Game #39 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. West Virginia Power (Pirates) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium BASEBALL Brendan Gulick, Director of Broadcasting Arthur W. Perdue Stadium 6400 Hobbs Road Salisbury, Md. 21804 O: 410-219-3112 ext. 142 C: 440-781-2093 bgulick@theshorebirds.com www.theshorebirds.com 1997 & 2000 SAL Champions 2002 & 2005 Northern Division Champs 21st Season of Baseball Stat of the Day Ademar Rifaela hasn t been an every day player for the Shorebirds because there are five outfielders on the roster that split up the playing time. But Rifaela is making the most of his efforts. He has reached safely in 17 straight games. 2016 League Standings NORTHERN DIVISION Hagerstown 25-12 0.5 Delmarva 21-16 4.5 West Virginia 19-18 6.5 Kannapolis 16-22 10 Lakewood 15-22 10.5 Greensboro 14-24 12 Team Hickory Record 26-12 GB - SOUTHERN DIVISION Columbia 20-18 3.5 Greenville 19-18 4 Asheville 18-18 4.5 Augusta 17-21 6.5 Lexington 15-23 8.5 Rome 14-24 9.5 Team Statistics Team Charleston Record 23-14 GB - Batting Avg. -.245 Runs - 147 2B - 60 3B - 11 HR - 13 SB - 38 Pitching ERA - 3.344 K - 326 SV - 13 HLD - 4 Fielding Field% -.978 Errors - 29 Team Leaders AVG -.359, Yermin Mercedes H - 42, Yermin Mercedes RBI - 21, Alex Murphy R - 24, Cedric Mullins 2B - 11, Yermin Mercedes 3B - 4, Yermin Mercedes HR - 3, Alex Murphy XBH - 17, Yermin Mercedes TB - 67, Yermin Mercedes BB - 27, D.J. Stewart OBP -.387, Yermin Mercedes SLG -.573, Yermin Mercedes SB - 11, Cedric Mullins ERA - 0.59, Ryan Meisinger W - 4, Garrett Cleavinger IP - 38.2, Brian Gonzalez QS - 3, Brian Gonzalez G - 12, Christian Turnipseed SV - 7, Christian Turnipseed HLD - 2, two tied K - 45, Cristian Alvarado WHIP - 0.91, Christian Turnipseed Delmarva (21-16) SHOREBIRDS GAME PREP Location...Salisbury, MD Date...May 18, 2016 Venue...Arthur W. Perdue Stadium First Pitch...10:35 am Radio...WTGM Fox Sports 960 AM Online...www.theshorebirds.com Year-to-Date Attendance...83,782 2016 Series...Tied 1-1 2015 Series...WV won 12-3 DEL Current Streak...1W Delmarva West Virginia (0-0) (19-18) SHOREBIRDS POWER TODAY S STARTING PITCHERS RHP Francisco Jimenez (2-3, 7.14) vs. RHP Bret Helton (1-2, 5.40) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup May 19 6:35 pm at Lakewood LHP Brian Gonzalez (3-1, 2.33) vs. RHP Luke Leftwich (3-1, 2.10) May 20 7:05 pm at Lakewood RHP Cristian Alvarado (2-3, 4.71) vs. RHP Harold Arauz (1-3, 4.08) May 21 4:05 pm at Lakewood LHP Reid Love (2-3, 4.00) vs. RHP Franklyn Kilome (0-4, 7.30) May 22 1:05 pm at Lakewood RHP Ofelky Peralta (2-1, 2.23) vs. RHP Jose Taveras (1-2, 3.03) PREVIEW: The Delmarva Shorebirds conclude a three game series with the West Virginia Power this morning after the teams split the first two games, each winning by scores of 6-3. West Virginia is the Class A Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Shorebirds climbed to 4-2 on the homestand after winning last night. The Shorebirds began the season 4-6, but have a 17-10 record since then. West Virginia has struggled lately. After opening the season 14-3, the Power have gone 5-15 since April 26th and they were just swept over the weekend by the Lakewood BlueClaws. Despite their recent struggles, the Power sport the league s best pitching staff with a 3.09 team ERA. TODAY S OPPONENT: Right-hander Bret Helton gets the call from Brian Esposito in the series finale. Helton was a ninth round selection in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft from the University of Utah. Helton s father Barry played four seasons in the NFL and won two Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers. Helton is scheduled to make his 22nd professional start this morning. He is 3-9 with a 5.14 ERA in his brief career between the West Virginia Black Bears of the NYPL and the West Virginia Power this season. LAST GAME QUICK HITS: Delmarva responded to Monday night s disappointing loss with a wireto-wire win over the Power to even the series. Cedric Mullins finished the contest 3-for-3, making him 6-for-8 in the series. Mullins is second on the team with 10 multi-hit games. Drew Turbin went 2-for-3 and scored a pair of runs in the victory last night. Ofelky Peralta earned his second straight win because of some early offensive backing - the Birds scored four runs on four hits before recording an out in the third inning. Christian Turnipseed saved his seventh game. PLAYER TO WATCH WHO S HOT/WHO ELSE RYAN MOUNTCASTLE SS Ryan Mountcastle has four multi-hit games in his last seven contests. Over his last 15 affairs, Mountcastle has raised his batting average.109 points from.154 to.263 by hitting 21-53 (.396). Even his outs have typically been hit hard as he has turned a corner offensively. WHO S HOT DREW TURBIN Drew Turbin has been very steady at second base this year. He had reached base in 13 straight games until late last week. On Thursday night, Turbin drove in a seasonhigh three runs, and two days ago, he had a walk-off single in the 11th inning. WHO ELSE RICARDO ANDUJAR Andujar has been a silent leader this year. His versatility on defense has been helped him earn more playing time and he s reached base safely in 22 of 25 games.
TODAY S SHOREBIRDS STARTER #40 RHP Francisco Jimenez (2-3, 7.14) Height: 6 1 Weight: 160 Age: 21 (October 4, 1994) Hometown: San Cristobal, DR School: N/A Acquired: International Free Agent, 2011 2016 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER HR BB K Left W/L 4/14 HAG L 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 5 Trail 3-0 L, 4-1 4/20 GBO W 6.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 Up 3-0 W 3-1 4/26 GVL W 7.0 3 1 1 0 1 6 Up 3-1 W 3-1 5/2 CSC-2 L 5.1 5 6 6 2 5 1 Trail 6-1 L, 7-2 5/7 ASH L 2.2 8 10 9 1 3 2 Trail 10-0 L, 16-7 5/13 GBO ND 5.0 3 4 4 1 3 4 Trail 4-3 W, 5-4 TODAY S STARTER: Francisco Jimenez gets the ball from Ryan Minor in the series finale. Jimenez was signed as an international free agent by the Baltimore Orioles in 2011 and made his debut in the Dominican Summer League in 2012. Jimenez has slowly increased his innings load and has put together a nice professional resume thus far. In his career, he sports a 16-15 record with a 3.02 ERA. Jimenez s best outing last year came in his penultimate start when he picked up his first career win as a Shorebird. He fired seven shutout innings against eventual league-champion Hickory, scattering just two hits and allowing no walks. Jimenez was transferred from Aberdeen to Delmarva in mid-august and made four starts for the Shorebirds at the end of last season. This will be his 11th career start in the South Atlantic League. ARSENAL: 2-Seam Fastball, 4-Seam Fastball, Slurve, Split Change LAST OUTING: Jimenez is trying to turn things around after a string of rough starts. In his last outing against Greensboro, the young righthander pitched better and did not take a decision in a 5-4, comeback win on a fog-shortened six inning game. He allowed four runs on three hits to the league s worst offense and gave up one home run. CAREER AGAINST THE BLUECLAWS: Jimenez has faced Lakewood once before. It came in his final start last year on September 6, 2015 and he pitched very well. He took the win by allowing two earned runs on four hits in 5.2 innings pitched. He fanned three and walked three. 2016 SINGLE GAME STATS PRO CAREER GAME HIGHS Low Runs: 0, vs. GBO (4/2) Innings: 7.0, four times High Runs: 10, vs. ASH (5/7) Runs: 10, vs. ASH (5/7/16) Low Hit: 3, three times Hits: 9, vs. SI (7/8/15) High Hits: 8, vs. ASH (5/7) Walks: 5, vs. CSC (5/2/16) Innings: 7.0, vs. GVL (4/26) Strikeouts: 10, vs, DSL DIA ( 14) Most Walks: 5, vs. CSC (5/2) Pitches: 88-57, vs. GVL (4/26/16) Strikeouts: 6, vs. GVL (4/26) Hit Batters: 3, vs. ASH (5/7/16) 2016 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS W L ERA GS IP ER Home 2 2 4.78 5 26.1 14 Road 0 1 30.37 1 2.2 9 Day Night 2 3 7.14 6 29.0 23 AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left:.178 45 8 3 8 11 vs. Right:.310 58 18 1 8 11 TOTALS:.252 103 23 4 16 22 2016 INNING-BY-INNING Inning ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG GIDP 1 4.50 6.0 7 4 3 0 1 5.304 1 2 13.50 6.0 8 9 9 2 7 5.348 0 3 11.12 5.2 5 7 7 1 3 4.250 2 4 2.25 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 4.231 0 5 0.00 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 3.154 0 6 11.57 2.1 1 3 3 1 2 0.125 0 7 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 9+ 2016 MONTH-BY-MONTH Month Record ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG April 2-1 2.25 16.0 10 4 4 0 4 15.179 May 0-2 13.15 13.0 16 20 19 4 12 7.340 June July August CAREER STATISTICS (INCLUDING 2016) Season Team W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO 2014 GCL O s 0-3 3.98 43.0 43 23 19 0 13 32 2015 Aberdeen 2-5 4.73 40.0 51 21 21 2 9 19 2016 Delmarva 2-3 7.14 29.0 26 24 23 4 16 22 TOTALS 16-15 3.02 256.0 224 111 86 9 80 189 WEDNESDAY S STARTER: Brian Gonzalez will toss the first game of the road trip tomorrow against Lakewood. Gonzalez is the veteran on the staff and has pitched like it his last four outings. He is 3-1 over his last four starts, allowing five runs in 28 innings. He s coming off a frustrating loss in which he gave up just one run in six frames and took the loss in a 1-0 shutout against Greensboro.
