EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

9/3 B-Mets Game Notes @ Connecticut

Published on September 3, 2006 under Eastern League (EL1)
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The Latest The Connecticut Defenders scored all of their runs with two out, coming from behind to beat the Binghamton Mets 5-4 at Dodd Stadium yesterday...trailing 2-0 after two innings, Binghamton rallied to take a 4-2 lead with three in the sixth, on Chase Lambin's two run double and Jorge Padilla's sacrifice fly, before Mike Nickeas hit a sac fly in the seventh...Lambin finished 2 for 4, also scoring a run. Carlos Gomez also had two hits and a run scored...the loss evens the four-game series at a game apiece and is Binghamton's 19th defeat in their last 28 games.

About Binghamton Yesterday, Portland lost to New Hampshire in 13 innings, putting Binghamton 2 games behind the Sea Dogs for the EL North's final playoff spot with 2 to play. If Binghamton wins their final two games, and Portland loses their final two, that would force a one-game tiebreaker Tuesday in Portland to determine who would advance to postseason play vs. Trenton...RHP Henry Owens is on the USA squad and RHP Ivan Maldonado and LHP William Collazo are playing for Puerto Rico in the COPABE Olympic Qualifying Tournament 8/25- 9/5 in Havana, Cuba. The top two finishers in the 12-team field of North and South American nations qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The trio is expected to miss the rest of the regular season.

About Connecticut The Defenders were swept by New Hampshire in four games and have lost 13 of 19...Connecticut's .233 batting average and 457 runs scored are both EL lows, but their 3.71 ERA is the league's fourth-best...the Defenders' pitchers are coached by Bob Stanley, Binghamton's pitching coach in 1999 and from 2001-2002.

This ‘N That Binghamton's lost nine of their last 10 one-run games...yesterday, reliever Eddie Camacho was charged with three runs, ending a string of 13 consecutive scoreless innings for the B-Mets' bullpen. Camacho is the only reliever to allow runs in Binghamton's last four games...Saturday, starter Miguel Piñango picked up his 10th win of the season, making him the first BMet pitcher to reach double figures in wins since Phil Seibel won 10 in 2002...after beginning the year 23-35, the B-Mets won 37 of 52 from 6/7-8/5, moving 10 games above .500. Since then, the B-Mets have dropped 19 of 28...Thursday, the B-Mets drew a club-record 7,119 to NYSEG Stadium for the final home game of 2006, shattering the previous mark of 6,953 accomplished 7/15/2002 vs. ALT...Thursday, the B-Mets were shut out for the 14th time this season, a club record. The B-Mets were blanked 13 times in 2002.

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