2019 GAME NOTES Binghamton Rumble Ponies Media Relations NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY 13901 • (607) 722-FUNN BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES PORTLAND SEA DOGS (9-6), T-1st Eastern Division, --- GA (5-11), 6th Eastern Division, 4.5 GB (New York Mets) (Boston Red Sox) Saturday, April 27, 2019 • 1:05 PM NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY G1: RHP Harol Gonzalez (1-0, 3.24) vs. RHP Denyi Reyes (0-2, 8.78) G2: LHP Anthony Kay (1-1, 1.89) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (2-1, 5.14) PREVIEW: Following a rain out, the Rumble Ponies TAKING ON THE DOGS: The Ponies are slated to Ponies at a Glance and Sea Dogs continue their four-game series with play 22 games against the Sea Dogs this season a doubleheader on Saturday spread out over five series. The Ponies went 12-11 Overall Record: 9-6 against the Sea Dogs in 2018, including a 6-5 mark Home Record: 2-3 BINGHAMTON STARTERS: RHP Harol Gonzalez at NYSEG Stadium. Binghamton has had a win- Road Record: 7-3 makes his second start of the season. The righty ning season record versus Portland in the last four Day Games: 2-1 earned his first career Double-A victory, on his seasons, amassing a 49-35 record during the span. Night Games: 7-5 tenth attempt, by beating the SeaWolves on April 18. LHP Anthony Kay takes the hill in the nightcap. HELLO AGAIN, BOLESY: Rumble Ponies manager Vs. Eastern Division: 3-5 Kevin Boles spent three seasons in Portland, man- Vs. Western Division: 6-1 OH NO, A NO-NO!: Sea Dogs pitchers Kyle Hart, aging the Sea Dogs from 2011 through 2013. Vs. NL Affiliates 0-0 Daniel McGrath, and Adam Lau combined to no- Boles went 195- 229 in his time with Portland. Vs. AL Affiliates: 9-6 hit the Rumble Ponies on Thursday. It was the first Current Red Sox Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bo- time Binghamton had been no-hit since Septem- gaerts and Brandon Workman all played for Boles April Record: 9-6 ber 8, 2017 when the Trenton Thunder tossed a while with Portland. May Record: 0-0 combined no-hitter in Game 3 of the Eastern Divi- June Record: 0-0 sion Championship Series. LINEUP REGULARS: Ponies infielders Sam Haggery July Record: 0-0 and Andres Gimenez have been in the starting August Record: 0-0 SANCHEZ STILL STREAKING: Ali Sanchez collected lineup in each of the last twelve games. With one September Record: 0-0 one of Binghamton’s two hits in Wednesday’s loss exception, Haggerty has hit leadoff and Gimenez Ponies Score First: 5-1 to Akron. The second-inning single extended his has followed him in the batting order. OPP Score First: 4-5 hitting streak to a team-best eight games. Andres Out-hit OPP 7-2 Gimenez, Braxton Lee and Mike Paez all had their HAGGERTY LEADING UP TOP: Sam Haggerty has Equal in Hits 1-0 seven-game hitting streaks snapped with hitless hit in the leadoff position 12 times in Binghamton’s Out-hit by OPP 1-4 performances on Wednesday. first 15 games. He leads the team with 18 hits and th seven multiple-hit games, and has logged time at Lead after 7 : 5-0 th GENTLEMEN, THE BATS: The Rumble Ponies have four different defensive positions. Tied after 7 : 1-1 th gone 2-for-53 at the plate in their last two games, Trail after 7 : 1-5 th suffering back-to-back shutout losses. The offen- BIRTHDAYS IN BUNCHES: The Ponies have three Lead after 8 : 5-0 th sive funk comes directly after Binghamton racked players celebrating birthdays this week. Starter Tied after 8 : 1-1 th up 33 combined hits against Akron on Monday Mike Gibbons turned 26 on Wednesday. Infielder Trail after 8 : 1-5 and Tuesday night. The Ponies scored a combined Dario Pizzano turned 28 on Thursday. Reliever Walk-Offs (W-L): 1-1 27 runs in those games. Joshua Torres turned 25 on Friday. Extra Inning Games: 1-1 Shutout Record: 0-2 Eastern league standings 1-Run Games: 3-1 Eastern Division W L GB Stk L10 Western Division W L GB Stk L10 2-Run Games: 2-3 3-Run Games: 2-1 Binghamton 9 6 --- L1 6-4 Harrisburg 17 3 --- W1 8-2 4+ Run Games: 2-1 Reading 10 7 --- W4 5-5 Erie 9 7 6.0 W1 5-5 Doubleheaders (W-L-S): 1-0-0 Trenton 10 7 --- L3 6-4 Altoona 