Harrisburg Senators ((Nationals)) vs. Trenton Thunder ((Yankees)) RHP Kevin McGowan (1-1, 2.45) vs. RHP Nick Green (2-3, 7.52) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 11, 2019 • 5:00 PM • Game 118 of 139 • ARM & HAMMER Park • Trenton, NJ Last Game: E.L. Standings (1st Half): E.L. Standings (2nd Half): Four runs on six hits in the late innings helped lift the Thunder to a 5-2 win over the Harrisburg Senators on Saturday night in front of a crowd d2.Eastx Division W L GB Streak East Division W L GB Streak of 6,624 at ARM & HAMMER Park. *Trenton 38 28 -- Reading 31 20 -- W1 Reading 39 28 -- Portland 25 24 5.0 L1 The win was the Thunder’s fourth in a row, the team’s longest winning Hartford 37 30 2.0 Trenton 25 26 6.0 W4 streak since rolling to five straight wins from May 6 to 11. Binghamton 34 29 3.0 Binghamton 24 28 7.5 W1 With the score tied, 2-2, Kyle Holder was hit by a pitch to lead off the New Hampshire 31 36 8.0 Hartford 21 27 8.5 L1 bottom of the eighth inning against rehabbing Nationals right-hander Portland 27 40 12.0 New Hampshire 19 31 11.5 L4 Austen Williams (0-1). Holder stole second base and then scored the go- West Division W L GB Streak West Division W L GB Streak ahead run for the Thunder (25-26, 63-54) on a Rashad Crawford double to left-center. Brandon Wagner added an RBI-single two at-bats later, *Harrisburg 42 28 -- Erie 36 14 -- W2 Altoona 35 32 5.5 Bowie 34 15 1.5 W3 and Angel Aguilar topped off the rally with another run-scoring single for a 5-2 Thunder lead. Akron 34 35 7.5 Altoona 23 27 13.0 L1 Erie 31 34 8.5 Harrisburg 21 26 13.5 L2 Aguilar had delivered a game-tying RBI-single off Williams the previous Bowie 30 38 11.0 Akron 20 29 15.5 W1 inning, scoring Kellin Deglan, who had doubled and taken third on a Richmond 23 44 17.5 Richmond 19 31 17.0 L4 Matt Lipka sacrifice bunt. Greg Weissert (1-0) earned the win in relief, *Denotes First Half Champions tossing two scoreless and hitless innings to finish the game. 2019 Monthly Report: Thunder Claps CAPITAL CITIES SHOWDOWN: Matching up for their fourth and final series of the season, the Thunder and Senators are facing off for the April: 15- 7, May: 16-12, June: 14-13, first time since both teams clinched their respective divisions’ first-half titles. Harrisburg has taken won of the 12 matchups, including a four- July: 12-18, August: 6-4, September: 0-0 game sweep of the Thunder May 13-15 at FNB Field. All-time, the Thunder are 170-147 (.536) against the Senators. BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL: The Thunder’s current four-game winning streak is the team’s longest since May 6-11, when the team Date Opponent Time/Result rattled off five straight wins against Richmond and Portland. Trenton has won more than three consecutive games just three times this season; 8/1 Altoona G1 W 2-0 all three were five-game winning streaks, and each took place within the first 31 games of the season. 8/1 Altoona G2 L 4-2 -27 8/2 @ Hartford W 2-0 GITTY’S GOT IT: First baseman Chris Gittens is enjoying a career year, leading all active Eastern Leaguers with 68 RBI, 61 walks, a .398 OBP, and a .503 slugging percentage. His 19 home runs rank second to Reading’s Darick Hall and Portland’s Bobby Dalbec, who have hit 20 each. 8/3 @ Hartford L 3-1 Gittens’ 19 HR and 68 RBI are just shy of his career-high 21 HR and 70 RBI in 2016, and his 96 hits are only one shy of his career-high 97 that 8/4 @ Hartford L 13-7 same year. 8/6 Bowie L 4-3 8/7 Bowie W 3-2 WELL THAT’S NEW: July’s 12-18 record for the Thunder marked the first losing month for the club since August of 2015 when the Thunder went 12-16. 8/8 Bowie W 4-0 (7) 8/9 Harrisburg W 5-3 HIT THE ROAD, JACK: After this weekend’s series, the Thunder will play just seven more home games over their 21 remaining games. Only 8/10 Harrisburg W 5-2 three of those next six series will be against teams with a winning record in the second half (entering Friday). 