Game #97 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Hickory Crawdads (Rangers) 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 Note of the Day The Shorebirds have been shut out six times this season, but three of them have come in the last four contests. 2016 League Standings NORTHERN DIVISION Greensboro 16-9 0.5 Lakewood 15-11 2 West Virginia 14-12 3 Kannapolis 13-12 3.5 Hickory 13-13 4 Delmarva 11-15 6 Team Hagerstown Record 17-9 GB - SOUTHERN DIVISION Asheville 12-13 3.5 Rome 12-13 3.5 Charleston 11-14 4.5 Greenville 11-14 4.5 Lexington 11-14 4.5 Columbia 6-19 9.5 Team Statistics Team Augusta Record 16-10 GB - Batting Avg. -.254 Runs - 390 2B - 157 3B - 28 HR - 68 SB - 66 Pitching ERA - 3.14 K - 807 SV - 29 HLD - 13 Fielding Field% -.978 Errors - 77 Team Leaders AVG -.346, Yermin Mercedes H - 108, Yermin Mercedes RBI - 53, Yermin Mercedes R - 57, Cedric Mullins 2B - 21, Yermin Mercedes 3B - 9, Cedric Mullins HR - 14, Alex Murphy XBH - 37, two tied TB - 172, Yermin Mercedes BB - 42, D.J. Stewart OBP -.399, Yermin Mercedes SLG -.551, Yermin Mercedes SB - 22, Cedric Mullins ERA - 1.17, Jesus Liranzo W - 7, two tied IP - 99.1, Brian Gonzalez QS - 9, Brian Gonzalez G - 28, Christian Turnipseed SV - 13, Christian Turnipseed HLD - 3, three tied K - 107, Cristian Alvarado WHIP - 0.75, Jesus Liranzo Delmarva (53-42) SHOREBIRDS GAME PREP Location...Salisbury, MD Date...July 21, 2016 Venue...Arthur W. Perdue Stadium First Pitch...7:05 pm Radio...WTGM Fox Sports 960 AM Online...www.theshorebirds.com Year-to-Date Attendance...260,270 2016 Series...DEL leads 6-2 2015 Series...DEL won 6-5 DEL Current Streak...4L Delmarva Hickory (51-45) (0-0) SHOREBIRDS CRAWDADS TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHERS RHP Mike Costello (1-1, 6.18) vs. RHP Dillon Tate (2-3, 5.27) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup July 22 7:05 pm vs. Hickory RHP Cristian Alvarado (7-6, 3.56) vs. RHP Erik Swanson (5-4, 3.79) July 23 7:05 pm vs. Kannapolis LHP Brian Gonzalez (6-6, 2.63) vs. RHP Jimmy Lambert (0-1, 1.50) July 24 5:05 pm vs. Kannapolis RHP Ofelky Peralta (5-4, 3.68) vs. LHP Johnathan Frebis (7-8, 4.66) July 25 7:05 pm vs. Kannapolis RHP Francisco Jimenez (7-8, 4.92) vs. RHP Brannon Easterling (4-2, 2.29) PREVIEW: The Shorebirds continue a seven game homestand with a Thursday night showdown against the Hickory Crawdads. Hickory is the Class A Affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The Shorebirds ripped off four wins in a row last week, but have dropped their last four straight games since then. Hickory is having a decent second half, currently at.500 since the break. The Shorebirds have lost six of their last eight home games and have fallen to four games under.500 in the second half. Since Delmarva opened the season with a 4-6 mark and lost two of the first three series, they have a series record of 14-7-3 over their last 24 sets, going 49-36 over that stretch. TONIGHT S OPPONENTS: Right-hander Dillon Tate gets the ball for Hickory in the middle game of the three game series. Tate is a highly touted prospect in the Rangers farm system after he was selected fourth overall in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft out of UC-Santa Barbara. He threw 103 innings for the Gauchos last year, so the Rangers only threw him 9 innings between Spokane and Hickory. This is his first full year of pro ball and he s had moderate success, but his ceiling remains very high. LAST GAME QUICK HITS: The Shorebirds were shut out for the third time in four games on Wednesday night. Reid Love, Mike Burke and Lex Rutledge combined to allow just two runs on four hits with 12 strikeouts, but the offense never got anything going. The Shorebirds had leadoff hits in the eighth and ninth innings which brought the tying run to the plate, but the heart of the order had a rough night. All three pitchers for Hickory - Wes Benjamin, Christian Torres and Joe Palumbo - were left-handers. PLAYER TO WATCH YERMIN MERCEDES C Yermin Mercedes is one of the hottest hitters in Minor League Baseball right now. In 34 games (dating back to June 11), Mercedes has raised his batting average from.321 to.346 by going 48-125 (.384) with 7 HR, 1 3B, 10 doubles and 23 RBI. He has 12 multi-hit games in his last 22 contests. WHO S HOT/WHO ELSE WHO S HOT STEVE LAURINO Laurino was the fortunate Shorebird who had the night off when Delmarva was no-hit earlier this week. That kept his hitting streak and on-base streak in tact, but both were snapped last night. Laurino had hit in 8 straight and reached in 17 in a row. WHO ELSE CRISTIAN ALVARADO Alvarado leads the league with 107 strikeouts. He was recently honored as the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week and the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month.
