EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Rally Falls Short

Published on July 17, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
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The Binghamton Mets pulled within a run after trailing by six early, but the Connecticut Defenders held on for a 9-5 win at NYSEG Stadium Thursday. The B-Mets have lost three in a row and 10 of 13.

Connecticut (50-48) got back-to-back, two-out RBI doubles by Pablo Sandoval and Adam Witter in the first, the only inning worked by starter Orlando Hernandez (0-1). Jose Sanchez came on in the second, allowing Kyle Haines to score on a wild pitch.

The Defenders would score three more in the third. Sandoval led off the frame with a homer before Olmo Rosario plated another with a sacrifice fly and Kyle Haines hit a run-scoring single for a 6-0 Connecticut lead. Sanchez settled down thereafter, retiring the last nine he faced.

The B-Mets (51-47) started chipping away at Connecticut's lead in the fourth, when Ambiorix Concepcion led off with a triple and scored on Emmanuel Garcia's single to center.

Binghamton scored thrice more against Connecticut starter Garrett Broshuis (10-6) in the fifth. Jose Coronado and Caleb Stewart singled, putting runners at the corners for Mike Carp, whose sacrifice fly brought in Coronado. Up next was Concepcion, who hammered a two-run homer to left, pulling Binghamton within 6-4.

Daniel Murphy led off the B-Mets half of the seventh with an infield hit and stole second before moving to third on a groundout and scoring on a throwing error, cutting Connecticut's lead to 6-5.

Connecticut put the game away against Eddie Camacho in the ninth, as Eddy Martinez-Esteve picked up an RBI single before Simon Klink's base hit plated two more.

Friday, the Binghamton Mets play the second game of a four-game series against the Connecticut Defenders. Lefty Jonathon Niese (5-7, 3.09) starts for Binghamton against Brooks McNiven (2-2, 1.30) of Connecticut. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: Hernandez was with the B-Mets on a Major League rehab assignment...Connecticut is 5-2 at NYSEG Stadium this season...the five-inning stint by Sanchez out of the bullpen is the longest outing by a B-Mets reliever since Salvador Aguilar tossed 5 1/3 innings in the resumption of a suspended game 6/19/07 @ REA...Binghamton had the leadoff man on in six different innings.

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