2018 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES New Hampshire Fisher Cats (4-6), 3rd Eastern Division, 3.5 GB (8-3), 1st Eastern Division, 2.5 GA (New York Mets) (Toronto Blue Jays) Thursday, April 19, 2018 • 10:35 AM Northeast Delta Dental Stadium • Manchester, NH RHP Andrew Church (0-1, 6.48) vs. RHP Jordan Romano (1-0, 1.50) Broadcast: CBS SportsRadio 1360 AM WYOS, MiLB.TV RUMBLE PONIES COMEBACK FALLS SHORT: De- IRON HORSES: 1B Peter Alonso and SS Andrew Ely Ponies at a Glance spite scoring two runs in the ninth inning, Bing- are the only Rumble Ponies to start in each of the hamton couldn’t get the tying run home in a 5-4 Overall Record: 4-6 first 10 games at the same position. INF Levi Mi- loss at New Hampshire on Wednesday night. The Home Record: 3-3 chael (3B, 2B) and Patrick Mazeika (C, DH) are the Rumble Ponies briefly tied the game in the sixth Road Record: 1-3 only other Rumble Ponies to start every game this inning, but allowed the first run for the seventh season. Current Streak: L1 time this season. Day Games: 2-1 UNLUCKY NUMBER SEVEN: Rumble Ponies starters BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Andrew Church Night Games: 2-5 have failed to pick up the win in their last seven makes his third start of the season and first not games. Binghamton is (1-6) during that span, Vs. Eastern Division: 4-3 against the Portland Sea Dogs. After facing Port- while Nabil Crismatt is the only starter on the ros- Vs. Western Division: 0-3 land at home on April 7, Church lasted four in- ter with a win. nings at Portland on April 13 in a 4-2 loss. The Vs. NL Affiliates 0-0 righty gave up all four runs and, for the first time Vs. AL Affiliates: 4-6 HEISMAN STILL HEATING: OF Tim Tebow finished since August 10, 2016, did not strike anyone out. Wednesday night 1-for-3, extending his hitting April Record: 4-6 streak to five games. He matches Peter Alonso, May Record: 0-0 IT’S ALL IN THE HITS: After falling to reach double who currently rides a four-game hitting streak, for June Record: 0-0 digit hits in the first eight games of the season, the longest Rumble Ponies hitting streak this sea- July Record: 0-0 Binghamton has back-to-back 10-hit games. Even son. August Record: 0-0 so, the Rumble Ponies have allowed at least 10 hits September Record: 0-0 in three straight games and are (1-2) in the three RISP-Y BUSINESS: On Wednesday night, Bing- Sunday Record: 1-0 contests. hamton had a season-high 11 at-bats with runners Monday Record: 0-1 in scoring position. The Ponies collected three hits RUMBLE BLUNDERS: Binghamton broke a season- Tuesday Record: 1-1 in those spots - two in the ninth inning and two by best three game errorless streak by committing a Wednesday Record: 0-2 Patrick Mazeika. Binghamton’s 4-for-9 effort with pair on Wednesday night. It’s the second time this Thursday Record: 1-0 runners in scoring position on April 9 against Ak- season the Rumble Ponies have committed two Friday Record: 0-1 ron remains a season-best. errors, both in losses. Saturday Record: 1-1 UP NEXT: The Rumble Ponies return home to Ponies Score First: 3-0 FOLLOW THE (NEW) LEADER: On Wednesday, begin a six-game homestand starting with Erie on OPP Score First: 1-6 John Mora batted first in the lineup for the first Friday night. RHP Nabil Crismatt starts for Bing- Out-hit OPP 1-0 time this season. Andrew Ely has done it seven hamton against RHP Spencer Turnbull. First pitch is Equal in Hits 2-0 times, while Levi Michael just twice. scheduled for 7:05 PM from NYSEG Stadium. Out-hit by OPP 1-5 Lead after 7th: 3-0 Tied after 7th: 1-0 Eastern league standings th Trail after 7 : 0-6 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 Lead after 8th: 4-0 Tied after 8th: 0-0 New Hampshire 8 3 --- W1 7-3 Richmond 10 3 --- W6 9-1 Trail after 8th: 0-6 Trenton 6 6 2.5 L1 5-5 Akron 7 5 2.5 W3 6-4 Walk-Offs (W-L): 0-0 Binghamton 4 6 3.5 L1 4-6 Altoona 6 5 3.0 L3 5-5 Rubber Games: 0-0 Reading 5 8 4.0 W1 5-5 Bowie 6 6 3.5 L3 5-5 Extra Inning Games: 0-0 Shutout Record: 1-1 Portland 4 7 