"Mully" plays for pay

Jake arrived late, the Thunder are wrapping up their first season this week. He did dazzle them with his initial performance in a 2-0 loss to State College (PA.). He used his "marvelous change-up" to keep the State College hitters at bay.

WP - Dalton Oates (3-0)

LP - Jake Mulholland (0-1)

SV - Blake Seigler (3)

Time - 1:36

Att - 2,297

(Trenton, NJ) – In their first game in their rightful home, the Trenton Thunder were shut out by the State College Spikes 2-0 before a Tuesday night crowd of 2,297 at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. In a very well-pitched game, lefthanded starters Jake Mulholland and Dalton Oates stole the show in a 7-inning affair that took under two hours to play. The Spikes scored both runs without a run batted in and Mulholland (0-1), the Oregon State All-American, used his marvelous changeup to strikeout eight over four one-hit innings.

Mulholland struck out the first four Spikes before Marques Paige wacked a double into left with one out in the second. Following a walk to Daryl Loyd III, the Spikes were successful with a double steal that produced a throwing error from Thunder catcher Andrew Cossetti. His throw to second base bounced away into center field and Paige scored an unearned run that would stand up all evening long.

Mulholland didn’t allow another hit the rest of the way as he fanned eight over four innings, keeping the game in reach for the Thunder offense. Unfortunately, Oates was just as tough, working around singles in the first and second before retiring eight straight. With one out in the fifth, designated hitter Nathaniel Butterworth picked up his second single and Bret Williams reached on an infield base hit to put the tying runs aboard. Oates (3-0) got the next two outs and did the same in the sixth when the Thunder put the tying runs on again with an error and a single from Luis Vargas.

Who the heck is going to be our closer in 22?