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Bowie Baysox ((Orioles)) vs. Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Michael Baumann (0-0, 3.60) vs. LHP Jordan Montgomery (Rehab) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- Tuesday September 10, 2019 • 7:00 PM • Game 1 ELCS • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): A five-RBI performance by rehabbing Yankee Thairo Estrada helped spark a pair of early Thunder rallies on Friday night at ARM & HAMMER Park as the Thunder defeated the d2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak Reading Fightin Phils, 12-2, to sweep the Eastern League Division Series, three games to none. *Trenton 38 28 -- *Reading 41 31 -- L1 Reading 39 28 -- Trenton 38 34 3.0 W1 The Thunder staged a five-run rally in the third off two Fightins relievers to earn the win. With the bases loaded, Kyle Holder scored from third base on a third-strike wild pitch to Rashad Hartford 37 30 2.0 Hartford 36 36 5.0 L1 Crawford, Estrada lined a rare three-run single off the glove of diving shortstop Nick Maton, Binghamton 34 29 3.0 Portland 35 37 6.0 L2 and Ruta capped the romp with an RBI-single for a 10-1 Thunder lead. New Hampshire 31 36 8.0 New Hampshire 32 40 9.0 W2 Portland 27 40 12.0 Binghamton 32 44 11.0 W1 Severino, meanwhile, struck out five batters over three-plus innings, leaving after walking the leadoff man in the fourth. Matt Wivinis entered in relief and retired three Reading batters in a West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak row to retire the side and turn the reins over to Yankees reliver Dellin Betances, also on rehab assignment. Betances pitched a scoreless fifth, stranding a pair of runners after a hit batter and *Harrisburg 42 28 -- *Bowie 46 26 -- L3 a two-out walk. Erie 46 26 -- W1 Altoona 35 32 5.5 Akron 34 35 7.5 Harrisburg 34 35 10.5 W4 Estrada’s five RBI in the game matched Zoilo Almonte’s franchise record for most RBI in a Erie 31 34 8.5 Altoona 33 39 13.0 L4 postseason game, set in 2013. Along with Estrada, four other Thunder players recorded multiple hits. Albert Abreu, oks Kriske, and Daniel Alvarez combined for the final four innings Bowie 30 38 11.0 Richmond 32 40 14.0 W3 of relief for the Thunder, with a Nick Maton RBI-single off Kriske in the eighth producing the Richmond 23 44 17.5 Akron 27 44 18.5 L1 final Reading run. *Denotes First Half Champions *Denotes Second Half Champion 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps GUESS WHO’S BACK: This is the Thunder’s third trip to the Eastern League Championship Series in four years and the eighth overall in April: 15- 7, May: 16-12, June: 14-13, franchise history (series wins in 2007, 2008, and 2013). Bowie, meanwhile, has made just one previous trip to the ELCS, defeating Reading in a July: 12-18, August: 18-11, September: 1-1 full five games in 2015. The Thunder and Baysox have never met in a championship series. SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART): The Thunder clinched the first-half Eastern Division title with a 38-28 record while the Baysox Date Opponent Time/Result struggled to a 30-38 finish (5th place) in the first half. Bowie, however, recovered to clinch the second-half Western Division title (46-26) while 8/1 Altoona G1 W 2-0 Trenton finished just four games over .500 (38-34) in the second half. 8/1 Altoona G2 L 4-2 -27 8/2 @ Hartford W 2-0 GOOD VIBES: Last week’s ELDS sweep of Reading was the fourth division series sweep in Thunder franchise history. Two of Trenton’s three previous ELDS sweeps preceded a league title for the team: 2008 (3-0 over Portland in ELDS, 3-1 over Akron in ELCS) and 2013 (3-0 over 8/3 @ Hartford L 3-1 Binghamton in ELDS, 3-0 over Harrisburg in ELCS). 8/4 @ Hartford L 13-7 8/6 Bowie L 4-3 THE OUTLIERS: As a team, the Thunder batted just .215 against Bowie this season, the lowest average for Trenton against any team in 2019. 