EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Kiger Homers Twice In B-Mets' Rout Of Trenton

Published on August 2, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Mark Kiger homered twice and was one of six B-Mets with multi-hit games in a 14-2 win over the Trenton Thunder at NYSEG Stadium Thursday. Binghamton took two of three from the Thunder.

Kiger got the B-Mets (47-62) started with a homer in the first off Jeff Marquez. Mike Carp followed with a double before Marquez (11-7) walked Brett Harper. Two batters later, Mike Nickeas reached on an error that scored Carp for a 2-0 B-Mets lead.

Binghamton put the game away with a six-run third. Kiger led off with a walk before Carp and Harper singled, the latter scoring Kiger. Vince Harrison followed with a base hit that loaded the bases before a Mike Nickeas fielder's choice forced out Carp at home. Marquez then walked Caleb Stewart with the bases loaded, forcing in Harper, before Jamar Hill singled in Harrison and Miguel Negron hit a three-run double that put the B-Mets ahead 8-0.

That was more than enough run support for B-Mets starter Bobby Parnell, who allowed a run in the sixth on Bronson Sardinha's RBI double. Parnell (2-4) struck out eight over six innings of work.

The B-Mets tacked on four more in the sixth on Kiger's three-run homer and Nickeas's two-out RBI single that scored Harper. RBI singles by Carp and Harrison in the seventh increased Binghamton's lead to 14-1 before Trenton (65-44) scored the game's final run in the eighth on Sardinha's second RBI hit of the night.

Friday, the B-Mets open a three-game series on the road against the Reading Phillies. Jose Sanchez (3-5, 4.10) will start for the B-Mets against lefty Josh Outman (0-1, 7.71) of Reading. Game time is 7:05 from FirstEnergy Stadium with the radio broadcast starting at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: Binghamton won just their second home series since 5/25 (also 7/4-6 vs. NH)...the 14 runs and 17 hits were B-Mets season highs...Lastings Milledge (7/9 vs. CON) had Binghamton's other two-homer game this season...the B-Mets have batted around in three different innings in the last two games...Marquez has started four of Trenton's five losses to the B-Mets. Binghamton is the only team that's beaten him more than once.

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