Game #47 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Lakewood Blue Claws (Phillies) 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 Yermin Mercedes hit a solo home run in the series opener on Monday night and blasted a three run shot on Tuesday night. He leads the team with four homers, but he s the first Shorebird to leave the yard in back-to-back days this year. 2016 League Standings NORTHERN DIVISION Hickory 28-18 0.5 Delmarva 26-19 2 West Virginia 23-22 5 Greensboro 21-25 7.5 Kannapolis 19-27 9.5 Lakewood 17-28 11 Team Hagerstown Record 28-17 GB - SOUTHERN DIVISION Asheville 23-21 5.5 Columbia 24-22 5.5 Greenville 22-23 7 Augusta 21-25 8.5 Lexington 29-27 10.5 Rome 18-28 11.5 Team Statistics Team Charleston Record 29-16 GB - Batting Avg. -.246 Runs - 187 2B - 70 3B - 14 HR - 22 SB - 41 Pitching ERA - 3.37 K - 404 SV - 16 HLD - 5 Fielding Field% -.979 Errors - 35 Team Leaders AVG -.347, Yermin Mercedes H - 51, Yermin Mercedes RBI - 27, Yermin Mercedes R - 28, Cedric Mullins 2B - 11, Yermin Mercedes 3B - 4, two tied HR - 5, Alex Murphy XBH - 19, Yermin Mercedes TB - 82, Yermin Mercedes BB - 32, D.J. Stewart OBP -.384, Yermin Mercedes SLG -.558, Yermin Mercedes SB - 12, Cedric Mullins ERA - 0.42, Ryan Meisinger W - 5, two tied IP - 50.2, Brian Gonzalez QS - 5, Brian Gonzalez G - 14, Christian Turnipseed SV - 8, Christian Turnipseed HLD - 3, Patrick Baker K - 56, Cristian Alvarado WHIP - 0.94, Ryan Meisinger Delmarva (26-19) SHOREBIRDS GAME PREP Location...Salisbury, MD Date...May 26, 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...121,771 2016 Series...DEL leads 3-1 2015 Series...DEL won 15-8 DEL Current Streak...1L Delmarva Lakewood (0-0) (17-28) SHOREBIRDS BLUECLAWS TODAY S STARTING PITCHERS LHP Reid Love (2-3, 3.67) vs. RHP Harold Arauz (1-3, 3.38) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Date Time Opponent Pitching Matchup May 27 7:05 pm vs. Lakewood RHP Ofelky Peralta (2-1, 2.11) vs. RHP Franklyn Kilome (0-4, 6.16) May 28 7:05 pm vs. Lakewood RHP Francisco Jimenez (3-4, 6.98) vs. RHP Drew Anderson (0-0, 1.80) May 29 2:05 pm vs. Lakewood LHP Brian Gonzalez (5-1, 1.95) vs. RHP Jose Taveras (1-3, 3.49) May 30 5:05 pm vs. Hickory RHP Cristian Alvarado (2-4, 4.56) vs. TBA PREVIEW: The Delmarva Shorebirds just concluded a seven game road trip to Lakewood and Greensboro and open a week-long homestand tonight with a four game set against the BlueClaws. Lakewood is the Class A Affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Shorebirds took three of four games from Lakewood in their only scheduled trip to New Jersey last weekend, with the only loss coming on a walk-off home run. Since opening the season with a 4-6 mark and losing two of the first three series on the campaign, the Shorebirds have a series record of 7-2-1 over their last 10 sets, going 22-13 over that stretch. Delmarva is two games out of first place in the Northern Division with 24 games left in the first half. Lakewood beat Hagerstown yesterday to salvage the series, but they have lost to the Division-leading Suns in 10 of 11 contests this season. TODAY S OPPONENT: Right-hander Harold Arauz gets the ball from Shawn Williams in the series opener. Arauz just pitched against Delmarva last Friday night, going six strong innings with seven strikeouts and just one unearned run against him. This is his 61st professional game and his 42nd career start. He was acquired by Philadelphia in a trade with Houston in December, 2015. LAST GAME QUICK HITS: The Shorebirds smacked a season-high three home runs, including two from Alex Murphy, but lost the series to Greensboro by falling 11-4 yesterday afternoon. Delmarva surrendered five runs in the bottom of the second frame and played from behind all game. They pulled within three runs in the fifth, but a pick-off ended the inning with Yermin Mercedes representing the tying run at the plate. Cristian Alvarado (2-4) took the loss after giving up six runs on five hits. Patrick Baker also allowed a