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Altoona Curve ((Pirates)) vs. Thunder Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Dario Agrazal (3-2, 2.79) vs. LHP Ryan Bollinger (6-4, 4.58) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday August 8, 2018 • 12:00 PM • Game 114 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ 2 LAST GAME: 2018 Eastern League Standings A four-run fifth inning by the Altoona Curve proved too much for the Thunder, who mustered just four hits in a 5-1 loss on Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 6,173 at ARM & HAMMER Park. 2.xEast Division W L GB Streak New Hampshire 65 46 -- W2 In his double-A debut, right-hander Adonis Rosa worked out of trouble for the Thunder (63-50) in his first four innings, stranding six Trenton 63 50 3.0 L1 baserunners while holding the Curve (60-50) scoreless. But an error by third baseman Bruce Caldwell to begin the fifth opened the floodgates Binghamton 54 60 12.5 W2 for three straight Altoona hits that plated four runs, including a two-run triple by Will Craig. Reading 53 60 13.0 W3 Logan Sendelbach earned the win in relief for Altoona, pitching four and one-third scoreless innings. He entered in early relief of Hartford 52 60 13.5 L2 starter Scooter Hightower, who was ejected with two out in the second inning. With Wendell Rijo batting, Hightower entered his windup, Portland 46 66 19.5 L1 only to have Rijo request timeout at the last second. Continuing his motion, Hightower slowed his arm action and lobbed a throw that nearly hit Rijo in the chest, prompting home plate umpire Taka Matsuda to eject the right-hander. West Division W L GB Streak Akron 66 48 -- W1 The game went into a 57-minute rain delay one batter into the top of the seventh inning. Altoona 60 50 4.0 W2 The Thunder managed their only run of the game in the bottom of the eighth off Geoff Hartlieb. Rijo and Ryan Lidge opened the inning with Harrisburg 58 54 7.0 W1 back-to-back singles, and Danienger Perez followed with his first double-A hit, a line drive into left field that plated Rijo. Richmond 53 59 12.0 L2 Erie 53 60 12.5 W1 With the loss, the Thunder dropped to three games behind first-place New Hampshire, who defeated Bowie. Bowie 51 61 14.0 L3 2018 Monthly Report THUNDER CLAPS: THE HOME STRETCH: Including today, the Thunder have just 27 games remaining in the regular season. Eighteen of April: 12- 9, May: 20-12, June: 14-13, those are against the Eastern Division, while Trenton will still face Harrisburg once more and Altoona once more to round July: 14-13, August: 3-3, September: 0-0 out its slate of games against the Western Division. Date Opponent Time/Result FLYING HIGH: With the past three-game series win over Hartford, the Thunder have now won four consecutive series, 8/1 @ Reading W 6-1 each-2 7of them over Eastern Division teams. Additionally, the Thunder have not lost back-to-back games since July 18-19, 8/2 @ Reading L 8-4 when they dropped the final two games of a series in New Hampshire. 8/3 @ Hartford W 2-1 8/4 @ Hartford L 6-3 KINGS OF THE HILL: The Thunder have used 37 different pitchers this season, more than any other Eastern League team. 8/5 @ Hartford W 4-2 (11) In spite of this, Trenton leads the league in numerous pitching categories, including ERA (3.21), WHIP (1.21), and strikeouts 8/6 (1,007). The team has also allowed the fewest hits (819), fewest runs (407), and fewest home runs (68) in the league. 8/7 Altoona L 5-1 8/8 Altoona 12:00 PM EN FUEGO: Over his last seven games, Mandy Alvarez is batting .357 (10-for-28) with three home runs and seven RBI. The 8/9 Altoona 7:00 PM streak features a trio of three-hit performances, including a two-homer game Sunday in Hartford that was Alvarez’s second 8/10 @ Harrisburg 7:00 PM multi-home run game of the season and of his career. Between Trenton (91 games) and high-A Tampa (9 games) this season, 8/11 @ Harrisburg 6:00 PM Alvarez has set career-highs in hits (92), doubles (24), triples (3), home runs (12), RBI (51), and walks (26). 8/12 @ Harrisburg 1:30 PM THE JOURNEYMAN: Catcher Ryan Lidge has reached base safely in seven straight games (matching his season-long on- 8/13 base streak) and is batting .400 (8-for-20) during those six games. He also had a four-game hitting streak (his longest at 8/14 @ Portland 7:00 PM double -A) come to an end Saturday after going 0-for-1 with a walk as a mid-game substitute. This is Lidge’s fourth stint at 8/15 @ Portland 7:00 PM double-A this season; the Illinois native has also spent time with high-A Tampa, low-A Charleston, and short-season Staten 8/16 @ Portland 12:00 PM Island. 