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EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Game Notes

August 30, 2005 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Shut Out...Again

For the second time in three days, the Trenton Thunder were able to shut out the Binghamton Mets, 4-0 at Waterfront Park Sunday, with starter Matt DeSalvo hurling seven of those shutout innings. Aarom Baldiris went 2 for 4 with a double and was the only B-Met with a multi-hit game. Jonathan Slack and Brett Harper (each 1 for 3, BB), were the only other players to reach base twice for the B-Mets, who lost three of four at Trenton and have dropped nine of their last 11 on the road.

Shutout Stories

After being shutout in the fourth game of the season (9-0, 4/10 @ AKR), the B-Mets went 74 games before they were shut out again (2-0, 7/3 @ AKR). However, the B-Mets have now been shut out four times in their last 57 contests. The two shutouts at the hands of the Thunder marked the first time the B-Mets had been blanked twice in a series since Reading posted back-to-back shutouts at NYSEG Stadium September 4th-5th, 2004.

Breaking The Tie

Today, the B-Mets start a three-game series at New Hampshire, which means the teams won't be able to split, as has been the case in the other five series between the clubs, which were all four-game affairs. On two occasions - including the last series between the clubs August 11th-14th at New Hampshire - the B-Mets have taken the first two games of a series, only to lose the last two.

Team-By-Team

Despite falling to Trenton Sunday, the B-Mets finished the season series 7-6 against the Thunder. After going 9-7 against Portland this year, Binghamton has winning records against the top two teams in their division and could wind up with winning records against EL North foes New Hampshire (10-10, four left to play) and New Britain (4-6, four left to play). Binghamton was 5-11 vs. Norwich.

On The Mound

LHP Evan MacLane (2-2, 4.67)

Last Time Out: Thu. vs. HAR (ND): 7 IP, R, 5 H, BB, 4 K (W 4-3, 10)...After allowing a Melvin Dorta homer in the third - his first longball allowed in three starts - Evan retired 14 of the final 17 to face him, allowing no one past second base. However, the lefthander left the game with the score tied 1-1.

This Season: Evan has allowed just three earned runs and 12 hits over his last 14 2/3 innings, spanning two starts (1.84 ERA). The lefthander had a 8.71 ERA in his four starts before that, allowing 32 hits over 20 2/3 innings. Evan has exhibited pinpoint control, walking no more than two in any of his seven starts with the B-Mets. He's performed better at NYSEG Stadium (1-1, 3.51, 4 starts) than he has on the road (1-1, 6.27, 3 starts). Evan was called up July 20th after going 8-5 with a 3.20 ERA in 19 starts with High-A St. Lucie.

Against New Hampshire: The only time Evan's failed to go at least five innings since joining the B-Mets occurred vs. Vince Perkins August 14th at New Hampshire, in which he reached season highs in runs and hits allowed (4 1/3 IP, 8 R, 11 H, BB, 3 K). He had a 2-0 lead after three innings, but gave it up with a three-run fourth and was chased during New Hampshire's five-run fifth. Evan got the loss in the Fisher Cats' 9-2 victory.

Background: The 22-year-old Chico, California native combined to go 10-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 26 games, 22 of them starts, between Low-A Capital City and SS-A Brooklyn in 2004. Evan was drafted by the Mets in the 25th round in 2003 out of Feather River (CA) Junior College where he was 25-5 over two seasons, earning co-California Junior College Pitcher of the Year honors in 2003.

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