Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats ((Blue Jays)) RHP Erik Swanson (4-0, 0.87) Vs
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Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) @ New Hampshire Fisher Cats ((Blue Jays)) RHP Erik Swanson (4-0, 0.87) vs. RHP Francisco Rios (0-2, 8.54) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Sunday April 29, 2018 • 1:35 PM • Game 22 of 140 • Northeast Delta Dental Stadium • Manchester, NH 2 LAST GAME: 2018 Eastern League Standings MANCHESTER, NH --- One nightGame after being 1: held R toHP just three Yefry hits, the RamirezThunder (12-9) offense (7- 3matched, 3.48 their) vs.season RHP-high for runsConner in a game in Greene (4-5, 3.73) their 10-6 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (13-7) on Saturday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. x East Division W L GB Streak New Hampshire 13 7 -- L1 Eight of the nine batters for the Thunder recorded a hit in the game, six of them reached twice. Trenton 12 9 1.5 W1 Binghamton 10 9 2.5 W3 New Hampshire scored first with an RBI double by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first inning, however, the Thunder offense wouldn't be held Hartford 11 10 2.5 L1 down for long. In the third inning, Vince Conde hammered a two-run home run into left-center to take a 2-1 lead for the Thunder and the Reading 8 12 5.0 W1 offense chased the Fisher Cats starter from the game in the fourth inning with a seven-run frame. Portland 6 12 6.0 L5 The Thunder scored a season-high seven runs in an inning on six hits in the fourth to take a 9-1 advantage. Back-to-back singles from Bruce Caldwell and Mandy Alvarez started the inning and Cesar Diaz scored Caldwell with a double. After a walk by Chace Numata, Vince Conde West Division W L GB Streak singled in a pair. The Fisher Cats starter came back to get Rashad Crawford, but, served up a two-run double to Chris Gittens to finish his Richmond 13 8 -- W1 outing. After the pitching change, Jhalan Jackson knocked his league-leading seventh home run of the season over the wall in left. Bowie 11 9 1.5 L2 Akron 11 10 2.0 W2 New Hampshire's offense rallied for five runs in the fifth inning, after Will Carter appeared to be cruising to his first victory of the season. Carter completed his outing after 4.2 innings allowing six runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks on Saturday night. Stephen Tarpley, Altoona 9 10 3.0 L3 Caleb Frare and Jordan Foley kept New Hampshire scoreless after the fifth to hold down the victory for t he Thunder. Gosuke Katoh, Chace Harrisburg 9 11 3.5 W3 Numata and Vince Conde led the Thunder offensive attack with two-hit games. Chris Gittens walked twice and drove in a pair with a double Erie 7 13 5.5 L2 to supplement the offensive attack. Numata recorded his first multi-hit game of the season. 2018 Monthly Report THUNDER CLAPS: 2017: NEVER A BETTER SEASON: The 2017 Thunder set the franchise record for best record and win percentage (.657) with a 92-48 record. April: 1 2-9, May: 0-0, June: 0-0, This came on the heels of a 2016 campaign in which the Thunder finished with the second-best record in franchise history at 87-55 (.613). The July: 0-0, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 Thunder held a lead at some point in 121-of-140 (86.4%) regular season games. The team set multiple franchise records on the mound with ma rks in ERA (2.83) and shutouts (20). With a sub-3.00 ERA the Thunder became the 32nd team in Eastern League history (since 1957) and the Date Opponent Time/Result first since Harrisburg in 1991 (2.97 ERA). A 2.83 ERA was the lowest in the Eastern League since West Haven in 1976 posted a 2.82 mark. 4/5 Richmond W 5-2 GET-2 ‘7EM EARLY: Since Saturday April, 21st, (7 Games) the Thunder bullpen has gotten tough. In their last 23.2 IP they’ve allowed just two 4/6 Richmond L 5-2 earned runs (0.76 ERA) and limited opponents to just 15 hits and 13 walks (1.18 WHIP) with 27 strikeouts. 4/7 Richmond W 6-2 I WANT CONDE: Vince Conde hit his first home run of the season, a go-ahead two-run homer, and went 2-for-4 with a season-high 4 RBI in 4/8 Richmond L 3-2 (10) Saturday's win. The two hits were Conde's first since his three-hit game on April 20 against Portland. Conde's 4 RBI were one short of his career 4/9 New Hampshire L 11-1 high 5 (8/13/15 vs Lexington). 4/10 New Hampshire W 10-4 THUNDER AND LIGHTNING: Trenton matched season-highs with 10 runs and 11 hits in Saturday's win, and also set a new season-best mark 4/11 New Hampshire L 4-0 for runs scored in an inning (7) and hits in an inning (6), doing both in the fourth. 