Game #39 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. West Virginia Power (Pirates) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium MANAGER RYAN MINOR Minor, 42, returns for his eighth season on the Shorebirds coaching staff, and his sixth as the team s manager. In 2015, he led the Shorebirds to 71 wins, the most victories for the franchise since 2009. This is Minor s second stint in Salisbury, having previously managed the Shorebirds for three seasons (2010-12) and spent two seasons (2008-09) as the hitting coach for the Shorebirds. In between, he managed the Frederick Keys (Advanced-A) in 2013. During his tenure as manager of the Shorebirds, the team compiled 302 wins, the most of any Delmarva manager. Minor aided the development of current Orioles, Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop, who played for the Shorebirds in 2011. Minor, a longtime resident of Salisbury with his wife Allyson and two children Reagan and Finley, enjoyed a four-year run in the major leagues from 1998 through 2001. He spent his first three years with the Orioles and his final season with the Montreal Expos. Minor s playing career is best remembered for replacing Cal Ripken, Jr. at third base on September 20, 1998 when the consecutive games streak of 2,632 came to a close. The Orioles drafted Minor in the 33rd round of the 1996 First Year Player Draft out of the University of Oklahoma. In 1997, he played for Shorebirds and was an SAL All-Star third baseman. He batted.307 with 24 home runs and 97 RBIs. Minor still owns the franchise single season records for doubles (42). Minor also owns a decorated college basketball career. He is seventh all-time in scoring at Oklahoma with 1,946 points. He was selected in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1996 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. Year Team Record 2016 Delmarva Shorebirds 21-16 2015 Delmarva Shorebirds 71-67 2014 Delmarva Shorebirds 66-73 2013 Frederick Keys 61-78 2012 Delmarva Shorebirds 52-86 2011 Delmarva Shorebirds 55-85 2010 Delmarva Shorebirds 59-81 Managerial Record: 384-486 Shorebirds Record: 323-407 SHOREBIRDS UP CLOSE Overall Record TOTAL HOME ROAD 21-16 11-8 10-8 First Half 21-16 11-8 10-8 Second Half 0-0 0-0 0-0 Vs. Northern Division 14-10 7-6 7-4 Vs. Southern Division 7-6 4-2 3-4 Day Games 6-2 2-0 4-2 Night Games 15-14 9-8 6-6 Shorebirds Score 1st 11-5 6-2 5-3 Opponent Scores 1st 10-11 5-6 5-5 Games Won in Last AB 4-0 3-0 1-0 Vs. RH Starters 18-7 9-6 9-1 Vs. LH Starters 3-9 2-2 1-7 Birds Starter 6+ Innings 6-6 3-3 3-3 Birds Starter 7+ Innings 1-1 1-1 0-0 Birds Starter 8+ Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 When Hitting a HR 8-3 3-1 5-2 When Not Hitting a HR 13-13 8-7 5-6 Out Hit Opponents 12-3 7-1 5-2 Out Hit by Opponents 6-11 3-5 3-6 Equal # of Hits 3-2 1-2 2-0 Commit 0 Errors 12-8 6-4 6-4 Commit 1-2 Errors 8-5 5-4 3-1 Commit 3+ Errors 1-3 0-0 1-3 One Run Games 6-5 4-3 2-2 Two Run Games 6-2 4-0 2-2 5+ Run Games 4-5 2-2 2-3 Shutout Record 3-3 1-3 2-0 Leading After 7th 14-2 7-1 7-1 Trailing After 7th 2-14 1-7 1-7 Tied After 7th 4-0 2-0 2-0 Leading After 8th 14-0 7-0 7-0 Trailing After 8th 1-14 1-6 0-8 Tied After 8th 2-1 1-1 1-0 Extra Innings Games 3-1 2-1 1-0 Doubleheaders 3-1 1-1 2-0 Series Record 6-3-1 3-1-1 3-2-0 April Record 13-9 6-5 7-4 May Record 8-7 5-3 3-4 June Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 July Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 August Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 September Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 Monday Record 1-5 1-3 0-2 Tuesday Record 4-1 3-0 1-1 Wednesday Record 3-1 2-0 1-1 Thursday Record 2-3 1-1 1-2 Friday Record 3-3 1-2 2-1 Saturday Record 2-3 1-2 1-1 Sunday Record 6-0 2-0 4-0 REELIN AND DEALIN: The Shorebirds pitching staff has been arguably their asset this season. They currently have the league s fifth best ERA (3.44), most saved games (13), third most strikeouts (326), fewest HR allowed (16) and fourth fewest hits allowed (280 in 37 games). STREAKY DEFENSE: Delmarva s defense has either been superb or costly as the first half of the season nears the halfway point. Of the 29 errors the Birds have committed, seven came in the first two games of the year and 12 have come in the last 12 contests. In the other 23 games, Delmarva has tallied just nine errors and 20 total errorless games. Catcher Yermin Mercedes is the league leaders defensively at his position. RUNS PER GAME: Here is a look at what the Shorebirds have done over the last twelve years. Year Runs Scored Per Game 2016 153 4.1 2015 621 4.5 2014 592 4.3 2013 532 3.9 2012 567 4.1 2011 612 4.4 2010 579 4.1 2009 536 3.9 2008 636 4.5 2007 662 4.8 2006 582 4.2 2005 671 4.7 SHOREBIRDS AT HOME: Below is a look at what the Shorebirds have done at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium over the last 13 years. Year Home Road 2016 11-8 10-8 2015 39-29 32-38 2014 33-36 33-37 2013 32-37 22-45 2012 29-42 23-44 2011 29-41 26-44 2010 30-41 28-41 2009 38-29 28-41 2008 41-29 37-32 2007 36-31 32-37 2006 36-33 28-40 2005 42-28 30-39 2004 36-30 33-39 SHOREBIRDS SHUTOUTS: The Birds lead the circuit with three shutout wins. They had 12 last year, second most in team history.