season-high four runs in 1.2 innings. PLAYER TO WATCH WHO S HOT/WHO ELSE ALEX MURPHY C Alex Murphy has been the most consistent offensive weapon for Ryan Minor s club this season. He s rotated between catcher, first base and DH, but has been in the lineup on a nightly basis. Murphy is hitting.277 with five homers and has reached base safely in 22 consecutive games. WHO S HOT RYAN MEISINGER Ryan Meisinger finds his name among the premier relievers in the South Atlantic League this season. He leads all league relief pitchers with 14.77 K/9IP (which would also lead starting pitchers) and he has the second lowest WHIP in the circuit (0.94). WHO ELSE GARRETT CLEAVINGER Cleavinger was the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month in April and has been even better in May. The lefty is now 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 11 games this season.
TONIGHT S SHOREBIRDS STARTER #29 LHP Reid Love (2-3, 3.67) Height: 5 11 Weight: 195 Age: 23 (May 15, 1992) Hometown: Dunnellon, FL College: East Carolina University Acquired: 10th Round, 2015 2016 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. DEC IP H R ER HR BB K Left W/L 4/11 KAN (R) 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 6 Trail 2-1 L, 2-1 4/17 HAG W(R) 3.2 4 2 2 0 0 2 Led 4-1 W, 4-3 4/22 KAN W(S) 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 6 Led 6-0 W, 10-4 4/29 CSC L (S) 5.2 7 4 4 1 3 2 Trail 4-0 L, 5-0 5/5 LEX ND 6.0 4 3 3 1 1 5 Led, 4-3 L, 7-5 5/10 ASH L (S) 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 7 Trail, 3-1 L, 4-1 5/16 WV L (S) 6.0 5 4 3 0 3 8 Tied, 3-3 L, 6,3 5/21 LWD ND 5.2 6 1 1 0 1 6 Tied, 1-1 W, 2-1 TONIGHT S STARTER: Reid Love makes his seventh start of the season for the Shorebirds. This will be Love s 21st professional appearance on the mound and his 14th career start. After being drafted by Baltimore out of East Carolina University last June, Love pitched once in the GCL and spent the rest of the summer in Aberdeen. He went 3-4 with a 4.81 ERA in 2015 between his two stops. Love has pitched twice in 2016, working as a tandem with Ofelky Peralta. Love was thrust into the starting rotation after Lucas Long and Cory Jones were promoted to the Frederick Keys last week. Love helped lead the ECU Pirates as a 2-way standout player and First Team All-American Athletic Conference performer to their first ever conference championship. ARSENAL: 2-Seam Fastball, 4-Seam Fastball, Slurve, Circle-change LAST TIME OUT: Love continued to be a nice option for Ryan Minor and Blaine Beatty. Love dipped and dodged around the BlueClaws bats as he scattered just one run on six hits last Saturday in New Jersey. The only inning in which he ran into any trouble was the fifth. He was taken out of the game with two outs in the sixth after allowing his first walk of the night to put two runners on with two outs in a tie game. 2016 SINGLE GAME STATS PRO CAREER GAME HIGHS Low Runs: 0, 4/11 vs. KAN Innings: 6.0, 4x (3x in 16) High Runs: 4, 4/29 vs. CSC Runs: 7, vs. LOW (9/2/15) Low Hit: 1, 4/11 vs. KAN Hits: 8, two times High Hits: 7, 4/29 vs. CSC Walks: 3, 4/29/16 vs. CSC Innings: 6.0, 5/5 vs. LEX Strikeouts: 8, vs. WV (5/16/16) Most Walks: 3, 4/29 vs. CSC Pitches: 95-60 vs. WV (5/16/16) Strikeouts: 8, 5/16 vs. WV Hit Batters: 1, 2x ( 15, 4/17/16) 2016 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBERS W L ERA GS IP ER Home 1 2 5.28 2 15.1 9 Road 1 1 2.73 4 26.1 8 Day 1 1 3.52 2 15.1 6 Night 1 2 3.76 4 26.1 11 AVG AB H HR BB SO vs. Left:.311 45 14 1 2 13 vs. Right:.204 108 22 2 10 29 TOTALS:.235 153 36 3 12 42 2016 INNING-BY-INNING Inning ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG GIDP 1 3.00 6.0 4 2 2 0 2 2.222 1 2 6.00 6.0 7 4 4 2 1 7.292 0 3 0.00 6.1 6 0 0 0 2 6.250 0 4 0.00 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 8.087 0 5 3.86 7.0 5 3 3 1 3 9.200 0 6 4.05 6.2 6 3 3 0 3 9.231 0 7 27.00 1.0 5 4 3 0 1 0.714 0 8 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 9+ 27.00 0.2 1 2 2 0 0 0.333 0 2016 