B-Mets Dodge Shutout, Fall to Trenton, 9-2
May 8, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release
Dylan Owen threw a pitched a season-high six innings giving up five unearned runs and Jonathan Malo hit a two-out, two-run single in the ninth to avoid the shutout as the B-Mets fell 9-2 at Waterfront Park to the Trenton Thunder Friday night.
Owen retired the first six men he faced before allowing the first two to reach in the third on a walk and a double. After notching two popouts on the infield to keep the runners at bay, Owen walked Reegie Corona to load the bases. With the bases full, Colin Curtis grounded to shortstop Ruben Tejada, but Tejada could not handle the roller allowing a run to score and Curtis to reach. The next hitter, Jorge Vazquez, launched a hanging breaking ball out of the yard to right-center for a grand slam. This gave the Thunder all they would need, leading 5-0.
In the seventh, the Thunder added four more, reaching with four straight hitters against reliever John Madden culminating with a three-run home run from Corona making it 9-0.
In the ninth, Trenton (12-13) reliever Josh Schmidt got the first two outs easily before allowing a walk to Ruben Tejada and a single to Emmanuel Garcia. The two moved up to second and third on a wild pitch before Malo drove them home with a two-run single up the middle to break up the shutout. Schmidt had not given up a run all season until Binghamton (13-13) struck for two in the ninth.
Thunder lefty Wilkin De La Rosa starred in his AA debut on the mound giving Trenton six scoreless innings while striking out nine men to pick up the win. In Owen's six-inning stint, he gave up four hits and walked three.
Binghamton will toss RHP Jose Sanchez (1-3, 7.40) tomorrow and Trenton will counter with RHP Zach McAllister (1-1, 2.53). The game is slated for a 7:05 first pitch and the radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 6:50 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.
Notes: Ruben Tejada's walk in the seventh extended his league-high on-base streak to 18 straight games...Lucas Duda stretched his hitting streak to a team-high eight games with a double in the eighth, it tied Emmanuel Garcia's eight-game streak to start the year for the longest on the team this season.
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