Game #39 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. West Virginia Power (Pirates) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium SHOREBIRDS: OPPONENTS: 2016 INNING BREAKDOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 XX Total 14 12 18 29 13 16 15 23 8 3 1 153 16 20 17 10 10 18 18 25 7 1 0 142 2016 CATCHER S BOX CS SB ATT PCT PB W-L A. Murphy 9 20 29.310 5 3-10 Y. Mercedes 10 31 41.244 12 17-6 S. Levy 0 0 0.000 0 1-0 Total 19 51 70.271 17 21-16 2016 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Rifaela (5) - 2 on 4/12 at KAN Delgado (3) - 5/2 vs. CSC, 5/7 vs. ASH Mullins (2) - last on 5/16 vs. WV Stewart (1) - 4/26 vs. GVL RECORD BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Murphy 8-6 6-7 5-3 Levy 1-0 Laurino 0-2 4-6 8-6 Turbin 2-1 16-8 Mountcastle 8-5 2-3 7-7 Juvier 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 3-3 2-4 Andujar 3-0 6-8 2-1 2-1 0-2 Graham 2-3 Mullins 17-14 Stewart 13-10 8-3 Rifaela 2-1 4-3 0-1 4-2 7-1 Grim 4-1 2-2 1-3 0-1 Mercedes 7-6 10-4 1-2 Delgado 2-5 5-1 7-4 RECORD BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 3-10 9-3 7-3 1-0 12-13 0-1 18-9 17-14 1-1 14-10 1-4 7-5 5-2 2-3 16-15 20-11 1-2 0-1 1-1 5-1 8-5 3-1 0-4 7-2 0-1 17-6 1-6 6-9 8-1
2016 STARTS BY POSITION Left Field Player G D.J. Stewart...31 Ademar Rifaela...2 Gerrion Grim...4 Center Field Player G Cedric Mullins...31 Ademar Rifaela...6 Right Field Player G Natanael Delgado...15 Ademar Rifaela...13 Gerrion Grim...9 Shortstop Player G Ryan Mountcastle...30 Ricardo Andujar...7 Second Base Player G Drew Turbin...27 Jack Graham...5 Ricardo Andujar...5 Third Base Player G Alejandro Juvier...24 Ricardo Andujar...13 First Base Player G Steve Laurino...25 Alex Murphy...12 Catcher Player G Yermin Mercedes...23 Alex Murphy...13 Stuart Levy...1 MULTI-HIT GAMES Player 2H 3H 4H 5+H Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 7 1 8 Ricardo Andujar 3 1 4 Jack Graham A. Juvier 1 1 Steve Laurino 1 2 3 R. Mountcastle 3 2 1 6 Drew Turbin 3 3 Gerrion Grim 2 1 3 Cedric Mullins 5 4 1 10 DJ Stewart 3 2 5 Ademar Rifaela 4 4 Yermin Mercedes 9 5 14 Natanael Delgado 2 1 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES Player 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 4 2 6 Ricardo Andujar Jack Graham A. Juvier Steve Laurino 2 2 R. Mountcastle 2 2 Drew Turbin 1 1 Gerrion Grim Cedric Mullins 1 1 2 DJ Stewart 3 3 Ademar Rifaela 3 3 Yermin Mercedes 1 2 1 4 Natanael Delgado 2 1 3
MOST RUNS, INNING: Opponents - Game #39 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. West Virginia Power (Pirates) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 6, 4/24 at KAN 4, six times MOST RUNS, GAME: 13, 4/24 at KAN Opponents - 16, ASH on 5/7 FEWEST RUNS, GAME: Opponents - 0, three times 0, three times MOST HITS, GAME: 18, 4/24 at KAN Opponents - 22, ASH on 5/4 (10 more than KAN on 4/13) FEWEST HITS, GAME: Opponents - 1, 4/20 vs. GBO 3, twice MOST DOUBLES, GAME: 5 (2x), 4/21 vs. KAN & 5/12 vs. GBO Opponents - 7, ASH on 5/7 MOST TRIPLES, GAME: Opponents - 2, twice 2, 4/16 vs. HAG MOST HOME RUNS, GAME: 2, two times Opponents - 3, LEX on 5/4 MOST STOLEN BASES, GAME: 4, 5/10 vs. ASH Opponents - 5, HAG on 4/8 MOST ERRORS, GAME: Opponents - 4, two times 3, two times MOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (HITTING): 16, 4/16 vs. HAG Opponents - 18, CSC on 4/30 MOST WALKS, GAME (HITTING): 8, twice Opponents - 10, KAN on 4/23 MOST LEFT ON BASE, GAME: 12, 4/24 and 5/10 Opponents - 14 (10 RISP), KAN on 4/23 MOST DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED, GAME: 3, 4/24 at KAN Opponents - 4, GBO on 4/19 MISCELLANEOUS LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 5 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 LARGEST COMEBACK: 2 (three times) LARGEST BLOWN LEAD: 4 (4/18 vs. GBO) LONGEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 3:19 (4/22 at KAN) SHORTEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 2:13 (4/20 vs. GVL) LONGEST GAME (INNINGS): 10 (three times) LARGEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 5,729 (4/17 vs. HAG) LARGEST ROAD ATTENDANCE: 4,244 (5/6 vs. LEX) LONGEST RAIN DELAY: SERIES WON: 6 SERIES LOSSES: 3 SERIES SPLIT: 1 SWEEPS: 1 SWEPT: 0 SHOREBIRDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH/LOWS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: MOST HITS - 4, two times (Mullins and Mountcastle) MOST RUNS SCORED - 4, Stewart, 4/22; Mullins 4/24 at KAN MOST DOUBLES - 3, Yermin Mercedes, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST TRIPLES - 1, ten times MOST HOME RUNS - 1, 12 times MOST RBIS - 5, Yermin Mercedes, 4/24 at KAN MOST WALKS (HITTER) - 3, two times MOST STEALS - 2, Stewart & Mullins, 5/10 vs. ASH MOST INNINGS, START - 7.0, two times MOST INNINGS, RELIEF - 4.0, Elias Pinales, 4/14 vs. HAG MOST STRIKEOUTS (PITCHER) - 10, two times MOST WALKS (PITCHER) - 6, Brian Gonzalez, 4/24 at KAN MOST HITS ALLOWED - 9, Elias Pinales, 5/7 at ASH MOST RUNS ALLOWED - 10, Francisco Jimenez, 5/7 vs. ASH MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED - 9, Francisco Jimenez, 5/7 vs. ASH LOW-HIT COMPLETE GAME - N/A LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 9 games - Alex Murphy (4/7-4/15) 9 games - Alex Murphy (5/8-5/17)* 8 games - Ryan Mountcastle (4/29-5/8) LONGEST ON-BASE STREAK: 17 games - Ademar Rifaela (4/18-5/17)* 16 games - Alex Murphy (4/7-4/22) 15 games - Cedric Mullins (4/12-5/2) LONGEST RBI STREAK: 3 games (2x) - Murphy - (4/8-4/10, 4/20-4/22) 3 games (2x) - Mercedes - (4/22-4/24, 5/7-5/9) LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 3 games - Brian Gonzalez (4/19, 4/24, 5/2) 3 games - Ryan Meisinger (4/27, 4/30, 5/8) LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 2 games - Crisitian Alvarado (4/16, 4/21) 2 games - Francisco Jimenez (5/2-5/7) 2 games - Reid Love (5/10-5/16) LONGEST SCORELESS INNINGS STREAK: Reliever: Garrett Cleavinger, 10.2 (4/15-4/29) Reliever: Ryan Meisinger, 9.2 (4/18-5/14)* Starter: Brian Gonzalez, 15.0 (4/24-5/8) * = active streak MID-INF DOUBLE PLAY COMBINATIONS Tandem # of DP s Type Most Recent Mountcastle/ 2 6-4-3 5/15 Turbin Mountcastle/ 2 4-6-3 5/17 Turbin Mountcastle/ Andujar 1 4-6-3 5/2 (G2) Andujar/ Turbin 1 4-6-3 5/16
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES ALEX MURPHY #32 R/R 5-11 210 C SERIES (WV): 2-7, 2B, R, RBI, K, BB LAST SERIES (GBO): 4-14, 3 BB, HR, 2 RBI, K, 5 R CURRENT HIT STREAK: 9 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 9 (4/7-15, 5/8-17) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 14 (5/2-5/17) LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 16 (4/7-4/22) VS. LHP:.356 (16-45), 5 XBH, 7 RBI VS. RHP:.241 (21-87), 6 XBH, 11 RBI, 26 K LAST HR: 5/13 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (0), 2R (3), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 8 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 6 RISP:.279 (12-43), 2 2B, HR, 16 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.250 (6-24), 2 2B, HR, 11 RBI YERMIN MERCEDES #17 R/R 5-11 175 C SERIES (WV): 1-4, K LAST SERIES (GBO): 5-14, 3BB, 2B, RBI, 2R, BB, 2K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 7, 2x (4/21-29, 5/7-14) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 9 (5/-5/17) LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 10 (4/21-5/2) VS. LHP:.425 (17-40), 7 2B, HR, 8 RBI VS. RHP:.325 (25-77), 