Binghamton Pitchers Shut Down Portland, Take Game One
Published on July 19, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
(Binghamton, NY) - Binghamton's pitchers retired the final 13 batters as they took the series opener from the Sea Dogs, 3-2 on Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium. Portland has dropped two straight and 8 of 11 this season to the B-Mets.
Kevin Mulvey (8-8) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings to pick up the win for Binghamton. Bubba Bell led off the game with a home run, ending Mulvey's streak of 99 and 1/3 innings without surrendering a long ball.
Lino Urndanetta and Carlos Muniz combined for three perfect innings with Muniz picking up his 20th save of the season.
Charlie Zink took a no-decision for Portland but left the game in the fifth inning after injuring his left leg. Zink suffered the injury by stretching on a throw from shortstop Jed Lowrie, which almost turned into a double play to end the inning. Instead, Miguel Negron reached on an RBI fielder's choice to tie the game at two.
Jose Vaquedano (1-1) suffered his first loss with Portland, yielding a run-scoring single to Drew Butera in the sixth inning.
Binghamton came right back against Zink in their half of the first inning. Mike Carp's bases-load sacrifice fly tied the game at one but Zink retired the next two batters to end the inning.
In the fifth inning, Iggy Suarez and Bell started a two-out rally with infield-hits and scored on Corey Keylor's single to right-center field. Keylor was Portland's last base runner of the night.
Jed Lowrie finished 1-for-3 with his team-leading 28th double of the season. Lowrie has hit safely in three straight games after going 0 for his previous eight.
The loss for Portland puts them one full game behind the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for the second playoff spot in the Eastern League's Northern Division.
Portland and Binghamton will play a doubleheader on Friday night beginning at 5:35 PM at NYSEG Stadium. Righty Justin Masterson (2-0, 0.00) and Lefty Andrew Dobies (3-2, 6.14) will get the starts for Portland. The B-Mets will have Righty's Marcos Carvajal (4-6) and Salvador Aguilar (4-4, 5.89) on the hill.
Allied Home Mortgage Big Dog of the Game - Bubba Bell
Notes...Bubba Bell extended his hitting streak to nine games and has reached base safely in all 11 Double-A starts...Portland's 4-8 hitters went 0-for-17 - Chad Spann was the only hitter to reach (walk in the fourth inning)...Lincoln Holdzkom worked a scoreless eighth and has not allowed a run in 13 of his last 15 outings.
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