2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES TRENTON THUNDER (33-26), 4th Eastern Division (35-25) 1st Eastern Division (New York Mets) (New York Yankees) Thursday June 13, 2019 • 6:35 PM NYSEG Stadium• Binghamton, NY RHP Nick Nelson (1-1, 2.65 ERA) vs. RHP Tommy Wilson (0-2, 9.24 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies contin- WALK AROUND THE PARK: The Rumble Ponies ue their three-game series against the Trenton and Thunder also have two of the league leaders Overall Record: 33-26 Thunder at NYSEG Stadium. It is also the last time in walks on their roster. Ponies third basemen Will Home Record: 10-14 these two teams play each other in the regular Toffey is tied for the EL lead in walks with 37 with Road Record: 22-13 season. Portland’s Bobby Dalbec. Thunder first basemen Day Games: 6-9 Chris Gittens is second with 36 base on balls. Night Games: 27-17 EVENLY MATCHED: Not just have the teams split the first ten meetings of the season (5-5), they THOMPSON’S HOT START: David Thompson was 3 Vs. Eastern Division: 14-20 have split the matchups at home. At NYSEG Stadi- -4 with two runs scored in the series-opener Vs. Western Division: 19-6 um, the two teams are 3-3 and at ARM & HAMMER against Trenton. Thompson already has had two Vs. NL Affiliates 10-5 Park the clubs are 2-2. games where he has finished with three hits since Vs. AL Affiliates: 23-21 joining the team on 5/31. Thompson has also TIGHT EASTERN DIVISION RACE: The Rumble gotten a hit in eight of the ten games he’s played April Record: 11-8 Ponies remain in fourth place in the Eastern Divi- in a Rumble Ponies uniform. May Record: 21-18 sion. The Thunder are now in first place by a half June Record: 0-0 game over Hartford and Reading, with Bing- BINGHAMTON STUD MUFFINS ON ESPN: This July Record: 0-0 hamton 1.5 GB. The first half of the regular season past Saturday the Rumble Ponies were recognized August Record: 0-0 ends on Tuesday, June 18th. in ESPN’s “Minor League Promotion of the Week” September Record: 0-0 for the “What if Night - Binghamton Stud Muffins” Ponies Score First: 22-6 BATTLE FOR BEST AVERAGE IN EL: Thunder in- evening this Friday against the Altoona Curve. The OPP Score First: 10-20 fielder Hoy Park now has the best average in the “Stud Muffins” were the runner up name in the th Eastern League with a .309 average. Braxton Lee 2016 “Name the team” vote resulting in the Bing- Lead after 7 : 19-0 th dropped to second place at .308. Lee drove home hamton Mets being rebranded as the Binghamton Tied after 7 : 2-3 th one of the two Binghamton runs last night hitting Rumble Ponies! Trail after 7 : 5-16 th into a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded. Lee Lead after 8 : 21-0 th now has 23 RBI. COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies continue their six Tied after 8 : 2-2 th -game homestand Friday opening up a three- Trail after 8 : 3-16 ALVAREZ BIG SERIES: Thunder third basemen game set with the Altoona Curve beginning Friday Walk-Offs (W-L): 3-1 Mandy Alvarez is 5-9 over the first two games of night at 7:05PM. Saturday night’s game begins at Extra Inning Games: 5-1 the series with 6 RBI. Alvarez is hitting .361 (13-36) 6:35PM, with a Fathers Day afternoon matinee at Shutout Record: 5-3 for the season in nine games against Binghamton. 