MEDIA NOTES. April 17, Lynx Stadium, Ottawa, ON

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1 OTTAWA LYNX (2-5) Philadelphia Phillies MEDIA NOTES April 17, Lynx Stadium, Ottawa, ON RILEY DENVER, DIRECTOR, MEDIA & PUBLIC RELATIONS JODY KINGSBURY, MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT MEDIA RELATIONS PHONE: (613) (EXT. 235) MEDIA RELATIONS Game 8 of 144 Home Game 1 of 72 Game 1 of an 6-game homestand Game 1 of a 4-game series CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS (5-5) Chicago White Sox AGAINST THE KNIGHTS: Tonight s game will be the 142nd game in the history between the two clubs. The Lynx lead the all-time series, with a record of in the 141 games played between the two teams in the series history. The Knights won the season series in 2006, taking the first five games before the Lynx came back and won the last three. All three Lynx wins against Charlotte last season were in the friendly confines of Lynx Stadium. The Knights were the first team the Lynx ever played, exactly 14 years ago tonight. On that first home opener, the Knights took the win, 4-3, in front of a capacity crowd in Ottawa. SYRACUSE IS SPLITSVILLE: With a terrible winter storm bearing down on Syracuse, the Lynx and Chiefs squeezed in a doubleheader Saturday afternoon before postponing planned games for Sunday and Monday in Syracuse. GAME 1: Ty Taubenheim worked six scoreless innings to lead the Chiefs to a 4-0 win over Ottawa in the first game of Saturday's Opening Day doubleheader. Mike Vento and John-Ford Griffin each connected on a two-run homer for Syracuse. The Lynx wasted a solid performance from starter Zach Segovia, who was activated from the Temporarily Inactive list prior to the game. Segovia pitched a complete game, 7.0 innings, but his teammates couldn't get on the board to give him his first Triple-A win. GAME 2: The Lynx got off to a hot start, scoring two runs in the top of the first innings. Chris Coste doubled home Chris Roberson and Joe Thurston. Roberson drove home Brennan King in the 4th and Danny Sandoval doubled home Jason Jaramillo for what would prove to be the winning run. Matt Childers recovered nicely after a rough first start in Buffalo. He held Syracuse to one run over 5.0 innings. Brian Sanches came in for the 7th inning to nail down his first save of the season. 15 SEASONS OF FUN IN THE CAPITAL! The 2007 season will be the 15th in club history. Over the first 14 seasons, the club has brought home 946 wins and absorbed 1,050 losses (.474 winning percentage). The club will be counting down to that 54th win in 2007, which will mark 1,000 in Lynx history. On the topic of milestones, the team's 4th game this season (April 11th at Buffalo) was the 2,000th game in Lynx history. LYNX LURKING ON LEAGUE LEADERBOARD: Lou Collier goes into today s game with the 8th-highest batting average in the International League (.379) and he s tied for 7th in the league with 3 doubles. Teammate Gary Burnham is 6th in the league s On-base Percentage race (Burnham.500). Chris Roberson s team-leading 7 RBI put him in a tie for 11th. Zach Segovia is one of only two IL pitchers who have thrown a complete game this season. Segovia turned the trick in the first game of the Lynx doubleheader Saturday in Syracuse (6.0 IP). NEW A-PHILLY-ATION: 2007 marks the first of a two-year Player Development Contract. With this, the Lynx inherit the defending IL North Division Champs. Since 2000, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate in Scranton Wilkes-Barre has averaged 78.2 wins per season, compared to 69.9 wins per season in Ottawa-a difference of more than eight more wins per season. This also marks the return of National League baseball to Lynx Stadium, meaning pitchers will hit when the Lynx face fellow NL affiliates Indianapolis (April 27-30), Lousiville (May 1-4), Richmond (June 1-4) and Columbus (June 14-17). MAN OH MANAGER! The Lynx new Manager, John Russell, is the defending International League Manager of the Year. He and his coaching staff of Sal Rende and Rod Nichols led Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to an record and an IL North Division Championship. Russell has managed in Canada before, having led the Edmonton Trappers to a Pacific Coast League title in 2002, the year he won Minor League Manager of the Year. STARTING TONIGHT: Lefty J.A. Happ takes the mound tonight. He was masterful in his Lynx debuit April 10th in Buffalo, keeping the Bisons hitless over 5.0 innings. Happ is the 8th-best prospect in the Phillies system and went to his first Major League Spring Training this Spring. Last season, he went a combined 10-9 with a 2.69 ERA and 162 strikeouts over three levels of the Minor Leagues. SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Tuesday vs Charlotte, 6:05 pm LHP J.A. Happ (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Heath Phillips (1-1, 3.86) Wednesday vs Charlotte, 6:05 pm LHP Brian Mazone (0-1, 1.64) vs. RHP Charlie Haeger (1-1, 5.25) Thursday vs Charlotte, 6:05 pm LHP Jim Crowell (0-0, 33.75) vs. RHP Lance Broadway (0-, 3.27) Friday vs Charlotte, 6:05 pm RHP Zach Segovia (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Gavin Floyd (0-1, 3.00) CONSECUTIVE WINS: 1 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES: 0 LYNX vs. NORTH: 2-5 LYNX vs. WEST: 0-0 LYNX vs. SOUTH: 0-0 LYNX vs. CHR in 2007: 0-0 LYNX vs. CHR in 2006: 9-7 LYNX vs. CHR in Ottawa: 0-0 LYNX vs. CHR in Charlotte: 0-0 LYNX HOME RECORD: 0-0 LYNX ROAD RECORD: 2-5 LAST WIN: April Syracuse LAST LOSS: April Syracuse LAST SAVE: April Syracuse (Sanches) LAST EXTRA-INNING WIN: -- LAST EXTRA-INNING Loss: -- EXTRA-INNINGS RECORD: 0-0 EXTRA-INNINGS AT HOME: 0-0 EXTRA-INNINGS ON ROAD: 0-0 LONGEST WIN STREAK: 1 LONGEST LOSING SKID: 3 THIS SERIES RECORD: 0-0 SEASON SERIES RECORD(W-L-SP) ONE-RUN GAMES: 1-2 WHEN LYNX SCORE FIRST: 1-3 OPPONENT SCORES FIRST: 1-2 RAIN-SHORTENED: 0-0 APRIL RECORD: 2-5 MAY RECORD: -- JUNE RECORD: -- JULY RECORD: -- AUGUST RECORD -- SEPTEMBER RECORD -- BEST RECORD (games over.500): 1-3 WORST RECORD (min. 5 games) 1-5 NO. OF GAMES POSTPONED: 0 SHUTOUTS: 0-1 LAST FIVE GAMES: 2-3 LAST 10 GAMES: 2-5 DOUBLEHEADER GAMES: 1-1