TONIGHT S SHOREBIRDS STARTER #43 RHP Mike Costello (1-1, 6.18) Height: 6 4 Weight: 205 Age: 24 (July 10, 1992) Hometown: Manassas, VA School: Post University Acquired: 40th Round, 2015 2016 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER HR BB K Left W/L 6/10 LWD ND 4.0 4 1 0 0 0 4 Trail, 6-3 L, 6-3 6/18 HIC ND 4.1 4 2 2 1 2 4 Led, 4-1 W, 4-2 6/26 KAN ND 6.0 5 1 1 0 0 4 Led, 3-1 W, 5-3 7/1 HAG ND 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 3 Tied, 2-2 L, 4-3 7/7 HAG L 4.1 11 13 12 1 1 1 Trail, 13-4 L, 16-5 7/13 COL W 5.0 5 4 2 1 1 2 Led, 9-4 W, 9-4 TONIGHT S STARTER: The Shorebirds hand the ball to right-hander Mike Costello in the middle game of the series against Hickory. Costello was the third-to-last selection in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft when the Orioles took him out of Post University. Costello had also pitched at Radford in his collegiate career, but he became the first ever drafted player out of Post (located in Waterbury, Connecticut). Costello pitched nine games in the GCL last year before joining Delmarva in early June. Tonight will be his 15th professional appearance and his 13th career start. ARSENAL: 2-Seam Fastball, 4-Seam Fastball, Curve, Circle Change LAST OUTING: Costello is coming off of his first win of the season. He allowed a solo home run and a pair of additional run-producing hits all in the third inning of his start against Columbia. Aside from the one inning that got away from him, Costello surrendered just one base hit - an infield single in the first inning. CAREER AGAINST THE CRAWDADS: Costello Makes his second appearance against Hickory. His first start as a Shorebird came on Saturday, June 18th in Hickory and he pitched well. It was the second game of a double-header - with the game one loss (1-0 final score), the Shorebirds had been eliminated from the first half division crown. But that didn t distract Costello from putting together a nice effort, giving up just two runs in 4.1 innings en route to a Shorebird win. 2016 SINGLE GAME STATS PRO CAREER GAME HIGHS Low Runs: 1, twice Innings: 6.0, 6/2616 vs. KAN High Runs: 13, 7/7 vs. HAG Runs: 13, 7/7 vs. HAG Low Hit: 4, twice Hits: 11, 7/7 vs. HAG High Hits: 11, 7/7 vs. HAG Walks: 2, twice Innings: 6.0, 6/26 vs. KAN Strikeouts: 4, five times Most Walks: 2, twice Pitches: 75-47, 7/7/16 vs. HAG Strikeouts: 4, three times Hit Batters: 1, three times 2016 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS W L ERA GS IP ER Home 0 1 12.96 1 8.1 12 Road 1 0 3.26 4 19.1 7 Day 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 Night 1 1 6.18 5 27.2 19 AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left:.327 49 16 1 3 7 vs. Right:.281 64 18 2 3 11 TOTALS:.301 113 34 3 6 18 2016 INNING-BY-INNING Inning ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG GIDP 1 3.60 5.0 7 2 2 0 2 4.350 0 2 10.80 5.0 6 6 6 1 2 2.300 0 3 5.40 5.0 8 5 3 1 1 0.348 0 4 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 5.316 1 5 13.50 2.2 3 5 4 0 0 3.273 0 6 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.143 0 7 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2.400 0 8 0.00 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0.200 0 9+ 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 2016 MONTH-BY-MONTH Month Record ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG June 0-0 1.88 14.1 13 4 3 1 2 12.232 July 1-1 7.91 13.1 21 19 16 2 4 6.368 CAREER STATISTICS Season Team W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 GCL Orioles 1-2 3.19 31.0 33 11 11 0 5 20 2016 Delmarva 1-1 6.18 27.2 34 23 19 3 6 18 Totals 2-3 4.60 58.2 67 34 30 3 11 38 TOMORROW S PROBABLE: Cristian Alvarado is scheduled to throw in the series finale.
Game #97 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Hickory Crawdads (Rangers) 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 53-42 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: 417-512 Shorebirds Record: 356-434 SHOREBIRDS UP CLOSE Overall Record TOTAL HOME ROAD 53-42 26-18 27-24 First Half 42-27 22-11 20-16 Second Half 11-15 4-7 7-8 Vs. Northern Division 42-33 22-16 20-17 Vs. Southern Division 11-9 4-2 7-7 Day Games 10-4 4-1 6-3 Night Games 43-38 22-17 21-21 Shorebirds Score 1st 37-12 17-4 20-8 Opponent Scores 1st 18-28 9-14 9-14 Games Won in Last AB 11-5 6-0 5-5 Vs. RH Starters 45-28 22-13 23-15 Vs. LH Starters 8-14 4-5 4-9 Birds Starter 6+ Innings 22-13 10-4 12-9 Birds Starter 7+ Innings 2-1 1-1 1-0 Birds Starter 8+ Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 When Hitting a HR 33-14 14-5 19-9 When Not Hitting a HR 20-28 12-13 8-15 Out Hit Opponents 37-10 17-4 20-6 Out Hit by Opponents 11-28 7-12 4-16 Equal # of Hits 5-4 2-2 3-2 Commit 0 Errors 29-17 15-7 14-10 Commit 1-2 Errors 22-19 11-10 11-9 Commit 3+ Errors 2-6 0-2 2-4 One Run Games 13-15 9-3 4-12 Two Run Games 12-7 7-3 5-4 5+ Run Games 15-12 9-5 6-7 Shutout Record 9-6 4-4 5-2 Leading After 7th 37-5 19-1 18-4 Trailing After 7th 3-34 1-17 2-17 Tied After 7th 11-1 4-0 7-1 Leading After 8th 33-2 15-0 18-2 Trailing After 8th 2-30 1-16 1-15 Tied After 8th 7-2 3-1 4-1 Extra Innings Games 9-4 5-1 4-3 Doubleheaders 8-8 5-1 3-7 Series Record 15-9-3 8-3-2 7-6-1 April Record 13-9 6-5 7-4 May Record 15-12 8-5 7-7 June Record 17-11 10-2 7-9 July Record 8-10 2-6 6-4 August Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 September Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 Monday Record 3-9 2-5 1-4 Tuesday Record 9-1 5-0 4-1 Wednesday Record 10-5 8-2 2-3 Thursday Record 7-5 3-2 4-3 Friday Record 6-11 2-4 4-7 Saturday Record 7-7 3-3 4-4 Sunday Record 11-4 3-2 8-2 REELIN AND DEALIN: The Shorebirds pitching staff has been arguably their asset this season. They currently have the league s second best ERA (3.14), fifth most saved games (29), fifth most strikeouts (807), second fewest HR allowed (42) and second fewest hits allowed (703 in 95 games). SAL TOP DEFENSE: Delmarva s defense has either been superb or costly as the season nears the halfway point. Of the 77 errors the Birds have committed, seven came in the first two games of the year and 57 have come in the last 68 contests. In the other 24 games, Delmarva has tallied just nine errors and 46 total errorless games. RUNS PER GAME: Here is a look at what the Shorebirds have done over the last twelve years. Year Runs Scored Per Game 2016 394 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 26-18 27-24 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 have nine shutout wins. They had 12 last year, second most in team history.