MONTH-BY-MONTH Month Record ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG April 2-1 3.50 18.0 15 7 7 1 6 16.227 May 0-2 3.80 23.2 21 11 10 2 6 26.241 CAREER STATISTICS Season Team W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 GCL Orioles 0-0 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2015 Aberdeen 3-4 5.06 37.1 42 24 21 4 9 34 2016 Delmarva 2-3 3.67 41.2 36 18 17 3 12 42 TOTALS 5-7 4.22 81.0 79 42 38 7 21 77 SATURDAY S STARTER: Ofelky Peralta is slated to make his ninth start of the season tomorrow night. Peralta has dominated in each of his last five outings, going 2-0 with a 1.73 ERA during that stretch. CAREER AGAINST THE BLUECLAWS: This is Reid Love s second straight outing against Lakewood. He did not earn a decision last Saturday when he allowed one run in 5.2 innings, striking out six BlueClaws along the way. It is his ninth appearance and seventh start in the South Atlantic League.
Game #47 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies) 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 26-19 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: 389-489 Shorebirds Record: 328-410 SHOREBIRDS UP CLOSE Overall Record TOTAL HOME ROAD 26-19 12-8 14-11 First Half 26-19 12-8 14-11 Second Half 0-0 0-0 0-0 Vs. Northern Division 19-13 8-6 11-7 Vs. Southern Division 7-6 4-2 3-4 Day Games 9-3 3-0 6-3 Night Games 17-16 9-8 8-8 Shorebirds Score 1st 15-6 6-2 9-4 Opponent Scores 1st 11-13 6-6 5-7 Games Won in Last AB 5-1 3-0 2-1 Vs. RH Starters 22-10 10-6 12-4 Vs. LH Starters 4-9 2-2 2-7 Birds Starter 6+ Innings 10-7 4-3 6-4 Birds Starter 7+ Innings 1-1 1-1 0-0 Birds Starter 8+ Innings 0-0 0-0 0-0 When Hitting a HR 11-5 3-1 8-4 When Not Hitting a HR 15-14 9-7 6-7 Out Hit Opponents 17-4 8-1 9-3 Out Hit by Opponents 6-13 3-5 3-8 Equal # of Hits 3-2 1-2 2-0 Commit 0 Errors 13-10 6-4 7-6 Commit 1-2 Errors 12-6 6-4 6-2 Commit 3+ Errors 1-3 0-0 1-3 One Run Games 7-6 4-3 3-3 Two Run Games 6-2 4-0 2-2 5+ Run Games 6-7 3-2 3-5 Shutout Record 4-3 1-3 3-0 Leading After 7th 18-3 8-1 10-2 Trailing After 7th 2-16 1-7 1-9 Tied After 7th 5-0 2-0 3-0 Leading After 8th 18-1 8-0 10-1 Trailing After 8th 1-16 1-6 0-10 Tied After 8th 3-1 1-1 2-0 Extra Innings Games 4-1 2-1 2-0 Doubleheaders 3-1 1-1 2-0 Series Record 8-4-1 4-1-1 4-3-0 April Record 13-9 6-5 7-4 May Record 13-10 6-3 7-7 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 1-6 1-3 0-3 Tuesday Record 5-1 3-0 2-1 Wednesday Record 4-2 3-0 1-2 Thursday Record 3-3 1-1 2-2 Friday Record 3-4 1-2 2-2 Saturday Record 3-3 1-2 2-1 Sunday Record 7-0 2-0 5-0 REELIN AND DEALIN: The Shorebirds pitching staff has been arguably their asset this season. They currently have the league s third best ERA (3.37), most saved games (17), third most strikeouts (404), third fewest HR allowed (20) and second fewest hits allowed (332 in 45 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 35 errors the Birds have committed, seven came in the first two games of the year and 18 have come in the last 20 contests. In the other 24 games, Delmarva has tallied just nine errors and 23 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 187 4.2 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 12-8 14-11 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 four shutout wins. They had 12 last year, second most in team history.
Game #47 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium SHOREBIRDS: OPPONENTS: 2016 INNING BREAKDOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 XX Total 14 14 23 32 20 19 16 31 8 3 6 187 21 25 18 13 13 20 22 26 9 1 0 168 2016 CATCHER S BOX CS SB ATT PCT PB W-L A. Murphy 11 22 33.333 6 5-12 Y. Mercedes 12 32 44.273 12 20-6 S. Levy 0 0 0.000 0 1-0 B. Coluccio 0 0 0.000 0 0-1 Total 23 54 77.299 18 26-19 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 7-8 9-4 Levy 1-0 Laurino 0-3 7-7 8-7 Turbin 0-1 0-1 4-2 17-9 Mountcastle 10-5 2-3 7-7 Juvier 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 4-3 5-6 Andujar 3-1 8-9 2-1 3-1 1-3 Graham 3-3 Mullins 22-16 Stewart 0-1 17-12 8-3 Rifaela 2-1 4-3 2-2 4-4 7-1 Grim 5-1 2-2 2-3 0-1 Mercedes 1-1 11-7 10-4 1-2 Delgado 3-6 7-2 7-4 Coluccio 0-1 Anderson 1-0 0-1 RECORD BY POSITION C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 5-12 11-3 8-3 1-0 15-16 0-1 22-12 19-14 1-1 18-12 2-4 7-5 8-5 2-3 1-0 21-17 24-14 1-2 0-1 1-1 5-2 10-7 3-1 1-4 8-2 0-1 20-6 3-8 8-10 9-2 0-1 1-1
