New Hampshire Fisher Cats ((Blue Jays)) vs. Thunder Thunder ((Yankees)) Suspended Game (Bottom 3): RHP Justin Dillon (1-4, 6.98) vs. RHP Garrett Whitlock (AA Debut) Game 2 (7-inning Game): RHP Josh DeGraaf (3-4, 5.57) vs. RHP Brody Koerner (1-1, 3.57) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday July 16, 2018 • 7:00 PM • Game 93 of 140 • Northeast Delta Dental Stadium • Manchester, NH 2 LAST GAME: 2018 Eastern League Standings MANCHESTER, NH --- The New Hampshire Fisher Cats rallied for three runs over their final two at-bats to secure a 4-2 win over the Thunder on Monday night at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. 2.xEast Division W L GB Streak New Hampshire 52 40 -- W2 Domingo Acevedo labored through his first inning before settling in for another solid start. The Fisher Cats used a single and stolen base from Jon Berti and a single from Harold Ramirez to get the Cats on the board first. Acevedo then issued a pair of walks before settling in to a rhythm Trenton 50 42 1.5 L2 that kept the Cats to just three baserunners over his next five innings. Hartford 45 47 7.0 L1 Binghamton 44 48 8.0 W1 The Thunder took the lead in the top of the seventh with a rally against Jordan Romano. Romano surrendered a double to begin the inning to Reading 44 49 8.5 W1 Billy Fleming and after a fly out by Bruce Caldwell, Kyle Holder drew a walk and both runners foun themselves in scoring position following a groundout. Jeff Hendrix stepped to the plate and delivered a two-run single to take the lead for the Thunder. Portland 36 56 16.0 L2 However, the Fisher Cats offense rallied back against Acevedo in their half of the seventh. Juan Kelly walked to start the inning and was West Division W L GB Streak bunted into scoring position by Gunnar Heidt. After Dalton Pompey flied out, Jon Berti singled through the right side to tie the game at two. Akron 55 39 -- L1 Jordan Foley relieved Acevedo and surrendered a run-scoring double to Harold Ramirez to give the home team a 3-2 lead. Acevedo's 6.2 Altoona 48 42 5.0 L2 innings pitched was his longest start since June 26, 2017 (16 starts) against Richmond when he went 7.0 innings. On Monday he struck out a Harrisburg 49 45 7.0 W1 season-high seven batters. The Fisher Cats added another run in the eighth on a bases-loaded walk by Foley to give them the final tally. However, the Thunder offense nearly rallied back in the top of the ninth when Caldwell doubled, Holder followed him with a single and Zack Richmond 45 47 9.0 L1 Zehner walked to load the bases with one out. Travis Bergen came back to strike out Hendrix and pinch-hitter Trey Amburgey and he got Erie 44 49 10.5 W2 Mandy Alvarez to fly out to right to strand the go-ahead run on first and end the game. Bowie 42 51 12.5 W2 Holder led the Thunder offense with a two-hit night and Gosuke Katoh saw his eight-game on-base streak come to an end with 0-for-4 night. 2018 Monthly Report THUNDER CLAPS: THE ALL-STAR CLASSIC: The third All-Star Game in ARM & HAMMER Park history saw 8,296 fans walk through the gates on April: 12- 9, May: 20-12, June: 14-13, Wednesday night, the ninth-largest crowd in Thunder franchise history. Home runs by Reading’s Jan Hernandez and Deivi Grullon July: 6-6, August: 0-0, September: 0-0 gave the East a 3-0 lead, but the West rallied for three runs to tie the score in the fifth. Trenton southpaw Caleb Frare surrendered a go -ahead home run to Luigi Rodriguez (Richmond) in the eighth, but Thunder outfielder Trey Amburgey tied the score at 4-4 with a Date Opponent Time/Result two-out RBI-double in the ninth. A special rules-based “swing-off” after the nine-inning game saw Altoona’s Will Craig defeat 7/1 New Hampshire L 4-0 Reading’s Zach Green to give the Western Division All-Stars the victory. 7/2 New Hampshire W 8-6 -27 Amburgey also participated in Tuesday’s Case’s Pork Roll Home Run Derby and fell just short of advancing to the final round, 7/3 New Hampshire L 4-1 finishing with 12 home runs, one shy of runner-up Sam Hilliard (Hartford). 7/4 @ Altoona W 8-3 7/5 @ Altoona W 8-2 SO CLOSE: Each of the Thunder’s last six losses have come by margins of two or fewer runs. In each of the last three defeats, the 7/6 @ Altoona L 3-1 Thunder have either placed the go-ahead/winning run on base, or brought it to the plate, in the team’s final inning. 