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EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets' Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short

August 2, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
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The Binghamton Mets scored four runs with two outs in the ninth, but the New Britain Rock Cats held on for an 8-5 win at New Britain Stadium Saturday. The loss snaps Binghamton's win streak at three games.

New Britain (45-67) scored four runs of their own off Jose Sanchez (10-6) with two outs in the first. David Winfree notched a run-scoring single before back-to-back doubles by Danny Valencia and Matt Moses drove in three more for a 4-0 advantage.

Mike Carp got one of the runs back for Binghamton (60-55) with a solo homer to right. But that would be all Jay Rainville (8-8) would allow over six innings of work.

The Rock Cats added to their lead in the bottom of the third, when Winfree reached on an error and scored on a subsequent error. Winfree's groundout in the seventh scored another before Drew Butera's sacrifice fly and Dustin Martin's RBI single in the eighth put New Britain ahead 8-1.

Caleb Stewart drew a one-out walk off reliever Zach Ward in the ninth and moved to third on Shawn Bowman's base hit. Salomon Manriquez followed with a single to right, bringing in Stewart, before Bowman scored on Josh Petersen's double. Jonathan Malo added a single that scored Manriquez and Petersen, but that was as close as the B-Mets would get. Ward held on for his first save in three chances.

Sunday, the Binghamton Mets play the rubber game of a three-game series against the New Britain Rock Cats. Eric Brown (5-8, 5.67) will start for Binghamton against lefty Ryan Mullins (7-8, 4.49) of New Britain. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. at New Britain Stadium with the radio broadcast beginning at 1:20 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: seven of Binghamton's eight hits came with two outs...Mike Carp has had a hand in five of the nine runs Binghamton has scored in the series, driving in four...Bowman has hit safely in 15 straight games between Binghamton and High-A St. Lucie.

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