EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets rally back from six-run deficit, fall late, 10-7

August 31, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
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After three innings, the B-Mets were in an early 6-0 hole, but they rallied to tie the score, only to fall 10-7 to Akron in the waning innings at Canal Park Monday night. Kirk Nieuwenhuis impressed in his AA debut with a 3-5 showing including a triple and a run scored in the leadoff spot.

Aeros starter Jeanmar Gomez was on cruise control entering the fourth inning with a 6-0 lead. Ike Davis slowed his roll to open the inning with a solo homer to right-center, his 13th of the year with Binghamton. Caleb Stewart and D.J. Wabick followed with singles. When Zach Lutz flied out to right, Stewart advanced to third, where he scored from on Jose Coronado's RBI single. Emmanuel Garcia struck the next blow with an RBI single to center.

With three runs already home, Gomez walked the next man, Salvador Paniagua to load the bases. He proceeded to strike out Niewenhuis, who was called up to Binghamton from St. Lucie prior to the game, for the second out. However, Ruben Tejada blooped a two-out single into right to score Coronado and Garcia to move the B-Mets within a run at 6-5.

Binghamton (51-82) tied it up in the sixth when Niewenhuis tripled to dead center over the head of Jose Constanza. Akron (82-53) drew their infield in with the tying run at third allowing Tejada to drop a single into shallow center, plating Niewenhuis to tie the score at six.

The Aeros, however, reeled off the next four runs in the sixth and the seventh innings aided by four walks and a hit by pitch dealt out by the B-Mets bullpen.

Starter Mike Antonini was charged with the loss for allowing a season-worst 8 runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings. He also walked a season-high four men en route to his fourth loss.

The B-Mets outhit Akron 15-11. The top four men in the order all recorded multiple hits. Tejada went 3-4 with three RBIs and Davis and Stewart knocked two hits each.

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