8/17 New Hampshire 7:00 PM 8/18 New Hampshire (DH) 5:00 PM THINKING POSTSEASON: Since April 11, the Thunder have sat in either first or second place in the Eastern Division 8/19 New Hampshire 5:00 PM standings. Currently just three games behind first-place New Hampshire and 9.5 games ahead of third-place Binghamton, 8/20 Hartford 7:00 PM Trenton is seeking its third consecutive trip to the EL playoffs, a streak that has been achieved just once in franchise history 8/21 Hartford 7:00 PM (2005-2007). 8/22 @ Reading 7:15 PM 8/23 @ Reading 7:15 PM 8/24 @ Hartford 7:05 PM 8/25 @ Hartford 6:05 PM 8/26 @ Hartford 1:05 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 8/27 @ Altoona 6:00 PM 8/28 @ Altoona 6:00 PM Thursday, August 9 vs. Altoona 7:00 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (2-7, 4.78) vs. RHP Eduardo Vera (5-3, 4.62) 8/29 @ Altoona 6:00 PM 8/30 @ Altoona 6:00 PM Friday,+ August 10 @ Harrisburg 7:00 PM TBA vs. TBA 8/31 Reading 7:00 PM Sat, August 11 @ Harrisburg 6:00 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/1 Reading 7:00 PM Sunday, August 12 @ Harrisburg 2:00 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/2 Reading 7:00 PM 9/3 Reading 1:00 PM #28 Ryan Bollinger 2018 Game By Game: 6’5” – 230 – Age: 27 (2/4/1991) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/24 vs COL L 3-2 --- 5.0 4 1 1 2 5 1 81 (50) Born: Maple Grove, MN Resides: Apple Valley, CA *Triple-A Debut, lone run allowed was Brandon Barnes HR in 2nd inning School: Minot HS, ND Acquired: MiLB FA, 2018 4/29 @ LHV L 3-0 (7) L (0-1) 4.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 74 (51) *2nd game of DH, all three runs crossed in the fourth inning. 5/6 vs. HBG W 4-0 W (1-0) 6.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 91/54 2018: Returned to affiliated action for first time since 2013 with Kannapolis *5.2 no-hit innings to begin his outing, completed 4-game sweep of HBG (A, CWS)… Went 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA in 2 starts with SWB, 9 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 5/12 @ RIC W 6-4 W (2-0) 8.0 3 1 0 1 5 0 94/72 BB, 7 K, .219 OBA… Delivered 5.2 no-hit innings to begin his first start *Had strings of 8 and 10 straight retired… 3.1 no-hit to start… longest start by Thunder starter. with Trenton on 5/6 vs. Harrisburg… Threw 3 straight quality starts to 5/17 vs. BOW W 11-5 W (3-0) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 91/66 begin tenure with Trenton… Signed to a Major League contract and re- *Worked with 5-0 lead after 1 inning, allowed a baserunner in every inning called to NYY on 5/23, did not pitch @ Texas, DFA’d on 5/24, cleared 5/28 @ ERIE W 6-5 --- 5.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 73/41 waivers and reported to Trenton on 5/28… Allowed career-high 10 runs in *First work since day with NYY, allowed hits in second and fifth inning G2 of DH @ Bowie on 6/13… Struck out a career-high 9 batters on 7/4 in 6.0 6/7 vs. RIC L 6-3 L (3-1) 3.2 6 6 6 3 5 1 92/55 IP against the Altoona Curve… Matched career-high with 9 strikeouts in *Matched career-high with 6 runs allowed, surrendered all runs in 3rd and 4th inning his next start on 7/13 vs. Richmond… Signed to a major league contract on 6/13 @ BOW (G2) L 10-1 L (3-2) 5.0 10 10 10 2 5 1 78/55 7/31 and added to NYY 25-man roster, did not appear, optioned to Trenton *Career-high 10 runs allowed, retired 7 straight batters across end of 2nd to start of 5th following 6-3 NYY win over Baltimore… Has recorded a quality start in 8- 6/22 @ POR L 7-2 L (3-3) 4.0 9 7 7 2 4 2 85/60 of -13 starts with the Thunder… Last 6 starts: 3-1, 2.58 ERA (10 ER/35 IP), *Third straight start of 6+ runs allowed…2 HR allowed matched career-high 34 strikeouts… 6/28 @ BNG L 6-3 --- 6.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 94/63 *Surrendered go-ahead RBI 1B to Tebow in 6th, first quality start since 5/17 (4 starts) 2017: Made 9 starts with Brisbane in the Australian Baseball League… 7/4 @ ALT W 8-3 W (4-3) 6.0 4 1 1 4 9 1 106/67 went 5-1 with a 3.48 ERA, in 54.1 IP, 58 H, 12 BB, 75 K… Also pitched in *Stranded 7 runners over first 4 innings, K’d side in order in 5th, career-high 9 K’s Germany for Munich-Haar of Bundesliga… 7/13 vs.