Muckdogs Game Notes
August 12, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Batavia Muckdogs News Release
Today's Game- Batavia finishes off the back end of the two-game series against the Williamsport Crosscutters before heading into the All-Star Break. The Muckdogs have fallen on a losing slump, having dropped four of their last five games.
That was last night- A low scoring affair saw the Muckdogs drop 3-2 last night in extra innings. It was the third extra-inning game that Batavia and Williamsport had played this season. Four straight singles in the bottom of the tenth brought in the tying, and winning runs. Jesse Wilkening was the hero with his line drive single to right field.
Stars Shining in Batavia- The Muckdogs are sending three players to the 2018 NYPL All-Star Game at State College. Jerar Encarnacion, Sean Reynolds and Manuel Rodriguez will represent the Muckdogs. Batavia's coaching staff will also be responsible for managing the North roster.
Rodriguez Rocks The 'Pen- LHP Manuel Rodriguez has been lights out for Batavia this season from the bullpen. He has not given up an earned run this season since June 19th. That stretch has lasted 30.2 innings for Rodriguez. Six of his last seven outings have seen him also strike out at least four batters, including a season-high seven his last time out.
Two-out trouble- The Muckdogs have had issues getting out of innings once they've reorded two outs. Batavia has given up a .278 average with RISP and two outs. Of Batavia's 263 runs against, 107 of them have crossed the plate with RISP and two outs.
Donadio digging in- Michael Donadio has now hits in 21 of his last 26 games. He's tallied 31 hits, three home runs and has crossed the plate nine times in that span. He is tied for second on the team with four home runs. He left St. John's with the second most all-time hits with 268.
Close Calls- Batavia has played a total of 53 games this season, 33 of which have been decided by two runs or less. Batvia has played the most one-run games of any team this season, and the Muckdogs are 16-17 in games decided by two or less. Batavia has the third-best reord in one-run games, and the worst record in two-run games at 2-7.
Recent Roster Action- On August 11th, Corey Bird's minor league rehab assignment came to a close and he returned to Class A-Adv Jupiter.
Marlins Update- The Marlins took the New York Mets to extras last night, with the game winner coming in the 11th inning. Bryan Holaday came in clutch with the pinch-hit, walk-off single to score Miguel Rojas to win the game.
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