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Hartford Yard Goats ((Rockies)) vs. Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Antonio Santos (0-2, 13.50) vs. RHP Nick Nelson (5-2, 2.91) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Friday August 2, 2019 • 7:05 PM • Game 110 of 139 • Dunkin Donuts Park • Hartford, CT Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): Brian Keller fired a 7-inning no-hitter in the opener of a doubleheader split between the Altoona Curve and Thunder on Thursday night. d2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak *Trenton 38 28 -- Reading 25 18 -- W1 Keller needed just 70 pitches to record the 8th no-hitter in the Eastern Reading 39 28 -- Portland 20 21 4.0 W3 League in 2019, working around a second inning walk to complete the Hartford 37 30 2.0 Bingha mton 21 23 4.5 L2 task. It was the second no-hitter thrown by the Thunder this season Binghamton 34 29 3.0 Trenton 20 23 5.0 L1 following a combined effort by Deivi Garcia, Domingo Acevedo and Daniel Alvarez in late-June. New Hampshire 31 36 8.0 Hartford 17 23 6.5 W2 Portland 27 40 12.0 New Hampshire 17 25 7.5 L1 Brian Navaretto brought a run in in the second inning with a sacrifice fly West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak and Ben Ruta doubled in a run in the third to give Keller the two runs of support he needed to finish the no-no. *Harrisburg 42 28 -- Erie 31 11 -- W2 Altoona 35 32 5.5 Bowie 29 11 1.0 L1 Right-hander Shawn Semple fired his first career complete game in game Akron 34 35 7.5 Altoona 19 22 11.5 W1 two of the doubleheader, a 4-2 loss. Semple surrendered a pair of homers Erie 31 34 8.5 Harrisburg 18 21 11.5 L2 and a run in the seventh inning to allow the Curve to split the twin bill. Bowie 30 38 11.0 Richmond 16 24 14.0 L4 Richmond 23 44 17.5 Akron 15 26 15.5 W1 Chris Gittens hit a two-run double in the first inning, Rashad Crawford *Denotes First Half Champions collected hits in both games giving him an 11-game on-base streak. 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps KELL YEAH: Brian Keller’s seven-inning no-hitter Thursday in the first game of Trenton’s doubleheader against Altoona was the second April: 15- 7, May: 16-12, June: 14-13, Thunder no-hitter of the season and the sixth in franchise history. Keller’s 70 pitches (53 strikes) were his fewest in a seven-inning start in his July: 12-18, August: 1-1, September: 0-0 four-year career, and the Wisconsin native reached just one three-ball count in the game. BUTTING HEADS: The Thunder are 10-9 all-time at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, winning three of their six series there over the past three years. The Date Opponent Time/Result series victories include one series sweep, a 3-0 sweep of the Yard Goats the weekend of August 24-26, 2018, the finale of which saw the Thunder 8/1 Altoona G1 W 2-0 clinch-27 a postseason berth for the third straight season. 8/1 Altoona G2 L 4-2 8/2 @ Hartford 7:05 PM WELL THAT’S NEW: July’s 12-18 record for the Thunder marked the first losing month for the club since August of 2015 when the Thunder went 12-16. 8/3 @ Hartford 6:05 PM 8/4 @ Hartford 5:05 PM RUTA RE-EMERGING: After batting just .217 in June and July combined, Ben Ruta has resurfaced as a team batting leader lately, putting 8/5 together a season-high eight-game hitting streak during which he’s batting .370. The New Jersey native is second on the team with 92 hits, is tied 8/6 Bowie 7:00 PM for the team lead with 23 doubles, and leads the club with 22 stolen bases (T-3rd in the E.L.) 8/7 Bowie 12:00 PM GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE: To extreme proportions, run prevention has been key to Trenton’s success this season, as the team is 10-40 8/8 Bowie 7:00 PM when allowing four or more runs. Eight of the team’s last nine losses has seen the opponent score five or more runs. On the flipside, the Thunder 8/9 Harrisburg 7:00 PM are 46-8 when allowing three or fewer runs. 8/10 Harrisburg 7:00 PM 8/11 Harrisburg 5:00 PM HOW BIZARRE: Trenton’s 36-20 home record is the Eastern League’s best and is within full-season Minor League Baseball’s top 10. Thunder’s 22-31 road record (.415 winning percentage), however, is the worst of any full-season team in Minor League Baseball with an overall record 8/12 above .500. 