2:05PM. 1-Run Games: 8-8 2-Run Games: 6-6 3-Run Games: 3-2 Eastern league standings 4+ Run Games: 14-9 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 2-0-3 Trenton 35 25 --- W1 4-6 Harrisburg 39 25 --- L1 5-5 Series Openers: 12-6 Series Finales: 5-10 Hartford 36 27 0.5 L2 5-5 Akron 33 31 6.0 W2 5-5 Rubber Games: 1-2 Reading 35 27 1.0 L2 4-6 Altoona 31 31 7.0 7-3 Series Record (W-L-S): 9-5-3 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 2-1 Binghamton 33 26 1.5 L1 3-7 Erie 30 30 7.0 5-5 New Hampshire 28 34 8.0 L2 4-6 Bowie 26 37 12.5 W4 7-3 Portland 22 39 13.5 W1 5-5 Richmond 23 39 15.0 W1 5-5 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Friday June 14 7:05PM Altoona Curve LHP Domingo Robles vs. RHP Harol Gonzalez Saturday June 15 6:35PM Altoona Curve RHP Pedro Vasquez vs. RHP Luc Rennie Sunday June 16 2:05PM Altoona Curve RHP Austin Coley vs. LHP David Peterson 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton rumble ponies STARTING PITCHER TOMMY WILSON 3 Age: 23 Hometown: Los Angeles, CA HT: 6-4 nd dt Pro Experience: 2 season BIN (AA) Experience: 1 season WT: 220 Acquired: Round 19 (2018, NYM) College: Cal State-Fullerton B/T: R/R SECOND TIME FACING TRENTON: Wilson made THE LAST THREE YEARS his Rumble Ponies debut at NYSEG Stadium against the Thunder on Memorial Day. He is still YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg looking for his first win with the Ponies. He was 4-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 8 games with St. Lucie before 18 Brooklyn (SS - A) 1-0 1.23 11 0 2 22.0 13 5 3 0 7 27 .163 being promoted on 5/25. 19 St. Lucie 4-2 2.01 8 8 0 44.2 33 13 10 1 14 36 .202 19 Binghamton 0-2 9.24 3 3 0 12.2 18 15 13 7 5 17 .340 2018 SEASON: In his first year of professional baseball, Wilson was 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA with MiLB Career 5-4 2.95 22 11 2 79.1 64 33 26 8 26 80 .216 short-season Brooklyn. TRANSACTIONS: Started season with St. Lucie, promoted to Binghamton on May 25, 2019. 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT 4/05 BRD L 5 7 4 4 1 1 2 7.20 L 4-2 4/13 FLO W 5.2 5 1 0 0 0 6 3.38 W 11-1 4/18 @PMB ND 3.2 7 3 3 0 3 4 4.40 L 8-4 4/24 @LAK L 5.1 6 3 2 0 2 1 4.12 L 10-4 5/1 PMB W 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3.04 W 2-0 5/8 @JUP W 6 4 0 0 0 1 3 2.48 W 5-1 5/16 @FLO ND 5 3 2 1 0 3 6 2.39 L 3-2 DUN W 7 1 0 0 0 1 5 2.01 W 3-0 5/27 TRN L 4 6 4 4 1 1 7 9.00 L, 11-2 6/01 POR ND 4.2 5 5 3 3 2 4 7.27 L 8-7 6/06 @HBG L 4 7 6 6 3 2 6 9.24 L 7-3 Ponies Record in Starts: 0-3 Run Support in Starts: --- 4.0 runs/game AT THE PLATE YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 19 Binghamton (AA) --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro Career ---- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton rumble ponies Position Player Notes ALCANTARA, ARISMENDY Acq: MiLB FA, 1/3/19 Pro Exp (AA): 11th season (3rd) • Ponies: Stroked go-ahead three-run double in comeback win, 4/20 @ ERI, Career: Played 167 MLB games over four seasons with CHC (‘14- G1...one of three Ponies on Opening Day roster with MLB experience ’15), OAK (‘16) & CIN (‘17)...hit .189 with11 HR in MLB career...has • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster hit .259 in 150 games over two seasons in Double-A career...four- time MiLB Mid-Season All-Star...2018: Batted .285 with 15 HR in 95 games with four teams in Mexican League...2013: Topps Double-A All Star with Tennessee (CHC: AA) BARNES, BARRETT Acq: MiLB FA, 1/29/19 College: Texas Tech Pro Exp (AA): 8th season (3rd) • Ponies: Launched homer in back-to-back games, 4/7 @ NH & 4/11 v ERI...third Career: Hit .292 in 161 games over two seasons with Altoona (PIT: season in Eastern League (Altoona: ‘15-’16) AA), 2015-2016...2018: Hit .246 with 12 HR, 24 SB with Sugar Land • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster...missed 10 games on IL, 4/17-4/28 Skeeters (Ind)...2016: Hit .306 in career-high 124 games with Curve...MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...2012-2014: Averaged just 33 games in first three seasons due to injuries Notes: Originally selected by Pirates in 1st round (#45 overall) in 2012...Big 12 Freshmen of the Year, 2010 GIMENEZ, ANDRES Acq: Int’l FA, 7/2/15 Pro Exp (AA): 4th season (2nd) • Ponies: Went 7-for-12 with three extra-base hits in three-game series in Erie, 4/18 Career: 2018: Hit .281 in 122 games between St.