32B, 4 3B, HR, 11 RBI LAST HR: 5/7 at ASH HR S: Solo (0), 2R (2), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 14 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 4 RISP:.385 (15-39), 6 2B, 3B, 15 RBI, 5K RISP, 2 OUTS:.263 (5-19), 22B, 3B, 7RBI, 3K Trailing 3-1, he hit a 3-2 fastball with 2 outs and the bases loaded into the left-center field gap for a bases-clearing double (4/8 vs. Mariano Rivera III at HAG) Torched Hagerstown pitching in season-opening series.500 (7-14), 4 2B, 7 RBI 2 out, 2-run homer in 8th on 4/12 at KAN lifted DEL to 2-1 victory Had a 9-game hitting streak to open the season, then 6-game streak right afterwards His 2-run single to CF was DEL s only hit of the game in 3-1 win over GBO on 4/20 Reached base safely in each of the first 16 games of the year... Only game without a base hit was on 4/16 vs. HAG. On-Base streak snapped on 4/23 at KAN Trailing 2-0 in KAN on 4/24, his 2-run opposite field shot tied the game - the first of 13 unanswered runs against the Intimidators 3 K first 7 games, but 34 K the next 24 games (including 25 K last 17 games) 2-run HR on 5/13 in bottom 6 lifted DEL to 5-4 win minutes before fog ended game Drafted by the Orioles in the 6th round of the 2013 MLB First Year Player Draft out of Calvert Hall H.S. in Baltimore where he was the Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year High School teammate Troy Stokes was drafted in the 4th round in 2014 by Milwaukee He played in Delmarva last year for the first month of the season, hitting.258 in 32 games before being set back by several injuries He finished the season in Aberdeen, batting.291 in 15 games He also began the year in Delmarva in 2014 and played just four games in late April and early May before not appear on the field again until mid-june in Aberdeen. He has the most professional service-time of any American-born player on the roster Went 3-4 with 3 2B in loss to KAN on 4/21... first 3-XBH game by a Shorebird in 2016 Went 3-5 with 1B, 2B, HR and 3 RBI in 10-4 win at KAN on 4/22 4/24 at KAN, 3-5 with 3B and 5 RBI, finished series 11-18 with 7 XBH (4 2B, 2 3B, HR), 6 R and 9 RBI... Raised his batting average from.321 to.435 Earned SAL Player of the Week on April 25th. He had recorded eight multi-hit games over 10 contests and at that point led the SAL in hitting (.435) With his 2-4 night on 4/27, is now hitting.500 (20-40) from 4/16-4/27 Launched his second homer of the year in 16-7 blowout loss on 5/7 at Asheville Recorded 5-straight multi-hit games in Asheville and vs. Greensboro 5/7-5/12 Snapped a 7-game hitting streak on 5/15 in 0-4 effort vs. GBO Played in 64 games for the Shorebirds last year, hitting.272 with 8 homers and 42 RBI s Signed as an international free agent by the Washington Nationals prior to the start of the 2011 season, where he played 44 games as an 18-year old in the Dominican Summer League Played independent league ball in 2014 with two different teams in the Pecos League and then with a team in the United League. The Orioles picked him up between the 2014 and 2015 seasons RICARDO ANDUJAR #7 L/R 6-0 160 INF SERIES (WV): 0-8, BB, 2 K, 2 SB LAST SERIES (GBO): 3-16, SB, BB, 2 R, 3 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 7 (4/24-5/5) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 9 (4/8-4/20) VS. LHP:.276 (8-29), RBI, 3 BB, 5 K VS. RHP:.206 (14-68), 6 BB, 17 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.308 (8-26), 5 RBI, 4 BB, 6 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.133 (2-15), 3 BB, 3 K NATANAEL DELGADO #16 L/L 6-1 170 OF SERIES (WV): 0-2, 2 BB LAST SERIES (GBO): 4-10, BB, 4R, HR, 2B, 3RBI CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 4 (4/26-4/30) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 10 (4/22-5/8) VS. LHP:.150 (3-20), 2 RBI, 6 K VS. RHP:.206 (13-63), 5 XBH, 9 RBI, 17 K LAST HR: 5/12 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (1), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.200 (5-25), HR, 11 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.222 (3-10), HR, 4 RBI From 2nd AB on 4/27 through 2nd AB on 4/24, went 0-15 with 4 BB Extended hit-streak to seven games on 5/5 at Lexington Reached base in 22 of the first 25 games of the year (did not reach on 4/22, 5/8, 5/17) Snapped a 7-game hit streak and 7-game on-base streak with an 0-5 game on 5/8 ASH Went 0-4 on 4/21 at KAN, all 4 AB s with RISP, 3 AB s ended the inning Snapped an 0-21 skid on 4/26 with a double to left-center in the 6th Has reached base safely in all 9 games played since going 0-21 RBI Double to CF in the bottom of 8 on 4/27 broke a 3-3 tie vs. GVL Came in off the bench on 5/8 at ASH, played hero with game-tying RBI groundout and game-winning RBI double in the tenth inning Snapped a 10-game on-base streak with an 0-4 effort on 5/9 at ASH Homered in homestand opener on 5/12 vs. GBO... DEL first HR of the year at home Signed a free agent contract with the Orioles on 6/19/2015 after being released by the Boston Red Sox He spent 2014 with the Orioles in the GCL and hit.318 in 63 games After earning a promotion in 2015 to Aberdeen, he hit.270 He plays three infield positions: in 221 career games, he s started 134 at shortstop, 45 games at third base and 28 at second base. He s also started once at first base and once in right field Was rated pre-season by Baseball America as the 29th best prospect for the Angels Was acquired by Baltimore in a trade on 3/29/2016 He hit.241 in 108 games last year for the Burlington Bees, Class A Affiliate of the Angels in the Midwest League Last year was his first and only season of full-season pro ball, after playing rookie ball the two seasons prior Originally signed with the Angels out of the Domincan Republic in 2012 at age 16
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES ALEJANDRO JUVIER #1 L/R 6-1 180 INF SERIES (WV): 0-4, 2 K LAST SERIES (GBO): 1-3, BB, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/21-4/27) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 9 (4/21-5/7) VS. LHP:.167 (5-30), 2 RBI, 11 K VS. RHP:.193 (11-57), 3B, 6 BB, 14 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 1 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.059 (1-17), 2 RBI, BB, 7 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.143 (1-7), RBI, BB, K STEVE LAURINO #21 R/L 6-3 215 INF SERIES (WV): 2-6, 2 K, 2B, 2 R LAST SERIES (GBO): 3-8, 2B, HR, 2RBI, K, BB CURRENT HIT STREAK: 3 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 3 (5/15-5/17) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 6 (4/15-4/22) VS. LHP:.156 (5-32), 8 BB, 11 K VS. RHP:.255 (13-51), 52B, HR, 6RBI, 9BB, 15K LAST HR: 5/15 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 2 RISP:.217 (5-23), 2B, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 7 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.182 (2-11), 2B, 2RBI, 3BB, 4K DEL is 8-5 through the first 16 games with him as the starting third baseman He has hit in the 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 spots in the order for Ryan Minor Had a 3-hit game on 4/12 vs. Kannapolis, his only mutli-hit game of the year to date Snapped a 9-game on-base streak with a 0-4 performance on 5/8 vs. ASH Entering game on 5/16, he is 2-28 over his last 8 games Led the Shorebirds with 14 BB through his first 16 games, but he s taken only two walks since then Brought