Akron RubberDucks ((Indians)) vs. Thunder Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Jake Paulson (1-0, 5.23) vs. RHP Brody Koerner (1-0, 0.00) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday April 17, 2019 • 10:30 AM • Game 12 of 140 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): The Thunder won their fifth straight game with a come-from- 2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak behind, 7-6, decision in 11 innings on Tuesday night. Trailing 5- Trenton 8 3 -- W5 Trenton 0 0 -- -- 1 after two innings, the Thunder worked their way back with Reading 6 4 1.5 W1 Binghamton 0 0 -- -- two runs in the fourth and two more in the eighth to force Binghamton 4 3 2.0 L1 Hartford 0 0 -- -- extras. New Hampshire 5 7 3.5 W1 New Hampshire 0 0 -- -- Hartford 5 8 4.0 W1 Portland 0 0 -- -- Adonis Rosa delivered five scoreless innings in relief of Trevor Portland 2 7 5.0 L1 Reading 0 0 -- -- Stephan (3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 6 K) to give the Thunder offense a West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak chance to rally. Kaleb Ort fired a scoreless ninth and tenth Harrisburg 11 2 -- W2 Akron 0 0 -- -- inning to extend the ballgame and Domingo Acevedo earned Erie 6 3 3.0 W2 Altoona 0 0 -- -- the victory with his 11th inning on the mound. Richmond 6 4 3.5 L1 Bowie 0 0 -- -- Altoona 6 6 4.5 L4 Erie 0 0 -- -- Francisco Diaz recorded the game-tying RBI when his pop fly Akron 3 9 7.5 L2 Harrisburg 0 0 -- -- dropped into shallow right in the eighth inning. Brandon Bowie 3 9 7.5 L2 Richmond 0 0 -- -- Wagner sent Thunder fans home with a win with a base hit to left in the 11th, his third game-winning RBI of the season. 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps THE MATCHUP: Akron is one of just two Eastern League franchises (along with Bowie) against whom the Thunder have a losing April: 8-3, May: 0-0, June: 0-0, record in the all-time head-to-head series; Trenton is 136-138 against Akron. Although the Thunder have won four of their last five July: 0-0, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 series against the RubberDucks, the club’s last sweep of a series of three or more games with Akron came on July 18-20, 2013, when Akron was playing its final season as the Aeros. Date Opponent Time/Result 4/5 @ Erie L 11-1 HOME COOKING: The Thunder began their season 5-0 at home for the first time since 2013. The 2013 Thunder went on to win the Eastern-27 League Championship with sweeps of Binghamton and Harrisburg in the postseason. It is the third time in franchise history 4/6 @ Erie W 3-2 (11) the Thunder have started the season 5-0 at home (2013, 1999). The Thunder have never began a season 6-0 at home. 4/7 @ Erie L 16-5 4/8 @ Akron W 4-3 MEAN STREAK: The Thunder have won five games in a row, and seven of the last eight. With their victory Tuesday night, the 4/9 @ Akron W 7-2 Thunder have the chance to sweep Akron in a series of three or more games for the first time in six years. 4/10 @ Akron L 5-2 4/11 COME AND GIT IT: With his 4-for-4, five-RBI performance Monday night, Chris Gittens matched his career high for hits in a game 4/12 Portland W 3-2 (10) (twice prior; last on 5/21/17) and finished one RBI shy of matching his career high of six (6/16/16 for single-A Charleston). The four hits were also the most in a game by a Thunder player this season. 4/13 Portland W 1-0 4/14 Portland W 10-0 RED-HOT RUTA: Ben Ruta has been the most productive Thunder hitter so far this season. The West Windsor, New Jersey native 4/15 Akron W 8-6 leads the team with a .381 average (6th in the Eastern League), 16 hits (3rd in EL), and 5 doubles (T-3rd in EL) and 3 stolen bases. Ruta 4/16 Akron W 7-6 (11) has hit safely in eight of his first 11 games and owns the team’s longest on-base streak this season (7 straight games, April 5-12). He 4/17 Akron 10:30 AM also became the first Thunder player this season to collect three hits in a game, turning in back-to-back 3-for-4 performances on 4/18 @ Portland 6:00 PM Sunday and Monday. 