Early Thunder Rally Holds Strong in Bowie
Published on June 1, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Trenton Thunder News Release
BOWIE, MD - Michael King dealt for seven innings and received plentiful early run support, as the Thunder defeated the Bowie Baysox, 7-2, on Friday night at Prince George's Stadium.
In his third career double-A start for the Thunder (33-21), King held the Baysox (24-28) to just one run on three hits, walking one batter and striking out four. From the second batter of the second inning to the second batter of the seventh, the right-hander retired 16 of 17 batters he faced, including a streak of 10 in a row.
The Thunder jumped out to a four-run lead in the first inning against Bowie starter Hunter Harvey. Jeff Hendrix drew a leadoff walk and scored on a triple by Abiatal Avelino, who in turn scored on a Bruce Caldwell double. Ryan McBroom followed with a RBI-triple past a diving attempt by left fielder Anthony Santander, and Trey Amburgey capped the rally with a sacrifice fly to center field.
The Baysox fought back with a run in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Corban Joseph, but Trenton immediately added to its lead in the second, as Rey Navarro and Abiatal Avelino both hit solo homers off Harvey. The right-hander was finished after two innings, surrendering a season-high six runs on five hits.
Rehabbing Orioles left-hander Zach Britton and right-hander Christian Binford combined for five innings of scoreless relief against the Thunder, who got a solo home run from Amburgey in the ninth.
Jordan Foley pitched the final two innings for the Thunder, allowing an eighth-inning RBI-single to Anderson Feliz for Bowie's final run.
Your Thunder continue the series on Saturday night at 6:35pm against the Baysox. The Thunder have yet to announce their starting pitcher, while LHP Keegan Akin (5-4, 2.97) will go for Bowie. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:25pm on 920 AM The Jersey and online at www.TrentonThunder.com/Broadcast.
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