Trenton Generals Game Notes Trenton Generals (15-18) vs. South Jersey Giants (18-16) LHP Matt Hornich (3-3, 3.02 ERA) vs. TBA Monday, July 27, 2015, 5:00 P.M., Game 34 of 40 Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ Radio: Matt Nelson, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/trenton-generals-baseball Twitter: @TrentonGenerals and @MattNel23 LAST GAME: 2015 ACBL STANDINGS LINDENWOLD, NJ: After Brian Uliana scored the game- tying run on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth, the Generals WOLFF DIVISION lost in extras to the South Jersey Giants, 6-5 in 10 innings at the Lindenwold Sports Complex on Sunday, July 19. Team W L T PCT. Allentown 27 3 0 .900 Joe Santospago put the Generals on the board with his second Quakertown 18 15 0 .545 home run of the season in the top of the second. The Generals South Jersey 18 16 0 .529 would tie the game 1-1. Lehigh Valley 8 27 0 .229 ACBL All-Star Mike Salvatore gave the Generals their first KAISER DIVISION lead in the fourth with an RBI sacrifice fly to center and make it a 2-1 game. Team W L T PCT. Staten Island 20 11 0 .645 David Osnato crushed his 3rd home run of the season in the Trenton 15 18 0 .455 top of the fifth to tie the game 3-3. North Jersey 14 18 0 .438 Jersey 9 21 0 .300 The Generals would retake the lead in the top of the seventh on an RBI groundout by Andy Lopez to make it a 4-3 NO BASEBALL... UNTIL NOW: When the Generals take the field, it ballgame will be their first game since July 19 when the Generals finished up a four- game road trip at the Lindenwold Sports Complex with the Giants. The Generals went 0-4 on the road trip and they haven’t won a game since July 13 at Mercer County Community College in a 4-1 win over the Staten Island Tide. It was also the last time the Generals played at home and was also the same day Jim Maher got his 100th career win as the Head Coach of the Generals. NOT THE LAST GAME: The Generals were supposed to play their season finale against the Giants, but Mother Nature has forced the Generals to play some makeup games following today. The Generals will play a home-and-home-series with the Tide on Tuesday at home and Thursday at the College of Staten Island. The Generals will then play a doubleheader at the North Jersey Eagles and the Jersey Pilots on Saturday and Sunday to wrap up the regular season. THE ALL-STAR GAME: Four Generals players had the opportunity to play in the 21st annual ACBL All-Star Game in Quakertown, PA on Thursday night. Mike Salvatore, the only position player from the Generals, went 2-4 with the game-tying RBI single in the top of the ninth and a strikeout. Matt Hornich got the call to start the All-Star Game pitching the opening inning and allowed no runs on one hit, no walks and two strikeouts. Karl Blum got to pitch the fourth inning and gave up no runs on one hit, no walks and two strikeouts. Cole Creighton was on the mound for the seventh inning and gave up no runs on no hits, a walk and a strikeout for the Kaiser Division All-Stars. HOT STREAKS: Andy Lopez has been one of the hottest player for the Generals in the midst of their four-game losing streak. Lopez is 5-15 (.333) during this skid with four doubles, two runs scored, and a strikeout in the last four games. Joe Santospago is 4-11 (.364) with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI. Brian Lawler is 4-13 (.308) during this losing streak with a double, an RBI, a walk, four strikeouts and a hit-by-pitch in the last four games. Mike Pfenninger has also done well in this stretch. Pfenninger is 4-12 (.333) with a double, a run scored, two stolen bases, four strikeouts and a hit-by-pitch over the last four games. STARTING PITCHER: Hornich will make his seventh start of the season when the Generals take the field. Hornich last pitched when the Generals played at the Giants on July 19. He gave up two runs on one hit, three walks and two strikeouts in 2.2 innings. Hornich received a no- decision for his efforts. For more on Hornich, please see next page. UPCOMING GAMES Tues. July 28: vs. Staten Island 5:00 P.M. Sun. Aug. 2: @ Jersey 4:30 P.M. Thurs. July 30: @ Staten Island 6:00 P.M. Sun. Aug. 2: @ Jersey 6:30 P.M. Sat. Aug. 1: @ North Jersey 1:00 P.M. END OF REGULAR SEASON Sat. Aug. 1: @ North Jersey 3:00 P.M. TRENTON GENERALS STARTING PITCHER LHP #42 Matt Hornich 6’5”, 230 lbs. LHP, Age 19, Hillsborough, PA, University of Delaware, Hillsborough High School GAME-BY-GAME STATS OPPONENT RESULT DEC. IP R ER H SV BB K JULY 19: @ South Jersey 6-5 L - 2.2 2 2 1 0 3 2 JULY 11: @ Lehigh Valley 4-3 W W 5.0 3 3 2 0 2 3 JULY 5: vs. Lehigh Valley 2-1 W - 7.1 1 1 5 0 4 7 JULY 2: vs. North Jersey 4-3 W W 2.1 0 0 1 0 1 5 JUNE 27: vs. Jersey 1-0 L L 5.1 1 1 6 0 4 5 JUNE 20: vs. North Jersey 2-1 L L 5.0 2 1 7 0 2 6 JUNE 10: @ Jersey 4-3 L L 6.0 4 4 4 0 4 2 JUNE 4: vs. South Jersey 4-1 W W 5.