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EL Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Baty Rakes, Lasko Dominates as Ponies Rout Goats

August 12, 2021 - Eastern League (EL)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


BINGHAMTON, NY - Brett Baty finished 4-5 with two homers and four RBI as the Rumble Ponies (37-48) beat the Hartford Yard Goats 10-1 on Thursday night at Mirabito Stadium. Binghamton RHP Justin Lasko in his AA debut allowed only three hits over seven scoreless innings to get his first win at the Double-A level.

With the Ponies up 1-0 in the third, Baty hit a 443 foot solo home run that cleared the right center field bullpen to put Binghamton up 3-0. In the fourth, Baty drilled a two-run home run into the right center field bullpen to make it 5-0 Binghamton. Baty added an RBI double in the eighth to score Jake Mangum and cap the Ponies scoring. He also had a single in the first inning and for the second time this season finished a triple shy of the cycle. Baty now has five home runs and 18 RBI since joining the Rumble Ponies.

Jake Mangum also had a four-hit night with two runs scored and David Rodriguez was 3-4 with two runs and two RBI. His RBI single put the Ponies on the board in the first and his solo homer to left in the seventh made it 9-0 Binghamton.

Rodriguez' home run was one of five hit on the night for the Ponies. In addition to Baty's two blasts, Luis Carpio hit a solo homer in the second and Matt Winaker crushed a two-run shot in the third.

Lasko (1-0) gets the win as he retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced. Hartford (29-57) RHP Karl Kauffmann (1-8) gets the loss allowing nine hits and five runs over three innings.

Nick Meyer also had a multi-hit game and reached base three times, including an RBI single in the seventh.

The Ponies continue their series with the Yard Goats on Friday night with first pitch at 7:05 PM.

POSTGAME NOTES: Rodriguez has hit safely in 8 of his last 9 games and has 5 hits over his last two games...it is the fourth multi-homer game for the Ponies this year...The Ponies scored in every inning except the fifth...the win snaps the Yard Goats season-high four game winning streak.

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