Tonight’s Starters SAL: LHP Dedgar Jimenez (8-1, 3.27 ERA) vs. WIL: RHP Andres Machado (2-6, 5.87 ERA) The Kansas City Royals signed then 17-year-old Andres Machado as an international free agent out of Venezuela on November 17, 2010. Machado spent his first two professional seasons in the Dominican Summer League before coming to the states for two years in the Appalachian League with the Burlington Royals. His career was progressing at a good pace before an injury slowed his momentum in 2015. Machado un- derwent Tommy John Surgery, costing him the entire season. He returned in 2016 and made 13 starts for the Idaho Falls Chukars in the Pioneer League before starting his first year of full-season ball with Wilmington this April. Machado opened the campaign as a reliever, posting a 1-4 mark and a 4.15 ERA in 12 appearances out of the bullpen. The six-foot, 175-pound right-hander has plenty of experience in the rotation however, having started 29 of his 67 professional games. Machado took the rotation spot of 2014 first-round pick Foster Griffin, who was promoted to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 28. Last time out for Machado was on June 12 at Lynchburg where he had to eat innings. He worked six frames, allowed eight runs, seven earned on 13 hits. The Carabobo, Venezuela native throws a four-seamer, a two-seamer, slider and changeup. Left-hander Dedgar Jimenez makes the start for Salem to- night. The Carolina League All-Star was signed as an inter- national free agent on July 28, 2012 by Boston. Entering his fourth year in the system, the 6-foot-3, 240-pounder spent last year between Low-A Greenville and Salem, going a combined 8-10 with a 5.20 ERA in 26 total starts. The southpaw is mak- ing his 12th start of the season and second against Wilming- ton. In his initial start against Wilmington back on May 2, he suffered the loss and was tagged for six earned runs on eight hits in four innings of work in a game the Blue Rocks would win 10-2. However, since that start, Jimenez has not lost a game, going 5-0 in his last seven starts with a sterling 1.37 ERA and holding opponents to a .218 batting average. The Venezuelan native features a 4-seam fastball, curveball, slider and changeup. Upcoming Probable Starters and Schedule Sunday, June 18, vs. Salem 1:35 p.m. LHP Colin Rodgers ( 2-3, 3.95 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Kent (5-2, 4.01 ERA) WGLS-FM 89.7 Monday, June 19 ALL-STAR BREAK Tuesday, June 20 CAROLINA LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME -- SALEM, VA RADIO: Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM WEBCAST: wgls.rowan.edu or bluerocks.com Wilmington Blue Rocks Game Notes 2017 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. SAL Date Site Result WP LP Save 4-17 SAL L, 11-2 Kent (1-0) Griffin 0-1) 4-18 SAL L, 6-5 Bautista (1-0) Marte (0-1) 4-19 SAL L, 7-6 Poyner (2-0) Machado (1-2) 5-1 WIL L, 4-3 F/10 Weems (1-1) Machado (1-3) Kelley (1) 5-2 WIL W, 10-2 Castillo (1-2) Jimenez (3-1) Cramer (1) 5-3 WIL L, 4-3 Pimental (1-1) Marte (0-2) Lau (1) 6-15 WIL W, 8-0 Castillo (4-3) Raudes (2-3) 6-16 WIL W, 7-0 Blewett (4-5) Shawaryn (0-2) Tenuta (1) 6-17 WIL 6-18 WIL 6-22 SAL 6-23 SAL 6-24 SAL 6-25 SAL 6-30 WIL 7-1 WIL 7-2 WIL 7-3 WIL 7-24 WIL 7-25 WIL 7-26 WIL 8-11 SAL 8-12 SAL 8-13 SAL 8-25 SAL 8-26 SAL 8-27 SAL BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWN HOME: 18-14 | AWAY: 19-17 | STREAK: W 4 | LAST 5: 4-1 | LAST 10: 6-4 MEDIA INFORMATION Salem Red Sox (40-27, 1st -- GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks (37-31, 3rd, 3.5 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals Game No. 69 • Home Game No. 33 • Frawley Stadium • Saturday, June 17, 2017 • 7:05 p.m. ROCK STRONG: The Wilmington Blue Rocks continued their dominance on the diamond as they blanked the Salem Red Sox 7-0 Friday night at Frawley Stadium. Scott Blewett earned the win and spun six scoreless innings, allowed just two hits and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts. Offensively, eight different hitters picked up a hit with Anderson Miller leading the way with three hits, falling a home run shy of the cycle. The Rocks have now outscored their opponents 26-1 during an impressive 33.2 scoreless innings streak. SPOILER ALERT: In their last three games against Salem and Lynchburg, the Blue Crew have dominated the two teams vying for a First Half Northern Division title. Wilmington has posted three consecutive shutout wins during that span. In the last 27 innings of play, the Rocks have outscored the top two teams in the divi- sion 24-0 and pounded 39 total hits. In turn, the pitching has allowed just nine hits and have struck out 23 batters. POWER SURGE: Over the Blue Rocks’ first 26 games of the season the Blue Crew had hit just 11 home runs, the second-fewest in the Carolina League. But over the last 42 games Wilmington has blasted 33 more long balls. Chase Vallot has led the way, hitting six homers during Wilmington’s power surge, including the Rocks’ only two grand slams of the season. Anderson Miller has clubbed five of the homers over this stretch. Miller has seven on the season after hitting just three during the entire second half with Wilmington last year. Chris DeVito has four homers while Roman Collins and Brandon Downes have three homers each. Cody Jones and Nicky Lopez have also clobbered two. Travis Maezes and Kort Perterson have added another in the month-plus power surge. CHASING RECORDS: With the current 33.2 scoreless innings streak, the 2017 Blue Rocks pitching staff is not far from tying the franchise record set from June 7-12, 2009. Wilmington’s staff strung together 38 scoreless innings during that stretch. Coincidentally, like the streak this year, the record setting streak in 2009 started in a doubleheader against Lynchburg and also carried through a series against Salem before the streak was snapped at Winston-Salem. TONS OF TIGHT GAMES: The Blue Rocks have played in a Carolina League-high 29 one-run games so far in 2017. No other club in the ten-team loop has played in more than 24 single-score affairs. Incredibly for Wilmington, the Rocks are now 15-14 in such contests, after having won 11 of the last 12. Wilmington has also played in seven extra innings affairs already in 2017-the second-most in the Carolina League. The Rocks are just 3-4 in those games not completed in regulation. ROCK STARS: The Blue Rocks had six players named to the 2017 Carolina League Northern Division All-Star team on Monday. Shortstop Nicky Lopez, out- fielder Anderson Miller and pitchers Foster Griffin, Cristian Castillo, Richard Lovelady, and Yunior Marte, have been named to represent the Northern Division. Lopez earned the nod as the team’s starting shortstop. The mid-summer classic will be held on Tuesday, April 20 at Hayley Toyota Field in Salem, VA, as the best play- ers from the Northern Division will play against the premier players in the Southern Division. The six members of the Blue Crew selected is the most since 2011 when Wilmington had five mid-season All-Stars. LOVING RICHARD: Richard Lovelady continues to dominate with another impressive outing on Tuesday night. The southpaw picked up his first win of the season after not allowing a hit or walk while striking out five batters in 3.1 innings of flawless work against Lynchburg. In 28.1 innings pitched this season, the Carolina League All-Star has only allowed two walks, 18 hits, and has struck out 35 batters for a ridiculous 17.5:1 strikeout to walk ratio and a 0.71 WHIP. Lovelady has not allowed a run since May 1, raising his scoreless innings streak to 18.2 and dropping his ERA down to 1.27. THEY SAID IT, MANAGER JAMIE QUIRK: “Well three shutouts in a row, that’s pretty awesome. You don’t see that very often. You know how I feel about starting pitching. They set the tone every single day. Scott Blewett came out (Friday) and dominated from the get go; he was aggressive, came after them, made pitches when he needed too. Then Matt Tenuta was absolutely perfect. They are all feeding off each other, that’s the key. No one wants to be that guy to give up a run. They are out there competing. The offense is taking advantage of situations. We are getting key hits up and down the lineup. You look up and down the lineup and they are all hitting, driving in runs, doing a great job. Seven, eight, and nine contributing just like (Thursday night), that takes a big load off the other guys.”
The Kansas City Royals signed then 17-year-old Andres Machado as an international free agent out of Venezuela on November 17, 2010. Machado spent his first two professionalseasons in the Dominican Summer League before coming to the states for two years in the Appalachian League with the Burlington Royals. His career was progressing at a good pace before an injury slowed his momentum in 2015. Machado un-derwent Tommy John Surgery, costing him the entire season. He returned in 2016 and made 13 starts for the Idaho Falls Chukars in the Pioneer League before starting his first year of full-season ball with Wilmington this April. Machado opened the campaign as a reliever, posting a 1-4 mark and a 4.15 ERA in 12 appearances out of the bullpen. The six-foot, 175-pound right-hander has plenty of experience in the rotation however, having started 29 of his 67 professional games. Machado took the rotation spot of 2014 first-round pick Foster Griffin, who was promoted to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 28. Last time out for Machado was on June 12 at Lynchburg where he had to eat innings. He worked six frames, allowed eight runs, seven earned on 13 hits. The Carabobo, Venezuela native throws a four-seamer, a two-seamer, slider and changeup.
Left-hander Dedgar Jimenez makes the start for Salem to-night. The Carolina League All-Star was signed as an inter-national free agent on July 28, 2012 by Boston. Entering his fourth year in the system, the 6-foot-3, 240-pounder spent last year between Low-A Greenville and Salem, going a combined 8-10 with a 5.20 ERA in 26 total starts. The southpaw is mak-ing his 12th start of the season and second against Wilming-ton. In his initial start against Wilmington back on May 2, he suffered the loss and was tagged for six earned runs on eight hits in four innings of work in a game the Blue Rocks would win 10-2. However, since that start, Jimenez has not lost a game, going 5-0 in his last seven starts with a sterling 1.37 ERA and holding opponents to a .218 batting average. The Venezuelan native features a 4-seam fastball, curveball, slider and changeup.
Upcoming Probable Starters and Schedule Sunday, June 18, vs. Salem 1:35 p.m. LHP Colin Rodgers ( 2-3, 3.95 ERA) vs. LHP Matthew Kent (5-2, 4.01 ERA) WGLS-FM 89.7
Monday, June 19 ALL-STAR BREAK Tuesday, June 20 CAROLINA LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME -- SALEM, VA
RADIO: Rowan Radio, 89.7 WGLS-FM WEBCAST: wgls.rowan.edu or bluerocks.com Wilmington Blue Rocks Game Notes
2017 Regular-Season Series: WIL vs. SAL
Date Site Result WP LP Save4-17 SAL L, 11-2 Kent (1-0) Griffin 0-1)4-18 SAL L, 6-5 Bautista (1-0) Marte (0-1)4-19 SAL L, 7-6 Poyner (2-0) Machado (1-2) 5-1 WIL L, 4-3 F/10 Weems (1-1) Machado (1-3) Kelley (1)5-2 WIL W, 10-2 Castillo (1-2) Jimenez (3-1) Cramer (1)5-3 WIL L, 4-3 Pimental (1-1) Marte (0-2) Lau (1)6-15 WIL W, 8-0 Castillo (4-3) Raudes (2-3)6-16 WIL W, 7-0 Blewett (4-5) Shawaryn (0-2) Tenuta (1)6-17 WIL 6-18 WIL 6-22 SAL 6-23 SAL 6-24 SAL 6-25 SAL 6-30 WIL 7-1 WIL 7-2 WIL7-3 WIL7-24 WIL7-25 WIL7-26 WIL8-11 SAL8-12 SAL8-13 SAL8-25 SAL8-26 SAL8-27 SAL
BLUE ROCKS BREAKDOWNHOME: 18-14 | AWAY: 19-17 | STREAK: W 4 | LAST 5: 4-1 | LAST 10: 6-4
MEDIA INFORMATIONSalem Red Sox (40-27, 1st -- GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox
vs.Wilmington Blue Rocks (37-31, 3rd, 3.5 GB / Northern) Carolina League Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals
Game No. 69 • Home Game No. 33 • Frawley Stadium • Saturday, June 17, 2017 • 7:05 p.m.
ROCK STRONG: The Wilmington Blue Rocks continued their dominance on the diamond as they blanked the Salem Red Sox 7-0 Friday night at Frawley Stadium. Scott Blewett earned the win and spun six scoreless innings, allowed just two hits and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts. Offensively, eight different hitters picked up a hit with Anderson Miller leading the way with three hits, falling a home run shy of the cycle. The Rocks have now outscored their opponents 26-1 during an impressive 33.2 scoreless innings streak.
