Hartford Yard Goats ((Rockies)) vs. Thunder Thunder ((Yankees)) LHP Evan Grills (2-2, 3.89) vs. RHP Dillon Tate (5-2, 3.38) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday July 24, 2018 • 7:00 PM • Game 101 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ 2 LAST GAME: 2018 Eastern League Standings Four scattered hits were all the Thunder could manage as they were shut out by the Hartford Yard Goats, 4-0, on Monday night at ARM & HAMMER Park. 2.xEast Division W L GB Streak New Hampshire 55 43 -- L1 The Thunder (54-46) never advanced a runner past second base, and the shutout overshadowed a strong start by Domingo Acevedo, who turned in his third consecutive quality start for the Thunder. Acevedo allowed three runs (two earned) over seven innings of work, striking out Trenton 54 46 2.0 L1 six and walking only one. Hartford 49 49 6.0 W2 Binghamton 47 52 8.5 L1 The Yard Goats scored their first three runs in the third inning. Sam Hilliard led off with a walk, and after stealing second, took third on a Reading 47 53 9.0 W3 groundout and scored the game’s first run on a single by Nelson Molina. Mylz Jones followed with another single, and the next batter, Brendan Rodgers, hit a hit chopper to third. Mandy Alvarez overthrew first base, allowing Molina to score. Yonathan Daza then added another RBI- Portland 41 58 14.5 W1 single for a third Hartford run. West Division W L GB Streak Hartford added a run in the ninth off reliever Brody Koerner, as a leadoff walk to Brian Mundell set up an RBI-double by Roberto Ramos. Akron 60 41 -- L1 Right-hander Frank Duncan kept the Thunder off-balance through five innings as the Yard Goats’ starter, scattering four hits and walking just Altoona 52 45 6.0 W1 one batter. Relievers Sean Nolin, Rayan Gonzalez, and Scott Griggs combined to hold Trenton scoreless the rest of the way, with the latter Harrisburg 51 49 8.5 L2 pitching the final two innings to record the save. Erie 48 52 11.5 W1 Ryan McBroom led the Thunder with two hits and a one-out walk in the ninth inning. The loss denied the Thunder a chance to gain ground on Richmond 46 53 13.0 L6 first-place New Hampshire in the Eastern Division standings, as New Hampshire lost at Reading. Bowie 45 54 14.5 W2 2018 Monthly Report THUNDER CLAPS: HEY THERE, STRANGER: The current series marks the Thunder’s first matchup with the Yard Goats in 2018. The April: 12- 9, May: 20-12, June: 14-13, Thunder went 9-7 against Hartford last season and are 191-159 all-time against the New Britain/Hartford franchise July: 8-10, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 (dating back to Trenton’s inaugural 1994 season). Date Opponent Time/Result BUCKLE UP: The Thunder are amid a 20-game stretch in which they play only Eastern Division rivals. Following a 7/1 New Hampshire L 4-0 two-2-city7 road trip, the team now hosts Hartford and Portland for a seven-game homestand, and then will embark 7/2 New Hampshire W 8-6 on another two-city trip to Reading and Hartford beginning next Tuesday. Thus far, only 22 of Trenton’s 54 wins 7/3 New Hampshire L 4-1 have come against the East. 7/4 @ Altoona W 8-3 7/5 @ Altoona W 8-2 BROOM GOES THE DYNAMITE: Ryan McBroom has dominated Eastern League pitching across three stints 7/6 @ Altoona L 3-1 7/7 @ Altoona L 6-4 with the Thunder this season. The Virginia native has hit safely in 16 of the 18 games he has played for Trenton, 7/8 @ Altoona L 3-2 and has reached base safely in all but one game. McBroom owns a .347 batting average and a .413 on-base 7/9 percentage. 