EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Earn 1-0 Victory

Published on April 7, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Emmanuel Garcia singled home Fernando Martinez in the bottom of the eighth and three Binghamton Mets pitchers held the Akron Aeros to four hits, en route to a 1-0 B-Mets victory at NYSEG Stadium Monday. The win is Binghamton's second in three games.

Akron (1-3) was handcuffed by B-Mets starter Jake Ruckle. The righthander, who was making his Double-A debut, tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, retiring eight in a row at one point. Joe Hietpas (1-0) followed with 2 1/3 shutout innings of his own, retiring seven of the eight to face him.

Binghamton (3-2) catcher Rafael Arroyo led off the bottom of the eighth with an unsuccessful bunt attempt against T.J. Burton (0-2) before Martinez followed with a double down the rightfield line. That set the stage for Garcia, who hit an opposite-field single to left to score Martinez.

Eddie Kunz tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save in as many chances.

Tuesday, the B-Mets play the second game of their three-game series with the Akron Aeros. Lefty Jonathon Niese (1-0, 0.00) will start the opener for Binghamton against Akron's Kevin Dixon. Game time is 6:35 with the radio broadcast beginning at 6:20 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: the B-Mets have scored four runs or less in four of their five games...Ruckle is the first B-Mets starter to work into the sixth inning...the B-Mets' last 1-0 game was a in 7/20/07 vs. POR/2. The B-Mets have won their last six 1-0 games, with the last loss coming 4/29/06 @ ERI.

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