8/7 Bowie W 3-2 Still, three Thunder players enjoyed considerable success against Baysox pitching: Rashad Crawford (.357 AVG in 5G), Kyle Holder (.353 AVG, 3 RBI in 6G), and Chris Gittens (2 HR, 5 RBI in 6G). 8/8 Bowie W 4-0 (7) 8/9 Harrisburg W 5-3 WHAT A RELIEF: The Thunder bullpen, one of the Eastern League’s best during the regular season, dominated the ELDS with a 0.48 ERA and 8/10 Harrisburg W 5-2 a 0.54 WHIP. The bullpen’s totals: 18.2 IP, 5 H (0 XBH), 2 R (1 ER), 5 BB, 29 K. 8/11 Harrisburg W 7-5 8/12 BRINGIN’ HOME THE BLING: On August 29, Chris Gittens was named the Eastern League’s Most Valuable Player, becoming the second player in Thunder franchise history to earn such honors (Brandon Laird took home league MVP honors in 2010). Additionally, Gittens was 8/13 @ Akron L 8-1 named to the Eastern League Postseason All-Star team. Gittens is the 16th player in Thunder franchise history to be named to both the Mid- 8/14 @ Akron W 8-1 Season and Post-Season All-Star Teams. 2019 marks the 4th consecutive season that the Thunder have had a player named to both teams 8/15 @ Akron W 6-5 following LHP Jordan Montgomery and SS Tyler Wade in 2016, SS Thairo Estrada in 2017 and OF Trey Amburgey in 2018. Nomar Garciaparra was the first to earn the dual honor in 1995. 8/16 @ Reading W 7-5 8/17 @ Reading L 7-1 NEW HEIGHTS: Many Thunder players set new career-highs in various categories this season. Among position players: Chris Gittens set 8/18 @ Reading W 12-6 (7) career-highs in hits (112), home runs (23), RBI (77), and walks (71)… Max Burt: 80 hits, 8 home runs, 38 RBI… Rashad Crawford: 7 HR… Kyle 8/19 New Hampshire L 1-0 Holder: 25 2B, 3 3B, 9 HR, 41 BB… Isiah Gilliam: 17 HR, 13 SB… Brian Navarreto: 6 HR… Hoy Jun Park: 113 hits, 20 doubles, 41 RBI… Ben 8/20 New Hampshire L 7-2 Ruta : 26 2B, 55 RBI, 47 walks. Among pitchers: Daniel Alvarez: 47 G, 21 SV, and 76 K… Rony Garcia: 25G/24GS, 130.1 IP, 129 K… Brooks Kriske: 43 G, 60.2 IP, 12 SV, 80 K…Shawn Semple: 26 G/20 GS, 127.0 IP, 121 K. 8/21 New Hampshire W 4-0 8/22 @ Portland W 7-0 YEAR OF THE PITCHER: The Eastern League had one of its most pitching-dominant seasons in its history in 2019, with a league-wide batting 8/23 @ Portland W 4-2 average of .238 with teams scoring 3.92 runs per game. The last time the league finished with a team batting average under .250 and 4.0 runs per 8/24 @ Portland L 1-0 game was in 1989 (.249 / 3.95), while 1971 was the last season below .240 and fewer than 4.0 runs per game. The league also saw eight no-hitters thrown, the most since a league-record nine no-hitters were thrown in 1967. 8/25 @ Portland W 5-4 8/26 @ New Hampshire W 5-1 8/27 @ New Hampshire W 2-0 Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 8/28 @ New Hampshire Canc. Wed. Sept. 11 vs. Bowie 7:00 PM RHP Luis Severino (Rehab) vs. RHP Cody Sedlock (0-0, 0.00) 8/29 @ New Hampshire L 8-2 8/30 Reading L 5-3 Thurs.+ Sept. 12 @ Bowie 7:05 PM RHP Clarke Schmidt (1-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Zac Lowther (1-0, 1.42) 8/31 Reading W 2-0 Fri. Sept. 13 @ Bowie (if nec.) 7:05 PM RHP Michael King (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Alex Wells (1-0, 1.50) 9/1 Reading L 3-2 Sat. Sept. 14 @ Bowie (if nec.) 6:05 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/2 Reading W 8-7 STARTING PITCHER RUN SUPPORT: PITCHER GS QS W-L TEAM W-L RUN SUPPORT Schmidt 3 2 2-0 3-0 4.3 (13 R in 3 GS) R. Garcia 21 6 4-11 8-13 2.5 (53 R in 21 GS) Yajure 2 0 1-0 2-0 3.5 (7 R in 2 GS) Semple 6 0 0-3 2-4 3.6 (22 R in 6 GS) Green 13 3 3-4 7-6 5.9 (77 R in 13 GS) Abreu 19 5 5-8 9-10 3.0 (58 R in 19 GS) Whitlock 14 8 3-3 8-6 4.2 (59 R in 14 GS) Nelson 12 4 7-2 9-3 4.8 (57 R in 12 GS) Stephan 11 0 2-4 6-5 3.8 (42 R in 11 GS) D. Garcia 10 3 4-3 6-4 4.7 (47 R in 10 GS) Keller 7 4 3-1 5-2 4.4 (31 R in 7 GS) Koerner 6 1 0-2 4-2 3.1 (19 R in 6 GS) Rosa 5 1 1-1 3-2 4.6 (23 R in 5 GS) King 2 0 0-1 1-1 6.0 (12 R in 2 GS) Mesa Jr.