2019 Game Notes Pensacola Blue Wahoos Double-A Affiliate: Minnesota Twins www.BlueWahoos.com/Media Game #28, Home #13 (8-4), Pensacola Blue Wahoos (17-10) vs. Biloxi Shuckers (14-13) 6:35 PM Probable Pitching Matchup RHP Brusdar Graterol (2-0, 2.30 ERA) vs. RHP Braden Webb (1-3, 6.28 ERA) Friday, May 3, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Biloxi Shuckers Saturday, May 4, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Biloxi Shuckers, 6:05 PM, RHP Randy Dobnak vs. RHP Bowden Francis (0-1, 8.10) Sunday, May 5, Pensacola Blue Wahoos vs. Biloxi Shuckers, 1:05 PM, RHP Griffin Jax (1-0, 0.66) vs.RHP Alec Bettinger (0-2, 8.34) Monday, May 6, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Mississippi Braves, 6:35 PM, RHP Sean Poppen (2-1, 2.57) vs. TBD Tuesday, May 7, Pensacola Blue Wahoos at Mississippi Braves, 6:35 PM, RHP Jorge Alcala (4-1, 4.71) vs. TBD Blue Wahoos vs. Biloxi 2019 At A Glance 2019: 3-4 Home: 0-2 Road: 3-2 Record 17-10, 1st, -- GB Home Attendance (Total/Average) 41,584/4,299 Come From Behind Wins 3 -The Blue Wahoos and Shuckers will play 20 times in 2019. Last Shutout By Blue Wahoos (5) 4/24 vs. Mobile (1-0) -As a team, Biloxi holds a .233 batting average and 4.12 ERA. Last Shutout By Opponent (3), 5/1 vs. Biloxi (0-1) -The Blue Wahoos are hitting .225 and have a 2.38 team ERA. Vs. RHS/LHS 15-9/2-1 Blue Wahoos/Opponents scoring first 15-5/1-6 2019 Matchups: Games decided in final AB/Walk-Off 3-2/1-2 April 15-19 at Biloxi (3-2) 1-Run Games 7-6 May 1-5 in Pensacola (0-2) Home/Road 8-4/9-6 June 7-11 in Biloxi (5) Series Openers/Finales 5-1/2-3 June 25-29 in Pensacola (5) After 7.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 12-0/3-4/0-5 After 8.0 Ahead/Tied/Trailing 12-0/2-2/0-7 Miguel Sano Added To Pensacola On MLB Rehab Extra Inning Games/Home/Road 2-2/0-0/2-2 -2017 American League All-Star Miguel Sano has been promoted to Pensacola on Major League rehab. One of the most heralded international prospects in recent memory, Sano signed with the Twins as a 16-year old in 2009 from the Dominican Republic. Ranked as high Yesterday’s Game: as the #6 prospect in baseball, he made his MLB debut in 2015 as a 22-year-old and finished 3rd in Rookie of the Year voting, hitting 18 homers in 80 games. He was selected as an All-Star -The Blue Wahoos dropped game two of their five-game home set against Biloxi in 2017 and finished second in the Home Run Derby (to Aaron Judge), hitting .264 with 28 by a 1-0 score. Jorge Alcala provided a strong start, going 5.0 shutout innings and homers on the season. allowing five hits while striking out 8. Biloxi countered with Trey Supak, who allowed -Sano sustained a laceration on his heel during a celebration of his team’s Dominican Winter just one hit over 5.0 shutout innings. League championship in January. His rehab start began on April 30 with Fort Myers. He went -The games only run was scored in the eighth inning. Alexander Alvarez led off the 4-4 with a home run and 3 RBI last night in his final game with the Miracle. inning with a single and advanced to second when Michael O’Neill was hit by a pitch. After a bunt moved both runners over, a passed ball allowed Alvarez to score Busy Week Of Roster Moves with the game’s only run. -The Blue Wahoos made six roster moves on May 2nd. -After a first inning single by Jaylin Davis, the Wahoos didn’t have another hit until -RHP Andro Cutura was placed on the 7-day injured list. the sixth inning when Davis singled again. They finished the game with six hits. -RHP Dusten Knight was placed on the suspended list. -LHP Devin Smeltzer was promoted to AAA-Rochester. -OF Alex Kirilloff was activated from the 7-day injured list. -RHP Randy Dobnak was transferred from A+ Fort Myers to Pensacola. -RHP Alex Phillips was transferred from A+ Fort Myers to Pensacola. 