2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES BOWIE BAYSOX (18-19, 53-48), 2nd Eastern Division (26-8, 56-46), 1st Western Division (New York Mets) (Baltimore Orioles) Friday, July 26, 2019 • 7:05 PM NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY RHP Harol Gonzalez (5-4, 3.39 ERA) vs. LHP Alex Wells (8-1, 1.83 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and BOWIE’S LIGHTS OUT PITCHING: Tonight’s starter, Bowie Baysox continue their four-game series at Alex Wells, leads the Eastern League in ERA at Overall Record: 53-48 NYSEG Stadium. 1.83. He has held opponents to a .216 batting 2nd Half Record: 18-19 average, which is third best in the league. Wells’ Home Record: 16-26 LAST TIME OUT: The Rumble Ponies beat the eight wins is tied for third most in the EL, along Road Record: 37-22 Baysox 3-2 in 11 innings on a Quinn Brodey walk- with five other pitchers. The Baysox also hold the Day Games: 10-12 off sacrifice fly that scored Andres Gimenez. Bowie second and third spots on the ERA leaderboard. Night Games: 43-36 struck first on a Carlos Perez solo homer in the Last night’s starter Zac Lowther ranks second, and second. The Ponies tied the game in the fourth on Sunday’s Bruce Zimmermann is third. Vs. Eastern Division: 23-26 Gavin Cecchini sac fly and took the lead on an Ali Vs. Western Division: 30-22 Sanchez RBI single. The Baysox evened the score BOWIE’S DIAZ REACHES 50 RBI: With his RBI sin- Vs. NL Affiliates 15-17 on a Yusniel Diaz RBI single with two out in the gle in the eighth Thursday, Yusniel Diaz drove in Vs. AL Affiliates: 38-31 eighth. Kevin Smith received a no-decision. He his 50th run of the season. He ranks tied for fourth allowed one run on two hits and struck out eight. in the league. Binghamton’s Patrick Mazeika is April Record: 11-8 third with 53 RBI. May Record: 19-11 PONIES WIN FIRST EXTRA-INNING HOME GAME: June Record: 10-19 Thursday’s contest was the first extra-inning game MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: The Ponies and Baysox July Record: 13-10 at NYSEG Stadium this season. The Ponies are now went a combined 3-25 with runners in scoring August Record: 0-0 8-4 in extra-inning contests. position and stranded 22 baserunners Wednesday September Record: 0-0 night. Binghamton went 1-13 with RISP and left 12 Ponies Score First: 37-14 ZANGHI DAZZLES: RHP Joe Zanghi (3-2) earned aboard. Bowie hit 2-12 with RISP and had 10 left OPP Score First: 16-34 the win with three scoreless innings of relief on 22 on base. th pitches. He retired nine of the 10 batters he faced. Lead after 7 : 34-0 th The three innings of work is tied for his longest THOMPSON STAYS HOT: David Thompson dou- Tied after 7 : 4-6 th outing of the year. He also pitched three innings bled in the fourth inning Thursday and has record- Trail after 7 : 6-32 th against Erie on April 20. ed a hit in eight of the last nine game. He is 11-35 Lead after 8 : 33-0 th (.314) and has 11 runs scored, nine RBI and four Tied after 8 : 5-5 th KRIZAN MAKES GAME-SAVING THROW HOME: homers in that stretch. Trail after 8 : 3-32 Jason Krizan made an inning-ending throw home Walk-Offs (W-L): 4-6 from left field in the top of the 11th inning Thurs- COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies and the Baysox Extra Inning Games: 8-4 day to end Bowie’s scoring threat. He is the reign- continue their four-game series Saturday night. Shutout Record: 7-4 ing EL Player of the Week. First pitch is slated for 6:35PM. 1-Run Games: 16-15 2-Run Games: 10-10 Eastern League Standings 3-Run Games: 8-7 4+ Run Games: 17-15 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 4-1-5 Reading 22 14 --- L1 5-5 Bowie 26 8 --- L1 7-3 Series Openers: 19-11 Binghamton 18 19 4.5 W1 6-4 Erie 26 9 0.5 W5 8-2 Series Finales: 9-16 Portland 16 19 5.5 L2 6-4 Altoona 17 17 9.0 L4 3-7 Rubber Games: 1-3 Series Record (W-L-S): 13-12-4 Trenton 16 20 6.0 L2 4-6 Harrisburg 15 18 10.5 W5 7-3 