EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Drop Middle Game to Thunder, 4-2

Published on June 11, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


TRENTON, NJ - Jose Pirela's double off Roy Merritt in the sixth inning broke a tie game and helped the Trenton Thunder defeat the B-Mets 4-2 tonight at Waterfront Park.

In his first inning of relief, Merritt allowed the first three batters he faced to reach safely. Jose Gil led off the frame with a single and DeAngelo Mack followed with a walk. Pirela brought both home and broke a 2-2 tie with his sixth double of the season.

For the second straight night, Binghamton drew first blood. Brahiam Maldonado started the fourth inning with a drive over the right field fence against starter Manny Banuelos. It was Maldonado's second homer of the series and twelfth of the season.

The Thunder responded with an unconventional homer off B-Mets starter Collin McHugh in the fourth. With one gone and the bases empty, Jose Gil lifted a fly ball to left field. Maldonado dived for it, failed to make the catch, and was shaken up on the play.

While Maldonado remained on the ground, Gil raced around the bases. By the time the ball returned to the infield, Gil had crossed home with an inside-the-park home run.

After the Thunder took a 2-1 lead on Bradley Suttle's RBI single in the fifth, the B-Mets offered a rebuttal in the sixth. Salomon Manriquez greeted new reliever Fernando Hernandez with a single to bring home Maldonado.

It would prove to be the final run the B-Mets would score. After Trenton took the lead in the bottom of the sixth, Naoya Okamoto took over in the seventh. The Japanese left-hander faced one over the minimum in three scoreless innings of relief en route to his second save of the year.

The B-Mets (19-41) and Thunder wrap up their series at 1:05pm tomorrow. RHP Jeurys Familia (0-2, 3.00) will take the mound against LHP Kai Igawa (2-2, 3.83). The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show begins at 12:50pm on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

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