2021 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES Richmond Flying Squirrels (17-31) (26-24) (New York Mets) (San Francisco Giants) Friday July 2, 2021 • 4:35 PM The Diamond • Richmond, VA GM 1 LHP Josh Walker (3-1 3.34) v. RHP Akeel Morris (1-0 8.10) GM 2 RHP Cole Gordon (0-1 3.82) v. LHP Michael Plassmeyer (0-2 5.17) Broadcast: MiLB.TV/MiLB.com WEDNESDAY: The Ponies won their 4th consective MAKING HISTORY: This is game 1 starter Josh Ponies at a Glance game Wednesday night by a final score of 6-2 in Walker's first start since he and Andrew Mitchell combined for the Ponies 7th no-hitter in franchise Overall Record: 17-31 Richmond. The Flying Squirrels got out to a 1-0 in st nd history on June 22nd in Reading. It is th Rumble Ponies Home Record: 6-16 the 1 , but the Ponies would tie at 1 it in the 2 rd first no-hitter since Harol Gonzalez and Ryder Ryan Road Record: 11-15 before a big 3 inning with RBI singles from Nick Meyer, Quinn Brodey, and Will Toffey would put combined for one on 5/8/19 in Harrisburg. The no- Day Games: 4-2 Binghamton up 5-1. A Yoel Romero RBI double in hitter in 2019 was the first in 13 years (7/23/06). The Ponies had thrown 5 no-hitters in 27 years before Night Games: 13-29 the 5th put the Ponies on top 6-2. Ponies RHP Adam now having one in back-to-back seasons. Vs. Northeastern Division: 9-8 Oller got his 2nd win of the season giving up 2 runs Vs. Southwestern Division: 8-23 over 5 innings while striking out a season-high 8 FORMER METS PROSPECT: Tonight's game 1 starting Vs. NL Affiliates: 6-8 batters. pitcher for the Flying Squirrels RHP Akeel Morris Vs. AL Affiliates: 11-23 spent part of 2015 and 2016 with Binghamton. Morris VIENTOS RED HOT: Ponies OF Mark Vientos is entered out of the bullpen in all 45 games logging a hitting .442 over his last 3 series. Vientos went 1-4 May Record: 4-19 total of 54.2 innings with a 2-3 record and 3.49 ERA with a double last night to extend his hitting streak June Record: 13-12 during his two seasons in Binghamton. to 11 games including 7 multi-hit games during this July Record: span. Vientos power surge has put him in a tie for MANGUM LOVES THE ROAD: Ponies OF Jake August Record: rd 3 in the Northeast league with 12 HR and a tie for Mangum broke out in Reading hitting .333 with 2 HR September Record: th 7 with 22 XBH. and 6 RBI during the series. Mangum continued Ponies Score First: 7-13 hitting well in Richmond going 2-4 with a double last OPP Score First: 10-18 ROMERO RAKING: Ponies INF Yoel Romero has night. On the road Mangum is hitting .293 with 4 HR driven in 9 RBI with his last 4 hits. Romero now has th and 12 XBH compared to .179 at home. Lead after 7 : 11-5 an 8 game hitting streak hitting .367 with 12 RBI th Tied after 7 : 1-3 and 6 XBH over this stretch. th CLOSING TIME: Ponies pitchers Ryley Gilliam, Jared Trail after 7 : 3-20 th Robinson, Andrew Mitchell, Tom Hackimer, and Yeizo Lead after 8 : 11-3 PONIES SWEEP WEEKLY AWARDS: Ponies IF Mark th Campos have allowed one run over the last 3 games Tied after 8 : 1-5 Vientos and tonight's game one starter LHP Josh th in 13.2 innings of work out of the bullpen. During this Trail after 8 : 2-21 Walker were named MILB player and pitcher of the stretch the Ponies bullpen has struck out 16 batters Walk-Offs (W-L): 3-3 week for the week of June 21-27 in the Northeast and only walked 2. Extra Inning Games: 3-5 league. Vientos hit .400 with 5 HR and 10 RBI over a 5 game stretch in Reading. Walker threw 6 no-hit COMING UP: The Ponies will return home July innings on 6/22 and combined with RHP Andrew th Shutout Record: 1-3 6 -11th for Essential Workers Week at Mirabito Mitchell to throw the 7th no-hitter in franchise Stadium history. 