EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Hammer Erie In Second Game, Earn Twinbill Split

Published on July 22, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Jonathan Malo and Jose Coronado each had three hits for the Binghamton Mets, helping them win Game 2 of their doubleheader over the Erie SeaWolves 11-4 at Jerry Uht Park Tuesday. Erie won the opener 8-2.

In the nightcap, the B-Mets (54-49) got on the board in the first, thanks to three straight hits off Juan Cedeño. Coronado started the attack with a double before Daniel Murphy and Ambiorix Concepcion singled, the latter scoring Coronado.

Binghamton upped the lead to 3-0 in the second. Malo reached on a infield single and, two batters later, scored on Salvador Paniagua's double off the leftfield wall. Paniagua came in on Coronado's second double of the game.

Erie (43-61) rallied to tie against Jose Sanchez. Jeff Kunkel and Will Rhymes each singled in a run in the second before Ryan Roberson's third-inning solo shot knotted the score 3-3.

Malo led off the B-Mets' half of the fourth with a double before scoring on Fernando Martinez's two-out single to center, putting Binghamton ahead for good. Coronado followed with a single before Murphy's base hit plated Martinez. Cedeño (3-2) walked Concepcion to load the bases before hitting Mike Carp with a pitch. That forced in Coronado and put the B-Mets ahead 6-3.

Binghamton put the game away in the sixth. Malo hit a bases-loaded, two-run double before Garcia cranked a three-run homer to rightfield. Kunkel's RBI groundout off Sanchez (9-5) in the sixth capped the scoring.

In the opener, Erie scored four times off Bobby Parnell (9-5) in the first, with Pedro Cotto driving in two with a double. After Concepcion doubled off Josh Rainwater (7-4) and was singled in by Garcia in the second to cut Erie's lead to 4-1, the SeaWolves put the game away with three in the third. Casper Wells singled in one before a Rhymes single plated two more for a 7-1 Erie lead.

Carp singled and scored on a pair of errors in the fourth before Roberson's solo homer in the bottom of the frame concluded the scoring.

Wednesday, the Binghamton Mets play the fourth game of their five-game series against the Erie SeaWolves. Lefty Jonathon Niese (5-7, 3.22) starts for Binghamton against Lauren Gagnier (1-1, 12.15) of Erie. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at Jerry Uht Park with the radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: the B-Mets are hitting .397 (89 for 224) in six games at Jerry Uht Park this season, scoring 61 runs...Coronado has five doubles in his last seven games...Murphy started at third base in the second game, his first action there since 6/10 vs. HAR...in Game 2, Paniagua started at catcher for the third time this season with Binghamton...Binghamton has yet to get swept in a doubleheader this season, splitting three and sweeping two.

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