2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES PORTLAND SEA DOGS (9-13, 44-42), 4th Eastern Division (9-11, 36-5), T-2nd Eastern Division (New York Mets) (Boston Red Sox) Friday, July 12, 2019 • 5:30 PM Hadlock Field • Portland, ME SUSP. GM: RHP Matt Blackham (4-2, 2.86 ERA) vs. RHP Robinson Leyer (0-0, 18.00 ERA) GM 2: RHP Zach Lee (0-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. RHP Kutter Crawford (1-1, 4.31 ERA) Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV Ponies at a Glance TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and CECCHINI’S BIG DAY: Gavin Cecchini had two hits, the Portland Sea Dogs complete the remainder of including a double, and one RBI in game one on Overall Record: 44-42 the suspended 7-inning game from Thursday’s Thursday. In the second game, he belted his sec- 2nd Half Record: 9-13 doubleheader. They will pick the game up in the ond double of the day. Including the double in the Home Record: 15-24 bottom of the fourth inning with the Rumble Po- second game, he now has a five-game hitting Road Record: 29-18 nies leading 2-0. The two teams will then play streak. He also has four RBI in those games. Day Games: 8-10 tonight’s regularly scheduled game, which will Night Games: 36-32 now be a seven-inning contest. DOUBLEHEADERS GALORE: Thursday was the start of the fourth doubleheader this season be- Vs. Eastern Division: 18-21 LAST TIME OUT: The Rumble Ponies defeated the tween the Rumble Ponies and the Sea Dogs. The Vs. Western Division: 26-21 Sea Dogs 4-3 in eight innings in game one of two teams split each of the first three twin bills. Vs. NL Affiliates 12-13 Thursday’s originally scheduled doubleheader. The two clubs will play another doubleheader Vs. AL Affiliates: 32-29 Gavin Cecchini plated the go-ahead run in the top next month at NYSEG Stadium on August 27. of the eighth inning with an RBI single. Eric April Record: 11-8 Hanhold (2-0) recorded the win after 2.1 perfect PORTLAND’S LEAGUE LEADERS: Bobby Dalbec May Record: 19-11 innings of relief. It was his longest outing of 2019. leads the Eastern League with 19 home runs. He June Record: 10-19 has also drawn the most walks (57) and sits third July Record: 4-4 SHUTDOWN BULLPEN: Eric Hanhold delivered 2.1 in the league with 48 RBI. CJ Chatham ranks sec- August Record: 0-0 perfect innings of relief Thursday night. The Rum- ond in the EL with a .313 batting average and is September Record: 0-0 ble Ponies bullpen allowed just one run in 20 in- five points behind Bowie’s Mason McCoy. They are Ponies Score First: 29-13 nings of work over the last five games. Ponies the only players hitting over .300. OPP Score First: 15-29 relievers have struck out 22 and allowed nine hits and five walks over that stretch. AVERAGE OVER POWER: The Rumble Ponies rank Lead after 7th: 27-0 th second in the Eastern League with a .245 batting Tied after 7 : 4-6 BARNES HITTING STREAK: Barrett Barnes is riding average and fourth in runs, scoring 4.2 per game. Trail after 7th: 6-27 th a 10-game hitting streak after he singled in the They sit last in home runs at 51. By contrast, the Lead after 8 : 28-0 second inning of Thursday’s first game. It’s his Sea Dogs are third with 67 homers but are10th in Tied after 8th: 4-5 th longest of the season. He is now one of three Po- runs (3.9 per game) and ninth in average (.236). Trail after 8 : 3-27 nies to have a hitting streak that’s at least 10 Walk-Offs (W-L): 3-5 games this season. Against Portland, he is hit- COMING UP: The Ponies continue their five-game Extra Inning Games: 7-4 ting .381 with nine RBI in seven games. series at Portland Saturday night at 6:00 PM at Shutout Record: 5-4 Hadlock Field. 