South Jersey Baseball: Thunder Catcher Fuentes Headed to Columbus INF Olivares re-joins Thunder Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Dan Loney Trenton Thunder Baseball Club The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Teuris Olivares has been transferred from Columbus (AAA) of the International League to Trenton and that C Omar Fuentes has been transferred from Trenton to Columbus. Olivares went 1-4 with Trenton this year, smacking a home run in Trenton's 5-4 win over New Hampshire on April 18. In 2002, Olivares was the starting shortstop for Trenton, batting .231 with 6 HR and 33 RBI. He signed as a non-drafted free agent in 1995. Fuentes, 24, was signed as a non-drafted free agent in 1996. In 2003, Fuentes hit .236 for the Thunder, driving in 27 and scoring 29 runs. This year, Fuentes has one hit in 13 at-bats for Trenton. The Thunder take on the Portland Sea Dogs tonight at Hadlock Field at 6:00 PM, after dropping the series opener yesterday 8-7. Chien-ming Wang (0-1, 3.86) will get the start tonight against Portland’s Charlie Zink (0-1, 2.70). Below are the 2003 statistics for Fuentes and Olivares: Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB S0 SB CS GDP (Olivares) Trenton .231 65 208 26 48 74 8 0 6 33 20 35 3 4 7 Columbus .333 5 12 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 (Fuentes) Trenton .236 84 250 29 59 90 16 0 5 27 27 39 0 0 11

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