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2021 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations PORTLAND SEA DOGS BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES (24-16) (11-28) (Boston Red Sox) (New York Mets) Sunday June 20, 2021 • 1:05 PM Mirabito Stadium • Binghamton, NY RHP Andrew Politi (1-5 6.95) v. RHP Luc Rennie (0-3 8.28) Broadcast: MiLB.TV/MiLB.com FRIDAY: Oscar De La Cruz did not allow a fit 9TH INNING RALLIES: The last two games the Ponies at a Glance through the first five and a third innings before Ponies have trailed 4-0 and 4-1 respectively in the Tanner Nishioka’s homer tied the game at 1. Port- ninth inning. In each game, they have brought the Overall Record: 11-28 land would take the lead in the seventh and tack tying run to the plate but fell short by a 4-1 tally on Home Record: 5-16 on 2 more runs in the 8th to make it 4-1 as the both nights. Road Record: 6-12 Ponies would go on to lose by that final and drop Day Games: 2-1 their 6th straight game. U.S. OPEN GOLF : Today’s starting pitcher Luc Night Games: 8-27 Rennie was drafted out of Torrey Pines High DE LA CRUZ CRUISING: Ponies RHP Oscar De La School in San Diego, CA. Torrey Pines Golf Course Vs. Northeastern Division: 5-2 Cruz was outstanding going six and two thirds is currently hosting its 2nd U.S. Open tournament Vs. Southwestern Division: 6-26 innings giving up 4 hits and 2 runs while striking in course history with the final round today! Vs. NL Affiliates: 1-5 out 5 Friday. De La Cruz didn’t allow a baserunner Vs. AL Affiliates: 10-23 until the 5th inning in what was his longest ap- RBI MACHINE: Sea Dogs OF Joey Meneses hit an pearance of the year. In this one start, De La Cruz RBI double in the 8th inning Friday. He is now May Record: 4-19 lowered his ERA from 14.09 to 8.28. second in the Northeast League with 36 RBI. Port- June Record: 7-9 land RHP Jose Adames also sits atop the league July Record: STARTING EXCELLENCE. Between Cole Gordon leaderboard with 10 saves in 11 saves opportuni- August Record: and De La Cruz the Ponies starting pitchers have ties September Record: allowed only two runs over 12.2 IP over the past two nights. Gordon allowed 1 run on three hits HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES: Before Sea Dogs INF Ponies Score First: 3-11 over six innings Thursday and De La Cru went Triston Casas and Rumble Ponies INF were regard- OPP Score First: 9-17 allowed two runs over six and two thirds innings ed as highly ranked prospects in their organiza- Lead after 7th: 7-4 Friday. tions, the two were teammates at American Herit- Tied after 7th: 1-3 age high school in Plantation, Florida. Trail after 7th: 2-18 JEFF MCNEIL BOBBLEHEAD: Saturday the first 900 Lead after 8th:7-3 fans received a Jeff McNeil bobblehead! McNeil COMING UP: The Ponies will head out on a two Tied after 8th: 0-4 spent parts of three seasons in Binghamton play- week road trip through Reading and Richmond th Trail after 8 : 2-19 ing 64 games and hitting .315 with 15 HR and 45 starting on Tuesday with a 7:05 first pitch at First Walk-Offs (W-L): 3-3 RBI during his AA career. During his 2018 season Energy Stadium. The Ponies will return home July McNeil started in Binghamton and went on to 6th through 11th against New Hampshire. Extra Inning Games: 2-4 make his New York Mets debut while also being named an organizational all-star. In 2019 McNeil Shutout Record: made his first MLB All-Star game appearance. 1-Run Games: 4-10 2-Run Games: 2-2 3-Run Games: 1-5 Northeast league standings 4+ Run Games: 4-11 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 2-2-0 NE Division W L GB Stk L10 SW Division W L GB Stk L10 Series Openers: 1-6 Somerset 26 14 --- L1 6-4 Bowie 27 12 --- L2 5-5 Series Finales: 2-4 Portland 24 16 2.5 W4 6-4 Altoona 25 15 2.5 W1 6-4 Rubber Games: Series Record (W-L-S): 1-6-0 New Hampshire 16 24 10.0 W2 6-4 Erie 25 15 2.5 L1 5-5 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 0-1 Reading 14 27 12.5 L1 7-3 Akron 23 16 4.0 W2 5-5 Hartford 13 28 13.5 L2 4-6 Richmond 22 19 6.0 W1 4-6 Binghamton 11 28 13 L6 2-8 Harrisburg 