Game #97 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Hickory Crawdads (Rangers) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium SHOREBIRDS: OPPONENTS: 2016 INNING BREAKDOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 XX Total 44 51 47 61 41 31 28 47 21 5 17 394 49 44 44 41 36 35 35 34 20 3 2 343 2016 CATCHER S BOX CS SB ATT PCT PB W-L A. Murphy 26 57 83.313 9 18-25 Y. Mercedes 23 56 79.291 18 34-16 S. Levy 0 0 0.000 0 1-0 B. Coluccio 0 0 0.000 0 0-1 Total 49 113 162.302 26 53-42 2016 OUTFIELD ASSISTS Rifaela (6) - last on 6/19 at HIC Delgado (4) - last on 6/11 vs. LWD Mullins (4) - last on 7/9 vs. HAG Stewart (2) - last on 6/13 vs. KAN Grim (1) - 5/29 vs. LWD RECORD BY BATTING ORDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Murphy 10-6 19-21 18-12 1-0 Levy 1-0 Laurino 4-6 19-16 10-15 Turbin 0-1 0-2 6-4 33-21 Mountcastle 32-26 2-3 8-7 Juvier 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 4-3 5-6 Andujar 4-1 11-10 5-6 5-4 12-8 2-1 Graham 3-7 Mullins 47-38 Stewart 0-1 31-19 8-3 Rifaela 3-2 4-3 0-1 8-7 8-6 13-5 Grim 1-0 1-1 5-5 8-8 4-4 0-1 Mercedes 12-17 22-14 10-4 1-2 Delgado 1-1 15-14 13-4 8-4 Coluccio 0-1 Anderson 3-1 3-1 4-2 2-2 3-4 8-5 Gassaway 2-2 2-5 3-1 Salas 1-1 RECORD BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 18-25 20-6 10-8 1-0 43-36 0-1 40-26 0-1 37-35 7-1 18-12 10-8 11-14 17-7 2-7 1-0 47-38 37-21 2-2 0-1 6-6 7-3 19-15 4-1 5-8 14-9 0-1 34-16 11-21 19-17 18-6 0-1 24-14 5-7 1-1 0-1 1-1
2016 STARTS BY POSITION Left Field Player G D.J. Stewart...58 Gerrion Grim...14 Randolph Gassaway...12 Ademar Rifaela...11 Center Field Player G Cedric Mullins...85 Ademar Rifaela...10 Right Field Player G Natanael Delgado...36 Ademar Rifaela...34 Gerrion Grim...23 Randolph Gassaway...2 Shortstop Player G Ryan Mountcastle...70 Ricardo Andujar...25 Second Base Player G Drew Turbin...67 Ricardo Andujar...17 Jack Graham...9 Guillermo Salas...2 Third Base Player G Austin Anderson...38 Alejandro Juvier...30 Ricardo Andujar...26 Drew Turbin...1 First Base Player G Steve Laurino...69 Alex Murphy...26 Catcher Player G Yermin Mercedes...50 Alex Murphy...43 Stuart Levy...1 Brandon Coluccio...1 MULTI-HIT GAMES Player 2H 3H 4H 5+H Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 15 3 18 Ricardo Andujar 13 5 18 Jack Graham A. Juvier 2 2 Steve Laurino 4 2 1 7 R. Mountcastle 15 6 1 1 23 Drew Turbin 10 2 12 Gerrion Grim 7 1 8 Cedric Mullins 13 9 2 24 DJ Stewart 8 3 1 12 Ademar Rifaela 12 1 13 Yermin Mercedes 27 9 36 Natanael Delgado 11 3 14 Austin Anderson 7 1 8 Randy Gassaway 3 1 4 MULTI-RBI GAMES Player 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 9 4 13 Ricardo Andujar 3 3 Jack Graham A. Juvier 1 1 Steve Laurino 3 1 4 R. Mountcastle 4 1 5 Drew Turbin 1 2 1 4 Gerrion Grim 1 1 2 Cedric Mullins 3 2 5 DJ Stewart 5 5 Ademar Rifaela 6 1 1 8 Yermin Mercedes 4 5 1 10 Natanael Delgado 4 4 8 Austin Anderson 3 3 Randy Gassaway
Game #97 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Hickory Crawdads (Rangers) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium TEAM HIGHS/LOWS MOST RUNS, INNING: 9, 7/5 vs. LWD; 8, 7/13 at COL Opponents - 6, 2x on 7/7 vs. HAG (5, once; 4, 12x) MOST RUNS, GAME: 14, 7/5 vs. LWD Opponents - 16, ASH on 5/7 and HAG on 7/7 FEWEST RUNS, GAME: 0, seven times Opponents - 0, nine times MOST HITS, GAME: 18, 4/24 at KAN; 6/6 at WV; 7/5 vs. LWD Opponents - 22, ASH on 5/4 FEWEST HITS, GAME: 0, 7/17 (Game 2) vs. AUG Opponents - 0, 7/8 vs. HAG MOST DOUBLES, GAME: 6 (5/18, 6/7); 5 (4x: 4/21, 5/12, 7/2, 7/13) Opponents - 7, ASH on 5/7 MOST TRIPLES, GAME: 2, three times (last 6/15) Opponents - 2, 4/16 vs. HAG MOST HOME RUNS, GAME: 3, 5/25, 6/12, 6/16 (2, 11 times) Opponents - 3, LEX on 5/4 and GBO on 5/23 MOST STOLEN BASES, GAME: 4, 5/10 vs. ASH Opponents - 7, AUG on 7/17 MOST ERRORS, GAME: 4, three times Opponents - 3, three times MOST STRIKEOUTS, GAME (HITTING): 17, 5/25 at GBO, 7/9 vs. HAG (16, 4/16) Opponents - 18, CSC on 4/30 (16, LWD on 5/26) MOST WALKS, GAME (HITTING): 8, twice Opponents - 10, KAN on 4/23 MOST LEFT ON BASE, GAME: 15, 6/6 at WV; 13, 5/21; 14, 6/24 Opponents - 14 (10 RISP), KAN on 4/23 MOST DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED, GAME: 4, 5/18 vs. WV Opponents - 4, GBO on 4/19 MISCELLANEOUS LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 7 (6/11-6/17) LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 LARGEST COMEBACK: 2 (four times) LARGEST BLOWN LEAD: 5 (7/14 at COL) LONGEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 4:51 (6/6 at WV) SHORTEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 2:10 (6/13 vs. KAN) LONGEST GAME (INNINGS): 16 (6/7 at WV...13 inn. 2x) LARGEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 6,827 (7/9 vs. HAG) LARGEST ROAD ATTENDANCE: 7,011 (6/3 at GBO) LONGEST RAIN DELAY: 1:20 (5/31 vs. HIC) SERIES WON: 15 SERIES LOSSES: 9 SERIES SPLIT: 3 SWEEPS: 4 SWEPT: 1 SHOREBIRDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH/LOWS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: MOST HITS - 5, Ryan Mountcastle, 6/6 at WV (4, five times) MOST RUNS SCORED - 4, Stewart, 4/22; Mullins 4/24; Delgado 7/5 MOST DOUBLES - 3, Yermin Mercedes, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST TRIPLES - 1, 28 times MOST HOME RUNS - 2, Alex Murphy, 5/25 at GBO MOST RBIS - 5, Mercedes, 4/24 at KAN, and Laurino, 5/18 vs. WV MOST WALKS (HITTER) - 3, three times MOST STEALS - 3, Stewart, 6/6 at WV MOST INNINGS, START - 7.2, Francisco Jimenez, 7/3 at HAG MOST INNINGS, RELIEF - 4.0, Pinales on 4/14 and Costello on 6/10 MOST STRIKEOUTS (PITCHER) - 10, three times MOST WALKS (PITCHER) - 6, Brian Gonzalez, 4/24 at KAN MOST HITS ALLOWED - 11, Mike Costello, 7/7 vs. HAG MOST RUNS ALLOWED - 13, Mike Costello, 7/7 vs. HAG MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED - 11, Mike Costello, 7/7 vs. HAG LOW-HIT COMPLETE GAME - 0, Ofelky Peralta, 5-inning no-hitter 7/8 vs. HAG LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 14 games - Mercedes (6-25-7/8)... 