Erie SeaWolves ((Tigers)) vs. Thunder Pork Roll ((Yankees)) RHP Casey Mize (5-0, 1.21) vs. RHP Nick Nelson (1-0, 2.00) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Friday June 7, 2019 • 7:00 PM • Game 56 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): The Hartford Yard Goats earned a series win over the Thunder with an 9-3 decision on Thursday night at Dunkin Donuts Park. 2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak Trenton 33 22 -- L1 Trenton 0 0 -- -- Colten Welker hit a three-run homer, the first of three Yard Goat Hartford 34 24 0.5 W1 Binghamton 0 0 -- -- homers, to cap off a 5-run second inning off Thunder starter Albert Binghamton 31 23 1.5 L2 Hartford 0 0 -- -- Abreu. Hartford expanded their lead to 8-0 with a solo homer from Reading 32 24 1.5 W1 New Hampshire 0 0 -- -- Alan Trejo, an RBI 1B from Tyler Nevin and a solo shot from Nevin New Hampshire 26 31 8.0 L2 Portland 0 0 -- -- in the 8th inning. Portland 20 36 13.5 L2 Reading 0 0 -- -- Zack Zehner led the Thunder offense with a 3-for-4 day at the plate West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak and scored from first on a two-run homer by Mandy Alvarez in the Harrisburg 37 22 -- W1 Akron 0 0 -- -- th Altoona 0 0 -- -- 7 . Kyle Holder followed Alvarez’s blast with his fourth homer of Akron 30 28 6.5 L1 the season to mark the third time this season that the Thunder hit Altoona 27 29 8.5 L2 Bowie 0 0 -- -- back-to-back homers. Erie 26 28 8.5 L1 Erie 0 0 -- -- Bowie 22 36 14.5 W2 Harrisburg 0 0 -- -- Richmond 21 36 15.0 W2 Richmond 0 0 -- -- 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps THE MATCHUP: After stumbling in the season-opening series against the SeaWolves, dropping two of three contests, the Thunder April: 15 -7, May: 16-12, June: 2-3, bounced back to sweep three games from Erie at ARM & HAMMER Park April 27-28. Including this year’s 4-2 record against the July: 0-0, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 SeaWolves, the Thunder have an all-time 130-79 record against Erie; the resulting .622 winning percentage is Trenton’s highest against any Eastern League franchise. Date Opponent Time/Result 6/1 Harrisburg W 2-1 FOUR’S A CROWD: With 12 days remaining in the first half of the season, three teams (Hartford, Binghamton, and Reading) are within-27 a game-and-a-half of the Eastern Division-leading Thunder. Of their 11 remaining games in the first half, Trenton will play 6/2 Harrisburg L 4-1 just three against a division rival (Binghamton, June 11-13). 6/3 6/4 @ Hartford L 3-0 BACK -TO-BACK JACKS: Consecutive home runs by Mandy Alvarez and Kyle Holder in the seventh inning Thursday in Hartford 6/5 @ Hartford W 7-2 was the third time this season that Thunder players have homered consecutively; it previously happened May 6 in Richmond (Angel 6/6 @ Hartford L 9-3 th th Aguilar and Jorge Saez, 4 inning) and May 27 in Binghamton (Brandon Wagner and Ben Ruta, 5 inning). 6/7 Erie 7:00 PM 6/8 Erie 7:00 PM WHATEVER IT TAKES: The Thunder are one of just two teams in the Eastern League (along with Binghamton) simultaneously owning an overall winning record and a sub-.500 record at home or on the road (21-6 home, 12-16 road). Additionally, Trenton is one 6/9 Erie 1:00 PM of only four teams in all of Minor League Baseball (joining the Iowa Cubs, Sacramento River Cats, and Frisco RoughRiders) to lead 6/10 Erie 7:00 PM their division in spite of a losing home or road split. 6/11 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM 6/12 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM GRACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Thunder are 20-8 this season in games decided by two or fewer runs. Three of the club’s last four 6/13 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM wins fit this description, and remarkably, eight of the club’s first 10 victories of the 2019 season also came by margins of two or fewer 6/14 @ Bowie 7:05 PM runs. 6/15 @ Bowie 6:35 PM TOUGH TIMES: Thunder regulars Chris Gittens, Ben Ruta, Jorge Saez, are each mired in slumps. Gittens, who still leads the 6/16 @ Bowie 1:35 PM league with a .419 on-base percentage, is 1-for-17 over his last five games and hitless in his last three; Ruta, who led the league in 6/17 hitting for the first month-and-a-half of the season, is batting just .136 (6-for-44) over his last 12 games; and Saez is 2-for-32 (.063) over 6/18 Richmond (Final day of 1st half) 7:00 PM his last 11. 