MEDIA NOTES. April 19, Lynx Stadium, Ottawa, ON

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1 OTTAWA LYNX (4-5) Philadelphia Phillies MEDIA NOTES April 19, Lynx Stadium, Ottawa, ON RILEY DENVER, DIRECTOR, MEDIA & PUBLIC RELATIONS JODY KINGSBURY, MEDIA RELATIONS ASSISTANT MEDIA RELATIONS PHONE: (613) (EXT. 235) MEDIA RELATIONS Game 10 of 144 Home Game 3 of 72 Game 3 of an 6-game homestand Game 3 of a 4-game series CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS (5-7) Chicago White Sox MATINEE THURSDAY: Tonight s game will be the 144th game in the history between the two clubs. The Lynx lead the all-time series, with a record of in the 143 games played between the two teams. 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 and that trend has continued this season, as the Lynx have taken the first two games against Charlotte in Ottawa this season. ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Knights came out strong with two runs in the top of the second inning, but that lead wouldn't last long. The Lynx came back with two of their own. Brennan King walked and was moved to second by Jason Jaramillo's single before Pedro Swann drove King home with an RBI double. Carlos Leon brought Jaramillo home on a groundout to tie the game. But the Lynx attack would strike in the third, fourth and fifth inning to stretch the lead to 7-2. Burnham brought home Chris Coste with a two-out RBI double in the third. Chris Roberson got his team-leading 9th RBI of the season when he singled home Jason Jaramillo in the bottom of the fourth. Jaramillo notched his RBI the next inning and he was joined by Carlos Leon in driving home a run in the Lynx three-run fifth. Charlotte would get single runs in the seventh and eighth, but Yoel Hernandez would pitch a perfect ninth inning to nail down his first save of the season and make the Lynx third straight win official. LYNX LURKING ON LEAGUE LEADERBOARD: Thanks to 13 hits last night against Charlotte, the Lynx took over the IL lead with a.283 batting average. Gary Burnham is in second place in the League s on-base percentage race (.532) after he notched a hit and a walk last night. Burnham is 10th in the IL with a.364 batting average, while Jason Jaramillo s excellent homestand has vaulted him to a tie for 7th (.375). Chris Roberson s team-leading 9 RBI put him in a tie for 6th. J.A. Happ is tied for the IL lead in ERA. He is one of only four pitchers who have not allowed a run, while pitching at least 0.8 innings per team game. Brian Mazone s 7.0 innings last night tied him for the League lead in innings pitched (18.0). 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). TRUE EVERYDAY PLAYERS: Centrefielder Chris Roberson has started all eight Lynx games this season in centrefield and has been the leadoff hitter in every game, as well. Brennan King has started every game at thirdbase. THE HITS KEEP ON COMING: Last night, Gary Burnham and Chris Coste equalled Lou Collier s five-game hit streak, which is the longest of the 2007 season. Jason Jaramillo has now hit in four straight games, one back of the trio of players with the season-high. LYNX BULLPEN SAVES THE DAY: The Lynx bullpen has registered a save in each of the past three games, Brian Sanches finished off Lynx wins in Syracuse April 14th (Game 2) and at home against Charlotte April 17th. Yoel Hernandez came in to notch his first save of the season last night. ON THE HILL TONIGHT: Lefty Jim Crowell takes the mound today against Charlotte.The 32-year-old veteran struggled in his first start of the season April 11th in Buffalo, giving up five earned runs over 1.1 innings. Crowell has more than 350 Minor League games on his resume, as well as three stints in the Major Leagues with Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Florida. SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Thursday vs. Charlotte, 1:05 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) Saturday vs. Scranton/WB, 6:05 RHP Matt Childers (1-1, 7.88) vs. RHP Steven Jackson (1-0, 3.60) Sunday vs. Scranton/WB, 1:05 LHP J.A. Happ (0-0, 0.00) vs. TBA CONSECUTIVE WINS: 3 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES: 0 LYNX vs. NORTH: 2-5 LYNX vs. WEST: 0-0 LYNX vs. SOUTH: 2-0 LYNX vs. CHR in 2007: 1-0 LYNX vs. CHR in 2006: 9-7 LYNX vs. CHR in Ottawa: 2-0 LYNX vs. CHR in Charlotte: 0-0 LYNX HOME RECORD: 2-0 LYNX ROAD RECORD: 2-5 LAST WIN: April 18 vs. Charlotte LAST LOSS: April Syracuse (G1) LAST SAVE: April 18 vs. Charlotte (Hernandez) 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: 3 LONGEST LOSING SKID: 3 THIS SERIES RECORD: 2-0 SEASON SERIES RECORD(W-L-SP) ONE-RUN GAMES: 2-2 WHEN LYNX SCORE FIRST: 2-3 OPPONENT SCORES FIRST: 2-2 RAIN-SHORTENED: 0-0 APRIL RECORD: 4-5 MAY RECORD: -- JUNE RECORD: -- JULY RECORD: -- AUGUST RECORD -- SEPTEMBER RECORD -- BEST RECORD (games over.500): 4-5 WORST RECORD (min. 5 games) 1-5 NO. OF GAMES POSTPONED: 3 SHUTOUTS: 0-1 LAST FIVE GAMES: 3-2 LAST 10 GAMES: 4-5 DOUBLEHEADER GAMES: 1-1