12 games - Delgado (5/23-6/18) 13 games - Murphy (5/8-5/22)... 9 games - Murphy (4/7-15), Rifaela (5/16-28), Mountcastle (6-9-17), 8 games - Mountcastle (4/29-5/8) LONGEST ON-BASE STREAK: 25 games - Yermin Mercedes (6/10-7/7)... 17 games - Laurino (6/25-7/18); 16 games - Murphy (2x... 4/7-22; 5/8-25), Mercedes (5/7-24); 15 games - Mullins (4/12-5/2); 14 games - Delgado (5/23-6/23) LONGEST RBI STREAK: 5 games - Delgado; 4 games (2x) - Murphy (6/3-7), Mullins 3 games (10x) - Mercedes (2x), Murphy (2x), Mullins, Stewart, Grim, Mountcastle, Andujar LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 3 games - Brian Gonzalez (4/19, 4/24, 5/2) - Pinales (6/9, 6/15, 6/18) 3 games - Ryan Meisinger (4/27, 4/30, 5/8) LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 2 games - Alvarado (2x - 4/16-21; 7/10-17)... Love (2x - 5/10-16; 7/4-9)... Peralta (5/27-6/3)... Jimenez (2x - 5/2-7; 6/3-8) LONGEST SCORELESS INNINGS STREAK: Reliever: Ryan Meisinger, 19.1 (4/18-6/4); Jay Flaa, 12.0 (5/23-6/19) Reliever: Garrett Cleavinger, 11.2 (5/10-6/6), 10.2 (4/15-4/29) Jesus Liranzo, 11.2 (7/4-7/18)* Starter: Alvarado 21.0 (6/12-7/5); Gonzalez, 15.0 (4/24-5/8) * = active streak MID-INF DOUBLE PLAY COMBINATIONS Tandem # of DP s Type Most Recent Mountcastle/ 7 6-4-3 6/30 Turbin Mountcastle/ 8 4-6-3 7/10 Turbin Mountcastle/ Andujar 6 4-6-3 7/17 Mountcastle/ Andujar 3 6-4-3 7/13 Andujar/Turbin 4 4-6-3 6/26 Andujar/Turbin 3 6-4-3 7/5 (2x) Andujar/ Salas 1 6-4-3 7/18
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES ALEX MURPHY #32 R/R 5-11 210 C SERIES (HIC): 0-3, BB LAST SERIES (AUG): 1-13, RBI, 2B, 6 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 13 (5/8-5/22) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 16 (4/7-22, 5/8-25) VS. LHP:.281 (25-89), 10 XBH, 15 RBI VS. RHP:.230 (56-243) 23 XBH, 35 RBI, 74 K LAST HR: 7/12 at COL HR S: Solo (8), 2R (4), 3R (1), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 18 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 12 RISP:.219 (21-96), 4 2B, 3 HR, 31 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.196 (10-51), 42B, 2HR, 18RBI YERMIN MERCEDES #17 R/R 5-11 175 C SERIES (HIC): 0-4, K LAST SERIES (AUG): 3-13, 2B, BB, HR, 2RBI, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 14 (6/25-7/8) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 25 (6/10-7/8) VS. LHP:.370 (30-81), 10 2B, 4HR, 17RBI VS. RHP:.338 (78-231), 112B, 53B, 7HR, 36RBI LAST HR: 7/15 at AUG HR S: Solo (5), 2R (4), 3R (2), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 36 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 11 RISP:.371 (33-89), 72B, 23B, 3HR, 39RBI, 19K RISP, 2 OUTS:.300 (12-40) 32B, 23B, HR, 14RBI, 7K 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 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 2-run HR on 5/13 in bottom 6 lifted DEL to 5-4 win minutes before fog ended game Extended hit-streak to season-best 13 games on 5/22 vs. LWD, snapped on 5/23 Drove in 2 runs in 13th to lift Delmarva to win on 6/6 at WV 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 8 multi-hit games over 10 contests and at that point led the SAL in hitting (.435) With his 2-4 night on 4/27, he hit.500 (20-40) from 4/16-4/27 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 Launched homers in back-to-back games in GBO on 5/23 and 5/24 Broke a 14-game hit streak and a 25-game on-base streak with a 0-4 4K vs. HAG 7/9 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 (HIC): 0-3, 2 K LAST SERIES (AUG): 3-11, BB, 2 K, R 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:.250 (16-64), HR, 5RBI, 7BB, 12K VS. RHP:.268 (53-198) 11XBH, 13RBI, 13BB, 40K LAST HR: 7/1 at HAG HR S: Solo (2), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 19 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.253 (19-75), 16 RBI, 5 BB, 16 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.171 (7-41), 7 RBI, 3 BB, 8 K NATANAEL DELGADO #16 L/L 6-1 170 OF SERIES (HIC): 0-2, BB LAST SERIES (AUG): 3-8, BB, 2 K, R CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 12 (5/23-6/18) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 14 (5/23-6/23) VS. LHP:.191 (9-47), 22B, 3RBI, 3BB, 14K VS. RHP:.281 (48-171) 15 XBH, 29RBI, 53K LAST HR: 7/13 at COL HR S: Solo (2), 2R (2), 3R (3), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 14 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 8 RISP:.254 (15-59), 3 HR, 26 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.314 (11-35), 2 HR, 14 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 29 of the first 42 games of the year (did not reach on 4/22, 5/8, 5/17, 5/21, 5/23, 5/24, 5/28, 6/3, 6/12) 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 Reached base safely in all 9 games 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* Placed on Delmarva DL with Left Hand Injury on 5/31, retroactive to 5/28 Activated off the DL on 6/9 and hit a walk-off HR in the bottom of 10 to beat LWD 2-1 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 RYAN MOUNTCASTLE #4 R/R 6-3 195 INF SERIES (HIC): 0-4, K LAST SERIES (AUG): 1-10, 5 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 9 (6/9-6/17) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST OB STREAK: 10 (5/10-5/29) VS. LHP:.364 (32-88) 5XBH, 9BB, 19K, 7RBI VS. RHP:.243 (53-218), 20XBH, 22RBI, 