SPOILER ALERT: In their last three games against Salem and Lynchburg, the Blue Crew have dominated the two teams vying for a First Half Northern Division title. Wilmington has posted three consecutive shutout wins during that span. In the last 27 innings of play, the Rocks have outscored the top two teams in the divi-sion 24-0 and pounded 39 total hits. In turn, the pitching has allowed just nine hits and have struck out 23 batters.
POWER SURGE: Over the Blue Rocks’ first 26 games of the season the Blue Crew had hit just 11 home runs, the second-fewest in the Carolina League. But over the last 42 games Wilmington has blasted 33 more long balls. Chase Vallot has led the way, hitting six homers during Wilmington’s power surge, including the Rocks’ only two grand slams of the season. Anderson Miller has clubbed five of the homers over this stretch. Miller has seven on the season after hitting just three during the entire second half with Wilmington last year. Chris DeVito has four homers while Roman Collins and Brandon Downes have three homers each. Cody Jones and Nicky Lopez have also clobbered two. Travis Maezes and Kort Perterson have added another in the month-plus power surge.
CHASING RECORDS: With the current 33.2 scoreless innings streak, the 2017 Blue Rocks pitching staff is not far from tying the franchise record set from June 7-12, 2009.Wilmington’s staff strung together 38 scoreless innings during that stretch. Coincidentally, like the streak this year, the record setting streak in 2009 started in a doubleheader against Lynchburg and also carried through a series against Salem before the streak was snapped at Winston-Salem. TONS OF TIGHT GAMES: The Blue Rocks have played in a Carolina League-high 29 one-run games so far in 2017. No other club in the ten-team loop has played in more than 24 single-score affairs. Incredibly for Wilmington, the Rocks are now 15-14 in such contests, after having won 11 of the last 12. Wilmington has also played in seven extra innings affairs already in 2017-the second-most in the Carolina League. The Rocks are just 3-4 in those games not completed in regulation.
ROCK STARS: The Blue Rocks had six players named to the 2017 Carolina League Northern Division All-Star team on Monday. Shortstop Nicky Lopez, out-fielder Anderson Miller and pitchers Foster Griffin, Cristian Castillo, Richard Lovelady, and Yunior Marte, have been named to represent the Northern Division. Lopez earned the nod as the team’s starting shortstop. The mid-summer classic will be held on Tuesday, April 20 at Hayley Toyota Field in Salem, VA, as the best play-ers from the Northern Division will play against the premier players in the Southern Division. The six members of the Blue Crew selected is the most since 2011 when Wilmington had five mid-season All-Stars.
LOVING RICHARD: Richard Lovelady continues to dominate with another impressive outing on Tuesday night. The southpaw picked up his first win of the season after not allowing a hit or walk while striking out five batters in 3.1 innings of flawless work against Lynchburg. In 28.1 innings pitched this season, the Carolina League All-Star has only allowed two walks, 18 hits, and has struck out 35 batters for a ridiculous 17.5:1 strikeout to walk ratio and a 0.71 WHIP. Lovelady has not allowed a run since May 1, raising his scoreless innings streak to 18.2 and dropping his ERA down to 1.27.
THEY SAID IT, MANAGER JAMIE QUIRK: “Well three shutouts in a row, that’s pretty awesome. You don’t see that very often. You know how I feel about starting pitching. They set the tone every single day. Scott Blewett came out (Friday) and dominated from the get go; he was aggressive, came after them, made pitches when he needed too. Then Matt Tenuta was absolutely perfect. They are all feeding off each other, that’s the key. No one wants to be that guy to give up a run. They are out there competing. The offense is taking advantage of situations. We are getting key hits up and down the lineup. You look up and down the lineup and they are all hitting, driving in runs, doing a great job. Seven, eight, and nine contributing just like (Thursday night), that takes a big load off the other guys.”
MEDIA INFORMATION CONTINUEDHOME RUN NOTES
Blue Rocks2-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (4 IN 2016, 3 IN 2015)4.15.16 Ryan O’Hearn @ Potomac (1st--Inside Park-- and 6th Inning)8.3.16 Luis Villegas vs. Salem (3R HR in 6th/2R HR in 8th)8.17.16 Mike Hill vs. Potomac (2R HR in 4th, 2R HR in 6th)9.5.16 Luis Villegas @ Frederick (Solo HRs in 2nd and 8th)
3-HR GAMES BY BLUE ROCKS (HAS NEVER HAPPENED)
BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (3 IN 2014, 0 IN 2015)6.2.17 at WS Brandon Downes and Chris DeVito (6th inning)
LEADOFF HOME RUNS (0 IN 2016, 2 IN 2015)5.28.15 at POT Ramon Torres8.15.15 at POT Jack Lopez
GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (3 IN 2016, 1 IN 2015)5.7.17 @ DE Chase Vallot (9th inning, 1 out in 10-4 win) 6.10.17 vs, BC Chase Vallot (1st inning, 1 out in 8-7 win)
WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (0 IN 2016, 0 IN 2015)
PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (1 IN 2015)5.16.15 at LYN Dex Kjerstad
INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (2 IN 2016, 0 IN 2015)4.15.16 Ryan O’Hearn @ Potomac (1st Inning, 2-Run Home Run, mis-play by CF)4.20.16 Ryan O’Hearn @ Frederick (9th Inning, 3-Run Home Run, Carom off of center field wall--second in six days)
BLUE ROCKS HOME RUNS: 44 (62 IN 2016 / 33 HOME & 29 AWAY)Buies Creek 3 Lynchburg 3Carolina 1 Myrtle Beach 0Carolina 1 Potomac 9Down East 13 Salem 4Frederick 7 Winston-Salem 4 FRAWLEY 15 ROAD 29
Opponents
2-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (2 IN 2016)Taylor Gushue (POT) 5.10.17 at Frawley Stadium (2-R 2x)
3-HR GAMES BY OPPONENT (0 IN 2016)Michael Chavis (SAL) 4.19.17 at Hayley Toyota (2-R, Solo, 2-R)
BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2016)
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK (0 IN 2016)
LEADOFF HOME RUNS (2 IN 2016)7.4.16 Victor Robles off Corey Ray at Potomac (12-1 Rocks Win)8.27.16 Charcer Burks off Derek Gordon in Wilmington (7-1 Loss)
GRAND SLAM HOME RUNS (1 IN 2016)5.27.17 Ian Sagdal (POT) off Colin Rodgers at Wilmington (7-6 Win)
WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (1 IN 2016)
Michael Chavis (SAL) (9th inning of 7-6 Red Sox win)PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (0 IN 2016)
INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (0 IN 2016)
HOME RUNS ALLOWED TO: 45Buies Creek 2 Myrtle Beach 3Carolina 0 Potomac 16Down East 5 Salem 5Frederick 5 Lynchburg 2 Winston-Salem 5 FRAWLEY 13 ROAD 32
The Salem Scoop
The Salem Red Sox are coming off one of their best season’s in franchise history a year ago. However, having the best overall record in the Carolina League and a prospect-laden roster wasn’t enough. The Red Sox finished 2016 with an impressive 87-52 record and won the first half of the Souther Division with a 43-26 record. Salem took on Myrtle Beach and was ousted in the semifinals in three games.
This year, the Red Sox are managed by second-year skipper Joe Oliver who returns after his successful first year. Like Wilmington’s skipper in Jamie Quirk, Oliver was a catcher and was drafted in the 1983 MLB Draft in the second round by the Cincinnati Reds. He was a member of the Reds team that defeated the powerful Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. He went on to spend 13 seasons in the big with the Reds, Brewers, Tigers, Mariners, Pirates, Yankees and Red Sox. He played in nearly 1,100 games and posted a .247 batting average to go along with 102 homers and 476 RBI. After a 13-year hiatus from baseball, Oliver returned and became the manager of the Lowell Spinners in 2014. He spent two years with the Short-Season Class A affiliate and led the team to a composite 74-77 record. He was then promote to Salem in 2016.
The 2017 Salem squad has a handful of Boston’s top prospects. 19-year-old Roniel Raudes is the highest ranked prospect on the team, tabbed as the sixth-best prospect in the Red Sox farm system according to Baseball America. He was named the Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2016 and posted an 11-6 record with a solid 3.65 ERA in 24 starts in Low-A Greenville.
Offensively, the Sox have Josh Ockimey at first base. The slugging first baseman clubbed 18 home runs which was second-most on the farm while pacing the South Atlantic League in walks (88). He paced Greenville’s offense in multiple offensive categories including home runs, walks, games played and doubles. He enters the season as the No. 10 prospect.
Michael Chavis is ranked as the 11th-best prospect on the pipeline. He had a great start to the year hitting north of .350 with three home runs and 14 RBI in 15 games. However, a thumb injury derailed his season and was unable to play the majority of 2016.
Other prospects that have received attention by Baseball America that will be featured in Salem in 2017 is Gerson Bautista who has the best fastball in the system. Bautista spent time with the Lowell Spinners a year ago and averaged a strikeout per inning. Behind the plate, Austin Rei is con-sidered to be the best defensive catching prospect and gunned nearly 40% of would-be-base-stealers in Greenville last year.
Like Wilmington, Salem has a player on their team that has MLB blood-lines. Tate Matheny, son of St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny makes the jump from Low-A Greenville after hitting a respectable .277 in 105 games which earned him a selection on the South Atlantic All-Star team. Tate was a fourth-round pick by the Red Sox in 2015 out of Missouri State.
Along with the top prospects, Salem has 14 returners in 2017. Familiar faces for the Blue Crew are Matt Kent who etched his name in the Salem record books as the lefty tossed 156 innings last year which led the Carolina League and also set a new, single-season high. Another familiar hurler Wilmington will see is Yankory Pimentel who posted nine win and a 3.12 ERA in 32 appearances.
With the addition to Buies Creek and Down East, Salem has shifted to the Northern Division after playing in the Southern Division. Last season, the Blue Rocks and Red Sox battled 20 times in inter-division play with Salem taking the head-to-head match up 13-7. This year, the two foes will play within the Northern Division and meet an astounding 27 times.
TONIGHT’S BLUE ROCKS STARTING PITCHER
Career NumbersYear/Teams(s) W-L ERA IP2011/DSL Royals 0-0 4.66 9.2 2012/DSL Royals 2-1 2.87 37.2 2013/Burlington 0-8 8.34 45.1 2014/Burlington 1-2 3.63 17.1 2015/DNP Due to Injury 2016/Idaho Falls 2-4 3.99 58.2 2017/Wilmington 2-6 5.87 38.1 Total 7-21 5.09 207.0
#39 RHP Andres Machado Acquired: Signed as non-drafted free agent on November, 17, 2010Born: Carabobo, VZ Age: 24 (April 22, 1993)Resides: Carabobo, VZ Ht: 6’0 Wt: 275College: N/A Bats/Throws: R/R
The Book on Machado (2017)
At Home: 1-2, 2.25 ERA 4G/0GS On the Road: 1-4, 6.82 ERA 11G/3GS LH Opp Avg: .329 RH Opp Avg: .270 Record when he pitches: 2-6 Wilmington Record when he starts: 1-2 Run Support (overall): 7 Run Support (starting): 2.7 ERA: 5.87
Season-High K’s: 4, 3x (Last:6/5/17 @ Down East Wood Ducks)Career-High K’s: 9, 8/28/16 vs. Odgen RaptorsLast Win: 6/5/17 @ Down East Wood Ducks Last Loss: 6/12/17 @ Lynchburg Hillcats
Most IP, 2017: 6.0 IP 2x (Last: 6/12 @Lynchburg Hillcats) Most IP, Career: 6 IP: 3x, (Last: 6/12/17 @ Lynchburg Hillcats)
2017 Appearances (Wilmington)Date OPP G GS DEC ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP WP Score Upon Exit Result Notes 4/8 POT 1 L 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 T, 3-3 POT 4-3 (F/11) 1st app. in Adv.-A 4/11 CAR 2 W 2.25 2.0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 CAR, 2-1 WIL, 3-2 1st win of the season 4/14 @POT 3 SV 1.80 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 WIL, 4-3 WIL, 4-3 Earned 1st save of ‘17 4/16 @POT 4 SV 1.59 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 WIL, 5-4 WIL, 5-4 (F/11) Back-to-back saves 4/19 @SAL 5 L 4.00 3.1 5 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 SAL, 7-6 SAL, 7-6 Longest outing of season 4/25 @MB 6 - 3.38 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 MB, 3-2 MB, 7-6 5/1 SAL 7 L 3.86 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 SAL, 4-3 SAL, 4-3 (F/10) 5/6 @DE 8 - 4.15 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 WIL, 5-3 WIL, 5-4 5/11 POT 9 - 3.38 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 POT, 8-4 POT, 8-4 Longest scoreless app. 5/16 @POT 10 - 4.15 1.1 5 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 POT, 10-0 POT, 10-0 5/18 @POT 11 L 4.35 3.1 4 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 POT, 3-1 POT, 3-2 5/20 @FRE 12 - 3.93 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 FRE, 10-1 FRE, 10-1 5/31 @WS 13 1 L 5.13 4.2 7 5 5 1 4 1 0 0 WS, 5-1 WS, 5-2 First start of 2017 6/5 @DE 14 2 W 5.01 6.0 5 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 WIL, 4-3 WIL, 5-4 Tied career-high in IP 6/12 @LYN 15 3 L 5.87 6.0 13 8 7 0 2 1 1 0 LYN, 8-1 LYN, 8-1 Allowed season-high 13 hits
Pitch Repertoire: Four-Seam Fastball, Two-Seam Fastball, Slider, ChangeupTHE BOOK ON ANDRES MACHADO: The Kansas City Royals signed then 17-year-old Andres Machado as an international free agent out of Venezuela on November 17, 2010. Machado spent his first two professional seasons in the Dominican Summer League before coming to the states for two years in the Appalachian League with the Burlington Royals. His career was progressing at a good pace before an injury slowed his momentum in 2015. Machado underwent Tommy John Surgery, costing him the entire season. He returned in 2016 and made 13 starts for the Idaho Falls Chukars in the Pioneer League before starting his first year of full-season ball with Wilmington this April. Mach-ado opened the campaign as a reliever, posting a 1-4 mark and a 4.15 ERA in 12 appearances out of the bullpen. The six-foot, 175-pound right-hander has plenty of experience in the rotation however, having started 29 of his 67 professional games. Machado took the rotation spot of 2014 first-round pick Foster Griffin, who was promoted to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 29. The Carabobo Venezuela native throws a four-seamer, a two-seamer, slider and changeup.