2 TODAY S LYNX STARTER LHP J.A. HAPP LLR, 6-6, 200 LBS. BORN: October 19, 1982 Spring Valley, IL (Found in the 2007 Lynx Media Guide) DATE G# OPP H/R DEC ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP AVG 04/10 1 BUF R W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG Total ERA IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF NP-S* IR-IRS First Inning Second Inning Third Inning Fourth Inning Fifth Inning AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP NP-S* vs Left vs Right AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Leading Off Bases Empty Runners On Runners On w/ 2 Outs Scoring Position RISP w/ 2 Outs Bases Loaded Today s Starting Pitcher: LHP J.A,. Happ makes his home debut tonight against the Knights. In his first game with the Lynx April 10th, Happ did not allow a hit in five innings of work and retired the last 13 batters he faced. He is rated the 8th-best prospect in the Phillies minor league system by Baseball America. He was a Florida State League All-Star last season. Happ was the first player ever to be named first-team All-Big Ten three straight seasons for Northwestern University. Led the Big Ten in ERA (2.68) and strikeouts (106 - three short of school record). This Spring, he blogged about his first MLB Spring Training. In his one Triple-A start last season in Rochester, he limited the Red Wings to one run on three hits and four strikeouts over six innings.

3 2007 DAY-BY-DAY OTTAWA OPPONENT DATE D/N OPP. W/L SC. REC. POS GB R H E W. PITCHER L. PITCHER SAVE R H E ATT. April 6 GAME POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW AND COLD -- TO BE MADE UP AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER MAY 5. April 7 D ROC L B. Korecky K. Davis ,438 April 9 D BUF L A. Miller M. Childers ,388 April 10 D BUF L P. Beverlin P. Brito E. Mujica ,492 April 11 D BUF W F. Castro S. Smith ,502 April 12 D BUF L J. Harris B. Mazone E. Mujica ,345 April 14 (1) D SYR L T. Taubenheim Z. Segovia April 14 (2) D SYR W M. Childers I. Ramirez B. Sanches ,277

