DoTF: Deivi Garcia, two relievers combine for Trenton no-hitter

BALLGAME! It's a combined no-hitter!

Deivi Garcia, Domingo Acevedo, and Daniel Alvarez record the fourth 9-inning no-hitter in franchise history.

FINAL: Thunder 7, Fightin Phils 0.#FeelTheThunder pic.twitter.com/zVZUTbEp2f

— Trenton Thunder (@TrentonThunder) June 25, 2019

News and Notes

• Before he helped throw a no-hitter today, Deivi Garcia was No. 1 on Baseball America’s Hot Sheet and earned MiLB.com’s Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for his 15-strikeout game last week. He leads the Minors with more than 15 strikeouts per nine.
• Garcia is one of five Thunder players to make the Eastern League All-Star Game along with 1B Chris Gittens, OF Ben Ruta, INF Hoy Jun Park and RHP Daniel Alvarez, the latter who threw the last two innings of today’s no-hitter. Gittens told The Trentonian he will participate in the Home Run Derby.
• With Brian Keller back, the Thunder have a six-man rotation, as the Trentonian details at the end of the previous post. Unsure how they’re planning on organizing everyone, but it could cut down on everyone’s innings.
• MiLB.com had a profile of Scranton-WB INF Gosuke Katoh, his relationship with Ichiro and the pursuit of his Major League dream.

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (8-6 loss at Rochester) … 44-30 record … Logan Morrison had a day off after four straight games with a homer.

• Starting Pitcher: RHP Randall Delgado: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 7/3 GB/FB — 63 of 100 pitches were strikes … Still hasn’t allowed more than three runs since his Scranton-WB debut.
• In Relief: LHP Rex Brother: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR
• In Relief: RHP Joe Harvey: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP
• Hitting Star: C Erik Kratz: 2-for-2, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB — Has three home runs in Scranton
• On Deck: SS Tyler Wade and RF Trey Amburgey: 2-for-4, 1 2B — Amburgey knocked in two runs and K’d twice … Wade had 1 RBI, 1 R and 1 K.
• #SummerofThairo: SS Thairo Estrada: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 error
• Notables: LF Clint Frazier went 0-for-4 with 1 BB and 1 K… 1B Mike Ford went 1-for-4 with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 1 BB… CF Mike Tauchman went 2-for-5 with 1 R, 1 RBI and 1 K… 3B Gosuke Katoh and DH Ryan McBroom each went 1-for-4 with 2 K.

Double-A Trenton Thunder: (7-0 win over Reading) A no-hitter!!! It’s the fourth nine-inning no-hitter in Trenton Thunder history … The first ever one was tossed by Tyler Clippard.

• Starting Pitcher: RHP Deivi Garcia: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 HBP, 2/4 GB/FB — 56 of 92 pitches (61%) were strikes … Wow … 109 strikeouts through 64 2/3 innings this year … 19 swinging strikes tonight ... Has nine strikeouts in seven of 13 starts.
• Deivi Video: Clips of two of his strikeouts: Here and here.
• In Relief: RHP Domingo Acevedo: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• In Relief: RHP Daniel Alvarez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• Hitting Stars: 1B Chris Gittens: 2-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB — Leads team with 12 home runs
• On Deck: DH Mandy Alvarez: 2-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 SB
• On Deck: SS Kyle Holder: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB
• Notables: 2B Hoy Jun Park went 1-for-4 with 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB and 1 CS … 3B Brandon Wagner, RF Matt Lipka and CF Rashad Crawford each went 1-for-4 … Crawford knocked in a run while Lipka and Wagner each scored one and K’d once.

High-A Tampa Tarpons are heading on the road and will play at Daytona on Tuesday.

Single-A Charleston RiverDogs: (12-3 loss at Rome)

• Starting Pitcher: RHP Alexander Vizcaino: 3 1/3 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 5/1 GB/FB — 45 of 72 pitches (63%) were strikes … ERA jumped from 3.19 to 4.27.
• In Relief: RHP Carlos Espinal: 2 1/3, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• In Relief: RHP Ron Marinaccio: 2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP
• Hitting Star: RF Frederick Cuevas and C Eduardo Navas: each 2-for-4, 1 K — Navas scored a run while Cuevas knocked one in.
• On Deck: 2B Kyle Gray: 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 K
• Notables: LF Canaan Smith went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a K … CF Josh Stowers went 0-for-3 with two walks, one run and 3 Ks … SS Max Burt went 1-for-4 with an RBI and 2 Ks.

Short-Season Staten Island Yankees had a scheduled day off. They host Hudson Valley (and their cool Renegades logo) tomorrow.

Rookie-level Pulaski Yankees had a day off and will be back in action Tuesday with first-round pick Anthony Volpe on the roster.

GCL Yankees East: (7-2 loss to GCL Phillies) … Opening Day means full lineups, baby!

• Starting Pitcher: RHP Denny Larrondo: 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP — 6 of 15 pitches were strikes … Pro debut for the 17-year-old Cuban prospect signed for $550K on the international market.
• In Relief: LHP Anderson Severino: 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 K, 1 WP
• In Relief No. 2: LHP Deivi Diaz: 1 2/3, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 1 WP — There’s a good and a bad to #DeiviSZN
• In Relief No. 3-4: RHPs Ismael Gomez and Johnny Abreu: 4 1/3 combined, 0 H, 3 BB, 2 K — Gomez walked two and hit a batter.
• SS Alexander Vargas: 1-for-4, 1 K — Also 17 years old and from Cuba, Yankees signed him for $2.5 million last year.
• CF Kevin Alcantara: 0-for-4, 2 K, 1 error — Was No. 10 on top international prospects for July 2018 signing period … Turns 17 in July.
• DH Hemmanuel Rosario: 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 3 K, 1 Sac Fly
• 1B Jake Farrell: 2-for-3, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 Sac Fly — 39th round pick this year.
• 3B Ronny Rojas: 0-for-4, 4 K, 1 error
• C Chase Illig: 0-for-2, 1 K — 29th-round pick in 2019 … Played five innings
• C Alex Guerrero: 0-for-2, 2 K
• LF D’Vaughn Knowles: 0-for-4, 1 K
• RF Raymundo Moreno: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 outfield assist
• 2B Deivi Munoz: 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 K