EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets' Bats Lead The Way To Win At Akron

Published on June 22, 2006 under Eastern League (EL1)
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The Binghamton Mets pounded out 14 hits and scored in four different innings, beating the Akron Aeros 8-5 at Canal Park Thursday. The win is Binghamton's second in three days over the Aeros and their ninth in 14 games.

After Ryan Goleski put Akron (46-25) on top with a solo homer in the bottom of the first off Miguel Perez, the Binghamton Mets took a lead they wouldn't relinquish when Michel Abreu led off the second by singling off Sean Smith and Jay Caligiuri followed with a two-run homer to left to make it 2-1 B-Mets.

Binghamton (32-40) added another in the third when Rashad Eldridge reached Smith (8-1) for a double before Kevin Rios brought him in with a single. The B-Mets lead grew to 6-1 in the sixth. After Rios singled to begin the frame, Yunir Garcia bunted him to second before Carlos Gomez hit a two-run shot to left. Two batters later, Andy Wilson singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and came home on Abreu's base hit.

Perez (2-4) settled down after the first-inning homer, striking out five over six innings. He gave way to Matt Lindstrom in the seventh, who allowed five hits and four runs in the inning. Eider Torres and Brad Snyder pulled Akron within 6-3 on back-to-back RBI singles before Goleski's sacrifice fly and Ryan Mulhern's run-scoring single trimmed Binghamton's lead to 6-5.

However, the B-Mets tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the ninth. Abreu led off the frame with a single before Corey Ragsdale drove him in with a two-out triple to right. Rios followed with a double down the leftfield line, scoring Ragsdale with the game's final run.

Henry Owens tossed a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his ninth save in as many opportunities.

Friday, the B-Mets wrap up their four-game set at Akron. Southpaw William Collazo (6-4, 2.20) will start for Binghamton against Dan Denham (2-0, 2.70) of Akron. Game time is 7:05 from Canal Park with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show kicking off the broadcast at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

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