4 2007 HIGHS AND LOWS INDIVIDUAL OFFENCE Most hits, game... Most extra-base hits, game... Most doubles, game... Most triples, game... Most home runs, game... Most RBI, game... Most strikeouts, game... Most walks, game... Most stolen bases, game... Most caught stealing, game... Most runs, game... TEAM OFFENCE Most hits, game... Most extra-base hits, game... Most home runs, game... Most runs scored, nine-inning game... Most runs scored, extra-inning game... Most runs scored, inning... Most stolen bases, game... Most runners left on, nine-inning game... Most runners left on, extra-inning game... Fewest hits, nine-inning game... INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most hits, game... Most earned runs, game... Most walks, game... Most strikeouts, game... Longest winning streak, Starter... Longest losing slump, Starter... Longest outing Collier (April ROC) 1 - Several players 1 - Several players 1 - Jaramillo (April ROC), Roberson (April BUF) 3 - Roberson (April BUF) 3 - Calloway (April SYR) 2 - Burnham (April ROC), Coste (April BUF), Rushford, Leon (April BUF) 1 - Several players 1 - Roberson (April BUF) 2 - Several players 15 - (April BUF) 4 - (April ROC) 13 - (April BUF) 7 - (April ROC: 9th inning) 2 - (April BUF) 10 - (April BUF) 5 (April BUF) 10 - Childers (April BUF) 6 - Childers (April BUF) 3 - Davis (April ROC), Happ (April BUF) 6 - Happ (April BUF) 1 - Childers (April BUF - present), Mazone (April 13 - present), Segovia (April 14 - present) 7.0 IP - Mazone (April BUF) OPPONENT TEAM BATTING Most hits, nine-inning game (April BUF) Most hits, extra-inning game... Fewest hits, nine-inning game... 5 (April SYR - G1) Fewest hits, extra-inning game... Most extra-base hits, game... 5 (April BUF) Most runs scored, game (April ROC) Most runs scored, inning... 4 (April ROC: 3rd and 6th inning; April BUF: 1st inning) Most home runs, game... 2 (April BUF, April SYR, gm1) Most stolen bases, game... 4 (April BUF) Most caught stealing, game... 1 (April BUF) MISCELLANEOUS Most consecutive wins... 1 (April 11 and April 14, gm1) Most consecutive losses... 3 (April ROC to April 10) Largest margin of victory... 6 (April BUF) Largest margin of defeat... 5 (April BUF) Longest game, innings (April ROC) Longest game time, 9 innings... 3:35 (April ROC) Longest game time, extra innings... Shortest game time, 9 innings... 2:28 (April BUF) Shortest game time, 7 innings... 1:45 (April SYR, gm1) Shortest game time, 5 innings... Most errors, game, player Roberson (April ROC) Most errors, game, Lynx... 4 (April ROC) Most errors, game, opponent... 4 (April ROC & April BUF) Largest home crowd... Smallest home crowd... Largest road crowd... 8,438 (April ROC) Smallest road crowd... 5,277 (April BUF)

5 2007 MISCELLANEOUS LYNX MULTI HIT GAMES LYNX HITTING CHART: MULTI RBI GAMES 2H 3H 4H 5H TOTAL CURRENT HIT STREAK 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5RBI Total Abernathy Burnham 1 3 (April 11-) Calloway 2 (April 14, G1) 2 2 Collier Coste 3 (April 12 -) 1 1 Jaramillo 2 (April 12 -) 1 1 King Leon 1 1 Roberson (April 12 -) Rushford Sandoval (April 11-) Swann 1 1 Thurston 1 (April 14, G2) Longest Of Season: 5 (April 7 - April 12) CATCHERS BOX CS SB ATT PCT. PB Innings ER Pitchers ERA Record when Starts Jaramillo Coste TOTALS SCORING BREAKDOWN W L When the Lynx score 2 runs or less: 0 2 When the Lynx score 3 runs: 0 2 When the Lynx score 4 runs: 1 0 When the Lynx score 5 runs: When the Lynx score 6 runs or more: 1 0 When the Lynx lead after 6 innings: 2 0 When the Lynx are tied after 6 innings: 0 1 When the Lynx trail after 6 innings: 0 4 When the Lynx lead after 7 innings: 2 0 When the Lynx are tied after 7 innings: When the Lynx trail after 7 innings: 0 5 When the Lynx lead after 8 innings: 2 0 When the Lynx are tied after 8 innings: When the Lynx trail after 8 innings: 0 5 Extra Innings: LYNX DESIGNATED HITTERS AB H AVG. HR BB RBI NAME Burnham Collier Coste Totals SCORING BY INNING TOTAL OPPONENTS LYNX BULLPEN TOTALS W L ERA SV IP H R ER HR BB K WHIP Starting Pitchers Box Pitcher Record As Starter # Of Starts Quality starts Run Support RunSupport/Gm Club Record HR Against SO High Childers (Twice) Crowell (April 11) Happ (April 10) Mazone (April 12) Segovia (April 14, G1)

