EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Dykstra Drives B-Mets Past Thunder, 3-2

Published on May 14, 2011 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


TRENTON, NJ - Allan Dykstra came through in the clutch with a game-winning, two-run homer in the ninth inning Saturday night to give Binghamton a 3-2 win over Trenton at Waterfront Park. The win ended a three-game losing streak for the B-Mets.

Binghamton (12-20) trailed 2-1 entering the ninth inning and was 0-14 in games in which they trailed after eight innings. Josh Schmidt, who had gotten the final out in the eighth, continued into the ninth in search of his second save of the season. After Eric Campbell flied out, Brahiam Maldonado dropped a bloop single into right to bring the tying run to the plate. Dykstra worked the count full before drilling a pitch over the right-field wall to vault the B-Mets into the lead. He finished with two hits including the homer, his third of the season.

Major League veteran Carlos Silva made the start for the Thunder as he attempts to crack the Yankees roster. He proved to be a formidable foe. Binghamton's lone run against him came courtesy of an error in the second inning. Campbell led off with a routine groundball to second, but Corban Joseph bobbled the grounder which caused his throw to be late. Dykstra pushed Campbell to second with a clean single to right. After Salomon Manriquez flied out, Carlos Guzman smashed an RBI single to center to put the B-Mets on top 1-0.

Trenton (19-17) responded in the third with a run off starter Robert Carson. Jose Pirela led off with a double to right-center. He moved up to third when Ray Kruml grounded out to second. Addison Maruszak followed and looped an RBI single to right, which tied the score.

The Thunder edged ahead in the fifth with a home run from an unlikely source. Ray Kruml throttled a 3-1 fastball from Carson and sent it out of the yard to right for his first home run of the season, giving Trenton a 2-1 lead. It was just Kruml's fourth career home run over 314 career games.

Carson was not deterred by the long ball, however. The southpaw made it through a season-long seven innings and limited the Thunder to two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts.

Silva exited after six innings on the winning end. He retired the final 12 hitters he faced and allowed just three hits and an unearned run with six strikeouts. Unfortunately for him, he would not factor in the decision.

Ricky Brooks hurled a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win for Binghamton and Erik Turgeon struck out a pair of Trenton hitters in the ninth to nail down his second save in three chances.

Binghamton will try to salvage a split in the four-game set with a win in the finale Sunday at 1:05 PM. RHP Jeurys Familia (0-0, 1.29) will start opposite RHP Dellin Betances (2-1, 1.00) of Trenton. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show begins at 12:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

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