Portland Sea Dogs ((Red Sox)) vs. Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) G1: LHP Daniel McGrath (1-0, 4.29) vs. RHP Will Carter (1-0, 2.21) G2: RHP Tanner Houck (3-3, 4.67) vs. RHP Deivi Garcia (1-2, 4.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Monday May 20, 2019 • 5:00 PM • Game 40 + 41 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): Rehabbing Mets lefty Jason allowed one run in four innings on 2.x East Division W L GB Streak Sunday afternoon and the Ponies earned a split of the four-game East Division W L GB Streak Binghamton 23 15 -- W2 Trenton 0 0 -- -- series with the Thunder with a 7-1 decision on Sunday afternoon. Trenton 23 16 0.5 L2 Binghamton 0 0 -- -- Reading 22 16 1.0 W4 Hartford 0 0 -- -- Luis Carpio, making his Eastern League debut, led the way with a Hartford 24 19 1.5 W2 New Hampshire 0 0 -- -- 2-for-3 day including a key two-run homer off Domingo Acevedo in New Hampshire 19 22 5.5 L2 Portland 0 0 -- -- the seventh inning. Jason Krizan added a solo shot in the eighth Portland 12 27 11.5 L6 Reading 0 0 -- -- inning to put the game away. West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak Harrisburg 29 13 -- L2 Akron 0 0 -- -- Albert Abreu turned in a solid start, navigating through a difficult Altoona 22 20 7.0 W2 Altoona 0 0 -- -- fourth inning, allowing just two runs in 5.2 innings. Abreu was Erie 19 20 8.5 L3 Bowie 0 0 -- -- tagged with his third loss of the season and struck out five in the Akron 19 23 10.0 L2 Erie 0 0 -- -- defeat. Bowie 16 26 13.0 W4 Harrisburg 0 0 -- -- Richmond 14 25 13.5 W2 Richmond 0 0 -- -- 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps THE MATCHUP: Less than two months into the season, the Thunder welcome the Sea Dogs to town for the third and final time this April: 15 -7, May: 8-9, June: 0-0, year. Trenton is undefeated against Portland in 2019, going 5-0 at ARM & HAMMER Park and 2-0 at Hadlock Field. The Sea Dogs July: 0-0, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 have lost nine of their last 10 games, including their last six in a row, their longest losing streak of the season. Date Opponent Time/Result BLAME IT ON THE RAIN: Tonight’s doubleheader is the fifth that the Thunder have played this season. In total this season, the 5/1 New Hampshire L 4-1 Thunder have experienced five postponements, two delays, one suspension, and one early completion. -27 5/2 @ Harrisburg L 7-4 NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Thunder are 14-4 at home this season, matching the 2007 Thunder for the best 18-game home start to 5/3 @ Harrisburg W 9-3 (6) a season in franchise history. The team has won each of its first five series played at ARM & HAMMER Park, partly thanks to the 5/4 @ Harrisburg L 6-5 pitching staff performing significantly better at home (2.72 ERA, .196 BAA) than on the road (4.71, .265). This series is part of an eight- 5/5 @ Harrisburg PPD (Rain) day, nine-game homestand, the team’s longest scheduled homestand of the year. 5/6 @ Richmond W 3-2 5/7 @ Richmond W 8-3 FEAST OR FAMINE: In five of their last six losses, the Thunder have been held to just one run. Trenton, however, ranks fourth in 5/8 @ Richmond W 10-0 the Eastern League with 175 total runs scored and is averaging 4.5 runs per game. 5/9 FULL CIRCLE: Infielder Hoy Jun Park established a season-high by driving in four runs in Friday’s win, including a go-ahead two- 5/10 Portland W 6-3 run single in the fourth inning. The four RBI matched a career-high for the South Korea native; Park drove in four on September 5, 5/11 Portland W 8-7 (12) 2016 as a member of the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs. Park plated a run in the seventh inning on a fielder’s choice and cleared the 5/12 Portland PPD (Rain) bases with a three-run triple in the eighth inning. 