2016 STARTS BY POSITION Left Field Player G D.J. Stewart...38 Ademar Rifaela...2 Gerrion Grim...5 Center Field Player G Cedric Mullins...38 Ademar Rifaela...7 Right Field Player G Natanael Delgado...18 Ademar Rifaela...17 Gerrion Grim...10 Shortstop Player G Ryan Mountcastle...32 Ricardo Andujar...13 Second Base Player G Drew Turbin...34 Ricardo Andujar...6 Jack Graham...5 Third Base Player G Alejandro Juvier...30 Ricardo Andujar...13 Austin Anderson...2 First Base Player G Steve Laurino...31 Alex Murphy...14 Catcher Player G Yermin Mercedes...26 Alex Murphy...17 Stuart Levy...1 Brandon Coluccio...1 MULTI-HIT GAMES Player 2H 3H 4H 5+H Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 9 1 10 Ricardo Andujar 4 1 5 Jack Graham A. Juvier 2 2 Steve Laurino 1 2 1 4 R. Mountcastle 3 2 1 6 Drew Turbin 6 6 Gerrion Grim 2 1 3 Cedric Mullins 7 5 1 13 DJ Stewart 5 3 8 Ademar Rifaela 5 5 Yermin Mercedes 10 6 16 Natanael Delgado 4 1 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES Player 2RBI 3RBI 4RBI 5+RBI Total Stuart Levy Alex Murphy 5 2 7 Ricardo Andujar Jack Graham A. Juvier 1 1 Steve Laurino 2 1 3 R. Mountcastle 2 2 Drew Turbin 1 1 Gerrion Grim Cedric Mullins 1 1 2 DJ Stewart 3 3 Ademar Rifaela 3 1 4 Yermin Mercedes 1 3 1 5 Natanael Delgado 3 1 4
MOST RUNS, INNING: Opponents - Game #47 Delmarva Shorebirds vs. Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies) Arthur W. Perdue Stadium TEAM HIGHS/LOWS 6, 4/24 at KAN 5, GBO on 5/25 (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, four 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: 6, (5/18 vs. WV); 5 (2x, 4/21 & 5/12) Opponents - 7, ASH on 5/7 MOST TRIPLES, GAME: Opponents - 2, twice 2, 4/16 vs. HAG MOST HOME RUNS, GAME: 3, 5/25 at GBO (2, four times) Opponents - 3, LEX on 5/4 and GBO on 5/23 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): 17, 5/25 at GBO (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: 13, 5/21 vs. LWD; 12, 4/24 and 5/10 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: 5 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 LARGEST COMEBACK: 2 (three times) LARGEST BLOWN LEAD: 4 (4/18 vs. GBO) LONGEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 3:57 (5/22 at LWD) SHORTEST GAME (TIME, min. 9 IP): 2:13 (4/20 vs. GVL) LONGEST GAME (INNINGS): 13 (5/22 vs. LWD) LARGEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 5,729 (4/17 vs. HAG) LARGEST ROAD ATTENDANCE: 6,521 (5/20 vs. LWD) LONGEST RAIN DELAY: 1:16 (5/14 vs. GBO) SERIES WON: 8 SERIES LOSSES: 4 SERIES SPLIT: 1 SWEEPS: 1 SWEPT: 0 SHOREBIRDS INDIVIDUAL HIGH/LOWS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: MOST HITS - 4, three times (Mullins, Mountcastle, Laurino) MOST RUNS SCORED - 4, Stewart, 4/22; Mullins 4/24 at KAN MOST DOUBLES - 3, Yermin Mercedes, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST TRIPLES - 1, 11 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, 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, three 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: 13 games - Alex Murphy (5/8-5/22) 9 games - Alex Murphy (4/7-4/15) 8 games - Ryan Mountcastle (4/29-5/8) LONGEST ON-BASE STREAK: 22 games - Ademar Rifaela (4/18-5/25)* 22 games - Alex Murphy (5/2-5/25)* 16 games - Alex Murphy (4/7-4/22) 16 games - Yermin Mercedes (5/7-5/24) LONGEST RBI STREAK: 3 games (3x) - Mercedes - (4/22-4/24, 5/7-5/9, 5/22-5/24) 3 games (2x) - Murphy - (4/8-4/10, 4/20-4/22) 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: Ryan Meisinger, 15.2 (4/18-5/24)* Reliever: Garrett Cleavinger, 10.2 (4/15-4/29) 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/ 3 4-6-3 5/18 Turbin Mountcastle/ Andujar 1 4-6-3 5/2 (G2) Andujar/Turbin 1 4-6-3 5/16 Andujar/Turbin 1 6-4-3 5-21
DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS HITTERS NOTES ALEX MURPHY #32 R/R 5-11 210 C SERIES (GBO): 3-11, 2HR, 2RBI, 2 BB, 3R LAST SERIES (LWD): 3-12, HP, 2 BB, RBI, 5 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 13 (5/8-5/22) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 22 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 22 (5/2-5/25) VS. LHP:.360 (18-50), 6 XBH, 9 RBI VS. RHP:.248 (27-109), 8 XBH, 15 RBI, 32 K LAST HR: (2) 5/25 at GBO HR S: Solo (2), 2R (3), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 10 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 7 RISP:.271 (13-48), 2 2B, HR, 17 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.240 (6-25), 2 2B, HR, 12 RBI YERMIN MERCEDES #17 R/R 5-11 175 C SERIES (GBO): 4-12, 2 HR, 4 RBI, HP, 2 K LAST SERIES (LWD): 4-14, 2BB, 2R, 2RBI, HP, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 7, 2x (4/21-29, 5/7-14) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 16 (5/7-5/24) VS. LHP:.444 (20-45), 8 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI VS. RHP:.304 (31-102), 32B, 4 3B, HR, 14 RBI LAST HR: 5/24 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (1), 2R (2), 3R (1), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 16 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 5 RISP:.383 (18-47), 6 2B, 3B, HR, 21 RBI, 5K RISP, 2 OUTS:.273 (6-22), 22B, 3B, 8RBI, 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 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 42 K the next 35 games 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 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 16-game on-base streak with a 0-4 effort on 5/25 at 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 (GBO): 1-10, BB, HP, K LAST SERIES (LWD): 4-19, R, BB, 3 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 7 (4/24-5/5) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 9 (4/8-4/20) VS. LHP:.250 (9-36), RBI, 3 BB, 7 K VS. RHP:.200 (18-90), 8 BB, 20 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 6 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.242 (8-33), 5 RBI, 4 BB, 7 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.105 (2-19), 3 BB, 3 K NATANAEL DELGADO #16 L/L 6-1 170 OF SERIES (GBO): 2-9, 3 K LAST SERIES (LWD): 2-8, 2 RBI, 5 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 4 (4/26-4/30) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 10 (4/22-5/8) VS. LHP:.160 (4-25), 2 RBI, 7 K VS. RHP:.225 (18-80), 6 XBH, 11 RBI, 25 K LAST HR: 5/12 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (1), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 4 RISP:.219 (7-32), HR, 13 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.333 (5-15), HR, 6 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 25 of the first 31 games of the year (did not reach on 4/22, 5/8, 5/17, 5/21, 5/23, 5/24) 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 (LWD): 5-17, 2B, RBI, R, 4 K LAST SERIES (WV): 1-8, 2 RBI, 2 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 3 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/21-4/27) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 9 (4/21-5/7) VS. LHP:.219 (7-32), 3 RBI, 11 K VS. RHP:.197 (15-76) 2 2B 3B, 2RBI, 6BB, 20K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 1 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.095 (2-21), 5 RBI, 2 BB, 8 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.143 (1-7), RBI, BB, K STEVE LAURINO #21 R/L 6-3 215 INF SERIES (GBO): 1-8, HR, RBI, R, 3 K LAST SERIES (LWD): 2-13, BB, 3 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 1 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (5/15-5/19) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 7 (5/15-5/22) VS. LHP:.162 (6-37), HR, RBI, 8 BB, 13 K VS. RHP:.264 (19-72), 72B, HR, 11RBI, 10BB, 19K LAST HR: 5/25 at GBO HR S: Solo (2), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 4 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.276 (8-29), 2 2B, 10 RBI, 6BB, 7K RISP, 2 OUTS:.267 (4-15), 2B, 5RBI, 3BB, 4K DEL was 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 5/21, was 4-40 over his last 11 games Broke out of his slump on 5/21 with a 3-4 game in 2-1 win with 1st run and GW RBI 1B 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.