14BB, 49K LAST HR: 6/16 at HIC HR S: Solo (3), 2R (1), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 23 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 6 RISP:.301 (25-83) 23 RBI, 8 BB, 20 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.235 (8-34), 6 RBI, 5 BB, 10 K STEVE LAURINO #21 R/L 6-3 215 INF SERIES (HIC): 0-3, K LAST SERIES (AUG): 3-9, 2 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 8 (7/7-7/18) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 17 (6/25-7/18) VS. LHP:.212 (14-66) 3HR, 5RBI, 12BB, 18K VS. RHP:.220 (38-173) 102B, HR, 16RBI, 19BB, 40K LAST HR: 6/12 vs. LWD HR S: Solo (4), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 7 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.230 (14-61), 22B, 16RBI, 8BB, 16K RISP, 2 OUTS:.167 (5-30) 2B, 6RBI, 5BB, 10K 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 Opened the year hitting.154 (10-65)... entering 5/19, had hit.386 (22-57) over 16 games to bring season average up to.262... finished May with.375 AVG Had a single-game season high 5 hits against WV on 6/6 in a 5-6 performance Named the SAL Hitter of the Week for June 6-12....469/.528/.813, 7 G, 15-for-32, 5 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 6 K, 0 SB, 1 CS... GW-RBI hit in 11th vs. KAN on 6/15 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 Led the Shorebirds with 14 BB through his first 16 games, but he s taken only 17 walks since then Brought average up from.181 to.250 with a 4-5 day on 5/18, capping off a 6-11 series against WV and a 9-16 stretch from 5/15-5/18 Drove in a career-high 5 runs on a 4-5 day vs. WV on 5/18 (2 2B, 2 1B) Snapped a 6-game on-base streak with 0-4 game on 6/8 at WV 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 AUSTIN ANDERSON #43 L/R 5-11 190 INF SERIES (HIC): 0-2, HP LAST SERIES (AUG): 3-10, 2B, 3B, 2RBI, BB, 2K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 4 (6/4-9, 6/19-26) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 4 (6/4-9, 6/19-26) VS. LHP:.265 (9-34) 2 2B, 4 RBI, 7K, 2BB VS. RHP:.198 (21-106), HR, 10RBI, 27K, 8BB LAST HR: 6/1 vs. HIC (G2) HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 8 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.344 (11-32) 3 2B, 11 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.417 (5-12) 2B, 5 RBI DREW TURBIN #9 L/R 5-11 200 INF SERIES (HAG): 4-9, 2HR, 2B, 5RBI, 3R, 4K LAST SERIES (LWD): 1-7, BB, 2K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/21-4/29) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 6 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 13 (4/18-5/6) VS. LHP:.326 (15-46), 2HR, 9 RBI, 9 BB, 10K VS. RHP:.209 (34-163), 9 XBH, 13 RBI, 20 BB, 44 K LAST HR: 7/8 vs. HAG HR S: Solo (2), 2R (2), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 12 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 4 RISP:.230 (14-61), 62B, 17RBI, 8BB, 13K RISP, 2 OUTS:.265 (9-34), 52B, 12RBI, 5BB, 5K Made his Shorebirds debut on 5/23/16 after being reinstated from the DL Belted his first HR of the year to RF in G2 of DH sweep over HIC on 6/1 Native of Sorrento, Florida who played his college ball at the University of Mississippi Was selected in the 9th round of the 2014 MLB First Year Player Draft Missed all of 2015 after tearing labrum in his right shoulder Served a 50 game suspension after testing positive for an amphetamine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, at the beginning of the 2015 season. Played for the Aberdeen IronBirds in 2014, hitting.307 in 49 games with 14 extra-base hits and 19 RBI Lost in 2014 CWS Semi s to 2013 Champ and 2014 Runner-Up Virginia, helping the Rebels to their 5th ever appearance in the CWS and their first since 1972. 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 3 RBI on 5/12 vs. GBO Had the game-winning RBI single to right field on 5/15 Blasted first HR of the year on 5/23 at GBO off of LHP Ben Holmes, who entered the game as one of the best relievers in all of MiLB Made first pro start at 3B on 5/29 - had played all 137 previous games in career at 2B Went 3-4 in DH vs. HIC on 6/1, including a 2-run double and an inside the park homer Tied his career-high with 4 RBI on 6/1 (game 2)... second time he s had 4 RBI Blasted his third HR of the year on 7/7 in the 8th, finishing the game 3-5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored... needed just a triple for the cycle... first HR since 6/1 (G2) 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 (HIC): LAST SERIES (AUG): 0-5, R CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 9 (5/16-5/28) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 13 (5/15-6/1 G2) VS. LHP:.180 (9-50), 32B, 3RBI, 7BB, 14K VS. RHP:.269 (45-167), 16XBH, 26RBI, 14BB, 43K LAST HR: 7/1 at HAG HR S: Solo (3), 2R (1), 3R (1), 4R (1) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 12 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 8 RISP:.271 (16-59) 32B, 3B, 2HR, 23RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.393 (11-28) 22B, 2HR, 15RBI GERRION GRIM #18 R/R 6-2 190 OF SERIES (HIC): LAST SERIES (AUG): 0-6, 4 K, R, BB CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/19-4/30) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 10 (6/8-6/27) VS. LHP:.231 (12-52) 42B, 2HR, 5RBI, 14K VS. RHP:.241 (19-79) 6XBH, 11RBI, 8BB, 37K LAST HR: 7/2 at HAG HR S: Solo (2), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 8 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 1 RISP:.200 (7-35), 3 2B, 13 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.313 (5-16), 2 2B, 6 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 Started the season 1-25 