10 10 7.0 W2 4-6 Series Openers: 5-1 New Hampshire 10 10 1.5 L1 6-4 Akron 10 11 7.5 W3 7-3 Series Finales: 1-3 Rubber Games: 0-1 Hartford 10 11 2.0 L1 6-4 Richmond 7 11 8.5 L6 2-8 Series Record (W-L-S): 2-1-1 Bowie 4 17 13.0 L3 1-9 Sweep (BIN-OPP): 1-0 Portland 5 11 4.5 W1 4-6 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters Sunday, April 28 2:05 PM Portland Sea Dogs LHP David Peterson vs. LHP Darwinzon Hernandez Monday, April 29 6:35 PM Akron RubberDucks TBA vs. TBA Tuesday, April 30 6:35 PM Akron RubberDucks TBA vs. TBA Wednesday, May 1 6:35 PM Akron RubberDucks TBA vs. TBA 2019 BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES GAME NOTES 1 Binghamton rumble ponies STARTING PITCHER HAROL GONZALEZ 31 Age: 24 Hometown: Santo Domingo, DR HT: 6-0 th nd Pro Experience: 6 season BIN (AA) Experience: 2 season WT: 160 Acquired: International FA, 3/26/14 B/T: R/R LAST START: Made first start of season against Sea- Wolves in Erie on April 19...struck out eight in six in- THE LAST THREE YEARS nings...earned first career Double-A victory...snapped stretch of 10 straight losses...allowed home runs to YR CLUB W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Avg Kody Eaves and Daniel Pinero 17 Columbia (Low-A) 9-8 3.56 20 20 0 126.1 123 56 50 11 37 91 .257 St. Lucie (High-A) 0-1 3.18 3 3 0 11.1 10 7 4 2 3 9 .222 AGAINST THE SEA DOGS: Makes first start of season against Portland...faced Portland once last year...lost 18 St. Lucie (High-A) 1-6 2.82 13 12 0 73.1 62 27 23 6 19 59 .223 on August 31, 2018...allowed four runs in five innings Las Vegas (AAA) 0-1 3.00 1 1 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 .182 RACKING UP K’s: Struck out season-high eight on April Binghamton 0-9 7.79 9 9 0 52.0 79 48 45 10 17 30 .359 18...most strikeouts in one game since he notched 9 19 Binghamton (AA) 1-0 3.24 2 1 0 8.1 5 3 3 2 1 10 .179 on July 7, 2017 with Columbia (Low-A)...struck out MiLB Career 21-35 3.76 89 74 3 471.2 467 231 197 44 115 389 career-high 11 with Brooklyn (SS-A) in 2016 Double-A Career 1-9 7.16 11 10 0 60.1 84 51 48 12 18 40 FINALLY FINDING #1: Earned his first career Double-A win in his tenth career start with Binghamton on April 19 versus Erie...had suffered loss in all nine starts with Binghamton in 2018...had suffered ten straight losses 2019 START-BY-START RESULTS overall, including defeat with Las Vegas (AAA) on July 7, 2018...last win came on July 2, 2018 with St. Lucie DATE OPP D IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA RESULT (High-A) 4/18 @ ERI W 6.0 4 3 3 2 1 8 3.24 W, 7-5 GOOD FOR FIVE: Has pitched five innings or more in 16 consecutive starts, a stretch starting on June 18, 2018 with St. Lucie...last failed to pitch at least five innings on June 9, 2018 (4.0 IP) with St. Lucie RUMBLE PONIES EXPERIENCE: One of three starters on Ponies Opening Day roster with previous Double- A experience...ten career starts with Rumble Ponies are most among active Binghamton starters 2018 IN TOTAL: Went 1-16 with 4.80 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) with St. Lucie (High-A), Binghamton (AA) and Las Vegas (AAA)...joined Ponies in early July 2018...allowed .279 opponent batting average across three stops in Mets’ system HITTING FOR POWER: Opposing hitters combined for a .465 slugging percentage against him in 2018...allowed 16 HR, including 10 with Rumble Po- nies...allowed two HR in three straight games with Binghamton GAVE A LITTLE EXTRA: Surrendered 58 extra-base hits in 2018...allowed 35 doubles, 7 triples, 16 HR...40% of total hits allowed went for extra bases LOOKING FOR OFFENSIVE HELP: In his 22 starts in 2018, his own team’s offense was limited to two runs or fewer 14 times...St. Lucie (8 times), Las Vegas (1 time), Binghamton (5 times) UNLUCKY STRETCH: Pitched at least eight innings and allowed one run twice in 2018 with St. Lucie (High-A) and lost both games...struck out seven in eight innings against Lakeland (DET) on June 9, 2018 and Ponies Record in Starts: 1-0 Run Support in Starts: 7.0 runs/game lost...struck out seven more in a nine-inning complete game against Jupiter (MIA) on June 26, 2018 and lost...St.