Lineups for Tuesday against the Raptors

The Osprey are back into a tie for first in the Pioneer League’s North Division, and they will look to at least stay there tonight as they host the Ogden Raptors in the second of a three-game series at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. We’re on the air at 6:50, with relief pitcher Chase Stevens as our guest. First pitch is about 7:05 on AM 930 KMPT and online at MissoulaOsprey.com.

Here are tonight’s lineups and notes:

Ogden Raptors
Overall: 6-9, 27-26
Manager: Damon Berryhill
No. Player Pos. Avg. HR RBI
33 Jeremy Rathjen CF .355 4 34
25 Eric Smith C .257 2 39
17 Jesus Valdez 1B .313 7 43
30 Tyler Ogle DH .348 1 3
46 Corey Seager SS .297 4 21
26 Kevin Thompson LF .206 1 7
27 Bladimir Franco 3B .136 0 1
28 Devon Ethier RF .173 0 4
5 Malcolm Holland 2B .232 0 7
47 Lindsey Caughel 0-1 6.32 4-3 RHP
Starting Pitcher Stats W-L ERA G-GS
Missoula Osprey
Overall: 11-4, 29-24
Manager: Andy Green
No. Player Pos. Avg. HR RBI
14 Pedro Ruiz SS .315 2 10
35 Evan Marzilli CF .362 0 10
18 Jake Lamb 3B .307 4 36
7 Michael Perez C .299 8 47
19 Socrates Brito DH .307 2 24
21 Breland Almadova RF .318 1 20
33 Rudy Flores 1B .312 0 17
9 Danny Pulfer 2B .310 2 20
17 Ty Linton LF .220 4 19
48 Yoimer Camacho 2-3 3.16 8-8 RHP
Starting Pitcher Stats W-L ERA G-GS
Umpires: Home Plate Cody Oakes
First Base Sean Allen
The Skinny:
The Osprey will look to make it three wins in a row as they will take on the Ogden Raptors in Game Two of their Three-Game series at Ogren Park Allegiance Field. The Osprey worked their way to a 10-3 win over the Raptors on Monday night.

Last Time Out:
Karl Triana and a pair of relievers scattered six hits, while every batter in the Missoula Osprey lineup collected at least one base hit as the O’s beat the Ogden Raptors, 10-3, on Monday here at Ogren Park Allegiance Field in front of 2,052 fans. Evan Marzilli had three hits to pace the 17-hit attack for the Osprey. Triana (4-4) allowed four hits and two walks, plus hit a batter in his six innings of work, while surrendering three runs (two earned) and collecting seven strikeouts to pick up the win on the mound. Chris Thomas pitched a scoreless seventh, striking out a pair of batters, while Mike Blake scattered two hits in his two scoreless innings of work, striking out four batters in the process, giving Osprey pitching 13 punch-outs on the night. Socrates Brito and Adam McConnell each had two hits and two RBIs to help the Missoula cause at the plate. McConnell – the lone player with more than one hit in Missoula’s wild win over Billings on Saturday – has five hits in his last nine at-bats. Jake Lamb, Breland Almadova, Tyler Bream and Yosbel Gutierrez each had two hits and a RBI, while Rudy Flores added a hit and a RBI, and Pedro Ruiz had a single and two walks, plus scored a run and stole two bases. Jesus Valdez doubled home a pair of runs, while Eric Smith had two hits to pace the Raptors at the plate.

Nest Notes:
Evan Marzilli is on another hit streak again, this time in home games, where he has hit in nine straight contests at Ogren Park Allegiance Field, the longest such streak by an Osprey player this season … Breland Almadova currently has a 10-game hit streak away from home. He also carded a 10-game overall hit streak which was stopped by Billings on Friday.

On the Mound Tonight:
Missoula will send right-hander Yoimer Camacho to make the start, as he looks to pick up his third straight win on the hill. Camacho (2-3, 3.16) has pitched shutout baseball in two of his last three starts, and has allowed just two runs in his last 16 innings of work. In three home starts, Camacho is 0-1 with a 5.25 ERA, with the damage coming against Orem, when he allowed six runs on six hits in three innings of work. In his other two starts at home (Grand Junction on July 12 and Great Falls on July 29), Camacho has allowed just a run in nine innings of work, with nine strikeouts. Camacho is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his two August outings, road wins at Great Falls and Helena, with a .182 batting average against. Camacho was the pitcher of record in the first Osprey shutout against Helena on August 8, which would be followed by another shutout the following night.

