EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Game Notes

Published on April 17, 2006 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


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Jorge Padilla's eighth-inning single drove in the go-ahead run and Bobby Malek put the game away with a ninth-inning grand slam, giving the Binghamton Mets an 8-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field yesterday...Padilla's hit scored Malek, who finished 2 for 4 with a double as well...Carlos Gomez and Wilson Batista each scored twice and Andy Wilson and Jay Caligiuri also drove in runs for Binghamton...Relievers Anderson Garcia, Ryan Cullen and Henry Owens tossed four scoreless innings, with Garcia picking up the victory...the win snaps Binghamton's two-game losing streak and earns them a split of the four-game series.

About Binghamton

The bullpen has allowed just one run over their last five games (0.48 ERA), yielding six hits and five walks while striking out 20 in 18 2/3 innings over that span. Over that same stretch, Binghamton's starters have allowed 15 runs in 26 innings of work (5.19 ERA)...B-Mets pitchers have allowed five homers this year, all of them given up by the starters and all of them multi-run shots - three three-run homers and two two-run dingers.

About New Hampshire

New Hampshire's coming off a doubleheader split vs. New Britain Saturday, losing the first game 14-5 before winning the second contest 1-0, earning a split of the four-game series...only two teams are hitting worse than the Fisher Cats' .208 and have scored fewer than their 30 runs...The Fisher Cats are managed by former B-Mets skipper Doug Davis. Doug managed Binghamton in 1999 and 2000, leading the B-Mets to their worst-ever finish in '99 (54-88) but he bounced back to lead Binghamton to a club-record-tying 82 wins and Binghamton's last Northern Division title in '00. Doug combined for a 136-146 record during his two seasons with Binghamton.

This ‘N That

Yesterday, reliever Henry Owens continued his dominance of the Eastern League, striking out two in an inning of work. Owens, who hasn't allowed a hit, has struck out 17 of the 25 to face him, allowing only four baserunners...after going 3 for 24 (.125) with runners in scoring position during their back-to-back losses Friday and Saturday, Binghamton rebounded to go 4 for 12 (.333) with runners on second and/or third in yesterday's contest...No EL team has walked (48) or struck out (104) more often than the B-Mets...Binghamton and New Hampshire met 23 times last season, making them the B-Mets' most frequent foe. This year, Binghamton will see Portland (19 times) and Trenton (17) more often than they will see the Fisher Cats.

Today's Starting Pitcher

Miguel Perez, RHP (0-0, 3.60)

Last Outing

Wed. vs. REA (ND): 5 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 K (W 6-4) Had baserunners in every inning but the second...allowed a run in the first on a Jason Jaramillo double, scoring Michael Bourn, who led off the frame with a single...retired eight in a row after that double...gave up four singles in the fourth, including an RBI hit off the bat of Carlos Leon and a two-run base hit to opposing pitcher Daniel Haigwood...left trailing 4-1.

This Season

Has gone exactly five innings in each of his first two outings...lefties are just 2 for 18 (.111) against him.

vs. New Hampshire

First career appearance vs. Fisher Cats.

Background

Resides in San Jose, Costa Rica...Spent entire '05 season with the Saltillo Saraperos of the AAA Mexican League, where he was on loan from the Mets...began the year in the rotation, going 3-2, 6.17 in five starts...had more success when moved to the bullpen, where he was 2-1, SV, 3.89 in 24 appearances...didn't allow an earned run in his 10 of his final 11 relief appearances 7/5-27, posting a 2.33 ERA during that stretch (19 1/3 IP, 6 BB, 19 K)...pitched in 17 of Saltillo's 25 playoff games, posting a 3.00 ERA in 24 innings. Saltillo made it to the Mexican League Championship Series, where they lost to Angelopolis in seven games...signed by the Mets 11/2004 after not pitching at all in 2004, when he was property of the St. Louis organization...got into 15 games, 14 of them starts, with Allentown of the independent Northeast League in 2003, going 6-5, 4.41 with 112 K in 96 IP...began stateside career with St. Paul of the independent Northern League in 2002, where he was 1-3, 4.21 in nine games, eight of them starts, striking out 55 in 47 innings...entering 2006, has struck out 232 batters in 210 1/3 career innings...originally from Holguin, Cuba, but defected 6/1999, seeking asylum in Costa Rica.

Repertoire

Curveball, fastball (88-92 m.p.h.), changeup

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