5/13 @ Harrisburg (G1) L 2-1 (7) 5/13 @ Harrisburg (G2) L 4-1 (7) ROOT, ROOT FOR RUTA: West Windsor, New Jersey native Ben Ruta leads the league with a .354 average, is tied for the league 5/14 @ Harrisburg L 6-4 lead with 10 stolen bases, and is second with 46 hits, 4 triples and a .444 OBP. Ruta also owns the team’s longest on-base streak this season (13 games between April 17 and May 6) and leads the Thunder with 14 multi-hit games. 5/15 @ Harrisburg L 5-0 5/16 Binghamton W 5-4 GITTEN’ AFTER IT: Chris Gittens also ranks among league leaders in numerous offensive categories. The Texas native leads the 5/17 Binghamton W 6-2 Eastern League with a .449 OBP and 1.053 OPS and ranks near the top with 26 walks (T-2nd), a .604 SLG (3rd), 28 RBI (4th), a .315 AVG 5/18 Binghamton L 3-1 th th (T- 4 ), and 8 home runs (T-5 ). 5/19 Binghamton L 7-1 5/20 Portland (G1) 5:00 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 25 players on the Thunder roster, 13 were drafted by the Yankees, nine were signed as minor league or 5/20 Portland (G2) DH international free agents, two were acquired via trade, and one was claimed off waivers. Sixteen of the 25 played under Patrick Osborn at High-A Tampa at some point in 2018. 5/21 Portland 7:00 PM 5/22 Portland 7:00 PM 5/23 Portland 10:30 AM 5/24 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM 5/25 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 5/26 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM Tues. May 21 vs. Portland 7:00 PM RHP Garrett Whitlock (2-0, 2.39) vs. LHP Darwinzon Hernandez (1-3, 4.10) 5/27 @ Binghamton 1:05 PM 5/28 Altoona 7:00 PM Wed.+ May 22 vs. Portland 7:00 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (0-2, 8.27) vs. LHP Dedgar Jimenez (1-2, 4.15) 5/29 Altoona 7:00 PM Thur. May 23 vs. Portland 10:30 AM RHP Rony Garcia (1-3, 4.22) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (3-5, 2.77)\ 5/30 Altoona 7:00 PM Fri. May 24 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM TBA vs. TBA 5/31 Harrisburg 7:00 PM #64 Deivi Garcia 2019 Game By Game: 5’10” – 163 – Age: 20 (5/19/1999) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/5 @ Lakeland L (0-1) 3.1 4 4 4 2 9 0 70/44 Born: Bonao, Dominican Republic Resides: Bonao, Dominican Republic 4/11 vs. St. Lucie L (0-2) 4.0 4 2 0 2 6 0 79/46 School: Acquired: Int’l Free Agent, 2015 4/17 vs. Bradenton --- 4.2 1 1 1 3 8 0 90/53 4/24 @ Charlotte --- 5.2 5 3 1 1 10 0 93/67 Ranked as #4 prospect in NYY system by MLB.com (#6 by Baseball America)… Features a fastball, curveball and change-up… Has struck out 58 batters in 31.2 IP 5/1 vs. NH L 4-1 L (0-1) 4.0 3 4 4 5 11 1 96/61 this season, 61% of outs recorded this season have been via K (58-of-95), 16.48 K/9 *GS to Mineo in 2nd inning, matched car-high with 5 BB // 9 of 11 K’s on FB, 2 on CH 5/8 @ Richmond W 10-0 W (1-1) 5.0 5 0 0 3 5 0 98/62 201 9: Made four starts with High-A Tampa to begin the season, fanning an FSL-best 33 *Allowed 1 H in each of 5 IP, all 5 K’s came on FB // Saez GS in 2nd inning batters in 17.2 IP and recording a 3.06 ERA… Transferred to the Thunder on April 30 when 5/15 @ Harrisburg L 5-0 L (1-2) 5.0 2 3 3 2 9 0 77/50 Garrett Whitlock went on IL (broken fingernail)… Was one of two teenagers (Harrisburg’s *Retired 1st 7 batters, allowed bases loaded 2B to Sagdal then retired last 7 batters Luis Garcia, 18) on an active roster in Double-A baseball at the time of his call-up, turned 20 after his 3rd start with TT… Each of his first three starts were getaway day games: 10:30am, 12:00pm, 10:30am… 2018: Began season in Extended Spring Training before heading to Charleston for 8 starts and went 2-4 with a 3.76 ERA (40.2 IP, 31 H, 10 BB, 63 K)… Made five starts with High-A Tampa going 2-0, with a 1.57 ERA, struck out 35 batters in 28.1 IP… Struck out a career-high 12 batters on 7/25 vs. Augusta and matched it in his first start with Tampa on 8/6 as part of a perfect 21-up, 21-down performance in a 7-inning game against Clearwater (A game they would lose in extra innings)… It marked the first time in nearly 26 years a team threw a no- hitter but lost in the Florida State League.