7/10 Police Game/HR Derby Grullon - REA 7/11 Eastern League All-Star Game West, 4-4 KEEP IT CLEAN: Over their last 15 games, the Thunder have committed just three errors. On Monday night, a 7/12 Richmond W 2-1 (10) third -inning throwing error by third baseman Mandy Alvarez was Trenton’s first error committed since July 13 7/13 Richmond L 7-6 (10) against Richmond, when an errant throw by Ryan Bollinger eventually gave way to two Richmond runs. The 7/14 Richmond W 5-3 team’s 69 total errors are tied for third-fewest in the league, and Trenton’s .980 fielding percentage is tied for third- 7/15 Richmond L 4-3 best, just three points lower than Altoona’s league-leading .983 mark. 7/16 @ New Hampshire L 4-2 7/17 @ New Hampshire PPD (Field) WHEN FAMINE STRIKES: In the Thunder’s 12 losses during the month of July, 10 have seen the team score three 7/18 @ New Hampshire (susp.) W 3-2 or fewer runs. Trenton has relied heavily on scoring early and often; the club has gone 14-39 in games in which they 7/18 @ New Hampshire (7-inning) L 3-2 have scored three or fewer runs. 7/19 @ Binghamton L 3-2 7/20 @ Binghamton W 10-3 HOME COOKIN’: The Thunder are six games above .500 at home this season (compared to just two over .500 (25- 7/21 @ Binghamton L 4-2 23) on the road). Trenton also owns a team ERA nearly one run lower at home (2.89) than on the road (3.82). 7/22 @ Binghamton W 9-2 7/23 Hartford L 4-0 7/24 Hartford 7:00 PM 7/25 Hartford 11:00 AM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 7/26 Portland 7:00 PM 7/27 Portland 7:00 PM Wednesday, July 25 vs. Hartford 11:00 AM RHP Brian Keller (6-7, 4.01) vs. RHP Ryan Castellani (5-9, 5.59) 7/28 Portland 7:00 PM 7/29 Portland 5:00 PM Thursday,+ July 26 vs. Portland 7:00 PM RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.25) vs. LHP Matt Kent (6-7, 3.44) 7/30 Friday, July 27 vs. Portland 7:00 PM LHP Ryan Bollinger (4-4, 5.34) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (6-7, 4.15) 7/31 @ Reading 7:05 PM Saturday, July 28 vs. Portland 7:00 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (2-7, 5.17) vs. LHP Dedgar Jimenez (6-6, 5.07) #24 Dillon Tate 2018 Game By Game: 6’2” – 195 – Age: 24 (5/1/1994) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/7 vs RIC W 6-2 W (1-0) 6.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 75/49 Born: Harbor City, CA Resides: Harbor City, CA * Also hit two batters, retired 12 in a row following 2nd inning single School: UC Santa Barbara Acquired: Trade, Texas (2016) 4/14 @ AKR W 1-0 --- 4.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 43/28 * Start ended after 1:41 rain delay, erased lone baserunner with DP in 3rd, faced 12 batters 4/20 vs POR L 6-5 --- 5.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 95/59 2018: Started season by holding opponents to .094 BAA, averaging 11.8 pitches * Needed 53 pitches to get through first 2 innings, allowed 2 baserunners in final 3 innings per inning in his first two starts… Suffered a tough-luck loss on 5/8 vs. Reading 4/27 @ NH L 4-0 L (1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 93/62 going a season-high 7.0 IP… Has gone at least 6.0 IP in 8-of-last-10 starts, * Allowed 3 runs in first two innings, retired 9-of-11 after 2nd inning RBI 1B delivered quality start 6-of-7 starts (5/8-6/15)… Since 5/8 (10 starts): 4-1, 2.83 5/2 @ POR W 9-8 --- 1.1 6 6 6 2 2 1 54/36 * 2nd Shortest of pro career (3x 1.0 IP in 2015) // TT rallied from 6-0 deficit after 2 innings ERA (19 ER in 60.1 IP)… Struck out a season-high 10 batters on 6/15 vs. Erie… Named to Eastern League All-Star Game, did not participate (quad)… Placed 5/8 vs REA L 2-0 L (1-2) 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 100/68 rd on DL on 7/12 (quad) activated on 7/24 to start vs. Hartford… *Allowed 2-run 2B to Nick Green in 3 , retired 12-of-last-14 batters faced 5/14 vs AKR W 3-2 (10) --- 6.0 3 0 0 4 6 0 99/61 *Lowered ERA from 4.60 to 3.82, allowed a baserunner in every inning 2017: Began season on DL (shoulder), made debut on 6/20 against Florida Fire 5/19 vs BOW W 9-4 W (2-2) 6.0 6 1 1 0 3 0 82/57 Frogs, going 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K… Struck out career-high 11 batters on 7/2 *Retired side in order in 4th and 6th inning // 52 pitches through 4 innings at Clearwater… Went 7+ IP in 3 of final 4 starts before call-up… 9 starts w/ 5/25 @ ERIE W 11-6 W (3-2) 7.0 5 4 4 1 8 1 103/69 Tampa: 6-0, 2.62 ERA, 58.1 IP, 48 H, 15 BB, 46 K (.221 BAA, 1.08 WHIP)… *Retired first 8 batters and 11-of-last-12.