2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS (25-31, 60-60), 5th Eastern Division (22-32, 53-68), 6th Eastern Division (New York Mets) (Toronto Blue Jays) Thursday, August 15, 2019 • 6:35 PM NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY RHP Tommy Wilson (4-4, 4.97 ERA) vs. RHP Nate Pearson (0-4, 2.84 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and CATS TURN TO TOP-PROSPECT PEARSON: Nate the Fisher Cats conclude their four-game series at Pearson takes the mound for New Hampshire. He Overall Record: 60-60 NYSEG Stadium. is the second-ranked prospect in the Blue Jays 2nd Half Record: 25-31 organization and 14th across baseball, according Home Record: 21-34 LAST TIME OUT: New Hampshire edged Bing- to MLB.com. The righty pitched a perfect inning of Road Record: 39-26 hamton 1-0 Wednesday night. Christian Williams relief in the 2019 MLB Futures Game last month. Day Games: 11-15 drove in the game’s only run with an RBI single in He is 0-4 with a 2.84 ERA in 15 starts for the Fisher Night Games: 49-45 the top of the fourth. The Ponies left seven runners Cats after being called up from Dunedin (A+) on stranded, including two in each of the fourth, fifth May 6. Vs. Eastern Division: 25-30 and ninth innings. Yennsy Diaz earned the win as Vs. Western Division: 35-30 he sprinkled three hits and four strikeouts over five HIGH AVERAGE VS. HIGH ERA REVISITED: Enter- Vs. NL Affiliates 17-21 innings. David Peterson allowed one run on five ing the series, the Rumble Ponies had the second Vs. AL Affiliates: 43-39 hits and three strikeouts over 5.2 innings. highest batting average in the Eastern League at .246 and the Fisher Cats had the worst ERA at April Record: 11-8 STINGY PITCHING: Over the first three games this 3.90. Over the course of the three games so far, May Record: 19-11 series, Binghamton pitchers have allowed just one the Ponies are hitting .176 (13-74). The Cats have June Record: 10-19 earned run and three unearned in 23 innings. In lowered their ERA to 3.85. July Record: 16-13 all three games, the starter lasted at least 5.2 in- August Record: 4-9 nings. The bullpen has tossed 5.1 scoreless frames. PONIES TO HONOR DEPOSIT SOFTBALL TEAM: September Record: 0-0 Prior to tonight’s game, the Deposit Central High Ponies Score First: 40-16 PONIES LOOK FOR SERIES SPLIT: The Rumble Po- School softball team will be honored for winning OPP Score First: 20-44 nies are looking to avoid dropping a fifth straight its fourth Class D New York State Championship in th series. Binghamton lost three out of four to Erie the last five years. The Lady Jacks completed the Lead after 7 : 36-1 th and dropped two of three to Akron, Harrisburg season a perfect 23-0 and defeated Alfred-Almond Tied after 7 : 5-7 th and Hartford. 8-0 in the state title game on June 15. Pitcher Trail after 7 : 7-39 th Makenzie Stiles was named the 2019 Gatorade Lead after 8 : 36-0 th LARGE’S BIG SERIES: Cullen Large is 5-9 with one New York State Softball Player of the Year. Tied after 8 : 6-5 th RBI over the first three games of the series. These Trail after 8 : 3-41 are his first five hits at the Double-A level. He went COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies begin a three- Walk-Offs (W-L): 5-6 2-4 on Wednesday after going 3-5 with a double game series with the Hartford Yard Goats Friday Extra Inning Games: 9-4 and one RBI in Tuesday’s doubleheader. He was evening at NYSEG Stadium at 7:05PM. RHP Tony Shutout Record: 13-9 called up from Dunedin (A+) on August 6. Dibrell takes the mound for the Ponies. 