Game Notes 8-14 vs. Montgomery

a REGULAR SEASON TOTALS REGULAR SEASON SUMMARY UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS: ALL TIMES CDT Date Time Opponent Pitcher August 15 7:05 vs. Montgomery RHP Trevor Miller (1-1, 6.26) vs. RHP Jake Thompson (11-9, 4.14) August 16 7:05 vs. Montgomery LHP Roenis Elias (6-11, 3.29) vs. LHP Enny Romero (10-6, 2.72) August 17 6:05 vs. Montgomery LHP Anthony Vasquez (1-2, 3.38) vs. RHP Marquis Fleming (3-5, 4.50) August 18 5:05 at Mobile LHP James Gillheeney 8-6, 3.95) vs. RHP Bradin Hagens (10-7, 3.37) Jackson Generals 23-25 (52-62) vs. Montgomery Biscuits 23-28 (60-61) LHP Anthony Fernandez (8-6, 3.95) vs. RHP Joe Van Meter (0-0, --) Wednesday , August 14 , 2013 • 7:05 p.m. • The Ballpark in Jackson • Jackson, T enn GAME #115 • SECOND HALF #49 • SERIES #26 • HOME GAME #56 GAME INFORMATION DOUBLE-A SOUTHERN LEAGUE AFFILIATE OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS For Information contact Chris Harris at charris@jacksongeneralsbaseball.com 4 Fun Place • Jackson, TN 38305 • (Phone) 731.988.5299 • (Fax) 731.988.5246 © 2013 JACKSON GENERALS • www.jacksongeneralsbaseball.com PAGE 1 TODAY’S GAME: the Generals continue their second-to-last homestand of the season tonight with game #2 of a 5-game series with the Montgomery Biscuits (1-0). The Generals are 7-4 against the Rays’ AA afliate this season and 4-2 at The Ballpark in Jackson...the Generals are coming off a 4-6 road trip and are currently 6.0 games back, in 3rd place in the Southern League North Division standings. GENERALS RECAP: It took extra innings and 4 hours and 5 minutes to settle the score in the series opener between Jackson and Montgomery, but the Generals walked off with a 2-1 win over the Biscuits. Both bullpens labored through what seemed to be countless innings until the bottom of the 14th rolled around. C John Hicks (2-5, R) singled and then went from rst to third on a single from SSGabriel Noriega (1-6). 2B Chris Taylor (1- 7) was the next batter and chopped a ball to the third and an error from the third basemen allowed Hicks to score the game winner. After 6.0 shutout innings from James Gillheeney, Stephen Kohlscheen (2.48), Carson Smith (2.05) and Kyle Hunter (W, 3-0, 1.07) combined for 7.0 innings of 5-hit, shutout baseball. Kohlscheen struck out 3 to go along with Smith’s 4 and Hunter’s 3. As a whole, Jackson pitching fanned 16 Biscuits hitters. NEWS & NOTES: 39 of rst 114 games have been 1-run games (16-23) which is the 8th in all of minors...58 of 114 games have been decided by 2-or-fewer runs (21-36) and 14 have been extra-inning games (5-9)...In games decided by 3+ runs t he Generals are 31-24. • ALUMNI REPORT: Brad Miller doesn’t always hit home runs, but when he does, apparently he hits two of them…playing in his rst MLB game in his home state of Florida last night, Miller recorded his 3rd & 4th career home runs (including his rst leadoff HR), and second multi- HR game (also: 7/19 at HOU)… Miller became the 3rd player during the divisional era (since 1969) to record his rst four career home runs via a pair of multi-home run games…he joins the Blue Jays J.P. Arencibia (8/7/10 & 4/1/11) and the White Sox Carlos May (4/9/69 & 4/16/69). • JUST HOW UGLY WAS IT? During last night’s 2-1 win in 14 innings over Montgomery the two teams combined to go 1-for-25 (.040 AVG) with runners in scoring p osition and strand ed a combined 29 runners on base. Of those 29 LOB, 16 occurred during the extra innings. • MORE FROM MORBAN: OF Julio Morban has hit safely in 12 of his last 15 games, batting .333 (18x54) with 12 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 8 RBI, 6 walks and 3 stolen bases. • TAYLOR SETTING THE TABLE: INF Chris Taylor is batting .314 (16x51) with 10 runs scored, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 3 walks and 4 stolen bases in 12 games in August. • CLOSING TIME: After allowing 5 runs over his rst 6 appearances of the season, RH Carson Smith has allowed only 5 earned runs over his last 33 relief appearances. During this stretch he is 0-1 with 8 saves and a 1.18 ERA (5 ER, 38.2 IP). Since April 22, Smith has lowered his ERA from 8.44 to 2.05. Smith has struck out at least 1 batter in 34 of 39 games (62 strikeouts). • FLYING UNDER THE RADAR: LH Kyle Hunter has held opponents scoreless in 25 of 30 relief appearances this season. Overall he is 3-0 with 1 save and a 1.07 ERA (6 ER, 49.2 IP). He has limited opponents to a .219 (41x187), while walking 12 and striking out 36. • DOUBLEHEADER BLUES: The Generals lead the Southern League having played 14 doubleheaders this season and are 10-10 in 7-inning games. Jackson has 2 more scheduled doubleheaders set for August 19 and August 21 at Mobile. • 17 GAMES IN 15 DA YS: The Generals began