Hartford Yard Goats ((Rockies)) vs. Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Brandon Gold (7-5, 3.84) vs. RHP Rony Garcia (1-6, 5.89) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Thursday July 4, 2019 • 7:00 PM • Game 82 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): The Thunder were swept out in a four-game series with the Portland Sea Dogs, dropping the finale on Wednesday, 9-2. d2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak *Trenton 38 27 -- Reading 11 6 -- W3 The Thunder committed a season-high 4 errors in the loss, Reading 39 28 -- Portland 7 8 3.0 W4 leading to six unearned runs off right-hander Garrett Whitlock; Hartford 37 30 2.0 Trenton 7 9 3.5 L4 Binghamton 34 29 3.0 Hartford 6 9 4.0 W1 who went five innings in the defeat. New Hampshire 31 36 8.0 New Hampshire 5 11 5.5 L3 Bobby Dalbec hit his third homer of the series in the fifth Portland 27 40 12.0 Binghamton 5 12 6.0 L5 inning, a two-run shot to make it 4-0. West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak *Harrisburg 42 28 -- Erie 13 2 -- W5 Mandy Alvarez accounted for the lone offense in the defeat Bowie 11 4 2.0 L1 Altoona 35 32 5.5 with a two-run homer to the opposite field in the fourth inning. Akron 34 35 7.5 Altoona 9 6 4.0 W1 It was Alvarez’s sixth homer of the season between Trenton Erie 31 34 8.5 Richmond 8 7 4.0 W1 and SWB. Bowie 30 38 11.0 Akron 6 10 7.5 L1 Richmond 23 44 17.5 Harrisburg 5 9 7.5 L1 *Denotes First Half Champions 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps THE MATCHUP: The Thunder and Yard Goats are scheduled to meet for a total of 14 games this season. This is the first of two April: 15- 7, May: 16-12, June: 14-13, visits for the Goats to ARM & HAMMER Park this year; Hartford returns in two weeks, July 18-21. Trenton owns the all-time head- July: 0-4, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 to-head series against the Hartford-New Britain franchise, 199-164. Date Opponent Time/Result SHOOT FOR THE STARS: After recent dry spells at the plate, Eastern League all-stars Ben Ruta (.289, T-5th) and Hoy Jun Park 7/1 @ Portland L 7-1 (.283, 8th) have both worked themselves back into the E.L.’s top 10 in batting average, with fellow all-star Chris Gittens not far behind (.28-20,7 10 th). Gittens leads the league with a .407 OBP, while Ruta is tied for third with 77 hits. 7/2 @ Portland G1 L 7-1 7/2 @ Portland G2 L 1-0 STALLING OUT: Over the four-game sweep in Portland, the Thunder scored a total of just four runs, were outscored 24-4, and 7/3 @ Portland L 9-2 went 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position. The team has been held to two or fewer runs in each of its last seven losses, and 7/4 Hartford 7:00 PM overall, is 12-27 when scoring three or fewer runs. 7/5 Hartford 7:00 PM 7/6 Hartford 7:00 PM CRAFTY KRISKE: Reliever Brooks Kriske has posted outstanding overall numbers, but has been especially dominant over his last 7/7 Hartford 1:00 PM 14 appearances. The Palm Desert, California native has allowed just two runs over 17.1 IP during that stretch, striking out 24 and allowing just 8 walks and 7 hits. *All-Star Break @ Richmond 7/11 @ Reading 7:15 PM LAIL MAKES ‘EM FLAIL: Right-hander Brady Lail, who didn’t make his season debut until May 27, joined the dominant Thunder 7/12 @ Reading 7:15 PM relief corps on June 5 and has held opposing batters to a .162 average. Lail has provided at least two innings of work in each of his 7/13 @ Reading 6:45 PM nine outings for Trenton and has recorded a brilliant 10BB/33K ratio over his 21.0 IP. 7/14 @ Reading 5:15 PM 7/15 @ Altoona 6:30 PM ONLY SHOOTIN’ STARS BREAK THE MOLD: On June, five Thunder players were named Eastern League all-stars: pitchers 7/16 @ Altoona 6:30 PM Daniel Alvarez and Deivi Garcia, infielders Chris Gittens and Hoy Jun Park, and outfielder Ben Ruta. The five selections were tied for second-most from any one team; only Richmond (6) is sending more. Trevor Lane will fill the roster spot of Garcia, who was 7/17 @ Altoona 6:30 PM selected to the MLB Futures Game. It is the first mid-season all-star selection for four of the five Thunder players selected; Lane and 7/18 Hartford 7:00 PM Park were both South Atlantic League all-stars for Single-A Charleston in 2017, and Lane was also a Florida State League all-star for 7/19 Hartford 7:00 PM Advanced-A Tampa in 2018. 