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B-Mets Game Notes: Game #111- B-Mets (61-49) vs. Trenton Thunder (58-53) - 7:05 pm

Published on August 7, 2015 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Binghamton Mets (61-49) vs.

Trenton Thunder (58-53)

(Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees)

RHP Gabriel Ynoa (8-7, 3.81) vs. LHP Eric Wooten (1-1, 5.55)

Friday, August 7, 2015 - Game #111 - Home Game #54

NYSEG Stadium - Binghamton, NY - 7:05 PM

LAST GAME: The B-Mets fell, 4-3, to the Bowie Baysox in the series finale Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium. The loss cost the B-Mets the sweep. Binghamton was held to five hits in the ballgame, with three coming from Brock Peterson, matching a season-high. Rainy Lara also matched a season-high by allowing nine hits for the second time in his last three starts. He lasted just four innings in the losing effort, allowing all four runs in the fourth stanza.

BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Gabriel Ynoa is making his 19th start with Binghamton and second against Trenton this season. Ynoa is coming off a win in Richmond where he allowed four runs on 10 hits over five innings. It was Ynoa's sixth win in his last nine starts. He has earned a decision in 10 consecutive outings. It will be his third career start against Trenton, having earned no-decisions in the first two. Ynoa allowed 17 hits and seven runs in 11 innings over the two starts combined.

TRENTON STARTER: LHP Eric Wooten is making his sixth start with Trenton and first since June 7th. He's made 10 appearances with Tampa (High-A) and one with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA) since his last Thunder outing. It will be his third start in the last two months and first since July 21st. Between the three levels, Wooten has gone 2-6 with a 4.73 ERA in 22 appearances. He made a start at NYSEG Stadium back on June 2nd, allowing two runs over five innings for a no-decision.

VS. TRENTON: This is the final series between these two teams. Trenton has won six of the first 11 matchups, including the first four. Binghamton is 5-2 in the last seven, outscoring the Thunder 31-20 during that span. Binghamton has not won the season series with Trenton since going 7-6 in 2005. They're 64-84 vs. Trenton since then.

JARED'S KING: Jared King has driven in 12 runs over his last 14 games, despite batting .205 during that time. He has driven in multiple runs in back-to-back games for the second time this season, and the first in over three months.

MAGIC 8: Binghamton has not lost any of their past eight series, going 6-0-2. The B-Mets are coming off a series with against Bowie, where they took two of three from the Baysox.

LEFTY: The B-Mets are facing their fourth consecutive left starter. Binghamton is batting .261 against LHP, compared to .255 against RHP. The B-Mets have four different players batting .300 or better against southpaws this season,

including Brock Peterson (.300, 60 at-bats) and Gavin Cecchini (.369, 103 at-bats).

TAKE THE PEN!: The B-Met bullpen has combined to pitch to a 0.86 ERA (5 ER, 52.1 IP) over their last 14 games, since allowing five runs against New Britain on July 22nd. The Binghamton 'pen has lowered it's ERA from 4.83 on July 2nd to 3.75 currently.

FRESH START: Vince Belnome is 8-for-19 with five RBI in this first five starts with the B-Mets. He has recorded a hit in all five games, including multiple in four. Belnome has also driven in multiple runs twice, including in Thursday's loss.

NEED FOR SPEED: The B-Mets are tied for the fewest stolen bases in the league with 50. They reached a season-high with five steals in Wednesday's win and are 10-for-12 in stolen base attempts over their last 20 games.

EQUALING OUT: LJ Mazzilli is batting .163 (8-for-49) in his 11 games since going 4-for-4 against Trenton on July 23rd.

NEXT GAME PREVIEW: The B-Mets continue their series with Trenton Saturday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Matt Koch gets the start for Binghamton against RHP Rookie Davis.

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