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 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 (LWD): 1-3, R LAST SERIES (WV): 2-6, 3B, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB CURRENT HIT STREAK: 3 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 8 (4/29-5/8) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 8 (5/10-5/19) LONGEST OB STREAK: 8 (4/29-5/8) VS. LHP:.318 (14-44), 8 BB, 12 K, 3 RBI VS. RHP:.235 (19-81), 10XBH, 8RBI, 8BB 16K 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:.289 (11-38), 9 RBI, 6 BB, 11 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.222 (4-18), 2 RBI, 3 BB, 6 K DREW TURBIN #9 L/R 5-11 200 INF SERIES (GBO): 4-10, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 3 K LAST SERIES (LWD): 3-12, 2 BB, K, R CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/21-4/29) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 4 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 13 (4/18-5/6) VS. LHP:.385 (10-26), HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 6 K VS. RHP:.173 (14-81), 2 XBH, 6 RBI, 14 BB, 22 K LAST HR: 5/23 at GBO HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 6 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 1 RISP:.182 (6-33), 2 2B, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 10K RISP, 2 OUTS:.211 (4-19), 2 2B, 5RBI, 3BB, 4K 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 5/19, is hitting.386 (22-57) over his last 16 games to bring season average up to.262 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 Finished up the homestand hitting 4-19 vs. GBO and WV 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 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 (GBO): 2-8, 2B, 2 K LAST SERIES (LWD): 4-14, BB, 5K, GS-HR, 4RBI CURRENT HIT STREAK: 7 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 7 (5/16-25) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 22 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 22 (4/18-5/25) VS. LHP:.133 (4-30), 6 BB, 7 K VS. RHP:.272 (22-81), 3HR, 14RBI, 4BB, 23K LAST HR: 5/22 vs. LWD HR S: Solo (1), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (1) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 5 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.229 (8-35), 2 2B, HR, 13 RBI, 9 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.389 (7-18), 22B, HR, 10RBI, K GERRION GRIM #18 R/R 6-2 190 OF SERIES (GBO): 0-4, SAC FLY, RBI, 2 K LAST SERIES (LWD): Did Not Play CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 5 (4/19-4/30) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 0 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 5 (4/19-4/30) VS. LHP:.308 (8-26), 3 2B, 2 RBI, 7 K VS. RHP:.182 (6-33), 4 RBI, 4 BB, 19 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 3 MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.294 (5-17), 2 2B, 7 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 Started the season 1-25 vs. LHP, but is 3-5 since then His 20-game on-base streak is currently the longest by a Shorebird this year Grand Slam in top of 13th at LWD on 5/22 sealed a 6-1 win 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 (GBO): 0-9, 5 K, BB LAST SERIES (LWD): 4-19, 2BB 3XBH, 3R, 2RBI, 3K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 4 (5/16-5/19) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 1 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 15 (4/12-5/2) VS. LHP:.204 (10-49), HR, RBI, 7BB, 11K VS. RHP:.279 (31-111), 12XBH, 13RBI, 9 BB, 21 K LAST HR: 5/19 vs. LWD HR S: Solo (2), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 