2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES HARTFORD YARD GOATS (30-42, 65-72), 6th Eastern Division (35-34, 72-64), 3rd Eastern Division (New York Mets) (Colorado Rockies) Saturday, August 31, 2019 • 6:35 PM NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY RHP Zach Lee (4-1, 2.45 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Dennis (5-3, 3.55 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and UCETA EXTENDS SHUTOUT STREAK: Adonis Uceta Yard Goats continue the final series of the season. earned his seventh save of the year with a perfect Overall Record: 65-72 ninth inning Friday. It was his 12th straight score- 2nd Half Record: 30-42 LAST TIME OUT: The Rumble Ponies won the series less appearance. He has not allowed a run since Home Record: 23-42 opener against the Yard Goats 4-2 Friday night. July 15. Since then he has pitched 17.2 scoreless Road Record: 42-30 Dustin Houle tied the game at one in the fourth frames with 16 strikeouts, eight hits, and no walks. Day Games: 12-17 with an RBI double. The Ponies took the lead in Night Games: 53-55 the seventh on an Andres Gimenez two-out RBI BINGHAMTON BASEBALL SHRINE INDUCTION: To single. Edgardo Fermin stole home as part of a commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bing- Vs. Eastern Division: 29-40 double steal to make it 3-1. Scott Burcham pulled hamton Mets’ 1994 Eastern League championship, Vs. Western Division: 36-32 the Goats back within one in the eighth with a Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher are being Vs. NL Affiliates 18-24 pinch-hit RBI single. Houle gave the Ponies an inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine Vs. AL Affiliates: 47-48 insurance run in the eighth with an RBI single. Presented by IBM. Isringhausen played with Bing- Adonis Uceta tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning. hamton for parts of the 1994 and 1995 seasons April Record: 11-8 before playing 16 seasons in the Majors. Pulsipher May Record: 19-11 PETERSON’S SHARP OUTING: David Peterson was in Binghamton in 1994 and 1997 and played June Record: 10-19 went 6.2 innings and allowed just one unearned in the Majors for six years. They were part of the July Record: 16-13 run on three hits and no walks. He struck out a trio known as “Generation K,” along with RHP Paul August Record: 9-20 season-high 10 and at one point retired 16 consec- Wilson. September Record: 0-0 utive batters. Ponies Score First: 42-18 DENNIS DELIVERS AT THE DISH: Hartford’s starter OPP Score First: 23-54 HOULE’S BIG NIGHT: Dustin Houle registered his Matt Dennis is 4-6 with a home run and two RBI in first three-hit night of the season Friday as he went two games against the Ponies. On August 10 at Lead after 7th: 39-2 th 3-4 with two RBI. It was his second multi-RBI game, Dunkin’ Donuts Park, he smacked a two-run home Tied after 7 : 7-8 both of which have come in his last four games. run, his only long ball of the season. Six days later Trail after 7th: 7-47 th at NYSEG Stadium, Dennis went 3-4 with two runs Lead after 8 : 41-1 3-2-1 FOR GIMENEZ: Andres Gimenez smacked scored. Tied after 8th: 6-6 th three hits with two stolen bases and one RBI in Trail after 8 : 3-48 Friday’s win. He knocked in the go-ahead run in COMING UP: The Ponies and Yard Goats play the Walk-Offs (W-L): 5-8 the bottom of the seventh. The Ponies’ shortstop third game of their four-game series Sunday at Extra Inning Games: 9-6 has gotten a hit in seven of the last eight games 6:35 PM. LHP Thomas Szapucki makes his second Shutout Record: 13-14 and is hitting .353 (12-34) with five RBI. Double-A start and faces righty Ashton Goudeau. 