vs. LHP Grand Slam in top of 13th at LWD on 5/22 sealed a 6-1 win Snapped a 9-game hitting streak with a 0-3 effort vs. LWD on 5/29, but kept On-Base Streak alive In game one of a DH on 6/3 at GBO, Rifaela went 0-3 and snapped a 27-game on-base streak His 27-game on-base streak is 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 Since going 3-4 at KAN on 4/23, he is hitting.116 (5-43) Made his first career appearance on the mound in the 16th inning at WV on 6/7 and got the final two outs of the game, including a strikeout 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 (HIC): 1-4 LAST SERIES (AUG): 2-15, 2B, R CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 8 (6/10-6/17) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 15 (4/12-5/2) VS. LHP:.196 (19-97), 42B, HR, RBI, 8BB, 21K VS. RHP:.272 (70-257), 32XBH, 31RBI, 22 BB, 48 K LAST HR: 7/14 at COL HR S: Solo (8), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 24 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 5 RISP:.229 (16-70), 6 2B, 3 3B, 23 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.237 (9-38), 3 2B, 2 3B, 11RBI RANDOLPH GASSAWAY #10 R/R 6-4 210 OF SERIES (HIC): 2-3, K, 2B LAST SERIES (AUG): 0-5, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 4 (7/2-7/8) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 7 (7/2-7/14) VS. LHP:.333 (6-18), BB, 4 K VS. RHP:.250 (9-36) 2 BB, 7 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 4 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.214 (3-14) 2 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.167 (1-6) RBI He s the every day CF, starting 85 of the 95 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 Tied a career-high 3 RBI in a 3-5 effort vs. GBO on 5/12 10 multi-hit games in May... He hit.282 in May after hitting.214 in April Had 5 multi-hit games in 6 affairs between 5/16-5/21 Went 4-5 against Columbia on 7/13 with two doubles and 3 RBI s in a career night. Snapped a 14-game on-base streak on 7/18 in Game 1 vs. Augusta 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 Made Delmarva debut on 6/24 to open second half at Kannapolis in game 2 of DH Went 3-for-5 against Hagerstown on 7/7, best game as a Shorebird to date Was drafted out of Riverwood International Charter School in Sandy Springs, GA in the 16th Round of the 2013 MLB First Year Player Draft Played his first 131 professional games between the GCL Orioles and Aberdeen Ironbirds where he hit two home runs and drove in 46 runs This is the highest level of baseball that he s played in his career - was promoted to the Shorebirds when DJ Stewart was promoted to Frederick at the 2016 All-Star break
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 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 Garrett Cleavinger - Pitcher Orioles MILB Pitcher of the Month April 2016 6 G, 3-0, 1.84 ERA, 14.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 8 BB, 21 K,.192 AVG Ryan Mountcastle - Shortstop SAL Player of the Week June 6-12.469/.528/.813, 7 G, 15-for-32, 5 2B, 2HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 6 K, 0 SB, 1 CS Yermin Mercedes - Catcher SAL Player of the Week June 13-19.444/.483/.815, 7 G, 12-for-27, 1 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 6 K Cristian Alvarado - Pitcher SAL Pitcher of the Week June 27-July 3 7.0 IP, CG, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 8K Cristian Alvarado - Pitcher Orioles MILB Pitcher of the Month June 2016 6 GS, 4-0, 1.29 ERA, 35.0 IP, 26 H, 5 R, 5ER, 3 HR, 2 HB, 4 BB, 39 K,.205 AVG Ofelky Peralta - Pitcher SAL Pitcher of the Week July 4-10 1 G, 1 CG, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 8 K 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 30-32 30 491.1 456 228 197 28 174 448 3.61 W/L Saves/Opps. IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 23-10 29/42 330.2 251 115 91 13 124 358 2.48 FRANCISCO JIMENEZ #40 R/R 6-1 160 RHP LAST WIN: 7/14 at COL LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 7.2, 7/3 at HAG SHORTEST OUTING: 2.2, 5/7 at ASH MOST STRIKEOUTS: 8, 7/3 vs. HAG MOST WALKS: 5, TWO TIMES Vs. LH:.196 (28-143) 12XBH, 11BB, 23K Vs. RH:.253 (42-166) 16XBH, 18BB, 42K INHERITED/STRANDED: 2/2 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: 7/10 vs. HAG ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, SPLIT-CH JAY FLAA #31 R/R 6-3 225 RHP LAST WIN: 6/26 at HIC LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, FOUR TIMES MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6, 5/23 vs. GBO Vs. LH:.180 (9-50), 5 BB, 14 K, 3 HR LAST SAVE: 5/18 vs. WV SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/18 vs. GBO MOST WALKS: 3, 5/29 vs. LWD Vs. RH:.216 (16-74), 10 BB, 23 K, HR INHERITED/STRANDED: 9/6 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/2 LAST HR ALLOWED: 7/7 vs. HAG ARSENAL: 4-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/18 HIC L 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 6/27 GBO ND 3.