Friday, May 4, 2018 | 7:05 P.M. ET | NYSEG Stadium| Binghamton, NY | Game 25 | Road Game 15
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Friday, May 4, 2018 | 7:05 p.m. ET | NYSEG Stadium| Binghamton, NY | Game 25 | Road Game 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS ( 15-9) vs. BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (13-11) RHP Francisco Rios (0-2, 8.04 ERA) vs. RHP Scott Copeland (1-0, 1.69 ERA) 2018 AT A GLANCE LAST TIME OUT: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his third home run of the season May 3 R H E__ Home 6-4 Thursday night, but it wasn’t enough for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue New Hampshire 6 11 2 Road 9-5 Jays) in a 10-6 loss to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies at NYSEG Stadium. Binghamton 5 10 0 Day 3-1 Binghamton struck first thanks to a three-run home run from Tim Tebow in the W: M. Jannis (3-0) L: J. Harris (1-2) S: --- Night 12-8 second inning, but New Hampshire responded with five unanswered runs to Time: 2h 48m (1:49 delay) Att: 1,450 Extra Innings 1-0 take a 5-3 lead. Juan Kelly hit his second home run in as many days to tie the 1-Run Games 3-4 game at three in the fourth and the ‘Cats added another run in the inning to go 2-Run Games 2-0 out in front. Vlad Jr.’s fifth inning solo shot padded the Fisher Cat advantage, EASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS but it turned out to be the last run New Hampshire would score until the ninth. 3-Run Games 3-2 Eastern Division W-L GB 4+Run Games 7-3 The Rumble Ponies took the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth thanks to a New Hampshire (TOR) 15-9 --- Last 5 Games 2-3 four-run inning in which they sent all nine hitters to the plate, and a three-run Last 10 Games 5-5 seventh – thanks in part to a pair of bases loaded walks – put the game out of Trenton (NYY) 15-10 0.5 April 14-7 reach. Binghamton (NYM) 13-11 2.0 May 1-2 Kirby Snead was excellent in his Double-A debut for the ‘Cats, going an inning Hartford (COL) 14-12 2.0 June 0-0 and a third without allowing a hit or a run while walking one and striking out two July 0-0 less than a day removed from his call-up from Advanced-A Dunedin. Reading (PHI) 9-14 5.5 August 0-0 Portland (BOS) 7-15 7.0 September 0-0 Bo Bichette did not start the game but came on as a replacement after an Pre All-Star 15-9 ejection and went one for one with a walk and a run scored. Cavan Biggio was Post All-Star 0-0 1-3 with a double, two walks and a run scored. Harold Ramirez and Gunnar Heidt each had two hits apiece, with the latter driving in a run and scoring once. Western Division W-L GB Altoona (PIT) 14-10 --- Lead after 7 12-1 I AM YOUR FATHER: A trio of big league progeny is on the Fisher Cats’ Tied after 7 2-1 Opening Day roster. #1 Blue Jays prospect and #3 overall prospect (MLB.com) Akron (CLE) 15-11 --- Behind after 7 1-7 Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. – son of 2018 Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, Sr. – Richmond (SF) 14-11 0.5 Lead after 8 13-1 leads the way with #2 Blue Jays prospect and #13 overall (MLB.com) Bo Tied after 8 1-0 Bichette alongside. Bichette is the youngest son of long-time big leaguer Dante Bowie (BAL) 13-12 1.5 Behind after 8 1-8 Bichette. Cavan Biggio – son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio – will see plenty of Harrisburg (WAS) 10-15 4.5 playing time on the right side of the infield. Scores First 13-3 Erie (DET) 8-17 6.5 Opp Scores First 2-6 I FIND YOUR LACK OF FAITH DISTURBING: Last night’s loss was the first NH 10+ Hits 5-6 time this season that New Hampshire has lost consecutive games this seson. Opp 10+ Hits 2-8 Opp Starts RH 10-9 THESE ARE THE BATS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR: New Hampshire leads the Eastern League with a .271 average, 14 points higher than the second place club and 29 points above the league average. The Fisher Cats’ +30 run differential (119-85) & 125 runs scored Opp Starts LH 5-0 are second in the circuit. Comeback Wins 3 W-L in Last AB 2-1 NOT-SO-SCRUFFY NERF HERDER: With his single in the seventh inning last night, Bo Bichette extended his hitting streak to a Walk-off W/L 1-1 season-high 10 games, the longest for any Fisher Cat