2019 Offensive Leaders Games: Luis Arraez 27 -The Blue Wahoos made four additional moves today: Runs: English, Gore 15 -3B Miguel Sano transferred to Pensacola from A+ Fort Myers on MLB Rehab. Hits: Luis Arraez 32 -OF Mark Conteras transferred to Pensacola from A+ Fort Myers. Doubles: Caleb Hamilton 5 -RHP Dusten Knight reinstated from the suspended list, released. Triples: 6 tied 1 -C Brian Navaretto placed on the 7-day injured list (5/2). Home Runs: Davis, Schales 3 Top Prospect Alex Kirilloff Joins Pensacola Lineup Runs Batted In: Taylor Grzelakowski 16 -OF Alex Kirilloff, the #8 overall prospect in the game of baseball (MLB Pipeline), was activated Total Bases: Jaylin Davis 36 from the 7-day injured list prior to tonight’s game. Kirilloff hit .348 with 20 home runs and 101 Stolen Bases: Tanner English 6 RBI between A-Cedar Rapids and A+ Fort Myers in 2018, taking home a bevy of awards and Average: (40 AB) Jaylin Davis .325 honors including the MiLB Breakout Prospect of the Year, the Sherry Robertson Twins Minor On-Base: (40 AB) Brian Schales .405 League Player of the Year, the Midwest League Player of the Year, and selections to the MiLB. Slugging: (40 AB) Brian Schales .500 com Organizational All-Star and Baseball America Minor League All-Star teams. Smeltzer Promoted, Dobnak Joins Rotation 2019 Pitching Leaders -Devin Smeltzer, the Southern League leader in ERA (0.60) was promoted to AAA-Rochester Games: Stashak, Mason 8 before tonight’s game. The lefty made five starts for Pensacola, leading the team in innings Wins: Jorge Alcala 4 pitched, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Starts: 4 tied 5 -Smeltzer will be replaced in the Pensacola rotation by RHP Randy Dobnak. The 24-year- Saves: Dusten Knight 5 old was 3-0 with a 0.40 ERA in 22.1 IP for A+ Fort Myers this season. A former independent Innings Pitched: Devin Smeltzer 30.0 baseball teammate of Taylor Grzelakowski with the Utica Unicorns, Dobnak holds a 15-5 record and 2.68 ERA across three seasons in his minor league career. Strikeouts: Devin Smeltzer 33 ERA (20 IP) Devin Smeltzer 0.60 Leaderboard: WHIP (20 IP) Devin Smeltzer 0.73 -Luis Arraez is second in the Southern League in hits (32). Holds: Jay, Moran 2 -Jordan Gore and Tanner English are T-5th in the league in runs scored (15). -Pensacola’s staff has thelowest team ERA in the league (2.38). Around The Farm: -Pensacola pitchers have the most strikeouts in the league (282). AAA-Rochester Red Wings (10-16): The Red Wings fell 7-3 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. -Pensacola’s staff has the league’sbest WHIP (1.13) and the most saves (11). Top prospect Nick Gordon was 3-5 with an RBI and a run. Tomas Telis and Jordany -Devin Smeltzer leads the league in ERA (0.60) and has the lowest WHIP (0.73). -Jorge Alcala is tied for the league lead with four wins and second with 37 strikeouts. Valdespin each had two hits. Ryan Eades threw 2.0 scoreless, striking out a pair. Striking First: High A-Fort Myers Miracle (17-10): The Miracle swept a doubleheader against -The Blue Wahoos have scored first in 20 of 27 games this season. Clearwater. In a 4-3 game one win, Miguel Sano was 4-4 with a HR and 3 RBI. Trevor Pensacola has scored in the first or second inning 14 times this season. The Wahoos hold a Larnach was 2-4 with a double. Royce Lewis was 2-3 with a run. In a 1-0 win in game two, .275 batting average in the first inning. Michael Helman was 2-3. Melvi Acosta threw 6.0 shutout innings on 4 hits. Seafood Series-Blue Wahoos Record 7-5: A-Cedar Rapids Kernels (12-14): The Kernels fell 2-0 to Cedar Rapids. Estamy Urena -This week’s series against Biloxi continues the Seafood Series, a three-way competition be- tween Jacksonville, Biloxi, and Pensacola. Throughout the 2019 season, the three teams, each was 2-3 with a double. Andrew Cabezas allowed one run over 6.0 IP on 4 hits. with seafood-inspired names, will track their wins against the other two franchises. At the end of the season, the team with the best record against the other two will receive a pound of each competitor’s namesake seafood. Starting Pitcher Brusdar Graterol, RHP, #22 Hometown: Calobozo, VEN Age: 20 Year Team W-L ERA G GS IP H ER BB K AVG WHIP 2015 DSL (R) 0-1 2.45 4 4 11.0 12 3 1 17 .237 1.18 2017 GCL (R) 2-0 1.40 5 2 19.1 10 3 4 21 .152 0.72 ELZ (R) 2-1 3.92 5 5 20.2 16 9 9 24 .213 1.21 Total 4-1 2.70 10 7 40.0 26 12 13 45 .184 0.98 2018 CR (A) 3-2 2.18 8 8 41.1 26 12 13 45 .195 0.94 FTM (A+) 5-2 3.12 11 11 60.2 59 21 19 56 .261 1.29 Total 8-4 2.74 19 19 102.0 89 31 28 107 .234 1.15 Career 12-6 2.71 33 30 153.0 127 46 42 169 .225 1.10 2018 Highs B/T: R/R HT: 6’1” WT: 180 Born: August 26, 1998 Innings: 7.0, 2x, last 8/15 vs.