LAST TIME OUT: Machado’s last outing was one where he had to eat innings because the bullpen was depleted. In turn, Machado worked six innings, allowed eight runs, seven earned on 13 hits in a losing effort on June 12 at Lynchburg.
ROAD WARRIOR: Machado has spent majority of his time on visiting team’s pitching mounds this year. The righty has made 11 appearances, including all three starts this season on the road. The converted started is 1-4 with a 6.82 ERA in those 11 appearances away from Frawley Stadium. Tonight will be his first start at home and just fifth appearance of the season in the friendly confines of Frawley. At home, he is 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA.
BULLPEN TENURE: Machado started the season pitching out of the bullpen and even picked up his first professional save in the United States on April 16 against Potomac. It was his first save any-where since he was in the Dominican Summer League in 2012. Machado’s role varied as a reliever. He tossed three or more innings on three occasions, including two outings of 3.1 frames. He also worked one frame or less in four of his 12 appearances.
MACHADO ON DIFFERENCES OF STARTING VS. RELIEVING: “This transition is a little bit difficult because I started in the bullpen but now they moved me to the rotation. In spring training, I was looking to be a starter but they made me a reliever. I feel good though because I pitched as a starter the whole season last year in Idaho Falls. It’s different because we come in relief against just one or two hitters sometimes. Now I need to think of pitching in a very different style. When you start a game, you need to learn what the hitter is looking for. When you come in for relief for one hitter, you can throw a slider or something different and it works. As a starter, you have to face these hitters more than once. So you have to throw strike one, and you have to control your fastball to set other pitches up. It’s more of a process.”
BIGGEST INFLUENCES ON ANDRES: When asked what pitcher had the biggest impact on him, Machado did not hesitate even for a second. “I enjoy watching Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mari-ners,” Machado said. “He has very good stuff and he is a starter. I like him because he throws a lot of strikes, has great stuff and also because his from Venezuela.”
MACHADO ON TOMMY JOHN IN 2015: “It was Tommy John surgery and it is one year that you’re out and that you can’t get back. Last year, I was feeling better and I started, but now I actually feel good again.”
Wilmington Blue Rocks 2017 Regular-Season BreakdownRecord: 37-31First Half: 37-31Second Half: 0-0Home: 18-14Road: 19-17Vs. RH Starters: 27-20Vs. LH Starters: 10-11Day: 7-6Night: 28-25One-Run Games: 15-14Two-Run Games: 5-2Extra-Inning Games: 3-4Doubleheaders (W-L-S) 1-0-2Shutouts: 9-5No-Hitters: 0-0When Leading After 7: 27-2When Trailing After 7: 4-23When Tied After 7: 5-5When Leading After 8: 25-3When Trailing After 8: 2-21When Tied After 8: 5-4When the Rocks Score First: 25-9When the Opponent Scores First: 12-22Games Decided In Last At-Bat: 8-7When Scoring 3 Or Less: 10-23When Scoring 4 Or More: 27-8When The Rocks Have 5 Hits or Less: 5-10When The Rocks Have 10 Hits or More: 18-8When The Rocks Hit A Home Run: 22-8Most Games Above .500: 6Most Games Below .500: 8When The Rocks Commit an Error: 22-22When The Rocks Starter Goes 6+ Inn: 22-12Come-From-Behind Victories: 11Postponements: 4Cancellations: 0Total Rainouts: 4Currently Suspended Games: 0
WINS (0)Date Opp Score/Inn5/9 POT 1-0/(9) 5/10 POT 4-3/(11)
LOSSES (0)Date Opp Score/Inn4/18 SAL 6-5/(9) 4/19 SAL 7-6/(9)
Blue Rocks vs. the Carolina LeagueOpponent Record Home RoadFrederick 6-1 3-0 3-1Lynchburg 3-3 1-1 2-2 Potomac 11-8 6-5 5-3Salem 3-5 3-2 0-3 Northern Div. 23-17 13-8 10-9
Opponent Record Home RoadBuies Creek 3-4 2-2 1-2 Carolina 1-2 1-2 0-0Down East 6-1 0-0 6-1Myrtle Beach 0-3 0-0 0-3Winston-Salem 4-4 2-2 2-2Southern Div. 14-14 5-6 9-8
Runners Left On BaseBlue Rocks: 529 | Opponents: 466
Numbers With RISPBlue Rocks: .219 Avg. (148-for-675)
Blue Rocks On...Mondays: 3-5 April: 8-15Tuesdays: 6-4 May: 18-11Wednesdays: 2-7 June: 11-5Thursdays: 6-4 July: 0-0Fridays: 7-4 Aug: 0-0Saturdays: 4-3 Sept: 0-0Sundays: 9-3 First Game of Series: 12-7 Last Game of Series: 7-11 Series Won: 6 Series Lost: 6 Series Split: 6 Series Swept: 2-2 Rubber Matches: 0-3
Names followed by an asterisk (*) were Opening Day starters on April 7.
#: On disabled list^: Inactive %: MLB rehab
2017 Roster (37)WALK-OFF WINS/LOSSES
Wilmington Blue Rocks 2017 Notes ContinuedBlue Rocks Pitching Breakdown
W-L Sv. ERA IP H R ER BB SO HRStarters 24-20 - 3.85 367.1 358 181 157 141 321 31Relievers 13-11 22 2.39 229.2 178 71 61 76 278 14Totals 37-31 22 3.29 597.0 536 252 218 217 599 45
Wilmington Starts of 7+ Innings (14 in 2016, 20 in 2015)Pitcher IP Date Opponent Dec. Game ResultA.J. Puckett 7.0 4/20 Winston-Salem W WIL won 1-0 Scott Blewett 7.0 5/4 @ Down East W WIL won 10-0Foster Griffin 8.0 5/9 Potomac W WIL won 3-2 Scott Blewett 7.0 5/15 @ Potomac W WIL won 2-0 Foster Griffin 7.2 5/19 @ Frederick W WIL won 2-0 Colin Rodgers 7.0 5/21 @ Frederick W WIL won 6-1Cristian Castillo 8.0 6/15 vs. Salem W WIL won 8-0
Starter BreakdownStarter Starts WIL Rec. No-Dec. Rec. Longest OutingFoster Griffin 10 5-5 4 4-2 8.0 IP vs. POT 5/9 Scott Blewett 13 5-8 4 4-5 7.0 IP @ POT 5/15 Emilio Ogando 5 2-3 4 1-0 6.0 IP @ BC 4/30 A.J. Puckett 13 7-5 2 6-5 7.0 IP vs. WS 4/20 Cristian Castillo 13 9-3 7 4-3 8.0 IP vs. LYN 6/15Colin Rodgers 8 5-3 3 2-3 7.0 IP @ FRE 5/21 Jared Ruxer 2 2-0 2 1-0 5.0 IP @ DE 6/6 Andres Machado 3 1-2 - 1-2 6.0 IP @ LYN 6/12Yunior Marte 1 1-0 1 0-0 3.2 IP @LYN 6/13
Rocks Bullpen (Last Relief Outing)Reliever Date Opp. DEC IP H R ER BB K HR IR Scored Jacob Bodner 6/15 vs. SAL 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Justin Camp 6/12 @ LYN 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0Gabe Cramer 5/22 @ FRE 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0Andrew Edwards 5/31 @ WS 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Jecksson Flores 6/9 vs. BC 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0Jake Kalish 5/14 vs. FRE (G2) SV 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Richard Lovelady 6/13 @ LYN W 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 Andres Machado 5/26 @ POT L 3.1 4 3 2 1 4 0 0 0 Yunior Marte 6/9 vs. BC 1.1 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Luis Rico 4/11 vs. CAR 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 Colin Rodgers 4/26 @ MB 4.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0Jared Ruxer 6/11 vs. BC 4.2 6 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 Walker Sheller 6/14 @ LYN 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Matt Tenuta 6/16 vs. SAL SV 3.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Franco Terrero 6/14 @ LYN 1.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
Blue Rocks Shutouts (5 in 2016 | 9 in 2015)Date Score Opp. Pitchers(1) 4/20 1-0 vs. WS A.J. Puckett/ Jacob Bodner(2) 4/23 8-0 vs. WS (7 inn) Foster Griffin/ Richard Lovelady (3) 5/4 10-0 @ DE Scott Blewett/Franco Terrero (4) 5/15 2-0 @ POT Scott Blewett/Franco Terrero (5) 5/19 2-0 @ FRE Griffin/Marte/Lovelady (6) 5/23 3-0 vs. LYN Castillo/Edwards/ Lovelady(7) 6/14 9-0 @ LYN A.J. Puckett/Walker Sheller/Franco Terrerro(8) 6/15 8-0 vs. SAL Cristian Castillo/Jacob Bodner (9)6/16 7-0 vs. SAL Scott Blewett/Matt Tenuta
Opponent Shutouts (15 in 2016 | 20 in 2015)Date Score/Opp. Pitchers1) 4/23 1-0 vs. WS (F/11) Brannon Easterling/Ryan Riga/Ian Hamilton/Aaron Bummer/Kevlis Valerio 2) 4/27 4-0 @ MB Adbert Alzolay/Dillon Maplers/Craig Brooks 3) 4/29 3-0 @ BC Elieser Hernandez/Hector Perez/Nick Hernandez 4) 5/15 10-0 @ POT Luis Reyes/Grant Borne 5) 6/11 4-0 vs. BC Franklin Perez/Devon Carr/Nick Hernandez
Current/Longest Hitting Streaks Current/Longest on Base Streaks of the 2017 Season of the 2017 Season Current/ Longest Current/ LongestBurt 3 (6/14-) / 6 (5/16-5/23) 3 (6/14-) / 13 (4/7-4/19) Collins 5 (6/13-) / 8, 2x (4-9/4-17 & 5/5-5/14) 5 (6/13-) / 13 (4/7-4/19)DeVito 4 (6/13-) / 7 (5/5-5/15) 4 (6/13-) / 12 (5/21-6/4)Downes - / 4, 2x (4/7-10 & 5/31-6/4) - / 6 (5/31-6/5)Esposito - / 10 (5/21-6/9) - / 10 5/21-6/10)Flores - / 2 (5/20-5/26) - / 4 (5/17-5/26)Frabasilio - / 2 (5/20-5/29) - / 2 (5/20-5/29)Franco 3 (6/14-) / 12 (5/24-6/11) 3 (6/14-) / 12 (5/24-6/11) Hernandez 8 (4/30-) / 4 (4/25- 4/28) 8 (4/30-) / 4 (4/25- 4/28)Jones - / 6 (5/20-5-26) - / 11 (4/26-5/10)Lopez* 3 (6/14-) / 13* (5/10-5/24) 6 (6/12-) / 28 (4/29-5-29) Maezes - / 4 (5/31-6/7) 2 (6/15-) / 10 (5/2-5/21) McCray - / - - / - Miller 1 (6/16-) / 12 (4/30-5/12) 14 (6/3-) / 30 (4/14-5/16) Peterson 2 (6/15-) / 7 (5/12-5/20) 2 (6/15-) / 7 (5/12-5/20) Stanley - / - - / 2 (4/25-4/28) Vallot - / 6 (5/15-5/22) 4 (6/13-) / 9 2x, (5/11-5/23 & 5/27-6/11) *Had 13-game hitting streak from May 11-26 with suspended game on May 18 during the stretch. Went hitless in the resumption of the game on May 26.