a stretch of 17 games in 15 days last night. Jackson will play 7 games in 5 days in Mobile starting on Sunday including the conclusion of a suspended game. The Generals close out the season playing 22 games in 22 days which includes 12 road games and 10 home games. • HIGH DESERT REUNION: The current Generals roster features 6 starters from A+ High Desert’s opening day starting lineup (SS Chris Taylor , 1B Ji-Man Choi, 3B Ramon Morla, DH Dan Paolini, LF Jabari Blash, P Trevor Miller ) • OFF WITH A BLASH: OF Jabari Blash belted a solo home run in the 2nd inning on August 3rd in his rst AA at-bat. He joins T ennessee’s Javier Baez as the only Southern League player this year to homer in their AA debut this season. Blash had a hit in each of his rst 6 Double-A games and 7 of his rs 8. Blash also homered in his 2nd home at-bat on August 13 vs. Montgomery. • TRIPLES ADDING UP: OF James Jones recorded his league-leading 10th triple on July 24th in Chattanooga. He is 1 triple away from tying the franchise record. Jones is tied with Richard Lewis (10, ‘04) and Chris Walker (10, ‘06). Dwaine Bacon (11, ‘04) and Bo Porter (11. ‘98) are leaders. As a team the Generals have 34 triples which is 2nd-most in the Southern League. • WE GOTCHA!! Jackson catchers lead the SL catching 52.6% of base stealers (61 CS, 116 Att). The next closest is Pensacola which is throwing out 33.8% of base stealers. - BY THE NUMBERS - 29 Combined runners left on-base last night in Jackson’s 2-1 win in 14... To day’s game broadcasted on 96.5 ESPN R ADIO, jacksongeneralsb aseball.com & TuneIn Radio A pp. Streak: Won 1 Last 10 Games: 5-5 Long Winning Streak: 4, (4/12-4/15, 7/6-7/8) Long Losing Streak: 5, (3 times, 7/10-7/13) The Ballpark at Jackson: 25-30 Road: 27-32 Day: 7-7 Night: 43-52 Series Openers: 11-13 Rubber Games: 6-6 Series Records: 10-14 Vs. South: 26-26 Vs. North: 26-36 First Half: 29-37 Second Half: 23-25 Scoring First: 31-17 Scoring Last: 35-9 Extra Innings: 5-9 Doubleheaders: 2-4-3 April: 11-14 May: 12-14 June: 11-15 July: 12-13 August: 6-6 September: 0-0 White Jersey: 16-19 Grey Jersey: 20-21 Black Jersey: 15-19 Special Jersey: 1-3 Leading After 6: 44-8 Leading After 7: 42-4 Leading After 8: 37-5 Tied After 6: 6-11 Tied After 7: 3-11 Tied After 8: 4-8 Trailing After 6: 2-41 Trailing After 7: 2-42 Trailing After 8: 0-39 Last AB Wins: 9 Walk-off Wins: 7 Shutouts: 9 Times Shut Out: 10 10+ Runs: 6-0 4+ Runs: 36-16 1-Run Games: 16-23 Generals HR: 25-25 Opponent HR: 19-37 AVG: .238 (6th) HR: 74 (6th) 2B: 163 (8th) 3B: 37 (2nd) SB: 132 (3rd) BB: 336 (10th) ERA: 3.34 (3rd) SO: 861 (5th) BB: 373 (T-8th) WHIP: 1.25 (T-3rd) Holds: 29 (8th) Saves: 22 (10th) GENERALS BLOG You can follow all the Generals news on our blog, Inside the Jackson Generals, with broadcaster Chris Harris. Posts will go beyond the headlines with news and information about club events, stories from the road, lineups and daily updates. chrisharris.mlblogs.com THIS DAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1962 For the third time this season, the Aaron brothers hit home runs in the same game. Tommie and Hank’s solo round-trippers in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, prove to be the difference in the Braves’ 5-4 victory over Cincinnati at Crosley Field. 1987 A’ s Mark McGwire hits his 39th round-tripper breaking the major league record for home runs by rookies surpassing Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. The freshman rst baseman will nish the season with 49 homers to lead the American League. REGULAR SEASON TEAM LEADERS - (LEAGUE RANK ) Batting Average: Morban, (.300) Home Runs: Choi, (8) Wins: Fernandez, (8) Hits: Jones, (97) RBI: Jones, (45) ERA: Elias, (3.29) Doubles: Morban, (19) OBP: Morban, (.362) Strikeouts: Elias, (115) (T-4th) Triples: Jones, (10) (1st) Slugging: Morban, (.469) Saves: Smith, (13) Stolen Bases: Jones, (26) (5th) Total Bases: Jones, (148) Innings Pitched: Elias, (123.0) Southern League Second Half Standings NORTH Rec GB SOUTH Rec GB Tennessee (CHC) 30-20 -- Jacksonville (MIA) 30-20 -- Bi rmingham ( CHW) 26-25 4.5 Mi ssissi ppi (A TL) 28-23 2.5 GENERALS (SEA) 23-25 6.0 Mobile (ARI) 26-23 3.5 Huntsville (MIL) 23-27 7.0 Pensacola (CIN) 25-25 5.0 Chattanooga (LAD) 16-34 14 Montgomery (TB) 23-28 7.5 Upcoming Promotions at The Ballpark in Jackson Date Opp. Promotion Pres. By 8/15 MTG Dollar Thursday MobileNation Ann Alece an d Co. Post-Game Concert 8/16 MTG Car Giveaway Mann’s 8/ 17 MTG Hi gh T ech Sp ecial Ef fect s Fi reworks WBBJ Elvis Night National Guard Family Night Group Leader Appreciation Night Generals vs. Montgomery in 2013 - 15 G This Season: 7-4 All Time: 78-74 Home: 4-2 Road: 3-2 Offense: .246, 12 HR Pitching: 2.18, 93 K

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