average up from.181 to.207 with a 3-for-5 day on 5/15, including a solo HR and game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the ninth Was drafted in the 15th round of the 2014 Draft by Baltimore out of Doral Academy near Miami, Florida Played the entire 2014 season in the GCL, before splitting the year in 2015 with Aberdeen. In one month in Aberdeen last year, he hit.340 playing second base, shortstop and third base Drafted in the 25th round of the 2015 MLB Draft by Baltimore out of Marist College Signed quickly and played in 73 games for Aberdeen last year, hitting.244 with 16 extra-base hits and 24 RBIs Showed good power during his senior year of college, belting six home runs and clubbing 14 doubles Became just the 19th player drafted out of Marist College, none of which have made it to the Major Leagues Played 66 games at first base last year and served as the DH seven times RYAN MOUNTCASTLE #4 R/R 6-3 195 INF SERIES (WV): 1-2, RBI, R, 2 BB LAST SERIES (GBO): 5-14, 3BB, R, 2 2B, RBI, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 8 (4/29-5/8) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 6 LONGEST OB STREAK: 8 (4/29-5/8) VS. LHP:.318 (14-44), 8 BB, 12 K, 3 RBI VS. RHP:.230 (17-74), 9 XBH, 7RBI, 7BB 15K LAST HR: 4/7 vs. HAG HR S: Solo (0), 2R (1), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 6 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.273 (9-33), 8 RBI, 6 BB, 11 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.250 (4-16), 2 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K DREW TURBIN #9 L/R 5-11 200 INF SERIES (WV): 2-7, 2B, RBI, 2 R LAST SERIES (GBO): 2-8, 2B, SF, 2BB, 4 RBI, 2K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/21-4/29) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 13 (4/18-5/6) VS. LHP:.364 (8-22), 3 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K VS. RHP:.153 (9-59), 2XBH, 6RBI, 12BB, 15K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 1 RISP:.240 (6-25), 2 2B, 8 RBI, 5 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.286 (4-14), 2 2B, 5 RBI, 2 K Homered on opening night to help seal a win Started the first homestand 0-16, finished 1-19 with 9 K Broke out of a 2-23 skid on 4/22 with a 2-4 game vs. KAN, including a 2B, RBI, SB & R Had break out game on 5/7 at Asheville, going 4-4 with 4 singles, RBI and R... second 4-hit game by a Shorebird this year (Mullins was 4-6 on 4/24) Reached base in 20 of 22 games through 5/16 vs. Greensboro Snapped a 8-game hitting streak with an 0-4 night on 5/9 at ASH Opened the year hitting.154 (10-65)... entering 5/18, is hitting.396 (21-53) over his last 15 games to bring season average up to.263 4/26 vs. GVL collected his first triple of the season to dead center field, drove in a run Snapped a 13-game on-base streak with a 0-4 performance on 5/8 vs. ASH Collected a season-high 3 RBI on 5/12 vs. GBO Had the game-winning RBI single to right field on 5/15 Baltimore selected him 36th overall in the 2015 draft out of Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Florida He his.296 in 53 games last year between GCL and Aberdeen Was drafted as a shortstop, but some scouts project him better as a third baseman Second youngest player on the team (to Ofelky Peralta), after just turning 19 on 2/18 Played just 10 games in Aberdeen last year after 43 in GCL. He hit.212 for ABD Was drafted in the 14th round by Baltimore in 2015 out of Dallas Baptist... DBU made the NCAA Regionals both years and is one of the premier mid-major NCAA Division I programs in the country. They finished 2015 with a 46-15 record. Played all 70 games at second base for Aberdeen in 2015 after signing with BAL He is native to Hayden, Idaho - he s the only professional baseball player ever to claim Hayden as his hometown He finished last season with a.254 average, 20 extra-base hits and 30 RBIs
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES ADEMAR RIFAELA #2 L/L 5-10 180 OF SERIES (WV): 3-7, 2 2B, 3 RBI, K LAST SERIES (GBO): 1-9, 2B, R, 2 BB, 3 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 6 (4/24-5/4) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 17 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 17 (4/18-5/17) VS. LHP:.040 (1-25), 6 BB, 6 K VS. RHP:.297 (19-64), 2HR, 10RBI, 3BB, 17K LAST HR: 5/4 vs. LEX HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 4 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.200 (6-30), 9 RBI, 8 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.333 (5-15), 6 RBI, K GERRION GRIM #18 R/R 6-2 190 OF SERIES (GBO): 1-3, BB, 2B, K LAST SERIES (ASH): 1-4, R, 2 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/19-4/30) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 5 (4/19-4/30) VS. LHP:.348 (8-23), 3 2B, 2 RBI, 6 K VS. RHP:.207 (6-29), 4 RBI, 14 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.357 (5-14), 2 2B, 6 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.444 (4-9), 2 2B, 4 RBI Delivered a 2-run double to break a scoreless tie, top of the 8th opening night Snapped a season-best 6-game hit streak with an 0-4 showing in series finale at LEX Has started the season 1-25 vs. LHP His 17-game on-base streak is currently the longest by a Shorebird this year Went 3-4 with a 2B and an RBI on 4/23 at KAN to make it 4-8 with 2 2B and 2 RBI in the series His walk-off RBI single to CF on 4/30 against CSC s Jose Mesa was DEL s first walk-off of the season Struck out 13 times in 23 at bats in a six game stretch between 4/24-5/7... totaled 20 strikeouts in his first 49 at bats of the season Pinch-hit on 5/15 in bottom nine, drew a walk, stayed in RF and walked again in 2nd AB Signed with the Orioles as an international free agent in 2013 Went 6 for 30 in seven games in Aberdeen last year before getting promoted the DEL In 59 games for Delmarva IN 2015, hit.262 with five homers and 20 RBI One of 68 professional baseball players in the United States native to Curacao... there are only seven MLB Players, including Orioles infielder Jonathan Schoop (pronounced Scope) Curacao is a small island in the southern Caribbean Sea, 40 miles off the northern shores of Venezuela. Population is 150,000 over 171 square miles Drafted by Baltimore - selected in the 14th round in 2014 out of Jefferson College, a junior college in Hillsboro, Missouri Played the majority of his two professional season in the GCL (75 of his 78 games), making just 3 appearances at the end of the season last year in Aberdeen He entered the year as a.225 career hiter with five home runs and 22 RBI CEDRIC MULLINS #11 S/L 5-8 175 OF SERIES (WV): 6-8, R, 3B, SB LAST SERIES (GBO): 3-15, 2B, SB, 3RBI, 2R, 3K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 3 CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 15 (4/12-5/2) VS. LHP:.233 (10-43), HR, RBI, 6BB, 7K VS. RHP:.282 (24-85), 6XBH, 7RBI, 6BB, 15K LAST HR: 5/7 vs. ASH HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 10 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 2 RISP:.296 (8-27), 2 2B, 3B, 10 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.389 (7-18), 2 2B, 3B, 9 RBI DJ STEWART #10 L/R 6-0 230 OF SERIES (WV): 1-5, HR, RBI, 2 BB, HP, K LAST SERIES (GBO): 1-13, SF, 3 BB, RBI, 2K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 3 CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 7 (4/10-4/16) VS. LHP:.086 (3-35), 2B, 9 BB, 9 K