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7/3 HAG W 7.2 5 0 0 0 8 0 7/10 HAG ND 4.1 4 3 3 0 4 1 7/14 COL ND 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 1 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/26 KAN BS, W 1.1 2 2 2 1 1 1 7/3 HAG ND 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7/7 HAG ND 2.2 2 2 2 0 5 1 7/13 COL ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7/18 AUG ND 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 In his six wins, he hasn t allowed more than one run... best start came on 7/3 after he had been relegated to the bullpen for the second half. He spot-started and threw the longest outing of the year for a starter - 7.2 innings of shutout ball against Hagerstown Gave up his second career homer in 16-7 loss to Asheville on 5/7 Established new career-high with 6 K s at GBO, but also gave up third career HR Picked up 3rd win of the season after three great innings at WV in 13 inning, 5 hour game After allowing a leadoff single, he sent down the next 6 straight with 3 K s on 6/14 vs KAN Signed an international free agent contract with the Orioles on August 2, 2011 Pitched in the Dominican Summer League in 2012, 2013 and part of 2-14 before coming to the United States to putch in the Gulf Coast League for the rest of 14 At 20 years old, made his debut in Aberdeen in 2015 and pitched well, where he earned a promotion to finish the season in Delmarva He has pitched the entier 2016 season for the Shorebirds As of July 6, his career record is 20-19 with a 3.00 ERA over 306 innings on the hill 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 ROBERT (BOBBY) STRADER #27 R/L 6-5 225 LHP LAST WIN: 6/7 at WV LAST SAVE: 4/26 vs. GVL LONGEST OUTING: 3.1, 6/7 at WV SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 7/1 at HAG MOST STRIKEOUTS: 3, TWICE MOST WALKS: 5, 6/7 at WV Vs. LH:.162 (6-37), 6 BB, 8 K Vs. RH:.413 (26-63), 15 RBI, 18 BB, 7 K INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 2/4 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, 3-FINGER CH DARIEL DELGADO #30 R/R 5-11 185 RHP LAST WIN: 7/15 at AUG LONGEST OUTING: 4.2, 7/15 at AUG MOST STRIKEOUTS: 5, 7/15 vs. LWD Vs. LH:.250 (2-8) 4 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 1/0 LAST HR ALLOWED: LAST SAVE: SHORTEST OUTING: 2.1, 7/6 vs. LWD MOST WALKS: 3, 7/6 vs. LWD Vs. RH:.235 (4-17) 4 BB, 3 K SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/28 GBO ND 2.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7/2 HAG ND 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 0 7/5 LWD ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7/7 HAG ND 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 7/17 AUH ND 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 7/6 LWD ND 2.1 3 1 1 3 2 0 7/15 AUG W 4.2 3 0 0 1 5 0 Made his best appearance of the season with three scoreless innings against Greensboro in the series finale on 5/15 Appeared on 5/29 vs. LWD after spending two weeks on Aberdeen s roster Gave the Shorebirds 3.1 outstanding relief in 16 inning game at WV - walks came at end when he had thrown more than 60 pitches... finished with 73 pitches and earned his 1st W 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 Signed an international free agent contract with the Orioles on June 18. 2013 and went right to the Gulf Coast League as a 19-year old... He went 3-1 with a 2.48 ERA in 17 outings with 7 saves He has bounced around between Aberdeen, Delmarva and Frederick between 2014-2016, pitching nearly 200 career innings when he was assigned to Delmarva on July 4 Was very effective for the Shorebirds in 2015... he went 8-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 25 outings (11 starts)
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS BULLPEN NOTES CHRISTIAN TURNIPSEED #47 R/R 5-11 214 RHP LAST WIN: 5/26 vs LWD LAST SAVE: 7/14 at COL LONGEST OUTING: 2.2, 7/1 at HAG SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, FOUR TIMES MOST STRIKEOUTS: 7, 7/1 at HAG MOST WALKS: 3, 4/22 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.255 (12-47), 4 2B, 3B, 5 BB, 13K Vs. RH:.148 (13-88), 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 30K, 8 BB INHERITED/STRANDED: 20/17 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 12/15 LAST HR ALLOWED: 6/30 at HAG ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, SPLITTER MIKE BURKE #46 R/R 6-2 200 RHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 3.1, 6/24 vs. KAN SHORTEST OUTING: 1.0, 7/17 ataug MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4, 7/20 vs. HIC MOST WALKS: 2, 6/24 vs. KAN Vs. LH:.125 (3-24), BB, 5 K Vs. RH:.200 (5-25), 2 BB, 10 K INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: 7/12 vs. COL ARSENAL: 4-FB, 2-FB, SL, CV, CIR CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 7/1 HAG S 2.2 2 1 1 1 7 0 7/10 HAG ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/12 COL ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7/14 COL S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7/17 AUG-2 ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 7/1 HAG ND 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 7/5 LWD ND 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7/12 COL ND 2.0 4 3 3 0 3 1 7/17 AUG ND 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7/20 HIC ND 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 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 had ever allowed as a professional, breaking a stretch of 34.0 scoreless innings to start his career. Gave up a walk-off, 2-run HR with a 1-0 lead to Jan Hernandez on 5/20 at LWD Allowed solo HR to LWD Jiandido Tromp on 6/9 in top 9 of 1-0 game, but DEL won in 10 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 Hurled three shut out outings in relief in his first three Delmarva appearances of the season Drafted in the 30th Round of the 2014 MLB First Year Player Draft out fo the University of Buffalo Went 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA between the GCL Orioles and Aberdeen Ironbirds in 2014 Spent all of 2015 with the Shorebirds, finishing the year 2-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 28 appearances... he had the lowest WHIP on the ball club (1.01) Spent the first almost two months in extended spring training this year before heading to