The Raptors will go with right-hander Lindsay Caughel, who is making his fourth start of the season tonight for Ogden. Caughel (0-1, 6.32) has been roughed up in his three prior starts, allowing 11 earned runs (14 total) in 14 2/3 innings pitched, a 6.75 ERA. He has, however, pitched more than four innings in each of his three starting assignments. In 10 2/3 innings pitched on the road, Caughel is 0-1 with an 8.44 ERA. The 23rd round pick in the 2012 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers started the summer in the Arizona League, and in seven relief appearances, was 2-2 with a 3.18 ERA.

Pitching Probables
Wednesday, August 15
MIS RHP Jared Ray (3-4, 3.52) vs. OGD RHP Jharel Cotton (0-0, 1.80)

 Thurs.-Sun., Aug. 16-19
Osprey vs. Idaho Falls
Thurs. – Ross Gerdeman
Fri. – Chris Thomas
Sat. – Karl Triana
Sun. – Yoimer Camacho
(IF Starters TBA)

League Numbers:
Ogden is the only pitching staff in the Pioneer League to not have committed a balk this season … The Billings pitching staff has the most wild pitches in the Pioneer League with 117. The Osprey staff has the fewest – with only 39 wild pitches in 53 games … Only one game separates the four teams in the overall standings in the Pioneer League South Division (IF 26-27, rest is 27-26)

By The Numbers:

Current Streak:

W2

 Extra Innings:

4-3

 Team Hitting:

.286
First Half:

18-20

 Lead After 5:

20-4

 PL Rank:

4th
Second Half:

11-4

 Tied After 5:

7-2

 Team Pitching:

4.13
June:

7-6

 Trail After 5:

2-18

 PL Rank:

3rd
July:

13-15

 One-run games:

8-7

 Longest Winning Streak:

5 games
August:

9-3

 Two-run games:

3-4

 Longest Losing Streak

6 games
September:

0-0

 Three-run games:

6-1

 HR total at home:

16
Score First:

19-8

 +3-run games:

12-12

 Pitching K total:

471
Score Last:

13-6

 Shutout Record:

4-3

 Pitching K/9IP Ratio:

8.81
Reaching 11-hit Mark:

18-1

  

Peanut Inning Success:

14/28

D-backs Minor League Report/Osprey Alumni Update:

AZL D-backs Alumni Briefing: Justin Bianco (2011-12) went 1-for-2 on Monday with a walk in the AZL D-backs’ 10-2 loss to the AZL Indians on Monday. Bianco raised his batting average to .306 with the effort.
Record: 20-22
Ends season Aug. 29

 
DSL D-backs Update: The DSL D-backs are two and a half games back of the DSL Rockies for first in the Baseball City Division.

 
Record: 34-26
Ends season Aug. 25

 
SS-A Yakima Alumni Briefing: Josh Parr (2011) doubled and walked, but it wasn’t enough to help the Bears beat Vancouver on Monday, 6-0. Victor Acosta (2010) allowed a run in his 1 1/3 inning stint in relief.
Record: 8-12, 29-29
Next: at Vancouver

 
Class A South Bend Alumni Briefing: The Silver Hawks had their game rained out against Lake County. The game will be made up on August 23rd.
Record: 25-24, 60-59
Next: Off-day
Class A Advanced Visalia Alumni Briefing: The Rawhide has the day off on Monday … A four-run ninth inning wasn’t enough for the Rawhide, who dropped a 13-11 decision to Inland Empire on Sunday. Jon Griffin (2011) had two hits and two runs scored, while Keon Broxton (2009) added a base hit and two RBIs. Jeremy Erben (2010) pitched 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief, while Seth Simmons (2011) also made his High-A debut, allowing three runs in two innings of work.
Record: 26-23, 57-62
Next: vs. Modesto
Double-A Mobile Alumni Briefing: The BayBears had the day off on Monday … David Holmberg (2010) pitched six innings to get the win, plus helped his own cause by collecting two hits and his first RBI of the season as the BayBears held on for a 10-8 win over Jacksonville. Chris Owings (2009) had two hits, including a three-run home run, and four RBIs, while David Nick (2009) added a base hit and a run scored. Eury De La Rosa (2009) picked up the final out to earn the save.
Record: 18-29, 58-59
Next: vs. Pensacola
Triple-A Reno Alumni Briefing: Adam Eaton (2010) was 1-for-3 at the plate with a walk, as the Aces lost to Albuquerque on Monday, 5-3.
Record: 71-52
Next: vs. Round Rock

Former Osprey with the Arizona Diamondbacks:

Paul Goldschmidt (2009) .299 BA, 16 HR, 61 RBI, .890 OPS Gerardo Parra (2006) .277 BA, 6 HR, 30 RBI, .749 OPS
Miguel Montero (2002-03) .283 BA, 13 HR, 68 RBI, .851 OPS Jake Elmore (2008) 0-1 (PH flyout in debut on Saturday)

TEAM: 58-57, 3rd in NL West, 4.5 GB … 6 GB in wildcard

 

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