VS. RHP:.254 (18-71), 6 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI LAST HR: 5/16 vs. WV HR S: Solo (2), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.167 (6-36), 10 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.200 (2-10), 3 RBI He s the every day CF, starting 31 of the first 36 games Registered a Shorebirds then individual season-high four hits on 4/24 at KAN, going 4-6 with a double and four runs scored. That 4-hit game was matched by Mountcastle on 5/7 In game 1 of 5/2 DH vs. CSC, went 3-3 with 2 2B and a 3B. The second 2B came with the bases loaded and it was with the bases loaded and it was misplayed in right field, allowing Mullins and all 3 baserunners to score Clobbered his first homer of the season at Asheville on 5/7, just his 3rd career HR Tied a career-high 3 RBI in a 3-5 effort vs. GBO on 5/12 Pinch-hit 5/16, struck out, stayed in CF and also had a fly out First multi-hit and multi-rbi game on 4/18 vs. GBO on infield single and single to CF 4/22 vs. KAN, scored a team-high four runs while reaching base a Shorebirds individual season-high five times (all five plate appearances) with two hits, two walks and a HBP In series vs. KAN from 4/21-24, Stewart went 6-8 with 7R, 6 BB, HP, 2 RBI and a double. He reached base safely in 14 out of 15 plate appearances. Was ejected on 5/8 after having a 3-0 count and arguing that the next 3 strikes were outside the zone Hit his first home run of the season on a 1-2 fastball against Alec Kenilvort 5/9 at ASH Broke a 1-18 skid with a HR on 5/26 vs. WV - dated back to his first HR in ASH Drafted in the 13th round by Baltimore in 2015 out of Campbell University Hit.264 in 68 games in Aberdeen last year, including 21 multi-hit games Played CF in 66 of the 68 games, DHing twice Baltimore selected Stewart 28th overall in 2015 out of Florida State. He was the ACC Player of the Year in 2014, a 2x First-Team All-ACC Selection ( 14, 15) and was named a First Team All-American by several publications In three years (177 games) at Florida State, he hit.344 with 27 home runs, 168 RBI, 54 doubles and 157 runs scored. He drew 69 walks in 64 games as a senior and was also hit by a pitch 10 times that year. D.J. stands for Demetrius Jerome Hit.218 in 62 games in Aberdeen last year with 6 HR and 24 RBI
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS MISCELLANEOUS NOTES JACK GRAHAM #15 R/R 5-9 190 INF SERIES (ASH): 1-4, RBI, K LAST SERIES: CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 2 (4/23-5/7) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 2 (4/23-5/7) VS. LHP:.143 (1-7), RBI, BB, 2 K VS. RHP:.333 (2-6), BB, K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.000 (0-3), RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.000 (0-2) Picked up first RBI on the year with ground out in 7th vs. ASH on 5/7 Was drafted by Baltimore in the 38th round of the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft Spent his first two years of college at Youngstown State University before transferring to NCAA Div. II Slippery Rock University Split last year between GCL and Aberdeen, playing in just 13 games. He collected 5 hits in 40 at bats on the year Not the same Jack Graham that was on the roster last season as a bullpen catcher His father, Brian, is the Baltimore Orioles Director of Player Development and is in his 35th year of professional baseball. He was a 4th round pick of the A s in 1982 and had a 5-year Minor League career before a successful stint managing CLE affiliates for 8 yrs. AWARDS Player/Coach Award Dates Stats Yermin Mercedes - Catcher SAL Player of the Week April 18-24.520 (13-25), 5 2B, 2 3B, HR, 10 RBI, 5 R EJECTIONS Player/Coach Date/Location Umpire Reason Ryan Minor 4/11 at Kannapolis Jason Johnson Arguing Balls/Strikes DJ Stewart 5/8 at Asheville Darrell Roberts Arguing Balls/Strikes
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS BULLPEN NOTES STARTERS: BULLPEN: W/L Quality Starts IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 10-12 10 192.0 165 84 76 12 71 186 3.56 W/L Saves/Opps. IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 11-4 13/16 127.0 115 58 46 4 54 140 3.26 PATRICK BAKER #33 R/R 6-3 215 RHP LAST WIN: 5/6 VS. LEX LAST SAVE: 4/20vs, GBO LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, FOUR TIMES SHORTEST OUTING: 2.0, THREE TIMES MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6, 4/24 vs. KAN MOST WALKS: 1, FOUR TIMES Vs. LH:.231 (9-39), BB, 13 K Vs. RH:.298 (14-47), 4 BB, 15 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 5/3 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/2 LAST HR ALLOWED: 5/16 vs. WV ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, CURVE, SPLIT GARRETT CLEAVINGER #35 R/L 6-1 210 LHP LAST WIN: 5/15 vs. GBO LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, FOUR TIMES SHORTEST OUTING: 1.0, 5/15 vs. GBO MOST STRIKEOUTS: 5, THREE TIMES MOST WALKS: 4, 4/23 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.200 (7-35), HR, 17 K Vs. RH:.196 (9-46), HR, 9 BB, 16 K, 3B INHERITED/STRANDED: 2/2 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/1 LAST HR ALLOWED: 5/4 vs. ASH ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/24 KAN ND 3.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 4/30 CSC ND 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 5/6 LEX BS, W 2.0 3 3 1 1 1 0 5/12 GBO ND 3.0 3 2 2 1 3 0 5/16 WV ND 3.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/29 CSC ND 2.1 1 1 0 2 3 0 5/4 LEX S 3.0 3 2 2 1 5 2 5/10 ASH ND 2.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 5/15 GBO W 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5/17 WV H 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Fastball velocity consistently sitting in the mid 90 s, touching 96... hardest throwing reliever on staff Was named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April, by going 3-0 with a 1.84 ERA over 14.2 innings. The three wins was a team best, and he struck out 21. Earned the win by striking out the side in the top of the 11th on 5/15 vs. GBO, leads team with four wins through the first 36 games Appeared in 16 games for Aberdeen last year, starting 3 of his last 4 games Finished last season with a 1-1 record, 4.41 ERA and 1 save in 2 chances Played collegiately at Anne Arundel Community College near Annapolis, MD Attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia, where current SF Giants LHP Javier Lopez played (Lopex is a 14-year vet in MLB) Pitched collegiately at the University of Oregon Was Baltimore s 3rd round selection in the 2015 First Year Player Draft Finished at OU with an 18-4 record and a 1.94 ERA in 109 relief appearances 2014 Louisville Slugger Pre-season All-American, 2013 Freshman All-American Went 6-1 with a 2.16 ERA in Aberdeen last year in 19 games... he allowed 3 earned runs in his last appearance of the year, after allowing 3 total earned runs in his first 18 games Held opponents to a.137 Avg. as a Freshman, setting the single-season program record JAY FLAA #31 R/R 6-3 225 RHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 2.1, 5/7 vs. ASH SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/18 vs. GBO MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4, 4/14 vs. HAG MOST WALKS: 2, 4/14 vs HAG Vs. LH:.200 (3-15), 3 K Vs. RH:.286 (8-28), 4 BB, 8 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 7/2 