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Pre-Game Notes: at Southern Maryland

June 30, 2016 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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Sugar Land Skeeters (35-31) vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (24-40)

RHP Jake Hale (1-1, 3.09 ERA) vs. RHP Daryl Thompson (2-5, 5.81 ERA)

Thursday - Regency Furniture Stadium - 7:05 p.m. CT

LAST TIME OUT: The Skeeters split their double-header on Wednesday night against the Blue Crabs, taking Game 1, 4-3 in extras, but came up short in Game 2, falling to Southern Maryland 2-1.

PENNANT RACE: The Skeeters have 4 games remaining in the first half of the season and are two games behind York for 1st place in the Freedom Division.

ALL-TIME AGAINST SOUTHERN MARYLAND: The Skeeters are 42-47 in the all-time series against the Blue Crabs (22-24 at Constellation Field, 20-23 at Regency Furniture Stadium).

AGAINST SOUTHERN MARYLAND IN 2016: The Skeeters are 4-5 against the Blue Crabs so far this season (2-4 at Constellation Field, 2-1 at Regency Furniture Stadium).

HALE OF A STARTER: Jake Hale has been a great addition to the Skeeters starting rotation as the right-hander has posted a 2.81 ERA through his first three starts, including a complete game against Somerset on June 25. Stat Line: (1-0, 2.81 ERA, 19.2 IP, 22 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 16 K, 2 BB.

SKEETERS ROYALTY: Josh Prince has hit safely in 9 of his last 10 G, batting .342 (13-38), HR, 4 RBI. With hits in both games of last night's double-header, Prince has also extended his hitting-streak to seven consecutive games, doing so while hitting .370 (10-27).

BEAMER WEEMS is slowly creeping up on the .200 mark after spending most of the season in the .100's. Over the last 10 G, Weems has begun to hit his stride, batting .314 (11-35), 3 RBI in his last 10 G.

PATRICK PALMEIRO has also been on a tear of his own of late, batting .312 (10-32), 2 HR, 10 RBI in his last 10 G.

ANDREW JOHNSTON continued his road dominance with two scoreless innings against the Blue Crabs on Wednesday night which pushed his scoreless streak to 12 consecutive games. Total Road Stat Line: (2-0,0.00 ERA) 12 G, 0 GS, 1 Sv. 15.1 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 13 K, 2 BB.

TEXAS CONNECTS: The Skeeters have six players on the roster who hail from the great state of Texas including Jeremy Barfield (Born in Houston, TX, attended local San Jacinto College), Roy Merritt (Born in Houston, TX, attended Nimitz HS in Irving, TX), Ricky Hague (Born in Houston, TX, attended Rice University), Beamer Weems (Attended Baylor University), Patrick Palmeiro (Born in Colleyville, TX, attended Colleyville Heritage High School), Aaron Thompson (Attended Second Baptist HS, Houston, TX), and Ben Guez (Attended Lamar HS, Houston, TX)

TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL: The Skeeters currently have eight players on the 2016 roster with Major League experience, which includes: Sean Gallagher (CHC, OAK, SD, PIT) Andy Laroche (LAD, PIT, OAK, TOR), Chris Rearick (SD), Robbie Weinhardt (DET), Delwyn Young (PIT, LAD), and Josh Prince (Milwaukee) and Aaron Thompson (MIN) and Ryan Mattheus (LAA, WAS, CIN).

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