#3 D.J. Burt IF Ht: 5’9 Wt: 160 Age: 21 B/T: R/R Lives: Fuquay-Varina, NC LG: 1-for-4, R, SO, SB Homestand: 3-for-9, R, 2B, RBI, 2SO, 2SB Notes: Drafted in the 4th round of the 2014 June MLB Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Fuquay-Varina H.S. Full name is Dawon Jamarcus Norman Burt.2017 Notes: First in CL in stolen bases (20) and 5th in walks (37). -Third on the team with 12 doubles. -Tied for second on the team with 34 runs scored.-Had 13-game on-base streak snapped on 4/20 vs. WS. Was the fourth-longest streak in Carolina League at the time.-Recorded first, four-hit game on 5/4 @DE since 8/28/16. -Posted first multi-RBI game on 4/25 @ MB (2-for-5, 3RBI)2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/SAL)-Hit .257 with career-highs in home runs (4) and RBI (59) in 125 games. -Led the Legends with his 59 RBI and 74 runs scored. -Finished tied for second in the South Atlantic League with career-high 43 SB. Had 27 stolen bags through his first two seasons in professional baseball. -Finished fourth in SAL with his 74 runs scored.-Hit .350/2/10 and stole 11 bases in month of June (22 games) after hitting .189 in May (28 games)2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/PIO)-Hit .290 with a home run and 28 RBI in 65 games. -Ranked among Pioneer League leaders in sacrifice hits (first), runs and walks (third) and triples(tied for third). -Reached safely in 59 of his 62 starts with Idaho Falls, including his last 54 starts. -Ended the season on an 11-game hitting streak. Carried streak over through first four games with Lexington to set career-high 15 game hitting streak. (8/27/15-4/10/16)-Reached safely in 59 of his 62 starts with Idaho Falls, including his last 54 starts.-On-base streak of 62 games started on July 12 and went through first eight games with Lexington in 2016 and ended on April 16, 20162014 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League)-Hit .215 with two home runs and nine RBI in 49 games in his first season in professional baseball.They said it:“Working with the coaches down in Spring Training and learning the game more. That’s my game, speed and getting on and creating havoc on the bases. I told myself I had two pitches and then I’m out...It took its own form (on 62-game on-base streak). I pretty much just rolled with it. I ended the season in Idaho and pretty much knew about my streak but when I started last season in Lexington I didn’t even think about it. (On keeping streak alive) I think developing as a player each year and getting better each year helped.... I think defense is the number one key to me. That helps wins games. I know hitting does too but if you have pitching and defense, that can help make a run in the playoffs...Working with the coaches down in Spring Training and learning the game more. That’s my game, speed and getting on and creating havoc on the base. I told myself I had two pitches and then I’m out.... I know Brandon Phillips doesn’t really run like that but I compare myself to him. Jose Altuve as well.”
BLUE ROCKS HITTERS NOTES#34 Roman Collins OF Ht: 6’2 Wt: 210 Age: 22 B/T: L/LLives: Boca Raton, FL LG: 1-for-4, R, 2B, SO Homestand: 2-for-8, R, 2B, RBI, SO
Notes: Drafted in the 5th Round of the 2015 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Florida Atlantic Univ. Considered one of the best pure hitters in organization last season. Turned down opportunities to play college football. Father played football at West Virginia University.
2017 Notes: Hit walk-off RBI double in 15th inning vs. BC on 6/8. -Had three-hit game on 5/21 @ FRE. Third three-hit game of the season.-Had 13-game on-base streak end on 4/20 vs. WS. -The streak was tied as the longest on-base streak on the team with D.J. Burt and was the fourth-longest in Carolina League at the time.-Tied for second on the team with four home runs and second on team with 13 doubles.-Fifth on team in runs (24). -Has posted a pair of eight-game hitting streaks this season. Posted two, nine-game H.S. in 2014 with Idaho Falls.
2016 Notes: Spent the season between the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League) and Wilmington Blue Rocks (Adv. A/Carolina League). -Hit .242 with nine home runs and 41 RBI in 111 total games between the two teams. -Started the season with the Blue Rocks hitting .222/0/5 in 21 contests. -Played 90 games with the Legends and hit .246/9/36.-Collected three, four-hit games last year. -Hit .249 vs RHP and .213 vs LHP -Hit .275 on the road (208 ABs) and .207 at home (218 ABs) -Spent the winter in the Australian Winter League with the Melbourne Aces and ranked among league’s leaders in total bases (tied for second), batting average (third), hits (third) and runs (tied for fourth).
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/Pioneer League) -Hit .292 with four home runs and 45 RBI in 68 games. -Ranked tied for fourth among Pioneer League batters in walks (36) during his pro debut. -Finished third on the Chukars in hits (78), second in doubles (18) and fourth in triples (6). -Was the second toughest batter to strike out in the league (every 9.03 at-bats).
They said it: “I had a blast in Australia. We ended up having a really good team and really good group of guys down in Melbourne, Australia. I had a really good time and got a lot better and made improvements ... Living there was actually not as different as I thought it would be. There’s a lot of US pop culture there so that wasn’t much different. As far as baseball, there was actually a big difference. There’s a lot of Japanese guys there so the style of play, especially the pitching is a lot different. There’s a lot more splitters than change ups and I also saw a lot more soft throwing lefties which helped me out a lot... I played football growing up and I actually almost ended up playing football in college instead of baseball. I had a few more opportunities in football than baseball but baseball has always been my passion and it ended up working out... Definitely the fans. We have a good group of fans here and they like to come out and watch. I like it here.”
#16 Nate Esposito C Ht: 5’11 Wt: 195 Age: 23 B/T: R/RLives: Granite Bay, CA LG: 0-for-3, 2SO 6/13 @LYN Road Trip: 0-for-3, 2SO Notes: Selected in the 33rd round of the 2015 June MLB Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Concordia University-Portland (Portland, OR). Originally attended Oregon State University in 2012 before transferring.
2017 Notes: Had career-high ten-game hitting streak snapped on 6/9 vs. BC.-Picked up his first multi-hit game of the season while throwing out a pair of base runners on 4/18 @ SAL.-Collected first multi-RBI game of the season on 4/30 @ BC-Leads team in caught stealing percentage (31%).
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) -Hit .317 with two home runs and 17 RBI in 29 games.-Did not commit and error behind the dish. (250 innings)-Threw out 28% of would-be base stealers.
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League) and hit .250 with five RBI in 27 games. Made just one error behind the plate.
They said it: “I would say definitely attitude was huge for me. Learning how to take each at-bat at a time and move forward from the negative things and take the positives of each at-bat and that’s helped me relax at the plate... No. Absolutely not. I never had seven RBIs before. It was really cool. I guess the coolest thing about it was that I had no idea how many RBIs I had until the game was over and my teammates were telling me. I think that’s the only reason why it happened. If I went in to each at-bat saying I already have four, let me get another one RBI, it wouldn’t have happened for me and messed with my attitude. I don’t think it would’ve been as successful as a game... I think that’s the reason why I’m here. I really pride myself on defense. I try to come out every day to run a pitching staff, keep the ball in front of me and not let runners advance. I think that’s what I pride myself on the most... I don’t have a specific catcher. I can give you one guy. I was a big Jorge Posada fan of the New York Yankees. Just the way he was so agile behind the plate and lanky. He wasn’t a big stocky dude because I’m not like that either, but I liked the way he moved behind the plate for sure... Definitely an energizer bunny for these guys, I think I provide a lot of energy on the field, in the bullpen or the clubhouse. Someone that can provide energy day in and day out because we all know the season can get long.”
#15 Chris DeVito INF Ht: 6’2 Wt: 220 Age: 22 B/T: L/RLives: Northridge, CA LG: 1-for-5, R, RBI Homestand: 4-for-9, 2R, 2B, 3B, RBI, SO Notes: Selected in the 8th round of the 2016 June MLB Amateur Draft out of the University of New Mexico. Hit .375/.448/.685 with 16 home runs while playing catcher and designated hitter for the Lobos.
2017 Notes: Named CL Player of the Week for May 29 - June 4. Hit .462 in six games. -Hit for the cycle on 6/2 @ WS. First cycle in career and first in the CL this season. Was team’s first cycle since April 18, 1999 when Dee Brown did it @MB. -Hit first-career Adv. A homer at Potomac on 5/19 (2R-HR)-Picked up first multi-hit game with WIL on 5/12 vs. FRE) (2-for-4)-Made Class-A Adv. debut on 5/11 vs. POT and went 1-for-3 with a walk and strikeout. -Played in 30 games with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League). Hit .347 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI. -Led the South Atlantic League with his 11 HRs, hits (42), RBI, XBH (21) and SLG (.702)-Also was tied for third in the league with his .347 contact-clip. -In his last game with LEX on 5/8 he picked up his first, career four-hit game. (4-for-5, HR)
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League)-Hit .261 with nine home runs and 50 RBI in 60 games. Led the team in both HR and was ranked second in the league in RBI.
They said it: (On what led to great success in Lexington to start the season)“Honestly, my teammates. My first couple of games weren’t very good and my teammates knew I could do it, they had my back and I couldn’t have done it without my teammates and the great coaching staff we have down there...Just trying to be as consistent as possible (On what he worked on in the off-season). That’s everyone’s baseball goal, to be as consistent as possible.”...“I actually know probably more guys here (in Wilmington) than I did at the beginning of the Lexington season so I’m super excited. It’s a great group of guys here...I loved that school (the University of New Mexico). Great school, great place to hit. Coach (Ray) Birmingham is a great head coach and knows what he is talking about with hitting. His support staff as well with Buddy Goldsmith, Ken (Jacome), the pitching coach, and Tony Cappuccilli were all great coaches and had great team environment there...(on moving from California to New Mexico) It is definitely different. It was the best place for me to go play baseball. My best friend from high school, Jared Holly, went to New Mexico first. He was a sophomore there my freshman year and he helped me in a lot of ways to make the transition easier...(On transition from catcher to first base.)...I absolutely love it. Catching is rough, I respect those guys for being back there. Those guys grind and put their bodies on the line. Being at first is definitely a lot easier on the body... Absolutely not, I’ve never done that before (on hitting for the cycle). I was just super happy to get the win and happy to contribute. (If cycle was in his mind after the triple) A little bit, but not much. I know (triples) are incredibly hard to get and I’m not a big triples guy. I was just happy to get it done early and didn’t have to worry about it. I’m mostly happy we got the win.”
Notes: Signed as non-drafted Free Agent on September 26, 2011 by Kansas City. Is the nephew of Major League infielder Erick Aybar.
2017: Second on the team with 18 multi-hit games. -Had career-high 12-game hitting streak snapped on 6/12 @LYN (.391/.451/.522)-The 12-game hitting streak is the longest in career since 2015 when he hit in nine straight games. -Belted first home run of the season on 5/7 @ DE. First homer since 8/28/16.-Has recorded four, three-hit games this season. Had eight, three-hit games in all of ‘16.-Collected five extra-base hits and six RBI in first 12 games.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Adv. A/Carolina League) and a brief stint with the Royals (Rookie/AZL). -Hit .220 with five home runs and 47 RBI in 95 games with the Blue Rocks.-Played three games in Arizona League during rehab appearance and went 8-for-13 (.615) in three games.
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League) -Hit .268 and set career-highs with 10 home runs and 74 RBI in 123 games. -Finished top-five in the league in at-bats (477) and third in RBI. -Paced the Legends in RBI, games played (123) and finished fourth in home runs.
2014 Notes: Spent the season with the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/Pioneer League) -Hit .323 with three home runs and 19 RBI in 42 games. -Finished in top ten on the team in doubles (13), hits (51), batting average and on-base percent-age (.374). Was named Player of the Week on July 14 when he hit .579.
2013 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League)-Hit .277 with 11 doubles, four triples and 23 RBI.
They said it: “Following my uncle (Erick Aybar) is an inspiration not just for me, but for my brother (also Wander) as well and it really helps in preparing…we talk a lot about the game, about how to handle certain situations, but we have fun doing it and it’s more fun with them....The guy I look up to playing now is Robinson Cano.”
BLUE ROCKS HITTERS NOTES#4 Jecksson Flores OF Ht:5’11 Wt: 145 Age: 23 B/T: R/RLives: Cuidad Bolivar, VZ LG:0-for-0 (PR) Road Trip: 0-for-3, 3SO Notes: Signed as non-drafted Free Agent by Kansas City on July 21, 2010.