8/13 @ Akron 7:05 PM 8/14 @ Akron 7:05 PM NEW HEIGHTS: Multiple Thunder players have set new career-highs in various categories this season. Among position players: Kyle Holder 8/15 @ Akron 7:05 PM has set career-highs in doubles (23), triples (3), and home runs (7)… Isiah Gilliam: 13 stolen bases…Chris Gittens: 58 walks…Brian Navarreto: 5 home runs…Ben Ruta: 38 walks…Brandon Wagner: 2 triples. Among pitchers: Daniel Alvarez: 36 appearances and 14 saves…Brooks Kriske: 8/16 @ Reading 7:15 PM 34 appearances, 48.0 IP, 10 saves, and 61 strikeouts…Shawn Semple: 21 appearances/16 starts, 104.0 IP, and 98 strikeouts. 8/17 @ Reading 6:45 PM 8/18 @ Reading 2:15 PM YEAR OF THE PITCHER: The Eastern League is in the midst of one of the most pitching-dominant seasons in its history in 2019. Entering play 8/19 New Hampshire 7:00 PM today, the league wide batting average stands at .239 with teams scoring 3.98 runs per game. The last time the league finished with a team batting average under .250 and 4.0 runs per game was in 1989 (.249 / 3.95) while 1971 was the last season below .240 and fewer than 4.0 runs per 8/20 New Hampshire 7:00 PM game. The league has also seen eight no-hitters thrown, the most since a league-record nine no-hitters were thrown in 1967. 8/21 New Hampshire 1:00 PM 8/22 @ Portland 6:00 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 24 players on the Thunder roster, 16 were drafted by the Yankees, six were signed as minor league or international 8/23 @ Portland 7:00 PM free agents, and two were acquired via trade. Sixteen of the 24 played under Patrick Osborn at High-A Tampa at some point in 2018. 8/24 @ Portland 6:00 PM 8/25 @ Portland 1:00 PM 8/26 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 8/27 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Sat. August 3 @ Hartford 6:05 PM RHP Rony Garcia (2-10, 4.74) vs. LHP Jack Wynkoop (6-13, 3.85) 8/28 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM 8/29 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Sun.+ August 4 @ Hartford 5:05 PM RHP Michael King (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (2-2, 4.07) 8/30 Reading 7:00 PM Tues. August 6 vs. Bowie 7:00 PM RHP Nick Green (2-3, 7.91) vs. TBA 8/31 Reading 7:00 PM Wed. August 7 vs. Bowie 12:00 PM RHP Brian Keller (3-1, 2.32) vs. TBA 9/1 Reading 7:00 PM 9/2 Reading 1:00 PM 2019 Game By Game: #14 NICK NELSON 6’1” – 195 – Age: 23 (12/5/1995) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/9 @ Akron W 7-2 -- 4.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 88/54 Born: Panama City, FL Resides: Panama City, FL * 50 pitches through 2 innings… Allowed 2+ baserunners in each of 1st 3 innings School: Gulf Coast State College Acquired: 4th Round, 2016 4/14 vs. Portland W 10-0 W (1-0) 5.0 4 0 0 6 7 0 106/57 *Car-high 6 BB, Thunder-high 7 K… Stranded bases loaded in 3rd and 5th innings Has made 13 starts with the Thunder and walked 3+ batters in 6 of them… Features 6/1 vs. Bradenton W 4-0 --- 3.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 67/44 a Fastball, Curveball, Slider and Change-up… Last 5 Games (4 starts): 3-1, 1.42 ERA, *Allowed 3 H in 1st inning // Retired 9-of-final-11 batters faced // 14th career 7+ K game (61G) 25.1 IP, 11 H, 12 BB, 36 K (.125 BAA)… 6/7 vs. Erie L 6-1 L (1-1) 4.1 5 3 3 2 4 1 81/50 *Allowed Solo to HR to Hill on 1st pitch of game, allowed a baserunner in each inning 2019: Began season on Thunder Opening Day roster… Walked a career-high six 6/13 @ Binghamton W 4-1 (7) W (2-1) 5.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 89/54 batters on 4/14 vs. Portland and earned his first win of the season (5 IP, 4 H, 6 BB, 7 K, *Allowed a baserunner in each inning, got DP in 4th to escape jam, 2 K’s in 5th 6/20 vs. Richmond L 4-3 --- 5.1 1 2 2 2 8 0 96/55 106 pitches/57 strikes)… Placed on IL (right shoulder discomfort) on 4/19… Activated to Tampa roster on 6/1 and threw 3.2 scoreless innings… Delivered 5.1 no-hit innings *5.1 no-hit IP to start it, lifted after RBI 1B by Arenado, Thunder-high 8 K’s to start his outing on 6/20 against Richmond, had the bid broken up by RBI 1B by 6/26 vs.