1-Run Games: 21-23 2-Run Games: 13-14 Eastern League Standings 3-Run Games: 9-11 4+ Run Games: 20-23 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 4-2-8 Reading 40 29 --- W1 6-4 Bowie 46 23 --- W2 7-3 Series Openers: 22-18 Trenton 36 33 4.0 L2 6-4 Erie 44 25 2.0 W1 2-8 Series Finales: 11-27 Rubber Games: 1-10 Hartford 35 34 5.0 L1 6-4 Altoona 33 36 13.0 L1 6-4 Series Record (W-L-S): 14-20-5 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 4-7 Portland 33 35 6.5 W2 5-5 Harrisburg 31 35 13.5 W1 5-5 New Hampshire 30 39 10.0 L1 4-6 Richmond 29 40 17.0 L1 5-5 Binghamton 30 42 11.5 W1 4-6 Akron 26 42 19.5 L5 4-6 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Sunday, September 1 6:35 PM Hartford Yard Goats LHP Thomas Szapucki vs. RHP Ashton Goudeau Monday, September 2 1:05 PM Hartford Yard Goats TBA vs. RHP Brandon Gold 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Starting Pitcher ZACH LEE 43 Age: 27 Hometown: Plano, TX HT: 6-4 th st Pro Experience: 9 season BIN (AA) Experience: 1 season WT: 237 Acquired: MiLB FA, 2019 B/T: R/R THE LAST THREE YEARS LAST START: Lee earned the win as he went a season-high 7.1 innings and gave up just one run YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg on four hits… He also struck out eight, matching a career-high in the Ponies’ 5-1 win at New Hamp- 17 El Paso (AAA) 2-5 7.12 16 14 0 67.0 89 55 53 11 34 43 .320 shire on August 25… The Rumble Ponies are 6-1 San Diego (MLB) 1-0 5.63 3 1 9 8.0 8 5 5 1 8 6 .250 when Lee starts. 18 Montgomery (AA) 8-1 2.31 13 12 0 74.0 72 23 19 4 20 59 .254 MLB EXPERIENCE: Lee has pitched in four games Durham (AAA) 4-5 5.02 13 13 0 71.2 86 44 40 6 15 48 .297 in the Majors. He started one game for the Los 19 Syracuse (AAA) 4-3 6.99 16 13 0 74.2 110 63 58 8 27 63 .345 Angeles Dodgers in 2015 and pitched in three Binghamton (AA) 4-1 2.45 7 7 0 40.1 34 13 11 3 5 31 .221 games with one start for the San Diego Padres in 2017. He has pitched a total of 12.2 innings in the MiLB Career 74-70 4.49 218 208 0 1122.1 1234 632 560 114 313 858 .280 Majors and owns a 1-1 record with and 8.53 ERA. MLB Career 1-1 8.53 4 2 0 12.2 19 12 12 2 9 9 .345 Double-A Career 26-15 3.12 61 57 0 322.2 307 130 112 26 82 272 .250 MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: Lee made his Major League debut with the Dodgers against the New York Mets on July 25, 2015. Former Rumble Pony 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS Michael Conforto registered his first MLB hit off Lee. DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT SY 4/9 ROC ND 2.2 10 5 5 0 2 4 16.88 W, 7-5 TRANSACTIONS: Assigned to New York Mets on SY March 4, 2019… Assigned to Syracuse (AAA) on 4/14 @PAW ND 4.2 4 2 1 0 4 3 7.36 L, 5-4 SY April 4… Assigned to Binghamton (AA) on July 7… 4/20 PAW W 5.1 4 1 1 0 0 4 4.97 W, 3-2 SY Assigned to Syracuse (AAA) on August 3… As- 4/24 BUF ND 4.2 10 4 4 1 0 4 5.71 L, 5-4 signed to Binghamton (AA) on August 19. SY 4/29 @LHV ND 4.0 4 4 4 0 3 3 6.33 W, 7-4 SY 5/4 SWB ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 2 4 5.08 L, 4-2 SY 5/10 @COL W 5.0 6 3 2 1 1 8 4.86 W, 7-4 SY 5/17 COL L 5.0 10 7 7 0 1 5 5.87 L, 14-3 SY 5/22 @LHV ND 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 6 5.89 L, 6-4 SY 5/27 SWB W 5.0 6 5 4 2 3 3 6.02 W, 9-5 SY 6/1 @PAW L 6.0 7 4 3 0 3 3 5.86 L, 4-2 SY 6/19 @CHA ND 5.0 8 4 4 3 1 4 6.78 L, 9-7 7/7 AKR ND 4.0 4 2 1 0 1 3 2.25 W, 5-2 7/12 @POR W 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 1.00 W, 5-0 7/18 @AKR W 6.0 5 1 0 0 2 2 0.60 W, 7-2 7/23 @REA W 5.2 5 1 1 1 1 3 0.87 W, 2-1 7/28 BOW L 6.0 7 5 5 1 0 6 2.36 L, 7-2 SY 8/3 @BUF L 3.0 11 5 5 0 0 3 6.99 L, 9-7 8/20 @BOW ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 0 4 2.73 W, 4-3 8/25 @NH W 7.1 4 1 1 0 0 8 2.45 W, 5-1 Ponies Record in Starts: 6-1 Run Support in Starts: 4.3 runs/game Key: SY - Syracuse Mets (AAA) AT THE PLATE YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 19 Binghamton (AA) .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro Career .113 133 15 8 9 0 2 0 0 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Position Player Notes BOHANEK, CODY Acq: Trade (HOU), 1/6/19 College: Illinois-Chicago Pro Exp (AA): 3rd season (1st) • Ponies: Made Rumble Ponies debut, 8/26 v POR… Registered first Double-A hit Career: 2018: Hit .214 with six home runs and 38 RBI while split- and went 1-3, 8/27 v POR (GM 1 ting time with Buies Creek (A+), Quad Cities (A) and Fresno (AAA) • Transactions: Assigned to Ponies from St.