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: 5/7 vs. ASH ARSENAL: 4-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH JAKE BRAY #23 R/R 6-1 185 RHP LAST WIN: LONGEST OUTING: 2.0, 5/15 vs. GBO MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, 4/23 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.000 (0-7), BB, K LAST SAVE: 4/23 vs. KAN SHORTEST OUTING: 0.2, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST WALKS: 1, THREE TIMES Vs. RH:.357 (5-14), BB, 3 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 4/3 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/1 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/22 KAN ND 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4/24 KAN ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4/29 CSC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/7 ASH ND 2.1 5 3 2 0 3 1 5/12 GBO ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/21 KAN ND 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/23 KAN S 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 5/2 CSC-1 ND 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/9 ASH ND 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 5/15 GBO ND 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Gave up his second career homer in 16-7 loss to Asheville on 5/7 Made his season debut on 4/21 at KAN, Added to the roster on 4/19 Had never allowed more than 1 hit or 1 run in any of his first 21 professional appearances Finished 2015 1-0 with 4 saves and a 1.31 ERA. He struck out 23 and walked 5 in 20.2 IP Began his collegiate career as a freshman at University of Mary Transferred to North Dakota State University where he pitched for three seasons Drafted by Baltimore in the 12th round of the 2013 MLB First Year Player Draft by Baltimore out of Feather River College Split 2015 between the GCL Orioles and Aberdeen and was highly impressive... Saved 10 games for the GCL O s in 17 appearances. Sported a 1-0 record and 0.87 ERA. In Aberdeen, he also had a 0.87 ERA in five appearances for the Ironbirds Went to high school in Sparks, Nevada but resides in San Diego, California
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS BULLPEN NOTES CHRISTIAN TURNIPSEED #47 R/R 5-11 214 RHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: 5/17 vs. WV LONGEST OUTING: 2.1, 5/14 vs. GBO SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/16, 4/17 vs. HAG MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, 4/27 vs. GVL MOST WALKS: 3, 4/22 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.222 (4-18), 2B, 3B, 4 K Vs. RH:.114 (4-35), 10 K, 5 BB INHERITED/STRANDED: 10/8 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 7/7 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, SPLITTER RYAN MEISINGER #30 R/R 6-4 235 RHP LAST WIN: 5/8 vs. ASH LAST SAVE: 4/12 vs. KAN LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, 5/8 vs. ASH SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/7 vs. HAG MOST STRIKEOUTS: 5, 5/8 vs. ASH MOST WALKS: 3, 4/7 vs. HAG Vs. LH:.200 (4-20), 2B, 6 K, 2 BB Vs. RH:.114 (4-35), 17 K, 5 BB INHERITED/STRANDED: 2/0 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/2 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 4-SEAM, SLIDER, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/27 GVL ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5/6 LEX S 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5/8 ASH S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/14 GBO ND 2.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5/17 WV S 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/22 KAN ND 1.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 4/27 GVL W 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4/30 CSC W 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5/8 ASH W 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 5/14 GBO ND 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Picked up first save of 2016 in dramatic fashion late, stranding the bases loaded (tying run at the plate) Issued three bases-loaded walks on 4/22 at KAN... those runs were the first he has ever allowed as a professional, breaking a stretch of 34.0 scoreless innings to start his career. Was selected in the 28th round of the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft Pitched collegiately at Georgia Gwinnett College and North Georgia College and State University Notched 4 saves and did not allow a single run in 18 innings of work in Aberdeen last year Also tossed 10 scoreless innings in the GCL last year Finished 2015 with 28.1 innings, 30 K, 7 BB, 11 H, 0 R, and a.117 opponents BA Picked up first save of the season with 4 K in last six batters on 4/12 at KAN Allowed tying run (inherited runner) to score on 4/18 in top of 8th, took L in 10th on a safety squeeze bunt from the clean-up hitter Allowed inherited runner to score from second base on 4/21 at KAN because of 2 WP Shut down Asheville in longest outing of the season, earning third straight win on 5/8 Left game on 5/14 with groin injury in the seventh inning Drafted in the 11th round of the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft our of Radford Univ. Was a standout pitcher in the Big South Conference. He went 12-1 in his collegiate career with a 2.59 ERA in 125 innings Was lights out as a senior, going 5-0 with a 1.62 ERA and 17 saves. Opponents hit just.174 against him. Closed most games for the Ironbirds last year in the NYPL, finishing with a 1.99 ERA in 17 games in Aberdeen. Made 1 appearance in the GCVL before being promoted ELIAS PINALES #37 L/L 6-4 155 LHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 4.0, 4/14 vs. HAG SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, 4/11 VS. KAN MOST WALKS: 2, 4/11 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.368 (7-19), 1 BB, 4 K Vs. RH:.387 (12-31), 3 BB, 4 K INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SPLIT, 3-FINGER CH ROBERT (BOBBY) STRADER #27 R/L 6-5 225 LHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: 4/26 vs. GVL LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, 5/15 vs. GBO SHORTEST OUTING: 1.2, TWICE MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, TWICE MOST WALKS: 4, 4/16 vs. HAG Vs. LH:.217 (5-23), 4 BB, 4 K Vs. RH:.385 (15-39), 14 RBI, 11 BB, 6 K INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 2/4 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, 3-FINGER CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/14 HAG ND 4.0 3 0 0 1 2 0 4/21 KAN ND 0.1 2 3 2 1 0 0 5/2 CSC-2 ND 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 5/7 ASH ND 3.0 9 3 1 0 2 0 5/13 GBO W 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 4/21 KAN ND 2.0 1 3 3 3 0 0 4/26 KAN S 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5/5 LEX BS, L 2.0 4 4 3 2 1 0 5/9 ASH ND 1.0 4 4 4 2 1 0 5/15 GBO ND 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 Left the game on 4/21 with a head injury Made his best appearance of the season with three scoreless innings against Greensboro in the series finale on 5/15 Pitched all of 2015 with Aberdeen, going 4-0 with a 4.15 ERA Signed as an international free agent with the Orioles in 2010, began career in 2011 with two years in the DSL From July 2012, Pinales has bounced back and forth between the GCL and Aberdeen, with 3 stints in each place Coming off of the best year of his career by far. 11 of the 17 runs he allowed in 15 total appearances came in just two games Split last year between the GCL and Aberdeen after pitching collegiately at one of the nation s premier programs - the University of Louisville. He went 1-0 with a 1.54 ERA in his 2-year career as a Cardinal Was drafted in the 12th round by the Orioles in 2015 In 12 appearances last year, he finished 1-0 with a 1.71 ERA His dad, Robert, is a PGA Professional in Louisville Was one of four Cardinals drafted last year: Pitcher Josh Rodgers, 11th round to Yankees; Pitcher Kyle Funkhouser 35th overall to Dodgers; INF Sutton Whiting 24th round to Cubs