this season. The Florida-born shortstop previously put together a nine-game streak at the beginning of April. Shutouts by NH 3 Shutouts by OPP 0 THE MAN WHO MADE THE KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PARSECS: ‘Cats speedster Jonathan Davis has been Han Solo-like on Sunday 2-0 the basepaths. His 11 stolen bases are tops on the club and second in the Eastern League, trailing only Garrett Hampson of Hartford (13), and Davis has been caught just once. The Camden, AK native swiped 20 bags last year after setting a career high with 33 for Monday 2-1 Advanced-A Dunedin in 2016. Tuesday 2-2 Wednesday 2-2 AN ELEGANT WEAPON FOR A MORE CIVILIZED AGE: Vlad Guerrero Jr. has eye-popping power, but even a brief look at advanced Thursday 2-1 offensive statistics paint a clear picture as to just how complete a hitter the 19-year-old slugger has become. His strikeout rate of 9.5% is Friday 2-2 the lowest of his career, and his Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA) – in which all hits are rated based on their relative value (e.g. a Saturday 3-1 double is worth more than a walk) – of .464 is rated as ‘Excellent’ by Fangraphs.com. White Jerseys 2-1 REBEL vs. EMPIRE: RHP Francisco Rios is called upon to lead the rebellion tonight for the Fisher Cats. Last time out on April 29, the Blue Jerseys 9-2 Monclova, Mexico native had his start suspended after three innings due to rain. His last official decision came here in Binghamton on April 23, when he was torched for six runs on five hits in the first inning and only managed to record one out. He had previously limited Red Jerseys 4-6 the Rumble Ponies to one run on five hits over five innings on April 18 but did not factor in to the decision. Rios, 22, was signed by the Alternate Jerseys 0-0 Blue Jays as an international free agent in 2012. This is his second stint in Double-A. Postponements H: 2 A: 0 Suspensions H:1 A: 0 Former Fisher Cat Scott Copeland will take the ball for the Dark Side tonight in his second start for Binghamton this season. Last time out on April 28 at Erie, the 30-year-old earned the win with 5.1innings of ne-run ball. He limited the SeaWolves to just two hits, but did Longest Win Streak 5 walk four while striking out three. Copeland was a member of the Blue Jays organization from 2012 until 2016, appearing in five games Longest Losing Streak 2 (three starts) for Toronto in 2015 in his only big league season. After his contract with Toronto ran out, Copeland signed with the Miami Marlins in November of 2016 before signing with the Mets as a free agent this past offseason. He’s from Longview, TX. Date Time Opponent Fisher Cats Pitcher Opposing Pitcher May 5 3:05 p.m. @ Binghamton RHP Jordan Romano (4-0, 2.43 ERA) RHP Joseph Shaw (0-2, 5.14 ERA) May 6 2:05 p.m. @ Binghamton RHP Nick Tepesch (1-2, 4.50 ERA) RHP Nabil Crismatt (2-1, 2.28 ERA) May 7 6:35 p.m. vs. Portland RHP Sean Reid-Foley (4-0, 1.53 ERA) TBA May 8 6:35 p.m. vs. Portland RHP Jon Harris (1-2, 7.50 ERA) TBA FISHER CATS vs. THE EASTERN LEAGUE 2018 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS – T (ties record), N (new record) TEAM HITTING: Eastern Home Away 2017 All-Time Most Runs, Game……………….. 11, April 9 @ Trenton Most Runs, Inning……………….. 5, April 28 vs. Trenton (5th) Binghamton (21) 2-1 1-3 8-13 130-136 Most Hits, Game………………….. 11, 6x (Last: May 3 @ Binghamton) Fewest Hits, Game……………….. 6, April 11 @ Trenton Hartford (22) 1-1 4-0 11-8 25-18 Most Doubles, Game……………. 4, 3x (Last: April 28 vs. Trenton) Most Triples, Game………………. T-3, April 24 @ Binghamton Portland (22) 0-0 0-0 10-11 158-177 Most Home Runs, Game…………… 3, April 21 @ Reading Reading (20) 2-1 2-1 12-8 108-90 Most Consec. HR, Game………….. 2, Biggio/Pentecost: April 23 @ Binghamton Most Consec. Game w/HR………… 5, April 21-25 Trenton (17) 1-1 2-1 3-18 124-133 Most Home Runs, Month…………… 13, April Most Total Bases, Game……………. 21, April 24 @ Binghamton v. Eastern (102) 6-4 9-5 44-58 Most Extra Base Hits, Game……… 5, April 24 @ Binghamton (3 3B, 2B, HR) Most Walks…………………….. 8, April 11 @ Trenton Akron (6) 0-0 0-0 2-4 32-50 Most Strikeouts…………………….. 14, April 23 @ Binghamton Most Stolen Bases, Game………… 3, 2x (Last: April 20 @ Reading) Altoona (6) 0-0 0-0 2-5 41-47 Most Hit into DP, Game………….