13 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 2 RISP:.289 (11-38), 3 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.391 (9-23), 3 2B, 2 3B, 11RBI DJ STEWART #10 L/R 6-0 230 OF SERIES (GBO): 5-10, HR, 2RBI, 2R, 4BB, K LAST SERIES (LWD): 3-18, R, BB, 2B, 5 K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 3 CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 6 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 7 (4/10-4/16) VS. LHP:.154 (6-39), 2B, HR, 11 BB, 9 K VS. RHP:.242 (23-95), 7 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI LAST HR: 5/24 vs. GBO HR S: Solo (3), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: 8 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 3 RISP:.163 (7-43), 12 RBI RISP, 2 OUTS:.214 (3-14), 4 RBI He s the every day CF, starting 38 of the first 45 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 Destroyed WV pitching in 3-game series: 9-12 with 3 XBH and 2 R 10 multi-hit games in May... He s batting.289 in May after hitting.214 in April Had 5 multi-hit games in 6 affairs between 5/16-5/21 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 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 Hitting.214 in May (15-70) through 21 games; was hitting.161 (10-62) until going 5-8 over the last two games 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 (LWD): 0-2, 2 BB, K LAST SERIES: (ASH): 1-4, RBI, K CURRENT HIT STREAK: 0 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 2 (4/23-5/7) CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 3 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 2 (4/23-5/7) VS. LHP:.100 (1-10), RBI, BB, 3 K VS. RHP:.286 (2-7), 4 BB, 2 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP:.000 (0-5), RBI, 2 K RISP, 2 OUTS:.000 (0-2), 1 K AUSTIN ANDERSON #43 L/R 5-11 190 INF SERIES (GBO): 2-9, R, 2 K LAST SERIES: (N/A): CURRENT HIT STREAK: 2 LONGEST HIT STREAK: 1 CURRENT ON BASE STREAK: 2 LONGEST ON BASE STREAK: 1 VS. LHP:.200 (1-5) VS. RHP:.250 (1-4), 2 K LAST HR: HR S: Solo (0), 2R (0), 3R (0), 4R (0) MULTI-HIT GAMES: MULTI-RBI GAMES: RISP: RISP, 2 OUTS: Picked up first RBI on the year with ground out in 7th vs. ASH on 5/7 Made his Shorebirds debut on 5/23/16 after being reinstated from the DL 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. 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. 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 13-14 15 237.2 199 101 92 14 90 230 3.48 W/L Saves/Opps. IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 13-5 17/21 154.2 133 67 55 6 68 174 3.20 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: 1.2, 5/25 at GBO MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6, 4/24 vs. KAN MOST WALKS: 2, TWICE Vs. LH:.234 (11-47), 3 BB, 15 K Vs. RH:.309 (17-55), 6 BB, 17 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: 5/21 vs. LWD 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:.194 (7-36), HR, 17 K Vs. RH:.189 (10-53), HR, 10 BB, 18 K, 3B INHERITED/STRANDED: 4/4 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 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 5/20 LWD H 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5/25 GBO ND 1.2 4 4 4 2 2 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 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 5/21 LWD W 2.1 1 0 0 1 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: 3.0, TWICE SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/18 vs. GBO MOST STRIKEOUTS: 6, 5/23 vs. GBO MOST WALKS: 2, TWICE Vs. LH:.185 (5-27), BB, 6 K, HR Vs. RH:.250 (9-36), 6 BB, 13 K, HR INHERITED/STRANDED: 7/5 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 1/1 LAST HR ALLOWED: 5/23 vs. GBO ARSENAL: 4-SEAM, CURVE, CIRCLE CH JAKE BRAY #23 R/R 6-1 185 RHP LAST WIN: 5/22 at LWD LAST SAVE: 4/23 vs. KAN LONGEST OUTING: 2.0, TWICE SHORTEST OUTING: 0.2, 4/21 vs. KAN MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4, 5/22 vs. LWD MOST WALKS: 1, FOUR TIMES Vs. LH:.000 (0-11), 2 BB, 3 K