent parts of seven seasons in MLB, going 45-36, 4.37, 2 SV in 146 G, 126 GS with WSH (’11), OAK (’12- Monday 1-2 14), MIN (’14-16), NYM (’17) and MIL (’17)... IL Career (5): 21-8, 2.64 in 41 GS (263.0/77) w/ SYR (2011, ’18) and ROC (2014-16). Tuesday 0-2 • Career vs. LHV (all in ’11 w/ SYR): 3-1, 1.37 in 4 GS (26.1 ip, 18 h, 4 er, 2 hr, 21 k) Wednesday 2-2 • Scouting Report: FB (85-90; deceptive); CT (79-82), CB (13%); CH (out-pitch, both sides, tough vs. RHH)… Funky delivery/great command Thursday 1-0 Friday 2-1 BACON BITS: KEY PLAYER INFORMATION Saturday 3-0 • INF Alexi Amarista has hit safely in 6 of his 8 G, reaching safely in 7 G • C Logan Moore has nailed 46.7% (70-150) SB a in AA/AAA over last 4 years Sunday 2-3 • INF Dean Anna has hit in 13 of L17 (18-57; .316-0-7, 2B, 3B, 6 BB, 8 R, 2 SB) • OF Danny Or z has hit safely in 12 of L17 (18-61; .295-3-11, 2 2B, 3 BB, 11 R) April 11-10 May 0-0 • OF Collin Cowgill has hit safely in 7 of his 11 G (8-37, .216-1-5, 2 2B, 5 R) • 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 is ba ng .286-3-10 in last 17 G (16-56; 3 2B, 9 BB, 12 R, 5 SB) • OF Andrew Pullin ranked 2nd in MiLB in 2B (42) & 5th in XBH (66) last year July 0-0 • INF Ma McBride has reached safely in 8 of 11 G (7-32; .219-2-6, 2B, 6 BB, 4 R) • OF Roman Quinn has hit safely his L6 (10-22; .455-1-7, 2B, 3B, 4 BB, 5 R, 5 SB) August 0-0 • INF Heiker Meneses was 6-28 in 8 G w/ REA a er star ng 1-3 in 1 G w/ LHV • C Nick Rickles has recorded an RBI in 7 of his 9 G (7-29; .241-0-7, 2 2B, 2 R) September 0-0 • INF Joey Meneses has hit safely in 10 of L13 (12-38; .316-0-3, 4 2B, 3 BB, 3 R) • INF Mitch Walding has hit in 11 of his L17 (19-58; .328-3-10, 5 2B, 10 BB, 16 R) 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 SYR: LHV won the season series, 10-7 -- and has won 20 of the last 30 matchups..