EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Game Notes

Published on August 14, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


Binghamton Mets (50-68) vs. Altoona Curve (63-55)

RHP Bobby Parnell (3-4, 4.27) vs. RHP Kip Bouknight (11-3, 3.59)

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 Game #119

The Latest

The Bowie Baysox took a 5-0 lead after two innings and never looked back, defeating the Binghamton Mets 11-4 at Prince George's Stadium Sunday...Wilson Batista doubled three times, scored twice and drove in a run, Jamar Hill had a two-run single, Brett Harper picked up an RBI and Mike Carp and Rafael Arroyo each scored a run...B-Mets starter Salvador Aguilar was charged with six runs over four innings...Bowie swept the three-game set from the B-Mets, who've lost four in a row.

About Binghamton

During their current four-game skid, the B-Mets have scored nine runs and hit .197 (25 for 127)...the B-Mets have scored less than five runs in their last four games after scoring five or more times in seven straight contests...Brett Harper is the 12th B-Met to hit 20 or more homers in a season and the first since Mike Jacobs, who hit 25 homers in 2005...the B-Mets have won their last two home series, both vs. TRE, the first time the B-Mets have won backto- back home series this season.

About Altoona

The Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate comes to Binghamton for the last leg of their nine-game road trip, which also took them to POR and NH. Altoona is 5-1 on this trip...the Curve are third in hitting (.272) and second in steals (114)...former B-Mets starting pitchers Matt Peterson and Jason Roach are currently working out of Altoona's bullpen.

This 'N That

Binghamton lost all seven of their meetings with Bowie this season, the first time in club history the B-Mets have been swept in a season series...Marcos Carvajal and Kevin Mulvey both have double-digit losses, becoming the seventh pair of B-Mets pitchers with 10+ losses in a season and the first since Luz Portobanco (12) and Rafael Lopez (10) in 2005...Wednesday vs. TRE, the B-Mets picked up their fourth shutout win of the season. Their previous three shutouts were decided by 1-0 scores (7/20 vs. POR/2, 7/14 @ CON, 5/5 vs. POR). The B-Mets also won three 1-0 games in 2001 and 2003 and they had four 1-0 victories in 2000...Binghamton's had nine games postponed, all in April, and they still need to make up three games as part of doubleheaders. All three of those doubleheaders will be played at NYSEG Stadium...Binghamton's postponed series vs. NB 4/16-18 is only the second series postponed in NYSEG/Municipal Stadium history and the sixth postponed series in team history (also 4/5-7/2007 @ AKR, 5/23-26/2006 @ POR, 4/7-9/2003 @ New Haven, 4/6-8/2001 @ POR and 4/21-23/2000 vs. POR). 2007 is also the first season in club history in which more than one series has been postponed.

B-Mets vs. Curve

(4-2)

4/27 vs. ALT, W 2-1

4/28 vs. ALT, L 10-6

4/29 vs. ALT, W 6-4

7/23 @ ALT, W 10-2

7/24 @ ALT, L 7-2

7/25 @ ALT, W 7-2

Today vs. ALT, 7:05

Tom. vs. ALT, 7:05

Thu. vs. ALT, 7:05

9 (6 @ BNG, 3 @ ALT)

Win-Loss Breakdown

Series 12-19-3

Home 6-9-1

Road 6-10-2

Home 23-34

Road 27-34

vs. EL North 36-36

vs. EL South 13-32

Day games 16-15

Night games 34-52

When scoring first 28-22

When out-hitting opposition 33-8

Scoring 4+ runs 41-30

Scoring 3- runs 9-36

vs. LH starting pitcher 10-14

vs. RH starting pitcher 17-30

One-run games 14-16

Two-run games 11-13

Extra innings 4-9

Shutout record 4-7

Doubleheaders 0-2-4

Leading after 7 29-5

Tied after 7 8-8

Trailing after 7 7-44

Leading after 8 35-4

Tied after 8 6-6

Trailing after 8 3-47

April 5-12

May 19-14

June 9-19

July 12-17

August 5-6

September 0-0

Sunday 7-8

Monday 2-8

Tuesday 7-10

Wednesday 8-8

Thursday 6-12

Friday 9-9

Saturday 9-9

Upcoming Probables

Tomorrow vs. Altoona, 7:05 - RHP Dewon Brazelton (3-3, 4.22), ALT vs. RHP Jose Sanchez (3- 6, 4.10), BNG

Thursday vs. Altoona, 7:05 - RHP Luis Muñoz (10-4, 3.77), ALT vs. RHP Kevin Mulvey (9-10, 3.51), BNG

Friday vs. New Hampshire, 7:05 - TBA, NH vs. RHP Marcos Carvajal (5-10, 5.06), BNG




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