2017 Notes: Leads CL in sacrifice hits (8)-Swatted his first-career Class-A Adv. HR @ DE on 5/4. First homer in 44 games. (7/4/16)-Recorded first mutli-RBI game with Wilmington in that same game at DE. (3-for-5, HR, 2RBI). -Made Class-A Adv. debut on 4/21 vs. WS and went 0-for-2 with a walk.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League) -Hit .205 with four home runs and 27 RBI in 85 games. -Finished third on the team with 21 stolen bases.
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Idaho Falls Chukars(Rookie/Pioneer League) -Hit a career-best .305 with a home run and 15 RBI in 42 games.
2014 Notes: Spent the season with the Idaho Falls Chukars -Hit .244 with 16 RBI, added seven doubles and three triples to his ledger in 49 games.
2013 Notes: Spent the season with Royals (Rookie/AZL)-Hit .246 with 17 RBI and stole 13 bases in 39 games. -Ranked among the Arizona League leaders in walks (tied for eighth) and stolen bases (tied for10th).
#11 Cody Jones OF Ht:5’11 Wt: 175 Age: 23 B/T: S/RLives: Round Rock, TX LG:0-for-1 6/14 @LYN Road Trip: 1-for-7, R, 2SO
Notes: Drafted in the 6th round of the 2015 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of TCU. Drafted in 2014 by the Cleveland Indians in the 38th round. Transferred from Temple College to TCU in 2015 where he was named the Big 12 Player of the Year as a senior. led the conference with 33 stolen bases.
2017 Notes: Hit third homer of the season on 6/6 @ DE.-Hit one all of last year between WIL and Low-A Lexington (417 ABs)-Had 11-game on-base streak snapped on 5/10 vs. POT)-Hit second-career home run on 5/7 @ DE. First homer in 116 games. -Joined the team on 4/20 after suffering injury during Spring Training.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A) and Wilmington Blue Rocks. Hit a composite .242 with a home run and 23 RBI. -With Lexington hit .300 with a homer and 11 RBI in 39 games. -Finished the season in Wilmington and hit .216 with 12 RBI and roped 10 doubles in 78 games. -Was teammates with Roman Collins with the Melbourne Aces in the Australian Baseball League.
2015 Notes: Spent the season between the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League) and Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/Pioneer League). -Played in a total of 56 games between the two stops and hit .291 with six doubles, five triples and drove in 19 runs. -Ranked fourth among Pioneer League players in stolen bases in his pro debut (22).
They Said It: “I’m excited to play here.... Once I get on base I want to get in scoring position because I know the guys behind me can swing the bat and drive me in. I need to be on base and score runs and help the team any way I can... I’m looking forward to playing every day, that’s the goal and that’s why I’m here. I love playing baseball and I’m looking to that more than anything else and doing what I can to help the club win...I was lucky enough to go to Australia and play in the Australian Baseball League. I kind of got my lower half going, but I’m still honing it and trying to get more up the middle. It has allowed me to have a little more power than in the past...(On living in Australia) It was awesome. We got to play with big leagu-ers and that’s special just in itself. We got to see how they conduct themselves. Living in a new country was a lifetime experience...(Cultural shocks in Australia) They drive on the wrong side of the road and that took a little while to get used to. Navigating and little things here and there, like stores closing earlier was a little different, but I loved it...Last year really helped (on being in WIL for second season and being comfortable in CF at Frawley Stadium). I feel like I have a good feel and know how to read the fly balls. I feel really comfortable here (in Wilmington).”
#7 Nicky Lopez INF Ht: 5’11 Wt: 175 Age: 22 B/T: L/R Lives: Boilingbrook, IL LG: 1-for-4 Homestand: 2-for-9, R
Notes: Drafted in the 5th Round of the 2016 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Creighton University. Rated as No. 13 prospect in system per Baseball America. He is the highest player drafted out of Creighton since 1999. (Ryan Gripp, Cubs, 3rd round).
2017 Notes: Had 28-game on-base streak end on 5/31 @ WS. Second-longest in CL this year-Has hit safely in 39 of last 44 games. -Had 13-game hitting streak snapped in resumption of suspended game on 5/26 @ POT. -Hit HR in back-to-back games from 5-22/5-23. 1st time since 8/18 & 8/19 of last year.-Has fewest strikeouts of any regular starter (20). Toughest batter to strikeout in Carolina League. (TPA/SO Ratio 15.20)-In CL, he’s 1st in at-bats (267), 2nd in hits (82), 2nd in triples (7), 5th in total bases (113), 5th in runs scored (42) and 5th in AVG (.307).-Leads team with runs scored (42), third on team in stolen bases (14).-Has hit safely in 55 of 65 games this year and has reached in all but five games this year. -Recorded second-career four-hit game on 4/25 @ MB. (4-for-6, 2R, 3B) First was on 4/18 @ SAL (4-for-5, 2 2B, RBI)
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) -Hit .281 with six home runs and 29 RBI in 62 games. He also stole 24 bases. -Earned MLB.com Organization All-Star and Appalachian League postseason All-Star honors.-Ranked among the league’s leaders in runs (54, first), triples (5, tied for first), stolen bases (24, second), walks (35, tied for second), games (62,tied for third) and total bases (99, fifth).-Defensively, paced all shortstops in Appalachian League in fielding percentage. (.981)-Recorded 17 multi-hit games which was tied for team lead. -Had more walks (35) than strikeouts (30). -Hit better against LHP (.316) than against RHP (.270)They said it: On his success last season: I had a little more freedom. The stuff I learned in college ball really helped me mature as a player and really help me deal with adversity. Kind of preserve through the slumps you go through and know how to handle those and I think that was the biggest thing. When things weren’t or were going right, just know how to act....I think it’s great. In baseball you have to play defense and offense, especially at the shortstop position. You need to be a good defender, get on base, anyway to help the team win. That’s what I try to do day in and day out try to get on base and let the people behind me score me and pick up the ball and help my pitchers out. Anyway to help the team succeed....Creighton helped me. Freshman year I had the strikeouts, it comes. As I matured my sophomore and junior year I got better a pitch recognition and worked the counts. I got comfortable battling with two strikes and don’t be afraid that there are two strikes on you and get nervous. I think that’s the biggest thing. Not being afraid with two strikes, work the count as the leadoff hitter and the walks will come....On being rated #13 prospect “No I don’t think it adds any pressure. I don’t try to really read into that stuff. I kind of just play the game and try to help the team win and stay inside the locker room. I don’t look too much into that and try to compete and help the team....I was a big Derek Jeter fan. I used to watch the Yankees a lot and Derek Jeter play. Right now I like Brandon Crawford. I really like how he plays. He’s a grinder and would do anything to help the team. It always looks like he has a dirty uniform so I kind of try to emulate that and play the game hard.” ...I’ve never been this far east. It’s a new part of America I haven’t seen. I’ve been and played to the west coast, been to the south but I haven’t been this far east so I’m just looking forward to meeting the people up here and what they have to offer.”
BLUE ROCKS HITTERS NOTES#24 Anderson Miller OF Ht: 6’3 Wt: 208 Age: 22 B/T: L/LLives: Lexington, KY LG:3-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, RBI Homestand: 3-for-8, R, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB, 2SO
Notes: Drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2015 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City from Western Kentucky Univ. Highest draft pick since 2011. Tore his labrum freshman year and missed entire season.2017 Notes: Picked up second, four-hit game in career on 6/14 @LYN (4-for-4, 3R, 2 2B 2RBI)-Named CL Player of the Week 5/8-5/14. (.417/2/6)-Had 30-game on-base streak snapped at POT 5/16. Was the longest by any WIL hitter this season and in CL. It also is tied for the 4th longest streak in the CL in the last three years. -Longest on-base streak in team history since 2010 when Eric Hosmer reached in 33 straight.-Set single-game career-high with three stolen bases on 4/9 vs. POT. -Top-5 on team in HR, (7, T-1st), RBI (37, 1st), runs (34, T-2nd), BB (35, 3rd), and SB (15, 2nd).-Hit two homers in series at Down East (5/4-5/7), drove in eight runs in four-game set. 2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends and Wilmington Blue Rocks (Adv. A/Carolina League) -Hit .244 with six home runs and 34 RBI between two stops.-With the Legends he played in 43 games and hit .284 with a trio of homers and 18 RBI.-In June posted a triple slash line of .375/.489/.486 in 22 games. -Promoted to Wilmington on July 13 and played in 38 games. -Hit .201 with three home runs and 16 RBI with Blue Rocks. 2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League), Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) and the Lexington Legends. -Hit a combined .276 with four home runs and 29 RBI between the three stops. -With Burlington played in 10 games and hit .342 with a pair of home runs and seven RBI.-Played in hometown Lexington and in 43 games hit to the tune of .260 with two home runs and 21 RBI.They said it: “Luckily, I came back from a labrum surgery early in my career at Western and had some things fall my way and got lucky with that. Got a chance to play in the Cape Cod League my sophomore year. After that, my junior year went well and had a good season and started to hear my name a lot more. I always had a chip on my shoulder going to a smaller school and being a small school guy and I talked to the guys who were drafted before me in Wade Gaynor and Kes Carter were the two guys that went higher and they always played with a chip on their shoulder. I think it helped me get to that position and be blessed with that opportunity...At first in 2015 I got called up there after ten games in with Burlington and it was a little stressful. I really didn’t know how to handle that situation. I went back last year and embraced it a lot more and had a lot more fun and stayed loose. I had a lot of fun with it. Last year they had an Anderson Miller bobblehead day and the first pitch of the game, I hit a home run and it was one of the top five moments of my career. It was an amazing opportunity and I know a lot of guys don’t get to do that so I took it all in...It goes a long way. We spend so much time together and the closer you are off the field, the better you’re going to play together, play for each other, pick each other up and play as a unit. There’s not separation in the locker room and from what I see we have a really close knit group and we’ve had a lot of fun so far. Even the guys who just jumped on board we got to know a lot in Spring Training. Like Foster (Griffin) said, a lot of us played together and we know how to get along with each other. I’m really looking forward to it.”
#13 Chase Vallot [rhymes with swallow] C Ht: 6’0 Wt: 215 Age: 20 B/T: R/RLives: Youngsville, LA LG: 0-for-3, BB, SO Homestand: 0-for-5, R, 3BB, 2SO Notes: Drafted in the 1st Round of the 2014 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City from St. Thomas More HS (LA). Ranked as No. 7 prospect in organization by both Baseball America and MLB.com. 2017 Notes: Hit second grand slam of the season on 6/10 vs. BC. (3-for-4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI)-Picked up first-career four-hit game on 5/19 @ FRE. (4-for-4)-Hit first-career grand slam on 5/7 @ DE. -Clubbed home runs in back-to-back games on 5/4-5/5 @ DE. First time since 8/16 -18/2016 when he was with Low-A Lexington.-Tied for 1st on team in HR (7), 1st in doubles (14), 2nd in BB (36) and tied for second on team in RBI (27). -Smacked first-career Class-A Adv. HR on 4/19 @ SAL. -Notched first, multi-hit game of the season on 4/15 @POT (2-for-3, BB, RBI)2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League) and Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League) -Hit a combined .235 with 15 home runs with 46 RBI in 92 games. -Missed three months of the season after getting hit in the face by a fastball. -Rehabbed in Arizona League for 10 games before returning to the Legends. -With Lexington hit .246 with 13 home runs and 44 RBI in 82 games. -Finished second on the team in home runs, fourth in RBI and second in doubles (20).2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends -Hit .219 with career-high 13 home runs and drove in 40 runs in 80 games. -Finished third on team in home runs and sixth in RBI. -Hit six homers in the month of August, including two walk-off home runs.2014 Notes: Spent the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) -Hit .215 with seven home runs and 27 RBI in 53 games. -Was rated 11th among Appalachian League prospects by Baseball America.They said it: “I don’t remember any of the pain (on getting hit in the face by a fastball.) I don’t remember the initial impact or five seconds after it happened. The only thing I remember is walk-ing down the third base line into the clubhouse and everything after that. I went to the first hospi-tal and had to go to a second hospital because the first one didn’t have a dentist. The dentist had to pull my teeth back into place. My teeth were bent at a 45-degree angle so she had to pop those back in. The doctor had to stitch me up. I had 30 stitches from the top of my nose to underneath my lip.”...(On getting back in the box): “It was a little tough because getting back in the box was a little uncomfortable at first. Luckily, I got hit in my first at-bat in the arm and I was worried about getting hit again but when I got hit, I said alright it’s fine.”... “Last year I had the solid blue piece like the one Javier Baez wears. It kind of messed with my timing because I could see it every time I’d go hit. I asked my agent if there was an alternate and he said yes there is. I said why not and got the helmet and every day I hit with it on the machine and no problem now.”... “From when I first played rookie ball in Burlington it’s a night and day difference to the type of player I am. I have a better feel of how to play the game and how to treat yourself better. You have to play 140 games a year so you have to do whatever you have to do to get yourself ready.”... “I grew up a Houston Astros fan and I really loved Brad Ausmus. Now more so Yadier Molina and Salvador Perez. What they do is unbelievable and I’m not quite at their level yet, but I hope to be soon.”