7/7 @ Altoona L 6-4 7/8 @ Altoona L 3-2 KEEP IT CLEAN: Over their last nine games, the Thunder have committed just two errors. The team’s 68 total errors are fourth- 7/9 fewest in the league, and Trenton’s .979 fielding percentage is fourth-best, and just four point lower than Altoona’s league-leading .983 mark. 7/10 Police Game/HR Derby Grullon - REA 7/11 Eastern League All-Star Game West, 4-4 NO STREAKS: The Thunder have not won more than two games in a row since May 25-29, when they swept a four-game series in 7/12 Richmond W 2-1 (10) Erie and beat Reading in a series opener at home to win five straight. The team’s longest winning streak of the season is six games 7/13 Richmond L 7-6 (10) (May 2-8). 7/14 Richmond W 5-3 7/15 Richmond L 4-3 ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END: After batting .442 (23-for-52) over his previous 13 games, Devyn Bolasky went 7/16 @ New Hampshire L 4-2 0-for-4 at the plate in Monday’s series opener, ending his on-base streak at 19 games. The streak fell just one game shy of matching the longest this season by a Thunder player, as Abiatal Avelino reached base safely in 20 consecutive games from May 1-23 during 7/17 @ New Hampshire (susp.) 5:05 PM his first stint of the season with Trenton. 7/17 @ New Hampshire (7-inning) TBA 7/18 @ New Hampshire 12:05 PM ROUGH ROAD: The Thunder are just two games above .500 (22-20) on the road this season (compared to seven over .500 at home) 7/19 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM and have not won a road series since taking three of four in Bowie June 12-14. Trenton also owns a team ERA more than one run 7/20 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM higher on the road (3.94) than at home (2.88). 7/21 @ Binghamton 6:05 PM 7/22 @ Binghamton 2:05 PM BUCKLE UP: The Thunder have begun a 20-game stretch in which they will play only Eastern Division rivals. Following the series 7/23 Hartford 7:00 PM in New Hampshire, the team will travel to Binghamton before returning home to host Hartford and Portland, then embark on another two-city trip to Reading and Hartford. Thus far, only 19 of Trenton’s 51 wins have come against the East. 7/24 Hartford 7:00 PM 7/25 Hartford 11:00 AM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 7/26 Portland 7:00 PM 7/27 Portland 7:00 PM Wednesday, July 18 @ NH 12:05 PM RHP Brian Keller (6-6, 3.95) vs. LHP Taylor Saucedo (1-1, 5.91) 7/28 Portland 7:00 PM 7/29 Portland 5:00 PM Thursday,+ July 19 @ Binghamton 6:35 PM LHP Ryan Bollinger (4-3, 5.50) vs. TBA 7/30 Friday, July 20 @ Binghamton 7:05 PM RHP Michael King (3-2, 2.40) vs. TBA 7/31 @ Reading 7:05 PM Saturday, July 21 @ Binghamton 6:05 PM RHP Trevor Stephan (2-6, 4.81) vs. TBA # Garrett Whitlock 2018 Game By Game: 6’5” – 190 – Age: 22 (6/11/1996) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches With Charleston (7 starts, 2-2, 1.13 ERA): Born: Snellville, GA Resides: Estero, Florida 4/5 @ Lexington -- 4.0 5 2 2 3 7 1 80/46 School: UAB Acquired: 18th Round, 2017 4/10 @ Rome L (0-1) 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 0 84/57 4/17 vs. West Virginia W (1-1) 5.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 93/56 2018: Began season by making 7 starts with Charleston: 2-2, 1.13 ERA (40.0 4/22 @ Greensboro -- 7.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 80/56 IP, 23 H, 5 ER 7 BB, 44 K)… Named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the 4/28 @ Greenville -- 5.0 2 0 0 0 7 0 78/56 5/5 vs. Lexington W (2-1) 7.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 87/62 Week for Week ending May 6 after recording 10 K’s in 7.0 IP against 5/11 @ Lakewood L (2-2) 6.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 70/50 Lexin gton, extending his scoreless streak to 25.0 IP (streak would end at 26 With Tampa (9 starts, 3-2, 1.90 ERA): IP)… Promoted to High-A Tampa on 5/14 and made 9 starts for Tarpons: 3- 5/18 @ Lakeland -- 6.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 89/58 2, 1.90 ERA (47.1 IP, 40 H, 10 ER, 13 BB, 54 K)… Allowed 1 earned or less in 5/25 @ Florida -- 2.2 2 0 0 2 4 0 41/27 7-of-9 starts made for Tampa… Delivered rain-shortened complete game 6/3 @ Dunedin W (1-0) 5.0 4 1 1 1 6 0 83/52 on 7/6 @ Lakeland… Has struck out 7+ batters in 7-of-16 starts made in 6/9 vs.