1-Run Games: 4-11 2-Run Games: 4-3 Northeast League Standings 3-Run Games: 2-6 4+ Run Games: 6-11 NE Division W L GB Stk L10 SW Division W L GB Stk L10 --- Doubleheaders: 2-2 Somerset 32 17 W1 6-4 Erie 32 19 --- W2 6-4 Series Openers: 3-6 Portland 27 22 5.0 W1 4-6 Bowie 30 19 1.0 L2 3-7 Series Finales: 3-4 New Hampshire 22 27 10.0 L1 7-3 Altoona 28 20 2.5 W1 4-6 Rubber Games: Series Record (W-L-S): 1-6-1 Reading 19 32 14.0 L2 5-5 Akron 29 21 2.5 W2 5-5 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 0-1 Binghamton 17 31 14.5 W4 6-4 Richmond 26 24 5.0 L3 5-5 Hartford 15 34 17.0 L1 2-8 Harrisburg 19 30 11.0 L1 6-4
Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Saturday July 3 @Richmond 6:05 PM RHP Oscar De La Cruz v. RHP Caleb Killian Sunday July 4 @Richmond 6:05 PM RHP Luc Rennie v. TBA
2021 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes 1 Age: 26 Hometown: Slate Hill, NY HT: 6-6 Pro Experience: 4th season BIN (AA) Experience: 1dt season WT: 225 Acquired: 37th Round, 2017 College: University of New Haven B/T: L/L
LAST START: In his last start, Walker allowed no hits and no runs over six innings. His outing and LHP Andrew Mitchell's 3 hitless innings out of the bullpen combined for the 7th no hitter in franchise history and YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg first since 5/18/19 in Harrisburg. The lefty has gone at 18 KNG (ROK) 1-0 0.00 3 0 1 9.0 9 1 0 0 0 12 .265 least five innings in each of his first five starts with the 18 BRK (NYP A) 0-1 4.18 10 6 0 32.1 33 17 15 4 15 40 .270 Rumble Ponies. He has just 5 walks and 32 strikeouts 19 MTS (GCL) 0-1 6.00 1 1 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 0 2 .231 in his AA career thus far! The Ponies are 4-1 in his five starts and Walker is 6-1 with a 3.02 ERA between 19 Brooklyn (NYP A) 0-0 9.00 1 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 2 3 .357 Brooklyn and Binghamton in nine starts this season. 21 Brooklyn (A+) 3-0 2.57 4 4 0 21.0 14 6 6 1 4 23 .189 21 Binghamton 3-1 3.34 5 5 0 29.2 22 11 11 3 5 32 .202 NORTHEAST TIES: Walker attended college at the University of New Haven in Connecticut...just over 3 MiLB Career 9-4 4.17 38 16 3 112.1 107 58 52 9 32 165 .249 and a half hours from Mirabito Stadium. Double-A 3-1 3.34 5 5 0 29.2 22 11 11 3 5 32 .202
NEW YORK ROOTS: Walker grew up in Slate Hill, NY in Orange County...in the Hudson Valley Region of New York State. He went to Minisink Valley High School, - - just two hours from Binghamton. DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT TRANSACTIONS: Added to the Binghamton roster on BRK @ASH W 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.00 W 8-2 May 24. 5/11 @GVLBRK W 5 4 1 1 0 1 7 0.90 W 6-1 5/16 @GVLBRK ND 5 7 4 4 1 1 4 3.00 L 10-9 5/21 HVBRK W 6 3 1 1 9 1 4 2.57 W 4-1 5/27 AKR ND 6 7 2 2 1 0 6 3.00 W 3-2 6/3 @NH W 5 6 3 3 2 1 6 4.09 W 9-3 6/9 BOW W 7 3 1 1 0 1 9 3.00 W 9-1 6/15 POR L 5.2 6 5 5 0 2 7 4.18 L 9-4 6/22 @REA W 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.34 W 2-0
Ponies Record in Starts: 4-1 Run Support in Starts: --- 5.4