Notes: Drafted in the 13th Round of the 2015 June Amateur Draft by the Royals out of University of Michigan. Hit .305/.400/.427 during his 162- game career at Michigan. 2017 Notes: Picked up first-career five RBI game on 6/15 vs. SAL. (3-for-4, 2B, 2B, HR)-Delivered with pinch-hit, go-ahead, two-out RBI double in 8th inning against BC on 6/10. -Smacked go-ahead solo HR in ninth inning in 3-2 win at DE 6/6.-Hit game-winning, two-run single against POT on 5/10 (G2) in bottom of the 11th inning. -Hit game-tying home run in 8th inning vs. CAR on 4/12. Was his first-career home run as a Blue Rock. -Picked up first-career, four-hit game of career on 5/4 @ DE with a 4-for-4 game.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League) -Was his first season in professional baseball.-Hit .196 with 15 home runs and 40 RBI in 88 games. -Tied for fifth among Royals farmhands with 15 home runs, despite playing in just 88 games. -Led the Legends in home runs and was seventh in RBI despite joining the team in early May.-Struggled against LHP...Hit .145 with 28 strikeouts in 55 at-bats. -Hit a home run in each of his first two games in professional ball (May 4-5)
They said it: “It was a huge, huge jump. The long season and bus rides. In college, our travel was much less, the bus rides weren’t nearly as long and we didn’t play nearly as many games. I feel like that was a huge aspect on top of the better talent that you faced day in and day out... Growing up I lived two miles from the stadium. I could hear the band playing so that’s all I knew growing up so it was an opportunity for me to go there it was an easy yes... Like everyone says growing up, it kind of clicks. Not saying I’m a power hitter now but it was different to add that aspect to my game. Like I said, I’m not going to go out there and try to hit home runs they just kind of happened last year. Hopefully it will continue this year ...On going to Univ. of Michigan to play: Growing up I lived two miles from the stadium. I could hear the band play-ing so that’s all I knew growing up so it was an opportunity for me to go there it was an easy yes....It was unbelievable. The coaching staff there helped me a lot and I learned a lot about the game. Constantly building knowledge and getting to know different situations to prepare me professionally...For me it was getting healthy this offseason. I came off surgery last year so just getting a full offseason under my belt and getting my strength back I think that had a lot to do with the flaws I was having and let my swing take care of itself...There’s no one specific player for me personally. I’m a fan of a lot of guys in the MLB because they’re can’t miss TV.
#28 Kort Peterson OF Ht: 6’1 Wt: 205 Age: 23 B/T: L/RLives: Santa Cruz, CA LG: 2-for-3, 2R, HR, RBI, BB, SO Homestand: 4-for-6, 4R, 2B, HR, RBI, 2BB, SO)
Notes: Drafted in the 23rd Round of the 20156 June Amateur Draft by the Royals out of UCLA. Signed National Letter of Intent to play for the University of Houston before signing with Kansas City. 2017 Notes: Hit first-career Adv. A home run on 6/16 vs. SAL.Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in Wilmington debut. -Started the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League)-In 52 games hits .290 with a homer and 19 RBI. -Was selected to this year’s Southern Division South Atlantic League All-Star Team after finishing 2nd on the team in doubles (12), 2nd in triples (2), 5th in RBI (19), 3rd in walks (17).
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League)-Was named Burlington Player of the Year in his pro debut hitting .347 with five homers and 35 RBI in 49 games. -Led the team in batting average and led the league in on-base percentage (.437). -Earned Appalachian League postseason All-Star and MLB.com Organization All-Star honors. They said it: “It’s been a pretty crazy 24 hours (before debut game) actually. Got done with the game (Thursday), Scott Thorman, my coach in Lexington, told me I was getting the call up to Wilmington. I got two hours of sleep, took a flight to (Wilmington), got in at 12 and they put me in the lineup, which I was kind of surprised by. Everything ended up good. I met the guys, just getting used to the environment. It was a good first game...Pretty bummed I can’t play in (the South Atlantic League All-Star Game). Thorman told me do you want the bad news or the good news. He said, “Bad news you can’t play in the All-Star Game; good news is you are going up to Wilmington.” It’s alright, I guess it’s a three-day break now so I’m fine with it...I’m just trying to help the team win. I’m trying to contribute, do my part. Friday, I saw some better pitching than I saw in Low-A. Trying to get used to the environment and help this team win. It was awesome (that Lexington teammate Walker Sheller also debuted Friday). We were actually talking about it, we both got two hours of sleep. We both were like I wonder if we are going to play (in game the day they arrived). We both ended up playing and both did well. We are definitely pleased with that performance...It is great to have guys to know. Nicky Lopez, Chris DeVito, Nate Esposito, some of my best buddies in the organization. We were all in Burlington together last year, had a really good season so it’s great to come in here, know some guys and mesh with the team.”
#27 Jacob Bodner [bode-ner] RHP Ht: 5’10 Wt: 188 Age: 24 B/T: R/RLives: Danville, KYLast App: 6/15 vs. SAL, IP 2K Record: 3-0 SV: 2/3 IR/IRS: 6/1
Notes: Drafted in the 27th round of the 2015 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Xavier University. Named to Big East All-Academic Team as a junior at Xavier University, despite missing the season due to injury.
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Slider, Changeup
2017 Notes: Has earned three wins in three of his last four appearances. -Earned first win of the season @WS on 6/1. -Outing on 5/11 vs. POT (3.2 IP) was longest in career (3.0 IP previous high)-Has made ten appearances this season and has allowed five earned runs in 20.1 innings of work. -Has 32:5 strikeout to walk ratio.
2016 Notes: Spent the season between the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Adv. A/Carolina League) and the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League).-Posted a combined 2-2 record with a 5.09 ERA in 34 relief appearances. -With the Blue Rocks he went 0-2 with a 5.44 ERA in 27 games and notched two saves.-With the Legends, he went 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA in seven appearances and earned three saves.
2015 Notes: Spent the season between the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) and the Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/Pioneer League). -Spent just two games with Idaho Falls and posted a 13.50 ERA in two relief appearances (2.2IP). -Appeared in 16 games with Burlington and posted a 2-0 record with a dazzling 0.77 ERA in 23.1 innings of work while notching five saves. -Posted a strikeout to walk ratio of 26 to 3. -Ranked tied for third among Appalachian League pitchers with 14 games finished in his pro debut and held opponents scoreless in 14 of his 16 appearances with Burlington.
Notes: Drafted in the 37th round of the 2016 June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Auburn University. In 2015, recorded eight saves as Auburn’s closer before leading the team in 2016 with 14 starts. At Austin High School (AL) he threw three no-hitters during his high school career.
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Slider, Changeup
2017 Notes: Had nice bounce-back outing on 6/5 @ DE and tossed two scoreless innings.-Made Class-A Adv. debut on 6/2 @ WS and tossed 1.2 innings, allowed two earned runs on six hits.-Started the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League)-Made just two appearances and did not allow a run in four innings of work while striking out five.
2016 Notes: Made professional debut with the Burling Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League).-Posted an 0-3 record but did yield a spectacular 1.85 ERA in 16 appearances. He struck out 32 batters in 34 innings of work while opposing batters hit .252 against him.
#14 Richard Lovelady LHP Ht: 6’0 Wt: 175 Age: 21 B/T: L/LLives: Midway, GA Last App: 6/13 G2 @ LYN, W, 3.1 IP, 0H, 5K Record: 1-0 SV: 5/6 IR/IRS:3/1
Notes: Drafted in 10th round of 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft by Kansas City from Kennesaw State. Attended East Georgia College in 2014-15. In 2016, attended Kennesaw State, going 4-2 with a 2.96 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 45.2 innings, holding opponents to a .186 average in 37 appearances which are second most in school history.
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Slider Chageup
2017 Notes: Notched first win of the season on 6/13 (G2) @ LYN. Struck out five batters and did not allow a hit or walk in 3.1 innings of work. -Has not allowed a run in his last 18.2 innings of work. (5/1 vs. SAL)-Earned team-leading fifth save on 6/4 @DE with two scoreless innings.-Has 35:2 strikeout to walk ratio in 28.1 innings of work. -Earned first save of the season on 5/19 @ Frederick.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League) and Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie/Pioneer League).-Went 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA in 21 relief appearances between the two stops. -Led the Chukars in games finished with 11. -Paced the team and tied for third in the Pioneer League with six saves. Converted six saves in seven save opportunities. -Went a perfect 3-for-3 in save opportunities in Arizona League.
#29 Yunior Marte [Sounds like junior with a ‘y’] RHP Ht: 6’2 Wt: 180 Age: 22 B/T: R/RLives: Santo Domingo Norte, DR Last App: 6/13 @LYN (G2), 3.2 IP, 5H, ER, 2K Record: 2-2 SV: 4/5 IR/IRS:6/2
Notes: Signed as non-drafted Free Agent by the Kansas City Royals on June 25, 2012. Received 2013 Carlos Fortuna Award, given to the player who is dedicated to improving his English, genuine work ethic and conduct. Fortuna was a Royals pitching prospect who died of cancer at age 22 in 2013. That same year was named Dominican Royals Pitcher of the Year in the DSL.
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup
2017 Notes: Made first start of season on 6/13 @ LYN (G2). Worked 3.2 IP, allowed a run on five hits and struck out two. -Notched fourth save of the season on 6/6@ DE. -Has third-lowest batting average against (.187) for a reliever in CL.-Started the year not allowing a run in first three appearances of the season. (6.1IP)-Has 36 strikeouts in 27.2 innings of work.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League)-Earned career-high six wins as he finished 6-8 with a 4.21 ERA. He made 26 appearances including seven starts and notched a save. -Struck out 103 batters in 107 innings. -Ranked fifth among South Atlantic League relievers with a .225 opponents’ average. -Finished third on the team in strikeouts and innings pitched.
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends -Posted a 4-3 record with a 6.44 ERA in 18 games including 11 starts. -Struck out 60 batters in 65 2/3 innings. -Finished in top ten on the team in strikeouts (60).
2014 Notes: Spent the season with Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) -Went 4-3 with a 3.44 ERA in 11 games including nine starts. He also earned a save in one of his relief appearances.
#23 Franco Terrero RHP Ht: 6’0 Wt: 180 Age: 21 B/T: R/R Lives: Las Matas de Farfan, DR Last App: 6/14 @LYN, IP, 2H Record: 0-3 SV: 4/6 IR/IRS:1/0
Notes: Signed as non-drafted Free Agent by Kansas City on January 16, 2014.
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Changeup, Slider
2017 Notes: Notched save on 6/5 @ DE. Ranks second on team with four saves.-Earned third save of the season on 5/27 vs. POT. -Has struck out 18 batters in 16.2 IP. -Allowed just two earned runs in 11.2 innings to start the season. (Eight appearances)
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League).-Went 2-2 with a 4.82 ERA in 38 relief appearances and also earned two saves. -He led the pitching staff in appearances with 38, finished sixth in innings pitched (80.1).
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Royals (Rookie/Arizona League).-Went 4-1 with a solid 2.74 ERA in 14 games including a start. -Ranked among Arizona League leaders in WHIP (1.04, tied for third), saves (tied for third) and ERA (10th).
#40 Jared Ruxer RHP Ht: 6’3 Wt: 200 Age: 24 B/T: R/RLives: Indianapolis, IN Last App: 6/11 vs. BC 4.2 IP, 6H 2ER, BB, 4K Record: 3-1 SV: IR/IRS:1/0
Notes: Traded from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for RHP Brooks Pounders on December 1, 2016. Selected by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 12th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Louisville. Was originally drafted by Cleveland in the 29th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Lawrence Central HS (Indianapolis, IN).
Pitch Repertoire: Fastball, Curveball, Changeup
2017 Notes: Returned to Wilmington after a brief stint with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. -Made three appearances including one start. Allwoed 11 earned runs in six innings. -Made first start of the season on 5/14 vs. FRE (G1). Picked up the win and tossed five innings of one-run ball. Last start prior was back on 9/3/16 when he was in the LA Angels organization with the Inland Empire 66ers.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Bees (Low-A/Midwest League) and the Inland Empire 66ers (Adv. A/California League).-Posted a combined 4-8 record with a 3.08 ERA in 29 games including 19 starts. -Had a respectable 132 to 42 strikeout to walk ratio last season-Finished second among Angels farmhands (min. 80.0 IP) with a 3.08 ERA. -With the Bees he posted a 3-2 record with an impressive 1.44 in 18 games including eight starts. -With Inland Empire he went 1-6 with a 5.18 ERA in 11 starts.
