EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Malo Musters Big Fly, B-Mets Baffle Bowie 3-2

Published on June 3, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Jonathan Malo delivered in the clutch for Binghamton with a game-winning, two-run homer off Eddie Gamboa in the eighth to push the B-Mets past Bowie 3-2 at Prince George's Stadium Thursday night. Malo's second homer of the season brought Binghamton's three-game slide to a halt.

Starters Mike Antonini and Ryohei Tanaka were terrific for their respective teams, dueling to a 1-1 deadlock through six innings. Antonini ran into trouble, however, in the seventh, allowing a pair of singles to Robbie Widlansky and Tyler Henson opening the frame. After forcing the lead runner at third on a poor bunt from Matt Tucker, Antonini departed. Manuel Alvarez spelled him and got the next two hitters, stranding two men on base and preserving the tie.

Antonini tied a season-high with seven strikeouts over 6.1 innings and allowed just a run on six hits for his fourth quality start of the season.

Binghamton (25-28) mounted its charge in the eighth with Tanaka out of the game. The Bowie starter fired a season-long, seven innings of one-run work before passing the ball to the bullpen. Eddie Gamboa entered in relief and walked the leadoff hitter Eric Campbell on five pitches. Jose Coronado attempted to bunt him into scoring position, but the spry Gamboa hopped off the mound, fielded the bunt and fired to second to force Campbell. Malo followed and pounced on an inside fastball, powering it over the left-field wall to propel the B-Mets into the lead 3-1.

Gamboa's struggles continued as the righty allowed three of the next four hitters to reach on a pair of walks and a hit, loading the bases. However, Gamboa settled down to strike out Marshall Hubbard, stranding the bases full.

In the eighth, Alvarez walked Jonathan Tucker and Caleb Joseph singled to knock the righty out of the game. Roy Merritt was summoned from the bullpen to extinguish the fire. Joel Guzman stepped in with two on and flied out to right for the first out. Merritt then walked Brandon Waring to load the bases. Robbie Widlansky closed the gap to a run with a fielder's choice to short, but that was all that Bowie would get as Tyler Henson flied out to center to end the threat.

Merritt made easy work of the Baysox in the ninth with a 1-2-3 inning, striking out Danny Figueroa to nail down his fourth save in five chances.

The B-Mets cracked the scoreboard first in the third. Jose Coronado singled to left-center and was sacrificed to second by Malo. Kirk Nieuwenhuis plated Coronado with a single to center to pit Binghamton a 1-0 lead. Nieuwenhuis was the lone B-Mets player with two hits.

Bowie (28-26) answered in the fifth with a two-out rally off Antonini. Henson, Tucker and Carlos Rojas strung together three straight singles to tie the score.

Binghamton's road trip continues Friday night at 6:35 PM in New Britain with the first of three with the Rock Cats. RHP Josh Stinson (2-1, 3.09) will start the opener and LHP Tyler Robertson (0-5, 4.89) will take the ball for New Britain. The radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 6:20 PM with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

Notes: A 33-minute rain delay preceded the game...Binghamton has now homered in five straight games, tying a season-high.

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