7/20 Hartford 7:00 PM 7/21 Hartford 5:00 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 25 players on the Thunder roster, 16 were drafted by the Yankees, six were signed as minor league or 7/22 Akron 7:00 PM international free agents, and three were acquired via trade. Eighteen of the 25 played under Patrick Osborn at High-A Tampa at 7/23 Akron 7:00 PM some point in 2018. 7/24 Akron 11:00 AM 7/25 @ Erie G1 5:05 PM 7/25 @ Erie G2 DH 7/26 @ Erie 7:05 PM 7/27 @ Erie 7:05 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 7/28 @ Erie 7:05 PM Fri. July 5 vs. Hartford 7:00 PM RHP Brian Keller (0-0, 1.80) vs. LHP Matt Whitehouse (3-2, 5.60) 7/29 @ Erie 12:05 PM 7/30 Altoona (suspended game) 5:00 PM Sat.+ July 6 vs. Hartford 7:00 PM RHP Nick Green (1-1, 6.17) vs. RHP Ben Meyer (0-1, 22.50) 7/30 Altoona G2 DH Sun. July 7 vs. Hartford 1:00 PM RHP Nick Nelson (2-2, 3.78) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (0-0, 5.63) 7/31 Altoona 7: 00 PM *All-Star Break – Richmond July 10* #30 Rony Garcia 2019 Game By Game: 6’3” – 200 – Age: 21 (12/19/1997) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/4 @ Lakeland --- 3.1 3 3 2 2 4 1 65/41 Born: Mao, D.R. Resides: Tampa, FL 4/9 vs. St. Lucie --- 5.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 87/60 S chool: Acquired: Int’l Free Agent, 2015 4/14 @ Daytona --- 5.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 86/54 4/20 @ Clearwater L (0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 80/50 Features a fastball, curveball and change-up… 4/28 vs. Erie W 4-2 W (1-0) 5.0 1 0 0 4 8 0 101/55 st 2019: Has totaled 5 appearances, 4 starts with Tampa going 0-2 with a 2.16 *1 K shy of matching career-high, allowed 1 hit after 3.2 innings pitched 5/4 @ Harrisburg L 6-5 L (1-1) 4.2 8 6 5 3 3 2 89/54 ERA… Went five innings in each of his last four starts made for the *Had 5-2 lead after 2.5 innings, allowed 2 HR in 3rd // go-ahead run reached on error and scored vs. Lane Tarpons… Helped the Thunder earn a three-game sweep of Erie with 5 5/13 @ Harrisburg (G1) L 2-1 (7) L (1-2) 5.2 5 2 2 1 4 0 93/60 scoreless innings on 4/28, struck out eight; one shy of career-high… *Allowed three baserunners over first 5.2 IP // Allowed 3 2B’s to final 4 batters faced Suffered back-to-back losses at Harrisburg in his second and third starts in 5/18 vs. BIN L 3-1 L (1-3) 6.0 5 3 3 0 6 1 101/63 Double-A… Did not walk a batter in 6-inning start against Binghamton, *Allowed three baserunners through 6 innings, allowed two bloop doubles to start 7th did not walk a batter in 8-of-23 starts in 2018 between Charleston and 5/23 vs. Portland W 3-2 --- 5.2 4 2 1 1 5 1 102/75 st nd rd th th Tampa… Delivered a quality start on 6/4 at Hartford despite allowing *Solo HR to Asche in 1 , retired 12-of-13 batters across 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 innings 5/28 vs. Altoona W 6-5 --- 3.2 5 5 5 2 4 0 78/48 three solo home runs in a 3-0 loss… Transferred to Extended Spring *1 baserunner, 4 K through 3.2 IP before allowing 6 straight to reach, left after 25-minute rain delay Training on 6/5, made one start with Tampa on 6/10 and returned to 6/4 @ Hartford L 3-0 L (1-4) 6.0 5 3 3 0 4 3 97/62 Extended roster after the game… *HFD Combined no-hit bid broken w/ 1 out in 9th /// Career-high 3 solo HR’s allowed 2018: Split the season between Charleston and Tampa going 4-9 with a 4.31 6/10 vs.