Frederick, where he went 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in three appearances... he also made 2 appearnaces in Aberdeen, where he didn t allow a run LEX RUTLEDGE #35 L/L 6-1 195 LHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: 7/15 at AUG LONGEST OUTING: 2.0, 7/9 vs. HAG SHORTEST OUTING: 1.0, THREE TIMES MOST STRIKEOUTS: 2, TWICE MOST WALKS: 1, 7/9 vs. HAG Vs. LH:.000 (0-4) Vs. RH:.000 (0-11), BB, 4 K INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/1 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH JESUS LIRANZO #36 R/R 6-2 175 RHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, FIVE TIMES SHORTEST OUTING: 1.1, 5/22 vs. LWD MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6, TWICE MOST WALKS: 3, TWICE Vs. LH:.175 (7-40), 3 BB, 16 K Vs. RH:.083 (5-60), 8 BB, 22 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 1/1 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, SLIDER, SPLITTER LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 7/6 LWD ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7/9 HAG ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7/15 AUG S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7/20 HIC ND 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 6/30 HAG ND 3.0 1 1 1 1 4 0 7/4 LWD ND 3.0 1 1 0 0 3 0 7/9 HAG ND 3.0 1 0 0 3 6 0 7/13 COL ND 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 7/18 AUG ND 3.0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Made his DEL debut on 5/22 at LWD His fastball sat 96-98 for two innings on 6/16 vs. HIC Closed the first half with a 1.98 ERA in 8 outings (3 ER in 13.2 IP) Was drafted by the Orioles in the 6th Round of the 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft Has pitched in four different levels in the Orioles system - GCL, Aberdeen, Delmarva and Frederick, lasting appearing for the Birds in 2013 Appeared in 35 games for Frederick in 2014 and pitched very well, but retired in January 2015... he was reinstated and resigned by the Orioles on January 31, 2016 Failed a drug test and was suspended for 50 games at the beginning of the 2016 campaign. Since his reinstatement, he s pitched three innings in the GCL. He s from Tupelo, Mississippi, birthplace of Elvis Presley. Originally signed a NDFA contract with Atlanta on 5/4/12 and was released on 6/25/12 after pitching 1.0 inning for the DSL Braves The Braves resigned him on 3/22/13 and he pitched again in the DSL, this time just 2.1 innings in 3 games, including a start. He walked 6 and gave up 3 runs. Atlanta released him on 6/14/13 Signed by Baltimore on 7/10/13 and reported to the DSL Orioles2 He did not pitch in 2014 after being placed on the 7-Day Disabled List on 5/30/14 Pitched 23 games for the DSL Orioles in 2015, going 3-2 with a 2.35 ERA
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES Shorebirds vs. South Atlantic League HOME AWAY OPPONENT TOTAL 1st Hf. 2nd Hf. 1st Hf. 2nd Hf. Greensboro (MIA) 8-8 5-2 2-1 1-5 0-0 Hagerstown (WSH) 7-9 1-3 1-3 3-1 2-2 Hickory (TEX) 6-2 2-0 0-1 4-1 0-0 Kannapolis (CHI) 8-6 3-0 0-0 4-3 1-3 Lakewood (PHI) 9-6 5-3 1-2 3-1 0-0 West Virginia (PIT) 4-2 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 Northern Division 42-33 18-9 4-7 17-12 3-5 Asheville (COL) 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 Augusta (SF) 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 Charleston (NYY) 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Columbia (NYM) 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 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 11-9 4-2 0-0 3-4 4-3 Totals 53-42 22-12 4-7 20-16 7-8 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 18 45 2.50 7 0 (2x) 8-10 9 1,548 99.1 15.58 Cory Jones 2 7 3.50 7 0 (1x) 1-1 0 120 9.0 13.33 Cristian Alvarado 18 53 2.94 12 0 (3x) 10-8 6 1,419 96.0 14.78 Ofelky Peralta 17 46 2.71 7 0 (2x) 13-4 2 1,371 80.2 17.00 Francisco Jimenez 15 32 2.13 7 0 (4x) 7-8 6 1,224 79.1 15.43 Reid Love 17 45 2.65 8 0 (4x) 9-8 5 1,258 85.1 14.74 Mike Costello 5 22 4.40 9 2 3-2 1 365 23.2 15.42 Totals 95 254 2.67 12 0 (18x) 53-42 31 7,524 491.1 15.31 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 Drew Turbin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 5/19 vs. LWD Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000 5/19 vs. LWD 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 at 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 5/22 at Lakewood - Murphy bases loaded walk, Rifalea GS in 13th 5/26 vs. Lakewood - Stewart walk-off single to win 1-0 in 11th 6/6 at WV - Murphy single, Rifaela 2-run 3B lift Birds in 13th 6/9 vs. LWD - Delgado hits walk-off HR to win 2-1 in bottom 10 6/16 vs. KAN - Mountcastle hits walk-off single to win 4-3 in 11th 6/19 at HIC - Mercedes his 2-run homer in Top 9 with 2 outs on 3-2 pitch to win 8-7 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 5/30 vs. HIC, postponed (rain) prior 4.5 hours prior to to first pitch 5/31 vs. HIC, delayed 1:20 by rain, postponed to 6/17 or 6/18 at HIC 6/2 vs. GBO, postponed (rain) after 1:15 minute delay, DH on 6/3 6/23 at KAN, delayed 45 min in bottom 4 (rain), suspended til 6/24 6/28 vs. GBO, postponed at 3:45 in the afternoon before a 7PM first pitch 7/4 vs. LWD, delayed 1:17 before first pitch... game began at 7:52 pm 7/8 vs. HAG, delayed 33 minutes in bottom 5, game called, Peralta throws no-hitter 7/9 vs. HAG, delayed 36 minutes in second inning, game finished after delay concluded 7/15 at AUG, delayed 1:09 in 2nd inning, then 30 minutes after 7th before it was called 7/16 at AUG, postponed... double-header scheduled for 7/17 7/18 at AUG, delayed 1:02 by rain before first pitch