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 4-6 Hartford 15 19 6.0 L1 3-7 Richmond 14 20 12.0 W1 4-6 New Hampshire 13 22 8.5 W1 3-7 Akron 11 24 15.5 W1 3-7 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Saturday, July 27 6:35 PM Bowie Baysox RHP Tommy Wilson vs. RHP Mike Baumann Sunday, July 28 2:05 PM Bowie Baysox RHP Zach Lee vs. LHP Bruce Zimmerman Tuesday, July 30 6:35 PM Erie SeaWolves RHP Tony Dibrell vs. TBA 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Starting Pitcher HAROL GONZALEZ 31 Age: 24 Hometown: Santo Domingo, DR HT: 6-0 th nd Pro Experience: 6 season BIN (AA) Experience: 2 season WT: 160 Acquired: International FA, 3/26/14 B/T: R/R LAST START: Gonzalez earned the win with a six- inning performance at Akron on 7/21… He allowed THE LAST THREE YEARS one run on seven hits and struck out eight. YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg NO-HITTER: Gonzalez pitched 6 and 2/3 no-hit in- 17 Columbia (Low-A) 9-8 3.56 20 20 0 126.1 123 56 50 11 37 91 .257 nings on May 8th in Harrisburg against the Senators St. Lucie (High-A) 0-1 3.18 3 3 0 11.1 10 7 4 2 3 9 .222 to combine for Binghamton’s first no-hitter since 2006. Gonzalez was named Eastern League Pitcher of the 18 St. Lucie (High-A) 1-6 2.82 13 12 0 73.1 62 27 23 6 19 59 .223 Week following his performance. Las Vegas (AAA) 0-1 3.00 1 1 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 .182 CALLED UP TO SYRACUSE (AAA): Gonzalez was called Binghamton (AA) 0-9 7.79 9 9 0 52.0 79 48 45 10 17 30 .359 up to Syracuse (AAA) on 6/26…He made one start 19 Binghamton (AA) 5-4 3.39 16 15 0 90.1 79 37 34 12 23 85 .234 and allowed two runs on six hits over 5.2 innings. Syracuse (AAA) 0-0 3.18 1 1 0 5.2 6 2 2 1 1 4 .273 GOOD FOR FIVE: Has pitched five innings or more in MiLB Career 26-39 3.71 105 90 3 565.1 551 270 233 57 139 476 .254 31 consecutive starts, a stretch starting on June 2, Double-A Career 5-13 5.00 25 24 0 142.1 158 85 79 22 40 115 .284 2018 with St. Lucie...last failed to pitch at least five innings on May 26, 2018 (4.0 IP) with St. Lucie 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS RACKING UP K’s: Struck out season-high nine on 4/27 vs. Portland, surpassing his season-high 9 K’s in his first DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT start of the year at Erie on April 18...struck out career- high 11 with Brooklyn (SS-A) in 2016 4/18 @ ERI W 6.0 4 3 3 2 1 8 3.24 W, 7-5 4/27 POR W 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 9 2.03 W, 1-0 FINALLY FINDING #1: Earned his first career Double-A 5/3 @POR ND 5 9 5 5 2 2 5 3.93 W, 12-5 win in his tenth career start with Binghamton on April 19 versus Erie...had suffered loss in all nine starts with 5/8 @HBG W 6.2 0 0 0 0 2 6 2.88 W, 7-0 Binghamton in 2018...had suffered ten straight losses 5/15 ALT ND 6 7 4 4 3 0 1 3.48 L, 9-8 overall, including defeat with Las Vegas (AAA) on July 7, 2018...last win came on July 2, 2018 with St. Lucie 5/22 @BOW L 6 5 2 2 1 1 3 3.41 L, 2-1 (High-A) 5/28 @RIC ND 7 5 1 0 0 2 5 2.86 W, 2-1 (10) 6/2 POR ND 5 5 2 2 1 3 4 2.94 L, 6-5 2018 IN TOTAL: Went 1-16 with 4.80 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) with St. Lucie (High-A), Binghamton 6/7 @HFD ND 6 6 4 4 3 1 8 3.27 L, 8-4 (AA) and Las Vegas (AAA)...joined Ponies in early July 6/14 ALT L 6 6 3 3 0 3 9 3.39 L, 6-2 2018...allowed .279 opponent batting average across three stops in Mets’ system 6/21 RIC L 5.0 6 3 2 0 3 5 3.41 L, 4-1 SY PAW ND 5.2 6 2 2 1 1 4 3.18 W, 6-3 GAVE A LITTLE EXTRA: Surrendered 58 extra-base hits in 2018...allowed 35 doubles, 7 triples, 16 HR...40% of 7/1 @ERI ND 7.0 5 3 2 0 0 3 3.33 L, 5-4 total hits allowed went for extra bases 7/6 AKR W 5.1 7 5 5 0 1 4 3.68 W, 7-6 7/15 REA L 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 5 3.52 L, 4-1 LOOKING FOR OFFENSIVE HELP: In his 22 starts in 2018, his own team’s offense was limited to two runs 7/21 @AKR W 6.0 7 1 1 0 1 8 3.39 W, 4-1 or fewer 14 times...St.