4.0 L2 4-6 Harrisburg 5 6 4.0 L1 4-6 1-Run Games: 2-1 Hartford 4 8 4.5 W2 4-6 Erie 5 7 4.5 W1 3-7 2-Run Games: 1-1 3-Run Games: 0-2 4+ Run Games: 1-1 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 0-0-0 Fri, April 20 Erie 7:05 PM RHP Nabil Crismatt vs. RHP Spencer Turnbull Series Openers: 1-2 Sat, April 21 Erie 3:05 PM RHP Mickey Jannis vs. RHP Kyle Funkhouser Series Finales: 1-2 Sun, April 22 Erie 2:05 PM RHP Marcos Molina vs. TBA Series Record (W-L-S): 1-2-0 Mon, April 23 New Hampshire 6:35 PM TBA vs. TBA 2018 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton rumble ponies Starting Pitcher ANDREW CHURCH 18 Age: 23 Birthdate: October 7, 1994 HT 6-2 Birthplace: Las Vegas, NV Resides: Henderson, NV th nd WT 200 Pro Experience: 6 season BIN (AA) Experience: 2 season Acquired: 2nd Round, June 2013 Draft B/T R/R LAST TIME OUT: Lasted four innings in Portland YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg after giving up four runs on seven hits...second start in six days against the Sea Dogs...did not 13 GCL Mets (R) 3-3 5.91 9 6 0 35.0 49 26 23 2 8 19 .336 have any strikeouts 14 Kingsport (R) 3-5 4.61 11 11 0 52.2 73 39 27 1 14 31 .326 TAKE ME TO CHURCH: Begins season on a Dou- 15 GCL Mets (R) 1-0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 3 .333 ble-A roster for first time in career...tossed career Brooklyn (SS-A) 2-3 5.18 9 8 0 41.2 49 28 24 3 11 22 .292 -high 152.0 innings last season with St. Lucie (High-A)...made one start with Binghamton 16 St. Lucie (High-A) 2-1 3.60 6 6 0 35.0 31 16 14 1 14 22 .242 CAREER YEAR: Ranked 2nd in Florida State Las Vegas (AAA) 0-1 6.75 1 0 0 4.0 7 3 3 0 1 4 .368 League in innings pitched in 2107...started all Columbia (Low-A) 5-2 2.22 9 9 0 56.2 38 16 14 4 10 52 .191 25 games...95 strikeouts were also a career-best, shattering his previous high of 52, set in 2016 17 Binghamton (AA) 0-1 19.29 1 1 0 4.2 10 10 10 2 6 3 .500 with Columbia (Low-A) St. Lucie (High-A) 12-8 4.62 25 25 0 152.0 183 85 78 13 25 95 .297 FIREY FINISH: Church wrapped up the 2017 MiLB Career 28-24 4.54 73 66 0 384.2 444 224 194 27 90 251 .290 campaign by winning his final four starts and six of his last eight...each of his final four outings 2017 Game-by-Game Results resulted in a quality start, allowing seven runs over 28.0 innings DATE OPP D IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA RESULT 4/7 POR - 4.1 6 2 2 1 6 1 4.15 W, 5-3 WIN CITY: Collected16 wins in his first four pro- fessional seasons...in 2017 he posted a personal- 4/13 @POR L 4.0 7 4 4 2 0 1 6.48 L, 4-2 best 12 victories, all with St. Lucie FRESH START: In his only previous Double-A appearance on 7/19/17, Church and the Rum- ble Ponies fell, 11-4, to Akron at NYSEG Stadi- um...Church lasted 4.2 IP, allowing 10 runs on 10 hits...the right-hander also gave up 2 HR, while walking 6 NEARLY FLAWLESS: Despite making a career- high 26 starts between a pair of Mets affiliates in 2017, Church made just one error...he’s commit- ted just three errors in his five-year professional career over 73 games (66 starts) and 384.2 in- nings MEET THE METS: In the offseason, Church trains with current New York Met & former Bing- hamton Met Paul Sewald...both call Las Vegas home and attended Bishop Gorman HS...both work with trainer Tim Soder 2018 TRANSACTIONS: Ponies Opening Day roster BACKGROUND: Originally committed to Univer- sity of San Diego before signing with Mets...attended three different high schools (Bishop Gorman, Palo Verde, Basic) Ponies Record in Starts: 1-1 Run Support in Starts: 3.5 Runs/gm Underline: Season High RUMBLE PONIES Starting Rotation & Bullpen W L CG SV SVO IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Starters 2 6 0 --- --- 47.1 53 26 25 11 39 3 4.75 Bullpen 2 0 --- 3 3 39.2 27 10 10 15 55 1 2.27 2018 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton rumble ponies Position Player Notes ALONSO, PETER B/T: R/R Ht: 6-3 Wt: 245 Age: 23 16 Acquired: Two-run HR on first at-bat of the season, 4/5 v POR Career Notes: 2017: Started season with St.