8/11 Harrisburg 5:00 PM 8/12 NEW HEIGHTS: Multiple Thunder players have set new career-highs in various categories this season. Among position players: Kyle Holder has set career-highs in doubles (24), triples (3), and home runs (7)… Isiah Gilliam: 13 stolen bases…Chris Gittens: 61 walks…Brian Navarreto: 5 8/13 @ Akron 7:05 PM home runs…Ben Ruta: 42 walks…Brandon Wagner: 2 triples. Among pitchers: Daniel Alvarez: 39 appearances and 17 saves…Brooks Kriske: 8/14 @ Akron 7:05 PM 36 appearances, 52.0 IP, 11 saves, and 64 strikeouts…Shawn Semple: 22 appearances/17 starts, 108.2 IP, and 102 strikeouts. 8/15 @ Akron 7:05 PM CONNECT FOUR: The Thunder are seven wins away from clinching their fourth consecutive winning season, one shy of the franchise record. 8/16 @ Reading 7:15 PM From 1995 to 1999, Trenton put together five straight winning seasons as a Red Sox affiliate. 8/17 @ Reading 6:45 PM 8/18 @ Reading 2:15 PM YEAR OF THE PITCHER: The Eastern League is in the midst of one of the most pitching-dominant seasons in its history in 2019. Entering play 8/19 New Hampshire 7:00 PM today, the league wide batting average stands at .239 with teams scoring 3.97 runs per game. The last time the league finished with a team 8/20 New Hampshire 7:00 PM batting average under .250 and 4.0 runs per game was in 1989 (.249 / 3.95) while 1971 was the last season below .240 and fewer than 4.0 runs per game. The league has also seen eight no-hitters thrown, the most since a league-record nine no-hitters were thrown in 1967. 8/21 New Hampshire 1:00 PM 8/22 @ Portland 6:00 PM WHO THEY ARE: Of the 24 players on the Thunder roster, 13 were drafted by the Yankees, seven were signed as minor league or international 8/23 @ Portland 7:00 PM free agents, and four were acquired via trade. Fifteen of the 24 played under Patrick Osborn at High-A Tampa at some point in 2018. 8/24 @ Portland 6:00 PM 8/25 @ Portland 1:00 PM 8/26 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM 8/27 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Upcoming Probable Starting Pitchers: 8/28 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM Tues. August 13 @ Akron 7:05 PM TBA vs. RHP Corey Kluber (Rehab) 8/29 @ New Hampshire 6:35 PM 8/30 Reading 7:00 PM Wed.+ August 14 @ Akron 7:05 PM RHP Nick Nelson (7-2, 2.35) vs. LHP Sam Hentges (2-10, 5.01) 8/31 Reading 7:00 PM Thur. August 15 @ Akron 7:05 PM RHP Rony Garcia (3-11, 4.60) vs. LHP Tanner Tully (7-9, 4.40) 9/1 Reading 7:00 PM Fri. August 16 @ Reading 7:15 PM TBA vs. TBA 9/2 Reading 1:00 PM 2019 Game By Game: #3 Nick Green 6’1” – 175 – Age: 24 (3/25/1995) Game Result Dec. IP H R ER BB K HR Pitches 4/5 @ Erie L 11-1 L (0-1) 2.2 8 7 7 2 2 1 58/33 Born: Fountain, CO Resides: Fountain, CO *Piggy-back on Stephan, entered with 1st and 2nd, 0 outs in 4th escaped inning without damage. School: Indian Hills CC (IA) Acquired: Trade TEX, 2016 4/10 @ Akron L 5-2 --- 4.1 4 1 1 1 7 0 60/44 *Piggy-back on Stephan, entered with 2 on an 2 out, stranded both… Retired 8-of-first-9 faced 4/15 vs. Akron W 8-6 --- 5.1 2 3 3 2 2 0 73/43 Acquired by the Yankees from Texas with RHP Dillon Tate and RHP Erik Swanson in *Retired 12-of-14 after 1st inning Sac Fly // 2 left on base in 6th, both scored // TT: 6 runs scored 6th-8th exchange for OF Carlos Beltrán and cash considerations on 8/1/16… Was originally 4/23 @ NH (7) L 8-6 --- 5.0 4 6 4 2 2 0 68/43 th th selecte d by Texas in the seventh round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft… Allowed *No H allowed until 2 outs in 4 … 6-run 5 included throwing error by Green // NH swept DH just 18 home runs in 395.0 IP (0.4/9 IP), allowed 3 in first 20.0 IP with Thunder… 6/15 vs. Brooklyn L (0-1) 3.1 4 1 0 1 4 0 61/41 6/20 vs. Connecticut L (0-2) 5.1 5 3 2 0 6 0 72/55 2019: Returned to NYY on 3/27 after being selected in Rule V Draft by Arizona 6/25 vs. Hudson Valley --- 5.0 7 6 5 2 6 0 81/51 Diamondbacks… Pitched in a piggy-back role in first 2 outings: Surrendered seven runs in 2.2 IP in first appearance of the season… Struck out a Thunder-high 7 batters 6/30 vs.