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES Shorebirds vs. South Atlantic League HOME AWAY OPPONENT TOTAL 1st Hf. 2nd Hf. 1st Hf. 2nd Hf. Greensboro (MIA) 5-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Hagerstown (WSH) 4-4 1-3 0-0 3-1 0-0 Hickory (TEX) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kannapolis (CHI) 4-3 0-0 0-0 4-3 0-0 Lakewood (PHI) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 West Virginia (PIT) 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Northern Division 14-10 7-6 0-0 7-4 0-0 Asheville (COL) 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 Augusta (SF) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Charleston (NYY) 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Columbia (NYM) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Greenville (BOS) 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Lexington (KC) 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 Rome (ATL) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Southern Division 7-6 4-2 0-0 3-4 0-0 Totals 21-16 11-8 0-0 10-8 0-0 MISCELLANEOUS STATS ADDITIONAL STARTING PITCHER INFORMATION Shorebirds Run Support High Low Birds Rec. Quality Pitches Innings Avg. Pitches Pitcher Starts Runs Per Start Runs Runs In Starts Starts Thrown Pitched Per Inning Lucas Long 3 4 1.33 4 0 (2x) 2-1 2 219 18.0 12.17 Brian Gonzalez 7 22 3.14 7 0 (1x) 4-3 3 593 38.1 15.47 Cory Jones 2 7 3.50 7 0 (1x) 1-1 0 120 9.0 13.33 Cristian Alvarado 7 18 2.57 5 0 (1x) 4-3 1 592 36.1 16.29 Ofelky Peralta 7 16 2.29 7 0 (1x) 6-1 0 581 32.1 17.97 Francisco Jimenez 6 10 1.67 3 (2x) 0 (2x) 3-3 2 462 29.0 15.93 Reid Love 5 14 2.80 6 0 (1X) 1-4 2 424 29.0 14.62 Totals 37 91 2.46 7 (3x) 0 (9x) 21-16 10 2,991 192.0 15.58 PINCH HITTING STATISTICS Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBIs SO BB HBP SAC AVG Last P-H AB Gerrion Grim 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000 5/15 vs. GBO Cedric Mullins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000 5/15 vs. GBO Totals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000 5/15 vs. GBO (2x) 2016 WALK-OFFS, WINS IN LAST AB 2016 DELAYS & POSTPONEMENTS 4/27 vs. Greenville - 2 runs in bottom 8 to win 5-3 4/30 vs. Charleston - Grim walk-off single in 10th to win 2-1 5/8 vs. Asheville - Delgado and Mercedes deliver in top 10 5/13 vs. Greensboro - Murphy homered in 6th, game called (fog) 5/15 vs. Greensboro - Turbin walk-off single in 11th to win 3-2 4/9 at HAG, postponed to 4/10 (double-header) 4/28 vs. GVL, delayed 1 hour, then game cancelled 5/1 vs. CSC, postponed (rain), rescheduled as DH on 5/2 5/13 vs. GBO, delayed by fog (35 minutes); game called in bottom 6 5/14 vs. GBO, delayed 1:16 by rain before game began at 8:22 pm 5/17 vs. WV, first pitch delayed by 13 minutes to take off tarp
2016 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS DAY-BY-DAY RESULTS DATE OPP W/L SCORE REC PLACE G +/- WINNER LOSER SAVE TIME ATT #1 4/7 @ HAG W 4-0 1-0 T-1st - Cleavinger (1-0) Van Vossen (0-1) Turnipseed (1) 2:25 1,428 #2 4/8 @ HAG L 6-4 1-1 T-2nd 1.0 Rivera III (1-0) Baker (0-1) N/A 2:26 776 #3 4/10 @ HAG W 7-4 2-1 T-2nd 1.0 Cleavinger (2-0) Rodriguez (0-1) Turnipseed (2) 2:13 --- #4 4/10 @ HAG W 3-0 3-1 T-1st - Alvarado (1-0) Baez (0-1) Strader (1) 1:56 1,004 #5 4/11 @ KAN L 2-1 3-2 T-2nd 1.0 Frebis (1-0) Peralta (0-1) Easterling (1) 2:42 846 #6 4/12 @ KAN W 2-1 4-2 T-2nd 1.0 Baker (1-1) Hasler (0-1) Meisinger (1) 2:36 922 #7 4/13 @ KAN L 8-7 4-3 T-3rd 2.0 Hinchley (1-0) Strader (0-1) Ball (1) 2:47 3,442 #8 4/14 HAG L 4-1 4-4 4th 3.0 Crownover (1-0) Jimenez (0-1) VanVossen (1) 2:54 3,752 #9 4/15 HAG L 1-0 4-5 T-4th 3.0 Rodriguez (1-1) Jones (0-1) Guilbeau (1) 2:17 4,692 #10 4/16 HAG L 8-4 4-6 T-4th 4.0 Pantoja (1-0) Alvarado (1-1) Peterson (1) 2:57 5,514 #11 4/17 HAG W 4-2 5-6 4th 4.0 Love (1-0) Torres (1-1) Turnipseed (3) 2:30 5,729 #12 4/18 GBO L 5-4 (10) 5-7 T-4th 5.0 Meyer (1-1) Meisinger (0-1) Robinson (2) 2:46 1,126 #13 4/19 GBO W 3-1 6-7 4th 5.0 Gonzalez (1-0) Castellanos (1-1) Turnipseed (4) 2:31 983 #14 4/20 GBO W 3-1 7-7 4th 4.0 Jimenez (1-1) Bautista (0-2) Baker (1) 2:16 2,071 #15 4/21 @ KAN L 9-3 7-8 4th 4.5 Frebis (2-1) Alvarado (1-2) N/A 2:53 880 #16 4/22 @ KAN W 10-4 8-8 4th 5.0 Love (2-0) Martinez (0-3) N/A 3:19 1,823 #17 4/23 @ KAN W 4-2 9-8 4th 5.0 Cleavinger (3-0) Easterling (0-1) Bray (1) 3:08 4,035 #18 4/24 @ KAN W 13-2 10-8 4th 4.0 Gonzalez (2-0) Thompson (0-2) N/A 3:02 2,093 4/25 OFF DAY #19 4/26 GVL W 3-1 11-8 4th 3.5 Jimenez (2-1) Raudes (2-1) Strader (2) 2:13 1,485 #20 4/27 GVL W 5-3 12-8 4th 2.0 Meisinger (1-1) Leclerc (1-1) N/A 2:49 1,517 #21 4/28 GVL CANCELLED (RAIN), THE GAME WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED #22 4/29 CSC L 5-0 12-9 4th 3.0 Vargas (2-0) Love (2-1) N/A 2:37 3,527 #23 4/30 CSC W 2-1 (10) 13-9 4th 3.0 Meisinger (2-1) Mesa (0-2) N/A 3:03 4,426 APRIL (13-9) BATTING:.237, 5 HR PITCHING: 2.91 ERA, 211 K #24 5/2 CSC W 5-0 14-9 4th 2.5 Gonzalez (3-0) Acevedo (2-1) N/A 1:43 #25 5/2 CSC L 7-2 14-10 4th 3.0 De La Rosa (1-1) Jimenez (2-2) N/A 2:02 843 5/3 OFF DAY #26 5/4 @ LEX W 7-4 15-10 4th 2.0 Alvarado (2-2) Blewett (1-3) Cleavinger (1) 2:52 1,224 #27 5/5 @ LEX L 7-5 15-11 4th 3.0 Terrero (1-0) Strader (0-2) Deshazier (1) 2:45 3,831 #28 5/6 @ LEX W 5-4 16-11 T-3rd 2.5 Baker (2-1) Marte (2-2) Turnipseed (5) 2:45 4,244 #29 5/7 @ ASH L 16-7 16-12 T-3rd 3.5 Jimenez (2-3) Wynkoop (3-1) N/A 2:48 2,508 #30 5/8 @ ASH W 3-1 (10) 17-12 3rd 3.5 Meisinger (3-1) Lawrence (0-3) Turnipseed (6) 2:53 2,078 #31 5/9 @ ASH L 9-3 17-13 T-3rd 3.5 Killian (3-2) Alvarado (2-3) N/A 2:36 1,472 #32 5/10 @ ASH L 4-1 17-14 4th 4.5 Craig (1-1) Love (2-2) Thoele (6) 2:41 3,030 5/11 OFF DAY #33 5/12 GBO W 11-3 18-14 T-3rd 3.5 Peralta (1-1) Poteet (1-4) N/A 2:57 1,201 #34 5/13 GBO W 5-4 (6) 19-14 3rd 3.5 Pinales (1-0) Guzman (1-4) N/A 2:02 1,583 #35 5/14 GBO L 1-0 19-15 3rd 4.5 Squier (1-1) Gonzalez (3-1) Robinson (5) 2:48 3,922 #36 5/15 GBO W 3-2 (11) 20-15 3rd 3.5 Cleavinger (4-0) Kinley (0-2) N/A 3:03 4,107 #37 5/16 WV L 6-3 20-16 3rd 4.5 Roth (2-1) Love (2-3) McGarry (1) 2:47 974 #38 5/17 WV W 6-3 21-16 3rd 4.5 Peralta (2-1) Brubaker (2-4) Turnipseed (7) 2:32 694 #39 5/18 WV #40 5/19 @ LWD #41 5/20 @ LWD #42 5/21 @ LWD #43 5/22 @ LWD #44 5/23 @ GBO #45 5/24 @ GBO #46 5/25 @ GBO #47 5/26 LWD #48 5/27 LWD #49 5/28 LWD #50 5/29 LWD #51 5/30 HIC #52 5/31 HIC MAY (8-7) BATTING:.257, 8 HR PITCHING: 4.25 ERA, 115 K #53 6/1 HIC #54 6/2 @ GBO #55 6/3 @ GBO #56 6/4 @ GBO 6/5 OFF DAY #57 6/6 @ WV #58 6/7 @ WV #59 6/8 @ WV #60 6/9 LWD #61 6/10 LWD #62 6/11 LWD #63 6/12 LWD #64 6/13 KAN #65 6/14 KAN #66 6/15 KAN #67 6/16 @ HIC #68 6/17 @ HIC #69 6/18 @ HIC #70 6/19 @ HIC FIRST HALF (0-0) BATTING:.000, 0 HR PITCHING: 0.00 ERA, 0 K