4/19 @ Portland 6:00 PM THREE IN A ROW: Having made the Eastern League playoffs in each of their last three seasons, the Thunder look to match a 4/20 @ Portland 1:00 PM franchise record with a fourth consecutive postseason appearance. The team previously achieved this from 2005 to 2008, the final two 4/21 years of which saw the Thunder win their first two Eastern League championships. 4/22 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM 4/23 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 25 players on the Thunder roster, 13 were drafted by the Yankees, seven were signed as minor league or 4/24 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM international free agents, four were acquired via trade, and one was claimed off waivers. Seventeen of the 25 played under Patrick 4/25 Osborn at high-A Tampa at some point in 2018. 4/26 Erie 7:00 PM 4/27 Erie 7:00 PM 4/28 Erie 1:00 PM 4/29 New Hampshire 7:00 PM 4/30 New Hampshire 7:00 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: Thurs. April 18 @ Portland 6:00 PM RHP Albert Abreu (0-1, 6.75) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (0-2, 3.75) Fri.+ April 19 @ Portland 6:00 PM RHP Garrett Whitlock (1-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Denyi Reyes (0-1, 4.50) Sat. April 20 @ Portland 1:00 PM RHP Nick Nelson (1-0, 2.00) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (1-1, 8.00) Tues. April 22 @ NH 6:35 PM RHP Nick Green (0-1, 8.03) vs. TBA #24 Brody Koerner 2019 Game By Game: 6’2” – 220 – Age: 25 (10/17/1993) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/6 @ Erie W 3-2 (11)--- 5.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 75/43 Born: Winchester, VA Resides: Concord, NC *Worked through a 21-pitch first inning, retired 7-of-final-8 hitters faced. School: Clemson University Acquired: 17th Round, 2015 4/12 vs. Portland W 3-2 (10)--- 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 40/26 st *Game was suspended mid-3 and pitched through heavy rain… Induced DP in 1 2019: Fired five scoreless innings in first start of the season on 4/6 @ Erie…. 2018: Began season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (transferred on 5/20)… Made first appearance with Thunder morning after LHP Ryan Bollinger was promoted to NYY on 5/23, went 3.2 scoreless… Pitched 2 or more innings in 11 of 12 appearances for Thunder (including 2 GS)… Landed on DL 7/30 with SWB (hit in wrist with line drive by Gwinnett’s Phil Gosselin), did not pitch rest of season…Still matched career-high with 21 total appearances… 2017: Transferred from High-A Tampa 7/3… Later that week, was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week (2 G/2 GS, 13.1 IP, 0 R, 13 H, 1 BB, 7 K)… Began the season with Tampa: 6G/6GS, 36.2 IP, 4-1, 32 H (.229 AVG), 12R/10ER (2.45 ERA), 2 HR, 9 BB, 26 K (6.4 K/9)… Spent time on the disabled list from 4/6 to 5/26… in double-A debut 7/4 vs Reading, tossed 8 scoreless innings… Followed up by pitching 5.1 scoreless in his next start 7/9 vs New Hampshire… First double-A run allowed came 7/16 at Hartford when he allowed four first-inning runs… Went 6-3 with a 4.08 ERA in 12 starts for the Thunder (70.2 IP, 84 H, 20 BB, 45 K) 2016: Made five starts between Single-A Charleston and Single-A Tampa, combining to go 2-0 with a 1.85 ERA (34.0 IP, 22 H (.179 BAA), 8R/7ER, 5 BB, 29 K, HR)… Completed at least 6.0IP in all 5GS… 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA (20.2 IP, 13 H, 5R/4ER, 3 BB, 21 K) in 3GS with the RiverDogs… In his season debut on 4/11 vs. Asheville, recorded a career-high 9K over 7.0 scoreless innings (4H, 0BB)… Promoted to Tampa on 4/26 and went 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA (13.1 IP, 9 H, 3ER/3R, 2 BB, 8 K) in 2GS… Following the season, went 0-1 with a 5.85 ERA (20.0 IP, 24 H, 15R/13ER, 11 BB, 13 K) in 6G/4GS with Scottsdale of the Arizona Fall League… 2015: In his professional debut, combined with Rookie-level Pulaski and Single- A Charleston to go 3-1 with eight saves and a 1.23 ERA (29.1 IP, 27 H, 7R/4ER, 7 BB, 25 K) in 21G/0GS… Did not allow an earned run in 19-of-21G… Started the season with Pulaski, going 1-0 with five saves and a 1.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 14 H, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL HIGHS: 5R/2ER, 5 BB, 18 K) in 13G/0GS… Eastern League Highs Career Highs: IP: 8.0 IP 7/4/2017 vs.