6 2006 STARTING LINEUPS STARTERS BY POSITION P Mazone (2), Childers (2), Happ (1), Crowell (1), Segovia (1) 1B Rushford (5), Coste (1), Burnham (1) 2B Thurston (5), Abernathy (2) 3B King (7) SS Sandoval (6), Leon (1) C Jaramillo (5), Coste (2) LF Collier (6), Rushford (1) CF Roberson (7) RF Calloway (7) DH Burnham (4), Coste (2), Collier (1) STARTERS BY BATTING ORDER 1 Roberson (7) 2 Thurston (5), Sandoval (1), Calloway (1) 3 Collier (6), Calloway (1) 4 Coste (4), Burnham (3) 5 King (2), Calloway (3), Swann (1), Coste (1) 6 King (4), Rushford (2), Calloway (1) 7 Rushford (4), Collier (1), Jaramillo (1), King (1) 8 Sandoval (3), Burnham (2), Abernathy (1) 9 Jaramillo (4), Abernathy (1), Leon (1)

7 2007 BREAKDOWNS Wins/Losses At Home On The Road vs. Buffalo vs. Pawtucket vs. Rochester vs. Scranton/W-B vs. Syracuse vs. I.L. North vs. Columbus vs. Indianapolis vs. Louisville vs. Toledo vs. I.L. West vs. Charlotte vs. Durham vs. Norfolk vs. Richmond vs. I.L. South April May June July August September One-run games Extra Innings Shutouts Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays Sundays Record when LHP Starts (opp) Record when RHP Starts (opp) Decisions vs. Starters Decisions vs. Relievers

