Early Rallies More Than Enough For Rock Cats
Published on April 29, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release
Jake Ruckle allowed five runs in the first two innings and the New Britain Rock Cats never trailed in a 7-1 win over the Binghamton Mets at NYSEG Stadium Tuesday. The loss is Binghamton's season-high-tying fourth in a row.
The first six New Britain (11-12) batters got hits in the first off Ruckle with Brock Peterson, Matt Moses, David Winfree and Erik Lis picking up RBIs for a 4-0 Rock Cats lead.
The B-Mets (10-15) got a run back in the bottom of the first. Emmanuel Garcia drew a leadoff walk off Oswaldo Sosa (1-2) before Fernando Martinez singled him to second. After both runners advanced a base on a wild pitch, Nick Evans grounded out, scoring Garcia and cutting New Britain's lead to 4-1.
The Rock Cats tacked on another in the second on Peterson's RBI single to make it 5-1. Ruckle (1-2) then settled down, allowing one hit the rest of the way before departing after seven innings of work. New Britain added two more in the eighth when Peterson scored on a wild pitch and Trevor Plouffe doubled in a run.
Tuesday, the B-Mets start play the second game of a three-game series against the New Britain Rock Cats. Lefty Jonathon Niese (2-1, 0.71) will start for Binghamton against Yohan Pino (0-1, 1.35) of New Britain. The first pitch is slated for 6:35 p.m. at NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast beginning at 6:20 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.
Notes: Dating back to the seventh inning Fri. @ POR, the B-Mets have scored two runs over their last 30 innings, with Evans driving both of them in...Ruckle is the first B-Mets starting pitcher this season to last into the seventh inning...Binghamton also lost four in a row 4/17-20.
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