4/12 4/13 @ Akron W 2-1 STRANGE BUT TRUE: The Thunder have scored 10 runs in both of their victories over the Fisher Cats this season (4/10 and 4/28), but in their three losses thus far to New Hampshire, have been shut out twice (4/11 and 4/27) and limited to one run once (4/9). 4/14 @ Akron W 1-0 4/15 @ Akron PPD (Rain) BARE MINIMUM: Six of the team's 12 wins have come by scoring three or fewer runs, and eight of the 12 victories have come by margins of 4/16 @ Erie L 8-3 one or two runs. 4/17 @ Erie PPD (Snow) ROOT FOR BEN: Ben Ruta has collected at least one hit in 13 of his 16 games played. His .382 batting average ranks second in the Eastern 4/18 @ Erie G1 W 2-1 League, and his 21 hits lead the Thunder. He also boasts the club's longest hitting streak of the season, hitting safely in nine straight games from 4/18 @ Erie G2 L 3-2 April 10 to 24. 4/19 @ Erie W 4-2 BEING EXTRA: All but three of Jhalan Jackson's 12 hits this season have been extra-base hits; the Thunder right fielder has a double, a triple 4/20 Portland L 6-5 and an Eastern League-leading 7 home runs, which is also tied for third across all of Minor League Baseball. 4/21 Portland W 3-1 EASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR CLASSIC RETURNS TO TRENTON: The 25th season in franchise history will be punctuated with ARM & 4/22 Portland W 5-2 HAMMER Park hosting an All-Star game for the third time in franchise history. Tuesday, July 10 will feature a special baseball game between 4/23 Harrisburg W 3-1 the New York and Philadelphia Police Departments and the Case’s Pork Roll Home Run Derby. Wednesday, July 11 will see the East and West 4/24 Harrisburg W 1-0 face -off. More information is available at www.TrentonThunder.com/2018ASG 4/25 Harrisburg L 4-2 4/26 4/27 @ New Hampshire L 4-0 Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 4/28 @ New Hampshire W 10-6 4/29 @ New Hampshire 1:35 PM Monday April 30th @ POR 6:00 PM RHP Brian Keller (1-2, 5.06) vs. LHP Dedgar Jimenez (0-2, 5.40) 4/30 @ Portland 6:00 PM Tuesday+ May 1st @ POR 6:00 PM LHP Justus Sheffield (1-2, 2.86) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (1-2, 5.74) Wednesday May 2nd @ POR 6:00 PM RHP Dillon Tate (1-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Kevin McAvoy (0-0, 4.41) Th ursday May 3rd vs. HBG 7:00 PM TBA vs. #35 Erik Swanson 2018 Game By Game: 6’3” – 220 – Age: 24 (9/4/1993) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/5 vs RIC W 5-2 W (1-0) 3.2 1 0 0 1 6 0 58/37 Born: Terrace Park, OH Resides: Fargo, ND *Entered in relief following Acevedo, struck out 5-of-first-7 batters faced School: Iowa Western CC Acquired: Trade, August, 2016 (TEX) 4/10 vs NH W 10-4 W (2-0) 5.0 4 1 0 2 5 0 78/49 *Struck out Bo Bichette with runners on 1st and 2nd in 5th inning to complete outing 2018: Ranks among Eastern League Leaders in ERA (1st, 0.87), Wins (T-1st, 4/18 @ Erie W 3-2 W (3-0) 5.0 3 1 1 3 8 0 95/61 4), Strikeouts (T-1st, 30), OBA (3rd, .157), K/9 among starters (1st, 12.71)… *G1 of DH… Worked through 38 pitch first inning, retired 10-of-last-11 batters faced 4/23 vs HBG W 3-1 W (4-0) 7.0 3 1 1 1 11 0 89/66 2017: In his first full season in the Yankees organization, spent the entire *Career-high in strikeouts (11) and matched career-high in innings pitched (7.0) year in the starting rotation at High-A Tampa… Eclipsed 100 IP for the first th time in his career… His 1.26 BB/9 IP ratio was the 10 -lowest among minor league pitchers (min. 100 IP)… 2016: Was selected as a South Atlantic League All-Star after a strong first half with Hickory… Acquired by the Yankees from the Texas Rangers on 8/1 with RHP Nick Green and RHP Dillon Tate in exchange for OF/DH Carlos Beltran … made 5 appearances (2 starts) for Single-A Charleston following the trade, striking out 15 batters over 15 IP… 2015: Landed on the disabled list 7/23 while with Hickory after suffering a forearm flexor strain… made one rehab appearance with the AZL Rangers before season ended… 2014: Pitched exclusively in relief for short-season Spokane… displayed strong command and strikeout capabilities, while limiting opponents to 19 hits over his 23.1 IP… PERSONAL: Spent the 2013 season at Wabash Valley College (IL) before transferring to Iowa Western CC in 2014, selected in the 8th round in 2014 by the Texas Rangers… out of 31 appearances in college, made only three starts… in his lone season at Iowa Western, posted a strikeout rate of just over 11 K/9 IP… finished the season with 97 K and 9 BB… INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL HIGHS: Eastern League Highs: Career Highs: IP: 7.0 IP 4/23/18 vs HBG 7.0 IP 5x, 4/23/18 vs HBG K 11 K 4/23/18 vs HBG (7.0 IP) 11 K 4/23/18 vs HBG (7.0 IP) BB : 3 BB 4/18/18 @ Erie (5.0 IP) 3 BB 4x, 8/5/2016 vs.