Vs. RH:.278 (6-20), 2 BB, 6 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 5/4 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 4/29 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 5/18 WV S 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5/23 GBO ND 3.0 2 2 2 1 6 1 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 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 5/22 LWD W 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5/25 GBO ND 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 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 Made his season debut on 4/21 at KAN, Added to the roster on 4/19 Two solid innings at the end of DEL 13-inning win over LWD in series finale 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: 5/21 vs. LWD 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:.211 (4-19), 2B, 3B, 4 K Vs. RH:.154 (6-39), 10 K, 6 BB INHERITED/STRANDED: 10/8 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 8/9 LAST HR ALLOWED: 5/20 vs. LWD ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SLURVE, SPLITTER RYAN MEISINGER #30 R/R 6-4 235 RHP LAST WIN: 5/8 vs. ASH LAST SAVE: 5/24 vs. GBO LONGEST OUTING: 3.0, THREE TIMES SHORTEST OUTING: 0.1, 4/7 vs. HAG MOST STRIKEOUTS: 7, 5/19 vs. LWD MOST WALKS: 3, 4/7 vs. HAG Vs. LH:.179 (5-28), 2B, 8 K, 2 BB Vs. RH:.140 (7-50), 2 2B, RBI, 27 K, 6 BB INHERITED/STRANDED: 2/0 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: 3/4 LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 4-SEAM, SLIDER, CIRCLE CH LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 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 5/20 LWD BS, L 0.1 1 2 2 0 0 1 5/21 LED S 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 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 5/19 LWD S 3.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 5/24 GBO S 3.0 2 0 0 1 5 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 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 Activated on 5/19 and dominated Lakewood, fanning seven in 3.0 innings 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, TWICE MOST WALKS: 2, TWICE Vs. LH:.350 (7-20), 2 BB, 5 K Vs. RH:.310 (13-42), 4 BB, 7 K INHERITED/STRANDED: 2/2 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, 4-SEAM, SPLIT, 3-FINGER CH JESUS LIRANZO #36 R/R 6-2 175 RHP LAST WIN: LAST SAVE: LONGEST OUTING: 1.1 vs. LWD SHORTEST OUTING: 1.1 vs. LWD MOST STRIKEOUTS: MOST WALKS: 1, 5/22 vs. LWD Vs. LH:.000 (0-1), BB Vs. RH:.250 (1-4) INHERITED/STRANDED: SAVE OPPORTUNITIES: LAST HR ALLOWED: ARSENAL: 2-SEAM, SLIDER, SPLITTER LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 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 5/22 LWD ND 3.2 1 0 0 2 3 0 LAST 5 APPEARANCES DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 5/22 LWD ND 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Left the game on 4/21 with a head injury Outstanding effort out of the bullpen on 5/22 when the Shorebirds played a 13 inning game against Lakewood. Made his DEL debut on 5/22 at LWD 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 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) 6-4 5-2 0-0 1-2 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) 3-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 West Virginia (PIT) 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Northern Division 19-13 8-7 0-0 11-7 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 26-19 12-8 0-0 14-11 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 9 30 3.33 7 0 (1x) 6-3 5 774 50.1 15.38 Cory Jones 2 7 3.50 7 0 (1x) 1-1 0 120 9.0 13.33 Cristian Alvarado 9 22 2.44 5 0 (1x) 4-5 2 736 47.1 15.55 Ofelky Peralta 8 17 2.13 7 0 (1x) 7-1 1 664 38.1 17.32 Francisco Jimenez 8 16 2.00 6 0 (3x) 4-4 3 632 40.0 15.80 Reid Love 6 15 2.50 6 0 (1X) 2-4 2 507 34.2 14.63 Totals 45 111 2.47 7 (3x) 0 (10x) 26-19 15 3,652 237.2 15.37 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 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