6/19 Richmond 7:00 PM 6/20 Richmond 7:00 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 25 players on the Thunder roster, 13 were drafted by the Yankees, eight were signed as minor league or 6/21 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM international free agents, three were acquired via trade, and one was claimed off waivers. Sixteen of the 25 played under Patrick 6/22 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Osborn at High-A Tampa at some point in 2018. 6/23 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM 6/24 Reading 7:00 PM 6/25 Reading 7:00 PM 6/26 Reading 7:00 PM 6/27 New Hampshire 7:00 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 6/28 New Hampshire 7:00 PM Sat. June 8 vs. Erie 7:00 PM RHP Garrett Whitlock (3-1, 3.27) vs. RHP Matt Manning (4-3, 2.34) 6/29 New Hampshire 7:00 PM 6/30 New Hampshire 1:00 PM Sun.+ June 9 vs. Erie 1:00 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (0-3, 6.35) vs. RHP Anthony Castro (1-1, 5.71) Mon. June 10 vs. Erie 7:00 PM RHP Adonis Rosa (3-1, 3.40) vs. RHP Logan Shore (2-5, 4.47) Tues. June 11 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM RHP Deivi Garcia (2-2, 2.97) vs. TBA #14 NICK NELSON 2019 Game By Game: 6’1” – 195 – Age: 23 (12/5/1995) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/9 @ Akron W 7-2 -- 4.0 6 2 2 3 5 0 88/54 Born: Panama City, FL Resides: Panama City, FL * 50 pitches through 2 innings… Allowed 2+ baserunners in each of 1st 3 innings School: Gulf Coast State College Acquired: 4th Round, 2016 4/14 vs. Portland W 10-0 W (1-0) 5.0 4 0 0 6 7 0 106/57 rd th *Car-high 6 BB, Thunder-high 7 K… Stranded bases loaded in 3 and 5 innings Has made 5 starts with the Thunder and walked 3+ batters in 3 of them… Features a 6/1 vs. Bradenton W 4-0 --- 3.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 67/44 Fastball, Curveball, Slider and Change-up… *Allowed 3 H in 1st inning // Retired 9-of-final-11 batters faced // 14th career 7+ K game (61G) 2019: Began season on Thunder Opening Day roster… Walked a career-high six batters on 4/14 vs. Portland and earned his first win of the season (5 IP, 4 H, 6 BB, 7 K, 106 pitches/57 strikes)… Placed on IL (right shoulder discomfort) on 4/19… Activated to Tampa roster on 6/1 and threw 3.2 scoreless innings… 2018: Began season by making 5 starts with Charleston going 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA (24.2 IP, 18 H, 7 BB, 35 K)… Promoted to Tampa on 5/5 and went 7-5 with a 3.36 ERA in 18 appearances, 17 starts (88.1 IP, 69 H, 47 BB, 99 K)… Made spot start for Thunder on 7/22 @ Binghamton, returned to Tampa on 7/23… Went 2-2 with a 3.16 ERA (9 ER / 26.2 IP) with 35 K and 13 BB… Returned to Thunder on 8/26 and made spot start against Hartford in game to clinch Eastern League Playoff Spot… Started Game 3 of Eastern League Division Series against New Hampshire and suffered the loss, allowing three runs in five innings pitched… 2017: Spent the season in the Single-A Charleston rotation, making 22 starts and registering a 3-12 record and 4.56 ERA (100.2IP, 103H, 54R/51ER, 50BB, 110K, 5HR)…tied for the SAL lead in losses…after going 0-6 with a 6.34 ERA (38.1IP, 27ER) in his first nine outings, was 3-6 with a 3.47 ERA (62.1IP, 24ER) in his final 13 starts… 2016: Made his professional debut with Rookie-level Pulaski, going 0-3 with a 3.38 ERA (21.1IP, 14H 14R/8ER, 22BB, 19K) in 10 starts…held opponents to a .200 BA (14- for-70); LH .227 (5-for-22); RH .188 (9- for-48)… PERSONAL: Played two seasons (2015-16) at Gulf Coast State College (Fla.), where he went 13-5 with a 4.16 ERA (114.2IP, 108H, 64R/53ER, 49BB, 121K) in 22 games (21 starts)…had committed to play at the University of Florida before signing with the Yankees, would have joined a staff that included RHP Alex Faedo (18th overall, 2017 DET) and RHP Brady Singer (18th overall, 2018 KC)…graduated from Rutherford H.S.