1-Run Games: 13-14 2-Run Games: 8-7 Eastern League Standings 3-Run Games: 7-6 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 4+ Run Games: 14-14 Reading 15 7 --- W4 8-2 Bowie 16 4 --- W5 8-2 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 3-1-4 Series Openers: 16-10 Hartford 9 11 5.0 L2 5-5 Erie 14 5 1.5 W1 6-4 Series Finales: 7-15 Portland 9 11 5.0 L3 6-4 Altoona 12 7 3.5 L1 7-3 Rubber Games: 1-3 Series Record (W-L-S): 10-11-3 Binghamton 9 13 6.0 W3 4-6 Richmond 9 11 7.0 L4 3-7 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 4-5 New Hampshire 8 13 6.5 W3 4-6 Akron 7 14 9.5 L3 3-7 Trenton 8 13 6.5 L1 2-8 Harrisburg 6 13 9.5 W1 3-7 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Saturday, July 13 6:00 PM @Portland Sea Dogs RHP Mickey Jannis vs. RHP Denyi Reyes Sunday, July 14 1:00 PM @Portland Sea Dogs TBA vs. LHP Daniel McGrath Monday, July 15 6:35 PM Reading Fightin Phils TBA vs. TBA 2019 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes 1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Starting Pitcher Zach Lee 46 Age: 27 Hometown: Plano, TX HT: 6-4 Pro Experience: 9th season BIN (AA) Experience: 1st season WT: 237 Acquired: MiLB FA, 2019 B/T: R/R LAST START: In his Rumble Ponies debut, Lee al- The Last Three Years lowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg struck out three in four innings of work. He re- ceived a no-decision in the 5-2 Binghamton win. 17 El Paso (AAA) 2-5 7.12 16 14 0 67.0 89 55 53 11 34 43 .320 San Diego (MLB) 1-0 5.63 3 1 9 8.0 8 5 5 1 8 6 .250 MLB Experience: Lee has pitched in four games in 18 Montgomery (AA) 8-1 2.31 13 12 0 74.0 72 23 19 4 20 59 .254 the Majors. He started one game for the Los Ange- les Dodgers in 2015 and pitched in three games Durham (AAA) 4-5 5.02 13 13 0 71.2 86 44 40 6 15 48 .297 with one start for the San Diego Padres in 2017. 19 Syracuse (AAA) 4-2 6.66 15 12 0 71.2 99 58 53 8 27 60 .330 He has pitched a total of 12.2 innings in the Majors Binghamton (AA) 0-0 2.25 1 1 0 4.0 4 2 1 0 1 3 .235 and owns a 1-1 record with and 8.53 ERA. 1083. MiLB Career 70-68 4.53 211 201 0 1193 616 545 111 309 827 .280 0 Major League Debut: Lee made his Major League MLB Career 1-1 8.53 4 2 0 12.2 19 12 12 2 9 9 .345 debut with the Dodgers against the New York Mets on July 25, 2015. Former Rumble Pony Mi- Double-A Career 22-14 3.21 55 51 0 286.1 277 119 102 23 78 244 .254 chael Conforto registered his first MLB hit off Lee. 2019 Start-By-Start Results TRANSACTIONS: Assigned to New York Mets on March 4, 2019… Assigned to Syracuse (AAA) on DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT SY April 4… Assigned to Binghamton (AA) on July 7 4/9 ROC ND 2.2 10 5 5 0 2 4 16.88 W, 7-5 SY 4/14 @PAW ND 4.2 4 2 1 0 4 3 7.36 L, 5-4 SY 4/20 PAW W 5.1 4 1 1 0 0 4 4.97 W, 3-2 SY 4/24 BUF ND 4.2 10 4 4 1 0 4 5.71 L, 5-4 SY 4/29 @LHV ND 4.0 4 4 4 0 3 3 6.33 W, 7-4 SY 5/4 SWB ND 7.0 6 2 1 0 2 4 5.08 L, 4-2 SY 5/10 @COL W 5.0 6 3 2 1 1 8 4.86 W, 7-4 SY 5/17 COL L 5.0 10 7 7 0 1 5 5.87 L, 14-3 SY 5/22 @LHV ND 6.0 6 4 4 0 2 6 5.89 L, 6-4 SY 5/27 SWB W 5.0 6 5 4 2 3 3 6.02 W, 9-5 SY 6/1 @PAW L 6.0 7 4 3 0 3 3 5.86 L, 4-2 SY 6/19 @CHA ND 5.0 8 4 4 3 1 4 6.78 L, 9-7 7/7 AKR ND 4.0 4 2 1 0 1 3 2.25 W, 5-2 Ponies Record in Starts: 1-0 Run Support in Starts: 5.0 runs/game Key: SY - Syracuse Mets (AAA) At The Plate YR CLUB Avg AB H R RBI SH 2B 3B HR 19 Binghamton (AA) —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- Pro Career .114 132 15 8 9 0 2 0 0 2019 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Game Notes 2 Binghamton Rumble Ponies Position Player Notes 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...Belted Career: Hit .292 in 161 games over two seasons with Altoona (PIT: three hits and five RBI, 5/3 @POR...Third season in Eastern League (Altoona: ‘15- AA), 2015-2016...2018: Hit .246 with 12 HR, 24 SB with Sugar Land ’16)…Season-high nine-game hitting streak, which began on 6/27 Skeeters (Ind)...2016: Hit .306 in career-high 124 games with • Transactions: Ponies Opening Day Roster...missed 10 games on IL, 4/17-4/28 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 BRODEY, Quinn Acq: 3rd round, 2017 College: Stanford Pro Exp (AA): 3rd season (1st) • Ponies: Made Rumble Ponies debut 6/4 @HBG and knocked in one run… Had his Career: 2018: Hit .224 with 63 RBI, 13 homers and 17 doubles, fourth multi-hit game of season with a pair of doubles to go along with one RBI, splitting time between Columbia Fireflies (A) and St.