8 LATEST LYNX ACHIEVEMENTS THREW A NO-HITTER:...Shayne Bennett & Jayson SYR (7/19/99) WERE NO-HIT:...By Steve Norfolk (05/29/01 Game 1) THREW A ONE-HITTER:...Tim Kester (7.0 IP), Winston Abreu (2.0 IP), Julio Manon (1.0 TOL - (06/09/2006) - Third in team history THREW A SHUTOUT:...Hayden Penn (8.0 IP) and Anderson Garcia (1.0 IP)- (08/26/2006 vs. SYR) WERE SHUT OUT:...Ty Taubenheim (6.0 IP) and Brian Tallet (1.0 IP) (04/14/2007, G1) 10 OR MORE STRIKEOUTS IN A GAME:...(10) Hayden Penn vs. SYR (08/26/2006) A POSITION PLAYER PITCHED:...Joey Hammond (9th Inning, 06/14/04 vs. Buffalo - Gave up one run in a 14-4 loss --his 2nd app. of 04) AN INSIDE THE PARK HOME RUN:...Brad Wilkerson vs. ROC (08/27/00) off Leslie Brea TWO HOME RUNS IN A GAME:...Luis Terrero (06/18/2006 vs. Scranton) THREE HOME RUNS IN A GAME:...Fernando Columbus (06/12/99) FOUR HOME RUNS IN A GAME:...Never A HOME RUN IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES:...Jose Leon (July 4th, July 5th and July 6th - game #1) -- Second time in the season for Leon HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS:...Andy Tracy and Fernando Tatis - (3rd inning, May Scranton-WB vs. Matt White) HIT BACK-TO-BACK-TO BACK HOME RUNS:...Never HOME RUNS IN CONSECUTIVE PLATE APPEARANCES:... Eli Whiteside (05/19/06 vs. SYR- 3rd and 5th innings) HIT FOR THE CYCLE:...Endy Chavez COL) * only time in franchise history THREE HOME RUNS IN THREE CONSECUTIVE PLATE APPEARANCES:...Rico Rossy vs SWB (7/13/97) GAVE UP A GRAND SLAM...Daniel SYR (07/28/06) by Ryan Roberts HOME RUN BY A PITCHER:...T.J. Tucker vs. LOU (07/06/01) off Dennys Reyes FIVE HITS IN A GAME:...Midre Cummings COL & Walter Young COL STOLE HOME PLATE:...Brandon Fahey (04/27/06) *double steal THREE OR MORE STEALS IN A GAME:...Luis Terrero stole three (06/30/06 vs. SYR) TURNED A TRIPLE PLAY:...J. Vazquez (L1) to G. Blum (1-6) to D. Post (6-3) CHR) HIT INTO A TRIPLE PLAY:...Tim Raines Jr. (Lined into a triple play) - RMD) SWEPT A 3-GAME HOME SERIES:...vs Louisville (04/06/06-04/09/06) SWEPT A 3-GAME ROAD SERIES:...@ Syracuse (07/25/06-07/28/06) SWEPT A 4-GAME HOME SERIES:...vs Scranton (08/03/06-08/06/06) SWEPT A 4-GAME ROAD SERIES:...@ Columbus (05/03/02-05/06/02)* second time in franchise history WERE SWEPT IN A 3-GAME HOME SERIES:...vs Rochester (05/20/06-05/21/06) WERE SWEPT IN A 3-GAME ROAD SERIES:...@ Buffalo (04/18/03-04/20/03) WERE SWEPT IN A 4-GAME HOME SERIES:...vs Charlotte (04/25/ /28/2006) WERE SWEPT IN A 4-GAME ROAD SERIES:...@ Scranton/W-B (07/28/06-08/01/06) SWEPT A HOME DOUBLEHEADER:...vs. Louisville (04/09/2006) SWEPT A ROAD DOUBLEHEADER:...@ Syracuse (08/10/2006) WERE SWEPT IN A HOME DOUBLEHEADER:...vs. Rochester (07/13/2006) WERE SWEPT IN A ROAD DOUBLEHEADER:...@ Buffalo (05/06/2006) OTTAWA LYNX GRAND SLAMS, Present -- Ottawa has hit 27 Grand Slams in 14 seasons 1993 May 21 Archi Cianfrocco vs Columbus (Ken Greer) win May 31 Vince Pawtucket (Brian Conroy) win July 7 Tim Syracuse (Paul Menhart) win Aug. 25 Rondell White vs Charlotte (Paul Byrd) loss 1994 April 30 Aubrey Charlotte (Julian Tavarez) loss May 19 Ted Pawtucket (Nate Minchey) loss July 9 Tim Toledo (Matt Bauer) loss 1995 June 25 Junior Charlotte (Stan Spencer) win July 25 Yamil Pawtucket (Bill Wertz) win (G2) 1996 July 26 Tony Charlotte (Chris Seelbach) win (G2) 1997 April 26 Jon Pawtucket (Mike Blais) win (G1) May 28 Rodney Henderson vs Scranton/WB (Carlton Loewer) win 1998 June 20 Derrick May vs Durham (Brad Pennington) win June 21 Trace Coquillette vs Durham (Josias Manzanillo) win Aug. 27 Fernando Rochester, GM 1 (Steve Montgomery) win 1999 June 6 Brad Toledo (Mike Grzanich) win 2000 May 5 Brian Schneider vs. Charlotte (Jesus Pena) loss July 1 Brad Wilkerson vs. Toledo (David Darwin) win 2001 July 1 Brad Wilkerson vs. Rochester (John Parrish) win 2002 May 17 Randy Knorr vs. Louisville (Luke Hudson) win 2003 May 4 Robert Machado vs. Toledo (Corey Brittan) win August 22 Rob Buffalo (Nick Bierbrodt) win 2004 May 4 Geronimo Pawtucket (Phil Seibel) win 2005 July 1 Alejandro Freire vs. Indianapolis (Brian Mallette) win 2006 May 24 Eddy Charlotte (Jeff Farnsworth) win May 26 Keith Charlotte (Agustin Moreno) win May 27 Brandon Durham (Mike Prochaska) win July 9 Keith Norfolk (Willie Collazo) win July 25 Keith Syracuse (Lee Gronkiewicz) win August 26 Napoleon Calzado vs. Syracuse (Ben Howard) win

9 2007 TRANSACTIONS OPENING DAY ROSTER: Pitchers - Eude Brito, Fabio Castro, Matt Childers, Jim Crowell, Kane Davis, John Ennis, J.A. Happ, Yoel Hernandez, Brian Mazone, Justin Miller, Brian Sanches Catchers: Jason Jaramillo, Dusty Wathan Infielders: Brent Abernathy, Gary Burnham, Brennan King, Carlos Leon, Danny Sandoval Outfielders: Ron Calloway, Lou Collier, Chris Roberson, Jim Rushford, Pedro Swann Number of transactions (not including designation for assignments and rehabilitation moves): 9 (all moves after April 6, 2007) April 9 Add C Chris Coste activated from the 15-day DL and optioned to Ottawa from Philadelphia April 10 Delete IF Brent Abernathy traded to Washington April 10 Add IF Joe Thurston recalled to Ottawa from Reading (AA) April 10 Reserve C Dusty Wathan put on thetemporarily Inactive list April 10 Add RHP Joe Bisenius optioned to Ottawa from Philadelphia April 11 Add RHP Zach Segovia optioned to Ottawa from Philadelphia April 11 Reserve RHP Zach Segovia added to the Temporarily Inactive list April 12 Reserve RHP KaneDavis put on the disabled list (back) April 14 Add RHP Zach Segovia activated from the Temporarily Inactive list.