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Orem Owlz (Rookie/Pioneer League).-Went 0-3 with a 4.85 ERA in 14 games including 11 starts. He struck out 33 batters in 29 2/3 innings of work.
Notes: Drafted in the 25th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Apex High School (N.C.). Bypassed an opportunity to play at North Carolina State by signing with the Royals. Family has deep football roots with his father, Jon, playing for Virginia and now a nationally-heralded defensive coordinator. Has coached at Notre Dame, Ohio State and Virginia. Brother Zach played football at Marshall and Akron.
2017 Notes: Earned three-inning save on 6/16 vs. SAL and struck out six batters. -Tossed season-high four innings of relief on 6/10 vs. BC (ER, 2BB, 5K)-Earned first win with Blue Rocks in 2017 tossing three scoreless innings of relief at Down East on 6/6.-Started the season with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Double-A/Texas League)-Joins Wilmington for second stint and will be in the bullpen.-With Northwest Arkansas went 2-2 with a 7.23 ERA in nine games, including eight starts. Allowed 54 hits in 37.1 IP and opposing batters hit .348 against him as a starter.
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Wilmington Blue Rocks.--Went 7-11 with a 5.43 ERA in 26 games including 23 starts. -Led team in innings pitched (131.0), second on the team in wins, third in strikeouts (90) and tied for fifth in games pitched (26)
2015 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League) and Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League)-Posted a composite 3-7 record with a 3.93 ERA in 21 games, including 19 starts. -With Burlington, made seven starts and yielded a 3.33 ERA to go along with a 1-1 record in seven starts.-With Lexington went 2-6 with a 4.25 ERA in 13 games with 12 of them being starts.
2014 Notes: Spent the season with the Lexington Legends. -Make 26 appearances including 20 starts and went 6-10 with a 5.43 ERA in 126 innings of work. -Finished second on the team in wins and innings pitched, tied for fourth in games pitched, and finished fourth with 84 strikeouts.
Notes: Drafted in the 9th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft by Kansas City out of Stetson University. Recorded 12 saves with a dazzling 1.38 ERA as a junior with the Hatters and struckout 44 in 45.2 innings. He is the first played drafted by Kansas City out of Stetson since George Kauffman (1996) who was the grandson of the late Ewing Kauffman, the Royals’ founder.
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2017 Notes: Made Wilmington debut on 6/9 vs. BC and tossed three scoreless innings and struck out four. -Started the season with Lexington Legends (Low-A/South Atlantic League)-Went 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA in 14 appearances and earned three saves with the Legends. -Has solid strikeout to walk ratio. (27:9)
2016 Notes: Spent the season with the Burlington Royals (Rookie/Appalachian League)- Went 0-0 with a 2.95 ERA in 17 relief appearances and notched six saves.
Wilmington Blue Rocks 2017 Season Highs & LowsBlue Rocks OffenseMost Runs, Game: 12, (6/2 @WS) Most Runs, Inning: 7, (6/2 @ WS) Most HRs, Inning (Team) 3, (6/6 @DE) Most Hits, Game: 20, (5/4 @ DE) Fewest Hits, Game: 2, 2x, (4/29 @ BC & 6/12 @ LYN)Most Walks, Game (Team): 9, 2x (4/15 @ POT & 6/8 vs. BC) Most Doubles, Game (Team): 7, (5/17 @ POT) Most Triples, Game (Team): 2, 5x (Last: 6/1 @ WS) Most HRs, Game (Team): 4, 2x (5/7 @ DE & 5/22 @ FRE) Most SB, Game (Team): 4, 4x (Last: 6/8 vs. BC) 10 + Hits, Game: 26 (Last: 6/16 vs. SAL) Most Doubles, Game (Indiv.): 2, 6x (Last: 6/14 @ LYN, Miller, DeVito) Most Triples, Game (Indiv.): 2, 2x (Last: Burt 6/1 @WS)Most HRs, Game (Indiv.): 1, 40 (Last: Peterson 6/16 vs. SAL)Consecutive Games W/HR (Indiv.): 2, 3x, (Vallot 5/4-5/5, Lopez 5/21-5/22, Downes 6/2-6/3) Consecutive Games W/ HR (team): 4, (5/4-5/7 @ DE) Consecutive Games W/O HR: 4, (4/23 G2 vs. WS - 4/27 @ MB) Most RBIs, Game (Indiv.): 5, 3x (Last: Maezes 6/15 vs. SAL) Most Hits, Game (Indiv.): 4, 7x (Last: Miller 6/14 @LYN) Most SB, Game (Indiv.): 3, (Miller 4/9 vs. POT) Longest Hitting Streak: 13, Lopez (5/11-5/26) Most Runners LOB, Team: 14, (5/4 @ DE) Longest Scoreless Innings Streak: 13 (2 outs 8th inning 6/10 vs. BC - 1 out 4th inning 6/12 @LYN)
Largest Come-From-Behind Win: 3, 2x (4/16 @ POT & 5/28 vs. POT)
Largest Fall-From-Ahead Loss: 4 (4/18 @ SAL)
Longest Game, Innings: 15, (6/8 vs. BC)
Longest Game, Time (9 Innings): 3:34 (6/9 vs. BC)
Longest Game, Time (Extra Innings): 5:02 (5/8 vs. BC)
Shortest Game, Time (9 Innings): 2:04 (4/28 @ BC)
Shortest Game, Time (Overall): 1:44 (6/13 @LYN G2)
Longest Weather Delay: 0:50 (5/19 @ FRE)
Most DP Turned, Game: 3, (5/23 vs. LYN)
Most DP Against, Game: 3, 3x (4/16 @POT & 4/18 @SAL & 6/15 vs. SAL)
Triple Plays Turned, Season: N/A
Most Errors, One Game, Player: 2, 2x (Vallot 4/11 vs. CAR & 5/26 vs. POT)
Most Errors, One Game, Team: 4, 2X (Last: 4/11 vs. CAR & 4/28 @BC)
Consecutive Games W/Error: 11, (4/15-4/27)
Consecutive Games W/O Error: 3, 2x (Last: 5/12-5/14 vs. FRE)
Most Errors, One Game, Opp. Player: 3, (Luis Aviles, CAR 4/11)
Most Errors, One Game, Opp. Team: 4, 2x (POT 4/9 and CAR 4/11)
Largest Home Crowd: 6,243 (5/23 vs. LYN)
Smallest Home Crowd: 2,043 (4/11 vs. CAR)
Home Sellouts (6,537): N/A
Largest Road Crowd: 8,052 (5/20 @ FRE)
Smallest Road Crowd: 761 (4/29 @ BC)
* Ties Club Record ** Establishes New Club Record
# Ties Carolina League Record
Opponents OffenseMost Runs, Game: 11, (4/17 SAL) Most Runs, Inning: 9, (4/17 SAL) Most Hits, Game: 17, (6/9 BC) Fewest Hits, Game: 1, (4/10 CAR) Most HRs, Game (Team): 4, 2x (4/19 SAL & 5/20 FRE)Most SB, Game (Team): 5, (4/11 CAR) 10 + Hits, Game: 20, (Last: 6/12 LYN) Most Home Runs, Game (Indiv.): 3, (Chavis 4/19 SAL) Most RBIs, Game (Indiv.): 5, (Chavis 4/19 SAL) Most Hits, Game (Indiv.): 4, Kelvin Gutierrez (4/9 POT) Most SB, Game (Indiv.): 2, multiple (Last: Matheny 5/1 SAL) Most Runners LOB, Team: 18, (6/9 BC) Blue Rocks Individual PitchingMost Runs Allowed, Game: 8, 2x (Griffin, 4/17 @SAL & Blewett 5/20 @FRE)Most ER Allowed, Game: 8, (Griffin, 4/17 @SAL) Most Hits Allowed, Game: 13, (Machado, 6/12 @LYN)Most HRs Allowed, Game: 3, (Blewett 5/20 @FRE) Most Walks Allowed, Game: 6, (Puckett 5/22 @FRE) Most Strikeouts, Game (Starter): 10, (Blewett 6/16 vs. SAL)Most Strikeouts, Game (Reliever): 8, 2x (Cramer 5/2 vs. SAL & 5/10 vs. POT G2) Most IP, Game for Starter: 8, 2x (Griffin 5/9 vs. POT & Castillo 6/15 vs. SAL) Most IP, Game for Reliever: 4.2, (Ruxer 6/11 vs. BC) Fewest IP, Game for Starter: 1.1, (Griffin, 4/17 @ SAL) Longest Winning Streak (Dec.): 2, 3x (Last: Castillo 5/12 vs FRE & 5/23 vs. LYN)Longest Losing Streak (Dec.): 2, 2x (Last: Puckett 6/3 @ WS & 6/9 vs. BC)10+ Strikeouts, (Indiv.): 1, (Blewett 6/16 vs. SAL) Complete Games: N/A Blue Rocks Team PitchingFewest Hits Allowed, Game: 1, (4/10 vs. CAR) Most Runs Allowed, Game: 11, (4/17 @ SAL) Most Runs Allowed, Inning: 9, (4/17 @ SAL) Most Hits Allowed, Game: 17, (6/9 vs. BC) 10 + Hits Allowed, Game: 20, (Last: 6/12 @LYN) Most HRs Allowed, Game: 4, 2x, (4/19 @ SAL 5/20 @FRE)Most Strikeouts, Game (9 Innings): 15, (5/20 @FRE) Most Strikeouts, Game (Extra Innings): 20, (5/10 G2 vs. POT) Most Walks Allowed, Game: 8, (5/16 @ POT) Most SB Allowed, Game: 5, (4/11 vs. CAR) Longest Scoreless Innings Streak: 35.2 (6/13 @LYN G2 - present) Consecutive Games Allowing HR: 3 (4/25 @MB - 4/27 @MB) Consecutive Games W/O Allowing HR: 4, (5/12 vs. FRE - 5/15 @ POT) Most Pitchers Used, Game: 5, (6/8 vs. BC) 10 + Strikeouts, Staff: 20, (5/10 vs. POT G2 / 11 innings) Most Consecutive Shutouts: N/A Opponents PitchingMost Strikeouts, Game (Team, Extra Innings): 14, 2x,(4/8 POT & 6/8 BC)
Most Strikeouts, Game (Team, 9 Innings): 13, 2x (5/2 SAL 5/7 DE) Most Strikeouts, Game (Indiv.): 10, (5/6, DE, Brett Martin) 10 + Strikeouts, Staff: 14, 2x (4/8 POT & 6/8 BC -15 innings) 10+ Strikeouts, Indiv.: 1, (5/6, DE, Brett Martin)
