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EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Struggle On Mound, Fall To Portland 12-4

April 18, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


Starter Jose Sanchez got roughed up for nine runs in three innings and Portland pounded out a season-high 18 hits on their way to a 12-4 win over Binghamton.

After a scoreless first inning, Sanchez allowed the first seven he faced in the second frame to reach, bringing five men across the plate to score and handing the Sea Dogs a 5-0 lead.

The B-Mets would get a few of those runs back in the third inning when Shawn Bowman snuck a bases-loaded single through the right side to drive in Emmanuel Garcia and Josh Thole against southpaw starter Felix Doubront. The single was part of a 2-4 day for Bowman, driving in three of Binghamton's four runs.

That, however, was as close as the B-Mets would get. In the fourth inning, Portland blew it open with six runs, capped off by Jorge Jimenez' three-run home run off reliever Tim McNab to make the score 11-2. Jimenez had a spectacular game going 4-5 with three RBI.

Binghamton (4-4) would scrape a few more runs across down the stretch, but it was not enough to offset the early damage done by Portland's hitter. Sea Dog first baseman Lars Anderson joined Jimenez with a four-hit day going 4-6 to run his average over .300.

Doubront was the winning pitcher in the game, tossing five innings of two-run ball to improve to 1-0.

Garcia and Thole extended their respective hitting streaks in the game. Garcia went 1-4 with a double in the third to run his streak to eight games, and 10 games if reverting to last year's final two games. Thole pushed his average over .400 with a 3-4 day scoring two runs.

Game three of the four-game set will get underway at 1:05 PM. Former B-Met infielder, turned pitcher, RHP Ryan Coultas will start for Binghamton and Portland counters with Japanese RHP Junichi Tazawa. The radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 12:50 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

Tomorrow is the first Cost Cutters Kids Eat Free Family Fun Day. Kids, 14 years and under, will be given vouchers good for a hotdog, a bag of chips, a small Coke and snacks to with the purchase of a full price child's ticket. It is also Humana Senior $4 Sunday. Fans, 60 years and up, can buy a reserved grandstand ticket for only $4. Tickets are available online at bmets.com, in person at the NYSEG Stadium box office (9am-5pm) and over the phone at 723-6387.

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