2 TODAY S LYNX STARTER LHP JIM CROWELL R-L, 6-4, 225 LBS. BORN: May 14, 1974 in Minneapolis, MN (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 04/11/ 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* First Inning Second Inning AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP 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 AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Ahead in Count Behind in Count Today s Starting Pitcher: LHP Jim Crowell makes his Lynx home debut today against the Knights. He spent the entire 2006 season with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 2005 he led Albuquerque (AAA) in games (55), saves (12), holds (13) and games finished (28). He was an International League All-Star in He led the Phillies minor league system in appearances (54) in He recorded saves in both games of a doubleheader against the Lynx in He was also got the win in the Southern League All-Star game in 1999 (2.0 IP). He made his MLB debut with Cincinatti, getting the start September 27, 1997 against Montreal. He enjoys giving pitching lessons to kids in his spare time.

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 April 17 N CHR W T E. Brito E. Wasserman B. Sanches ,025 April 18 N CHR W T B. Mazone C. Haeger Y. Hernandez

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 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) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Most hits, game Childers (April BUF) Most earned runs, game Childers (April BUF) Most walks, game Happ (April 17 vs. CHR) Most strikeouts, game Happ (April BUF) Longest winning streak, Starter Childers (April BUF, G2 -), Happ (April 17 vs. CHR -), Mazone (April 18 vs CHR -) Longest losing slump, Starter Childers (April BUF), Mazone (April 13 - present), Segovia (April 14 - present) Longest outing IP - Mazone (April BUF and April 18 vs CHR) 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... 2 (April 18 vs. CHR) MISCELLANEOUS Most consecutive wins... 3 (April 14, G2 - present) Most consecutive losses... 3 (April ROC - April 10) Largest margin of victory... 6 (April BUF) Largest margin of defeat... 5 (April BUF) Longest game, innings (several times) 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... 1,025 (April 17 vs. CHR) Smallest home crowd (April 18 vs. CHR 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 (April 11-) Calloway (April 14, G1) 2 2 Collier Coste 5 (April 12 -) 1 1 Jaramillo (April 12 -) 1 1 King (April 18 -) 1 1 Leon (April 18 -) 2 2 Roberson (April 18 -) Rushford Sandoval 2 2 Swann (April 18 -) 1 1 Thurston 3 (April 14, G2) Longest Of Season: 5: Collier (April 7 - April 12), Burnham (April 11 - present), Coste (April 12 - present) 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: 1 2 When the Lynx score 4 runs: 1 0 When the Lynx score 5 runs: When the Lynx score 6 runs or more: 2 0 When the Lynx lead after 6 innings: 4 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: 3 0 When the Lynx are tied after 7 innings: 1 0 When the Lynx trail after 7 innings: 0 5 When the Lynx lead after 8 innings: 4 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 (3), Childers (2), Happ (2), Crowell (1), Segovia (1) 1B Rushford (5), Coste (3), Burnham (1) 2B Thurston (7), Abernathy (2) 3B King (9) SS Sandoval (7), Leon (2) C Jaramillo (7), Coste (2) LF Collier (7), Rushford (1), Swann (1) CF Roberson (9) RF Calloway (8), Rushford (1) DH Burnham (6), Coste (2), Collier (1) STARTERS BY BATTING ORDER 1 Roberson (9) 2 Thurston (7), Sandoval (1), Calloway (1) 3 Collier (7), Calloway (2) 4 Coste (6), Burnham (3) 5 King (2), Calloway (3), Burnham (2), Swann (1), Coste (1) 6 King (6), Rushford (2), Calloway (1) 7 Rushford (5), Jaramillo (2), Collier (1), King (1) 8 Sandoval (3), Burnham (2), Abernathy (1), Jaramillo (1), Swann (1) 9 Jaramillo (4), Leon (2), Abernathy (1), Sandoval (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.