SL1 Jackson Generals

Generals Game Information at Mobile

Published on April 24, 2014 under Southern League (SL1)
Jackson Generals News Release


TODAY'S GAME:

- The Generals open a 5-game road series tonight at Mobile.

- Recently completed a homestand and lost first series of 2014 going 2-3 against Chattanooga...went 6-4 in the first two road series' of 2014 to Chattanooga and Tennessee.

- The game can be heard on 96.5 ESPN in West Tennessee, jacksongeneralsbaseball.com and TuneIn Radio.

GENERALS RECAP:

- The Generals (wrapped up their series with the Chattanooga Lookouts with a 5-3 win Wednesday. The Generals took the final 2 games of their homestand after dropping the first 3.

- Jackson jumped out to an early lead again on Wednesday as Dan Paolini (1-3, 3 RBI, R) homered in the 1st inning down the left field line to score Jabari Blash (1-2, R, 2 BB) and Kevin Rivers (1-3, RBI, R)

- Blash added an RBI single in the 2nd to score Jack Marder (2-2, 2 R, BB) and push the Generals' lead to 4-0

Starter Cam Hobson (2-1) earned his 2nd victory (both against Chattanooga) after tossing 5.1 innings. Despite allowing 3 runs in the 6th, Jackson's bullpen held his early advantage.

- Jordan Shipers (H, 1) went 2.2 innings and allowed just 1 hit. Richard Vargas (1) earned his first save of the season after retiring the game's final 3 batters in the 9th.

- Kevin Rivers provided the final insurance run in the seventh with a sacrifice fly to score Marder and put Jackson ahead 5-3

SCORING EARLY:

- The Generals have scored 11 of 15 runs in the last 3 games in the first two innings (2-1).

WHO'S HOT!?!?:

- INF Ketel Marte has a hit in 16 of 19 games this season batting ..364 with 6 doubles, 2 RBI, 13 runs and a .430 OBP. He ranks 2nd in the league in AVG and 1st in hits (28).

- INF Dan Paolini hit his 1st Double-A HR on Wednesday (44th game) and has a .294 AVG with 1 home run, 1 double, 4 RBI and a .898 OPS over his last 5 games.

- RHP Mayckol Guaipe has not allowed an earned run over 12.1 innings to begin the season (6 G). He has limited opponents .196 (9x46) average, while walking 0 and striking out 13. After allowing a run in his first appearance of the season,

- RH Stephen Kohlscheen has not allowed a run over 9.0 innings in relief (6 G), including only allowing 5 base hits over this stretch. Overall this season he is 1-0 with 1 save and a 0.87ERA (1 ER, 10.1 IP) in 7 relief appearances. He has limited opponents to a .189 average (7x37), while walking 1 and striking out 14.

#BLASH BLASTS CONTINUE IN 2014:

- Generals OF Jabari Blash in has played in all 20 games this season and has .262 AVG with 5 doubles, 4 home runs, 17 RBI and 22 walks in 68 at-bats).

HOME AWAY FROM HOME - HANK AARON STADIUM:

- The Generals and BayBears meet 20 times during the 2014 season, despite not being in the same division.

- This is the first of 3 trips and 15 games in total to be played in Mobile at Hank Aaron Stadium.

- Last season were 6-9 against Mobile which included a 7-game series in 4 days last August (2-5).

MARATHON GAME ON MONDAY BY THE NUMBERS:

- The Generals fell on Monday night into Tuesday morning 7-4 in 18 innings and 5 hours, 17 minutes. It tied for the 2nd-longest game in franchise history. The longest was a 20-inning game on August 12, 2006 at Jacksonville in which the Jaxx lost to the Suns, 5-2 in 5 hours, 22 minutes.

- During the game there were 11 pitchers used with 515 pitches, 32 strikeouts (22 by Jackson), 126 official at-bats, 22 runners left stranded and no leadoff hitter reached from the 8th inning until the 17th inning.

- The Generals have been involved in the longest game in the Southern League in 2 of the last 3 years.

4/15/12: JXN 4, MIS 3 (16) in 5:03

5/25/11: MOB 4, JXN 3 (18) in 4:47

Check out the Jackson Generals Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Southern League Stories from April 24, 2014


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central