2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES HARRISBURG SENATORS (30-21), T-2nd Eastern Division (35-21) 1st Western Division (New York Mets) (Washington Nationals) Tuesday June 4, 2019 • 6:30 PM FNB Field• Harrisburg, PA LHP David Peterson (2-2, 4.14ERA) vs. RHP Mario Sanchez (3-2, 5.91 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies open PETERSON BACK IN HARRISBURG : Tonight’s Po- up a three-game series against the Harrisburg nies starter LHP David Peterson is facing the Sena- Overall Record: 30-21 Senators tonight at FNB Field. The Ponies swept tors for a second straight time. Peterson in his first Home Record: 9-13 the Senators in their first meeting in Harrisburg start at FNB Field allowed three hits and one run Road Record: 21-8 May 7th through the 9th. over five getting the no-decision as the Ponies Day Games: 6-8 went on to the 5-3 win in 11 to sweep the series. Night Games: 24-13 TOUGH WEEKEND FO R THE PONIES: The Rum- ble Ponies are coming off being swept for the first TWO VERY DIFFERENT TEAMS: The Senators are Vs. Eastern Division: 12-17 time this season, and it came at home against the second in the Eastern League in home runs going Vs. Western Division: 18-4 team with the worst record in the Eastern League, deep 47 times while the Rumble Ponies are last Vs. NL Affiliates 8-1 the Portland Sea Dogs.. The Ponies have tied their with 32. The Ponies though have 47 stolen bases Vs. AL Affiliates: 22-20 season-high with a three-game losing streak. on the year (5th in the EL) while the Senators have just stolen twenty bases all year, last in the EL. April Record: 11-8 GUT-WRENCHING LOSSES; The Ponies had leads May Record: 19-13 in both Saturday and Sunday’s first games of LEE ENJOYS CITY ISLAND: Ponies center fielder June Record: 0-0 scheduled doubleheaders. On Saturday, Bing- Braxton Lee returned from Triple-A Syracuse on July Record: 0-0 hamton held a 7-5 lead and the Sea Dogs came 5/29...in his first series at City Island Lee hit .333 (5- August Record: 0-0 back to win 8-7. On Sunday, Binghamton was up 15) with two runs scored and four RBI. Lee is cur- September Record: 0-0 5-4 in the seventh, but the Sea Dogs scored two in rently hitting .296 with 1 homer and 19 RBI with Ponies Score First: 20-3 the seventh to pull out the 6-5 win. On Friday, the the Ponies. OPP Score First: 10-18 Ponies suffered their most lopsided loss of the year Out-hit OPP 22-5 falling 20-2 to Portland. MLB DRAFT: The Mets selected third-basemen Equal in Hits 4-4 Brett Baty out of Lake Travis High School (TX) with Out-hit by OPP 2-12 EAST VS. WEST: The Rumble Ponies are 18-4 the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2019 th against the Western Division but only 12-17 First-Year Player Draft last night. Lead after 7 : 17-0 th against the East., Tied after 7 : 2-3 th COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies continue their Trail after 7 : 4-11 th UNCOOPERATIVE WEATHER: The Rumble Ponies series against the Senators on Wednesday and Lead after 8 : 18-0 th were scheduled to play a doubleheader on Satur- Thursday evening. They then head to Portland for Tied after 8 : 2-2 th day...but Game 2 was rained out. The DH was a three-game series beginning Friday night at Trail after 8 : 3-11 rescheduled for Sunday, but Game 2 was also Dunkin’ Donuts Park. Walk-Offs (W-L): 2-1 rained out for a second straight day. Extra Inning Games: 5-1 Shutout Record: 5-3 Eastern league standings 1-Run Games: 7-7 2-Run Games: 5-5 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 3-Run Games: 3-2 Trenton 32 20 --- L1 7-3 Harrisburg 35 21 --- W1 5-5 4+ Run Games: 14-6 Binghamton 30 21 1.5 L3 5-5 Akron 28 27 6.5 L1 6-4 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 2-0-3 Reading 31 22 1.5 L1 6-4 Erie 26 26 7.0 L1 7-3 Series Openers: 11-4 Series Finales: 5-8 Hartford 32 23 1.5 L1 8-2 Altoona 25 29 9.0 W1 3-7 Rubber Games: 1-1 New Hampshire 25 29 8.0 W1 3-7 Bowie 20 35 14.5 W1 3-7 Series Record (W-L-S): 9-4-3 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 2-1 Portland 19 34 13.5 W3 6-4 Richmond 19 35 15.0 W1 3-7 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Wednesday June 6 6:30PM @Harrisburg Senators RHP Mickey Jannis vs. RHP Tyler Mapes Thursday June 7 6:30PM @Harrisburg Senators RHP Tommy Wilson vs. LHP Ben Braymer Friday June 8 7:05PM @Hartford Yard Goats RHP Harol Gonzalez vs. TBA 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton rumble ponies STARTING PITCHER DAVID PETERSON 27 Age: 23 Hometown: Denver, CO HT: 6-6 rd st Pro Experience: 3 season BIN (AA) Experience: 1 season WT: 250 st Acquired: 1 round (#20 overall), 2017 College: U of Oregon B/T: L/L THE LAST THREE YEARS LAST START: Peterson ended up with a no- decision throwing 4 and two thirds innings last YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg Thursday against the Flying Squirrels in Richmond.. The Ponies did rally for a 9-5 win in ten innings 17 Brooklyn (SS-A) 0-0 2.45 3 3 0 3.2 4 1 1 0 1 6 .267 and are 7-2 in games Peterson starts. 