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 TOTLAS: 38.2 14 13 27 0 23 31 0-1, 15.68 ERA in 7 games (3 starts), 10.1 IP, 18 R, 21 H, 10 BB, 7 K as a freshman at Delaware Undecided Major A two-sport athlete in high school, where he also played basketball 4-3, 47 IP, 22 R (20 ER), 26 BB, 52 K in three years as a high school pitcher Once threw over 125 pitches in a 2014 Somerset County Tournament game Batted .372 with 3 HR, 15 RBIs while playing 1st base Named 2nd Team All-Area, All-Conference and All-County in 2012 Named 3rd Team All-Conference and All-County in 2013 Selected 1st Team All-Conference, All-Area, All-County and named County Tournament MVP in 2014 Averaged 8.1 pts. in four years on the basketball team Son of Wendy and Ed Hornich Brother of Emma Grandfather Joe Melick played football at Rutgers, graduated in 1958 Father Ed played baseball at Salem College (Winston Salem, NC) 2015 Season By the Numbers Overall Record: 15-18 June: 6-13 Seven-Inning Games: 11-12 Games behind: 6.0 July: 9-5 Nine-Inning Games: 4-6 Home Record: 9-9 Road Record: 6-9 Generals score first: 9-2 vs. Kaiser Division: 9-9 Last 5 games: 1-4 Opponents score first: 6-16 vs. Wolff Division: 6-9 Last 10 games: 5-5 Shutouts: 3-6 vs. Allentown: 0-4 Ahead after six: 14-0 vs. Jersey: 2-4 Last Road Trip: 0-4 Tied after six: 1-3 vs. Lehigh Valley: 4-0 Streak: L4 Trailing after 6: 0-15 vs. North Jersey: 5-1 Ahead after seven: 12-0 vs. South Jersey: 1-2 Sunday: 4-4 Tied after seven: 3-1 vs. Staten Island: 2-4 Monday: 3-1 Trailing after seven: 0-17 vs. Quakertown: 1-3 Tuesday: 1-3 Ahead after eight: 5-0 Wednesday: 1-2 Tied after eight: 2-0 Thursday: 3-0 Trailing after eight: 0-6 Friday: 0-2 Saturday: 3-6 One-run games: 7-4 Two-run games: 1-2 Day (before 6:00 P.M.): 12-12 Extra Innings: 3-2 Night: 3-6 TRENTON GENERALS POSITION PLAYER NOTES # 1 Michael Pfenninger Last Game: 2-5, 2B, 2 K INF/OF Current Streak: 1 (Since July 19) 5’11”, 160 lbs. Long Streak: 6 (July 2-July 7) Hometown: Berlin, NJ Recent Road Trip: 4-12, 2B, R, SB, HBP, 4 K College: Manhattan College High School: Hunterdon Central High School Last Game: July 19 SEASON STATS AVG. GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-ATT DP E 2015: .272 31 81 14 22 5 0 0 3 7 6 21 0 1 5-5 3 7 2015 (COLLEGE STATS): Batted .172 with 9 RBIs in 45 games played for the Manhattan Jaspers… Also stole 3 bases in 5 attempts whole posting a .913 fielding percentage… PERSONAL: Hit .423 with 22 hits in 52 at-bats in three years at Hunterdon Central High School... Split time at 1st base and 3rd base… Played on the New Jersey Super 18U team in 2013…Business Major at Manhattan College… Would like to be a coach after college… TRENTON GENERALS POSITION PLAYER NOTES #2/19 Matt Iantosca Last game: 0-2, BB, 2 K, CS C/INF Current Streak: - 5’11”, 190 lbs. Long Streak: 2 (July 5-July 7) Hometown, Randolph, NJ Recent Road Trip: - College: Marist College High School: Randolph High School Last Game: July 11 SEASON STATS AVG. GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-ATT DP E 2015: .158 17 38 5 6 3 0 0 5 7 1 4 0 1 1-2 0 1 2015 (COLLEGE STATS): Batted .500 (1-2) with a run and a walk in just three games for the Marist Red Foxes… PERSONAL: Originally played as an infielder before transitioning to a catcher in his freshman year at Randolph High School… Part of the 2013 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1 Group 4 State Championship team… All-NJAC National Division Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior while splitting time between 3rd base and shortstop… Also received offers from Seton Hall, Fordham and Iona… #4 Michael Salvatore Last Game: 1-3, 2B, R, RBI, BB, SF, K INF Current Streak: 1 (Since July 19) 5’11”, 170 lbs.