Blue Rocks 2017 Regular-Season Day-by-Day -- First Half BLUE ROCKS OPPONENT Daily Date OPP. W/L SCORE R H E LOB R H E LOB Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Record Pos. GB Att. Time4-6 POT POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN MAKE UP SCHEDULED FOR MAY 104-7 POT W 6-2 6 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 Griffin (1-0) Reyes (0-1) 1-0 1st - 2,558 2:354-8 POT L 4-3 (F/12) 3 10 0 10 4 7 1 5 Bacus (1-0) Machado (0-1) 1-1 T-1st - 2,262 3:324-9 POT L 8-7 7 9 2 9 8 15 4 8 Crownover (1-0) Ruxer (0-1) Orlan (1) 1-2 T-2nd 1.0 3,119 3:264-10 CAR L 2-1 1 4 2 6 2 1 2 5 Diplan (1-0) Puckett (0-1) Griep (1) 1-3 T-3rd 2.0 2,383 2:374-11 CAR W 3-2 3 7 4 12 2 3 4 8 Machado (1-1) Harber (0-1) Marte (1) 2-3 T-3rd 1.0 2,043 3:13 4-12 CAR L 3-2 (F/10) 2 6 1 6 3 7 1 5 Torres-Costa (1-0) Terrero (0-1) Griep (2) 2-4 T-3rd 2.0 6,017 2:47 4-13 POT L 5-4 4 9 1 5 6 10 2 8 Silvestre (1-0) Blewett (0-1) Borne (1) 2-5 4th 3 .0 3,582 2:33 4-14 POT W 4-3 4 8 0 6 3 7 0 5 Ogando (1-0) Rodriguez (0-1) Machado (1) 3-5 T-3rd 2.0 3,055 2:354-15 POT W 6-3 6 5 1 10 3 8 2 9 Puckett (1-1) Baez (0-1) Terrero (1) 4-5 T-3rd 1.0 3,979 3:094-16 POT W 5-4 (F/11) 5 10 1 9 4 12 0 14 Ruxer (1-1) Mayberry (0-1) Machado (2) 5-5 T-2nd 0.5 2,106 3:194-17 SAL L 11-2 2 6 1 7 11 15 1 10 Kent (1-0) Griffin (1-1) 5-6 T-3rd 1.5 1,485 2:544-18 SAL L 6-5 5 12 2 7 6 8 1 4 Bautista (1-0) Marte (0-1) 5-7 T-3rd 2.5 2,048 2:38 4-19 SAL L 7-6 6 13 1 9 6 13 1 7 Poyner (2-0) Machado (1-2) 5-8 5th 3.5 1,565 2:544-20 WS W 1-0 1 4 1 3 0 6 1 6 Puckett (2-1) McRee (0-2) Bodner (1) 6-8 5th 3.0 2,813 2:144-21 WS L 4-1 1 4 2 7 4 11 2 7 Banks (3-0) Castillo (0-1) Riga (1) 6-9 T-4th 4.5 4,761 2:27 4-22 WS POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN MAKE UP SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 234-23 WS W 8-0 8 8 1 7 0 2 1 5 Griffin (2-1) Thompson (1-2) 7-9 T-4th 3 N/A 2:064-23 (G2) WS L 1-0 (F/11) 0 6 2 8 1 10 0 14 Valerio (1-1) Kalish (0-1) 7-10 5th 3.5 3,644 3:184-24 OFF DAY (1)4-25 MB L 7-6 6 14 3 13 7 11 0 7 Effross (1-0) Terrero (0-2) Araujo (2) 7-11 5th 4.5 1,808 3:124-26 MB L 7-3 3 6 2 4 7 11 1 6 Kellogg (1-0) Puckett (2-2) Bloomquist (1) 7-12 5th 4.5 2,288 2:214-27 MB L 4-0 0 4 0 8 4 8 1 4 Alzolay (2-0) Castillo (0-2) 7-13 5th 5.0 2,950 2:154-28 BC L 2-1 1 4 4 6 2 4 0 4 Quiala (3-0) Griffin (2-2) 7-14 5th 6.0 865 2:044-29 BC L 3-0 0 2 0 4 3 6 0 7 Hernandez, E(2-2) Blewett (0-2) Hernandez (3) 7-15 5th 6.0 761 2:244-30 BC W 5-2 5 9 1 6 2 6 0 6 Ruxer (2-1) Blanco (0-1) 8-15 5th 6.0 676 2:24 (:14) 5-1 SAL L 4-3 (F/10) 3 10 2 8 4 11 0 14 Weems (1-1) Machado (1-3) Kelley (1) 8-16 5th 7.0 3,444 3:345-2 SAL W 10-2 10 12 0 8 2 6 3 7 Castillo (1-2) Jimenez (3-1) Cramer (1) 9-16 5th 6.0 3,193 2:38 5-3 SAL L 4-3 3 10 0 12 4 6 3 7 Pimentel (1-1) Marte (0-2) Lau (1) 9-17 5th 7.0 2,738 2:57 5-4 DE W 10-0 10 20 0 14 0 5 2 6 Blewett (1-2) Martinez (0-2) 10-17 5th 6.5 1,347 2:575-5 DE L 8-7 7 14 1 10 8 12 1 6 Benjamin (2-2) Rodgers (0-1) Rodriguez (6) 10-18 5th 7.5 1,425 3:075-6 DE W 5-4 5 6 0 5 4 11 0 9 Puckett (3-2) Martin (1-2) Cramer (2) 11-18 5th 8.0 2,566 2:495-7 DE W 10-4 10 10 2 8 4 9 2 8 Kalish (1-1) Rodriguez (2-1) 12-18 5th 7.0 1,854 3:065-8 OFF DAY (2)5-9 POT W 3-2 3 8 0 11 2 3 0 3 Marte (1-2) Pena (1-1) 13-18 5th 7.0 2,683 2:31 5-10 POT L 6-1 1 5 0 5 6 8 1 3 Baez (1-4) Blewett (1-3) 13-19 5th 7.5 N/A 2:065-10 (G2) POT W 4-3 (F/11) 4 7 2 8 3 8 0 8 Cramer (1-0) Held (0-2) 14-19 5th 7.5 3,0975-11 POT L 8-4 4 9 1 8 8 7 0 6 Reyes (2-5) Puckett (3-3) Pantoja (1) 14-20 5th 8.5 3,423 2:56 (:32)5-12 FRE W 2-1 2 6 0 8 1 6 1 8 Castillo (2-2) Sedlock (4-1) Marte (2) 15-20 5th 8.0 5,016 2:375-13 FRE POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN MAKE UP SCHEDULED FOR MAY 145-14 FRE W 10-2 10 13 0 5 2 9 1 9 Griffin (3-2) Alvarado (2-3) 16-20 5th 7.5 N/A 2:085-14 (G2) FRE W 3-1 3 4 0 3 1 7 0 6 Ruxer (3-1) B. Gonzalez (2-3) Kalish (1) 17-20 5th 7.5 3,072 1:525-15 POT W 2-0 2 6 1 9 0 4 3 6 Blewett (2-3) Baez (1-5) Terrero (2) 18-20 5th 6.5 2,193 2:275-16 POT L 10-0 0 5 1 8 10 10 1 7 L. Reyes (3-5) Rodgers (0-2) Borne (2) 18-21 5th 6.5 2,056 2:505-17 POT W 5-2 5 11 0 7 2 4 2 3 Puckett (4-3) Crownover (3-1) Cramer (3) 19-21 5th 5.5 1,083 2:43 5-18 POT SUSPENDED DUE TO LIGHTNING MAKE UP DATE 5/265-19 FRE W 2-0 2 10 0 8 0 6 0 6 Griffin (4-2) Alvarado (2-4) Lovelady (1) 20-21 4th 6.0 5,197 2:17 (:50)5-20 FRE L 10-1 1 7 1 8 10 13 1 6 McGranahan (1-0) Blewett (2-4) L. Gonzalez (4) 20-22 4th 7.0 8,052 2:57 5-21 FRE W 6-1 6 9 0 9 1 4 1 3 Rodgers (1-2) Peralta (0-2) 21-22 4th 6.0 4,961 2:355-22 FRE W 10-1 10 12 1 6 1 2 3 6 Puckett (5-3) Akin (3-4) 22-22 T-3rd 6.0 2,511 2:345-23 LYN W 3-0 3 10 1 8 0 6 2 7 Castillo (3-2) Chiang (6-2) Lovelady (2) 23-22 3rd 5.5 6,243 2:365-24 LYN L 4-2 2 10 1 10 4 10 2 12 Strode (1-3) Terrero (0-3) Angulo (5) 23-23 3rd 5.5 5,544 3:045-25 LYN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN MAKE UP DATE JUNE 13 5-26 POT L 3-2 2 6 1 4 3 9 0 7 Borne (1-0) Machado (1-4) Mendez (3) 23-24 T-4th 6.0 2,117 2:20 (:37) 5-26 POT W 4-2 4 9 2 9 2 3 1 4 Blewett (3-4) Sanburn (0-1) Bodner (2) 24-24 3rd 6.0 4,111 2:15 5-27 POT W 7-6 7 11 1 9 6 7 3 5 Edwards (1-0) R. Pena (2-2) Terrero (3) 25-24 3rd 5.0 3,844 2:535-28 POT W 4-3 4 12 1 10 3 8 1 6 Marte (2-2) Schepel (1-1) Lovelady (3) 26-24 3rd 4.0 3,216 2:525-29 POT L 3-2 2 7 1 11 3 9 0 10 Silvestre (5-1) C, Castillo (3-3) Mendez (5) 26-25 3rd 5.0 2,640 2:415-30 OFF DAY (3)5-31 WS L 5-2 (F/7) 2 6 0 4 5 9 0 5 Dunning (2-0) Machado (1-5) Riga (3) 26-26 3rd 6.0 3,144 2:27 (:38) 6-1 WS W 9-6 9 14 0 9 6 8 2 6 Bodner (1-0) Martinez, L (0-2) Lovelady (4) 27-26 3rd 6.0 3,921 2:50 6-2 WS W 12-6 12 17 3 11 6 14 0 9 Rodgers (2-2) Banks (5-2) Marte, Y (3) 28-26 3rd 6.0 5,931 3:15 6-3 WS L 5-2 2 9 1 10 5 9 1 5 Hobbs (1-0) Puckett (5-4) Charleston (3) 28-27 3rd 6.0 6,972 2:21 6-4 DE W 6-4 6 11 1 12 4 5 1 5 Bodner (2-0) Choplick (1-2) Lovelady (5) 29-27 3rd 4.5 2,088 3:046-5 DE W 5-4 5 11 0 11 4 7 1 3 Machado (2-5) Lopez, F (0-1) Terrero (4) 30-27 3rd 4.0 1,274 2:516-6 DE W 3-2 3 8 0 6 2 7 1 6 Tenuta (1-0) Ferguson (0-2) Marte (4) 31-27 3rd 4.5 1,785 2:356-7 OFF DAY (4)6-8 BC W 4-3 (F/15) 4 8 1 13 3 13 2 17 Terrero (1-3) Brey (0-1) 32-27 3rd 4.5 4,079 5:026-9 BC L 7-4 4 9 0 8 7 17 0 18 Ferrell (6-3) Puckett (5-5) Walter (1) 32-28 3rd 5.5 4,391 3:346-10 BC W 8-7 8 11 2 8 7 14 2 11 Bodner (3-0) Garza (1-2) 33-28 3rd 4.5 4,235 3:336-11 BC L 4-0 0 5 0 8 4 10 1 8 F. Perez (3-0) Blewett (3-5) 33-29 3rd 5.5 4,392 2:516-12 LYN L 8-1 0 2 1 1 8 14 1 7 Civale (2-1) Machado (2-6) 33-30 3rd 6.5 1,414 2:126-13 LYN% L 5-2 2 5 0 8 5 5 0 3 McKenzie (5-3) Rodgers (2-3) 33-31 3rd 7.5 N/A 2:026-13 LYN W 2-1 2 3 1 3 1 5 0 4 Lovelady (1-0) DeMasi (2-1) 34-31 3rd 6.0 1,636 1:446-14 LYN W 9-0 9 15 1 3 0 4 0 7 Puckett (6-5) Chiang (7-4) 35-31 3rd 5.5 1,926 2:316-15 SAL W 8-0 8 13 0 7 0 3 2 3 Castillo (4-3) Raudes (2-3) 36-31 3rd 4.5 3,485 2:226-16 SAL W 7-0 7 11 0 9 0 2 1 6 Blewett (4-4) Shawaryn (0-2) 37-31 3rd 3.5 4,232 2:45 6-17 SAL 6-18 SAL 6-19 OFF DAY (5)6-20 2017 Carolina League All-Star Game (OFF DAY 6)6-21 OFF DAY (7) End of First Half of the Season %Eliminated from First Half Contention (After Game One of Doubleheader)
Blue Rocks 2017 Regular-Season Day-by-Day -- Second Half BLUE ROCKS OPPONENT Daily Date OPP. W/L SCORE R H E LOB R H E LOB Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Record Pos. GB Att. Time6-22 SAL6-23 SAL6-24 SAL6-25 SAL 6-26 FRE 6-27 FRE 6-28 FRE6-29 FRE 6-30 SAL7-1 SAL 7-2 SAL 7-3 SAL 7-4 LYN 7-5 LYN7-6 LYN 7-7 POT7-8 POT 7-9 POT 7-10 POT7-11 OFF DAY (8)7-12 LYN7-13 LYN7-14 LYN7-15 LYN 7-16 POT 7-17 POT7-18 POT 7-19 OFF DAY (9)7-20 FRE 7-21 FRE7-22 FRE7-23 FRE 7-24 SAL 7-25 SAL 7-26 SAL7-27 CAR 7-28 CAR 7-29 CAR 7-30 CAR7-31 BC 8-1 BC8-2 BC 8-3 FRE8-4 FRE8-5 FRE8-6 FRE 8-7 OFF DAY (10)8-8 DE 8-9 DE 8-10 DE 8-11 SAL8-12 SAL 8-13 SAL 8-14 FRE 8-15 FRE 8-16 FRE8-17 FRE8-18 MB8-19 MB 8-20 MB8-21 OFF DAY (10)8-22 FRE 8-23 FRE 8-24 FRE 8-25 SAL 8-26 SAL8-27 SAL8-28 OFF DAY (11)8-29 DE8-30 DE8-31 DE9-1 LYN 9-2 LYN9-3 LYN9-4 LYN End of Second Half of Season