18 Columbia (A-) 1-4 1.82 9 9 0 59.1 46 16 12 1 11 57 .214 St. Lucie (A+) 6-6 4.33 13 13 0 68.2 74 39 33 1 19 58 .273 PITCHING IN CLOSE GAMES: The Ponies have ended up going to extra innings in three games 19 Binghamton (AA) 2-2 4.14 9 9 0 41.1 49 26 19 3 17 49 .282 Peterson has started this year. Binghamton is 7-2 in MiLB Career 9-12 3.38 34 34 0 173.0 173 82 65 5 48 170 .256 games Peterson starts. Double-A Career 2-2 4.14 9 9 0 41.1 49 26 19 3 17 49 .282 DOUBLE-A FIRST: : Earned first career Double-A victory by beating RubberDucks on April 23...struck out season-high eight... NON-ROSTER INVITEE: Non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training...allowed three runs over 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS two innings in two Grapefruit League appearances in February...sent to Minor League side on March 5 DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT 4/6 @ NH 3.1 3 1 1 0 3 5 2.70 W, 4-2 (12) 2018 IN TOTAL: Split first full season between Columbia (Low-A) & St. Lucie (High-A)...went 7-10 4/14 ERI 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.70 Susp - B1 with 3.16 ERA in 22 starts... 4/17 NH L 5.1 4 5 2 0 3 2 3.12 L, 10-4 4/23 @ AKR W 5.2 8 3 3 1 1 8 3.77 W, 11-6 STERLING LAST YEAR: Named Sterling Award win- 4/29 AKR L 1.2 6 7 7 1 3 1 7.31 L, 9-5 ner for Columbia (Low-A) in 2018...compiled 1.82 ERA, held opponents to .214 batting average in 5/4 @POR ND 5.2 9 2 1 0 1 9 5.82 W, 5-4 (10) nine starts with Fireflies...went at least seven in- 5/9 @HBG ND 5.0 3 1 1 0 3 3 5.06 W, 5-3 (11) nings in five of final six starts in South Atlantic 5/14 ALT (Gm 2) ND 5.0 4 1 1 1 0 7 4.55 W, 5-1 (7) League...was named SAL Mid-Season All-Star 5/21 @BOW W 5 3 2 0 0 2 8 3.93 W, 7-3 RIGHTING THE SHIP: Promoted to St. Lucie (High- 5/29 @RIC ND 4.2 9 4 3 0 1 6 4.14 W 9-5 (10) A) in mid-June 2018...had 6.50 ERA, .342 oppo- nent batting average in first nine starts…went 4-0 with 0.00 ERA (23.0 IP) in final four starts...held opponents to .103 batting average...did not allow an extra-base hit in last four starts GETTING HERE QUICKLY: Third player selected by Mets in 2017 draft to reach Double-A...Stephen Villines (10th round) & Joe Cavallaro (24th round) each debuted with Binghamton in 2018 FIRST ROUND SELECTION: Selected in first round (20th overall) of 2017 draft...one of three collegiate pitchers Mets selected in first round in 2016 & 2017, joining Justin Dunn (19th overall in 2016) and Anthony Kay (31st overall in 2016) FIRST ROUNDERS: One of three former first-round selections on Rumble Ponies Opening Day ros- ter...joins Anthony Kay (Mets 31st overall in 2016) and Barrett Barnes (Pirates compensation pick, 45th overall in 2012) Ponies Record in Starts: 7-2 Run Support in Starts: 5.8 runs/game TRANSACTIONS: Ponies Opening Day roster AT THE PLATE YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 19 Binghamton (AA) .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pro Career .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 2 Binghamton rumble ponies Position Player Notes ALCANTARA, ARISMENDY Acq: MiLB FA, 1/3/19 Pro Exp (AA): 11th season (3rd) • Ponies: Stroked go-ahead three-run double in comeback win, 4/20 @ ERI, Career: Played 167 MLB games over four seasons with CHC (‘14- G1...one of three Ponies on Opening Day roster with MLB experience ’15), OAK (‘16) & CIN (‘17)...hit .189 with11 HR in MLB career...has • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster hit .259 in 150 games over two seasons in Double-A career...four- time MiLB Mid-Season All-Star...2018: Batted .285 with 15 HR in 95 games with four teams in Mexican League...2013: Topps Double-A All Star with Tennessee (CHC: AA) BARNES, BARRETT Acq: MiLB FA, 1/29/19 College: Texas Tech Pro Exp (AA): 8th season (3rd) • Ponies: Launched homer in back-to-back games, 4/7 @ NH & 4/11 v ERI...third Career: Hit .292 in 161 games over two seasons with Altoona (PIT: season in Eastern League (Altoona: ‘15-’16) AA), 2015-2016...2018: Hit .246 with 12 HR, 24 SB with Sugar Land • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster...missed 10 games on IL, 4/17-4/28 Skeeters (Ind)...2016: Hit .306 in career-high 124 games with Curve...MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...2012-2014: Averaged just 33 games in first three seasons due to injuries Notes: Originally selected by Pirates in 1st round (#45 overall) in 2012...Big 12 Freshmen of the Year, 2010 GIMENEZ, ANDRES Acq: Int’l FA, 7/2/15 Pro Exp (AA): 4th season (2nd) • Ponies: Went 7-for-12 with three extra-base hits in three-game series in Erie, 4/18 Career: 2018: Hit .281 in 122 games between St.