1-Run Games: 20-17 2-Run Games: 11-13 Eastern League Standings 3-Run Games: 9-11 4+ Run Games: 18-18 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 4-1-8 Reading 32 22 --- L2 6-4 Erie 38 15 --- W2 7-3 Series Openers: 21-14 Portland 27 26 4.5 L1 5-5 Bowie 36 17 2.0 W2 6-4 Series Finales: 10-23 Trenton 27 27 5.0 W1 6-4 Altoona 24 29 14.0 W1 5-5 Rubber Games: 1-9 Series Record (W-L-S): 14-16-4 Hartford 24 28 7.0 W1 6-4 Harrisburg 22 28 14.5 L1 3-7 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 4-6 Binghamton 25 31 8.0 L2 3-7 Akron 21 31 16.5 L1 6-4 New Hampshire 22 32 10.0 W2 4-6 Richmond 21 33 17.5 L2 3-7 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Friday, August 16 7:05 PM Hartford Yard Goats RHP Tony Dibrell vs. TBA Saturday, August 17 6:35 PM Hartford Yard Goats RHP Mickey Jannis vs. TBA Sunday, August 18 2:05 PM Hartford Yard Goats TBA vs. TBA 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 st Pro Experience: 2 season BIN (AA) Experience: 1 season WT: 220 Acquired: Round 19 (2018, NYM) College: Cal State-Fullerton B/T: R/R LAST TIME OUT: Wilson received a no-decision as THE LAST THREE YEARS he gave up five runs on six hits, three home runs and two walks over 4.2 innings in the Ponies’ 7-6 YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg 10-inning win at Hartford on 8/10 … He struck out seven, which matched his high at Double-A… The 18 Brooklyn (SS - A) 1-0 1.23 11 0 2 22.0 13 5 3 0 7 27 .163 Rumble Ponies have won each of his last five starts, 19 St. Lucie (A+) 4-2 2.01 8 8 0 44.2 33 13 10 1 14 36 .202 and he has earned the win in three of them. Binghamton (AA) 4-4 4.97 11 11 0 58.0 56 35 32 11 14 51 .250 SETTING THE STAGE: Wilson made his Rumble MiLB Career 9-6 3.25 30 19 2 124.2 102 53 45 12 35 114 .218 Ponies debut at NYSEG Stadium against the Thun- Double-A Career 4-4 4.97 11 11 0 58.0 56 35 32 11 14 51 .250 der on Memorial Day. He was 4-2 with a 2.01 ERA in 8 games with St. Lucie before being promoted on 5/25. 2018 SEASON: In his first year of professional baseball, Wilson was 1-0 with a 1.23 ERA with short-season Brooklyn. 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS TRANSACTIONS: Started season with St. Lucie, promoted to Binghamton on May 25, 2019… Acti- DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT vated from IL on July 14 4/5 BRDSTL L 5 7 4 4 1 1 2 7.20 L, 4-2 4/13 FLOSTL W 5.2 5 1 0 0 0 6 3.38 W, 11-1 STL 4/18 @PMB ND 3.2 7 3 3 0 3 4 4.40 L, 8-4 STL 4/24 @LAK L 5.1 6 3 2 0 2 1 4.12 L, 10-4 STL 5/1 PMB W 7 0 0 0 0 2 9 3.04 W, 2-0 5/8 @JUPSTL W 6 4 0 0 0 1 3 2.48 W, 5-1 5/16 @FLOSTL ND 5 3 2 1 0 3 6 2.39 L, 3-2 DUNSTL 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 6/13 TRN L 5 5 2 2 1 2 7 7.64 L, 4-1 (7) 6/20 @NH W 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 6.08 W, 4-2 6/25 ERI L 3.2 11 8 8 0 1 4 7.90 L, 10-5 7/14 @POR W 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 3 6.48 W, 3-1 7/22 @REA W 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5.49 W, 3-2 7/27 BOW ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 0 9 4.86 W, 2-1 8/2 @AKR W 7.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 4.56 W, 3-2 8/10 @HFD ND 4.2 6 5 5 3 2 7 4.97 W, 7-6 (10) Ponies Record in Starts: 6-5 Run Support in Starts: --- 3.6 runs/game Key: STL - St. Lucie Mets (A+) AT THE PLATE YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 19 Binghamton (AA) .200 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Pro Career .200 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Position Player Notes 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...Belted Career: Hit .292 in 161 games over two seasons with Altoona (PIT: three hits and five RBI, 5/3 @POR...Third season in Eastern League (Altoona: ‘15- AA), 2015-2016...2018: Hit .246 with 12 HR, 24 SB with Sugar Land ’16)…Season-high 10-game hitting streak, 6/27-7/11 Skeeters (Ind)...2016: Hit .306 in career-high 124 games with • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster...missed 10 games on IL, 4/17-4/28 Curve...MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...2012-2014: Averaged just 33 games in first three seasons due to injuries Notes: Originally selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1st round (#45 overall) in 2012...Big 12 Freshmen of the Year, 2010 BOSSART, AUSTIN Acq: Trade (PHI), 7/29/19 College: U.