14 26 13.5 W1 4-6 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Tuesday June 22 Reading 7:05 PM TBA v. TBA Wednesday June 23 Reading 7:05 PM TBA v. TBA 2021 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes 1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Starting Pitcher Luc Rennie 18 Age: 27 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN HT: 6-2 Pro Experience: 7th season BIN (AA) Experience: 2nd season WT: 215 Acquired: MiLB FA May 2021 High School: Torrey Pines High School (CA) B/T: R/R LAST START: Rennie allowed 7 runs (6 earned) over 5 innings in the Ponies 10-0 loss to Bowie on The Last Three Years Sunday. YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg SEEKING FIRST AA WIN: Rennie is searching for 18 Columbia 3-4 4.07 10 9 0 55.1 61 26 25 4 11 60 .277 the first Double-A win of his career tonight. He is 19 St. Lucie 7-8 3.83 22 20 0 108.0 106 54 46 14 32 67 .252 0-5 with a 6.70 ERA in 10 starts dating back to 19 Binghamton 0-2 5.01 4 4 0 23.1 17 15 13 2 8 23 .205 2019. 21 Binghamton 0-3 8.28 6 6 0 25.0 38 24 23 6 9 21 .349 RUMBLE PONIES EXPERIENCE: Rennie pitched MiLB Career 21-35 4.93 95 71 2 433.0 491 271 237 45 129 359 .285 with the Rumble Ponies in 2019 , going 0-2 with a Double-A 0-5 6.70 10 10 0 48.1 55 39 36 11 17 44 .286 5.01 ERA in four starts. In his Double-A debut on June 9th at Hartford...he did not allow a hit over 5 scoreless innings, with just 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. SIGNING BACK WITH METS: Rennie elected for free agency on November 2, 2020. He re-signed with the Mets in May of 2021 and will make his 2021 Start-By-Start Results season debut tonight. DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT 5/15 ALT ND 4 6 4 4 1 1 2 9.00 L 6-5 BACKGROUND: Rennie was in the Orioles system from 2012 to 2015. He was then out of affiliated 5/21 @ERI ND 5.2 5 1 1 0 2 8 4.66 L 5-4 baseball for two and a half years, playing in inde- 5/26 @AKR L 2 5 2 2 0 1 3 5.40 L 3-1 pendent baseball. He signed with the Mets on July 6/2 @NH ND 3.1 9 5 5 1 2 2 7.20 W 8-7 4, 2018. 6/8 BOW L 5 4 5 5 1 1 4 7.65 L 12-0 TRANSACTIONS: Added to the Binghamton roster 6/13 BOW L 5 9 7 6 3 2 2 8.28 L 10-0 on May 15. Ponies Record in Starts: 1-5 Run Support in Starts: --- 3 runs/game At The Plate YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 21 Binghamton (AA) 000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro Career 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes 2 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Position Player Notes CARPIO, luis Acq: Int’l FA, 7/11/13 Pro Exp (AA): 7th season (3nd) • Ponies: 2021: 2-4, with 2-run double that put the Ponies ahead in the 9th…. Career: 2018: Hit .219 with 12 homers and 40 RBI with St. Lucie (ended up falling 5-4). Also had BB and run scored. Mets (A+)…Played in one game with Rumble Ponies and went 1- • 2-3, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI, 2 BB in his 2019 Ponies debut, 5/19 @ TRN… 4...2017: Hit .232 with 36 RBI with Columbia Fireflies (A)...2016: • 2019: St. Lucie - 31G, .330, 1 HR, 12 RBI, BNG: 82 G, .263, 3 HR, 22 RBI Hit .140 in 12 games with Brooklyn Cyclones (A Short)…Hit .290 Combined: .282, 4 HR, 34 RBI with two RBI with CGL Mets (Rookie)…2015: Hit .304 with 22 RBI • Transactions: Assigned to Ponies on May 19 from St. Lucie with Kingsport Mets (Rookie)...2014: Hit .234 with 20 RBI with DSL Mets2 (Rookie) CORTES, carlos Acq: 3rd round, 2018 College: Univ. of South Carolina Pro Exp (AA): 3rd season, (1st) • Ponies: 6/3 @ NH: 4-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI...only Ponies player to have a multi-homer game this year. Only Rumble Ponies player to have 4 hits in a game this season. • Made Rumble Ponies debut on 5/4: 2-4, RBI, Double, BB, Run Scored. • Played with the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League last year...hit .429, 3 HR, 16 RBI • Bats left-handed, but is an ambidextrous thrower as he can throw the ball with both hands! LAGRANGE, wagner Acq: Int’l FA, 3/5/15 Pro Exp (AA): 5th season (1st) • Ponies: Had Game-Tying 3-run home run on 6/11 vs.