EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

New Hampshire Spoils Antonini Gem with 7-5 Come-From-Behind Win

May 7, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Mike Antonini allowed just three baserunners in seven-plus innings of work and left with a 5-0 lead, only to watch the bullpen unravel leading to a disastrous eighth inning that gave New Hampshire a 7-5 win at NYSEG Stadium Friday night. The outing tied Antonini's season-long. After seven innings, he had faced one over the minimum. Kirk Nieuwenhuis supplied much of the offense with a 2-5 night at the plate, featuring a triple, a homer and three RBI.

Binghamton (16-12) held a 5-0 lead entering the eighth. Antonini allowed a seeing-eye, leadoff single to David Cooper and walked Shawn Bowman before departing to a standing ovation. Jose De La Torre came on from the bullpen and gave up an RBI single to Adam Loewen, then issued back-to-back walks to plate another run.

The B-Mets still led 5-2 when Derrick Ellison was summoned to spell De La Torre. That would soon change. With the bases loaded, Ellison walked the first hitter he faced, Darin Mastroianni, forcing in the Fisher Cats third run. The next hitter, Manny Mayorson, proceeded to chase home the tying runs with a double to right that got past a diving Carlos Guzman. The veteran lefty notched the inning's first out when Eric Thames flied out to left, however, the flyball plated the go-ahead run, Mastroianni. Ellison was charged with the loss.

New Hampshire (19-9) added another run on a wild pitch to lead 7-5 and the Fisher Cats bullpen would take it the rest of the way. Vince Bongiovanni notched the win, his third of the season, with a scoreless seventh. Trystan Magnuson fired a shutout eighth and Danny Farquhar nailed down his league-leading ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth to seal up the win.

Binghamton scored all its runs in the first two innings off Fisher Cats' starter Zach Stewart. Nieuwenhuis led off the first with a solo shot to left-center, his second leadoff homer of 2010. Luis Hernandez followed with a hustle double into shallow left center and was plated later when Lucas Duda split the gap in left, making it 2-0 B-Mets.

Stewart's control issues helped Binghamton tally three more in the second. The Blue Jays top prospect walked a pair of men before running into Nieuwenhuis again with two outs. The slugging centerfielder lined a triple into the right-field corner to clear the bases and up the lead to four. Hernandez put the finishing touches on the inning with an RBI single to right, making it 5-0.

Antonini retired the first nine men he faced before allowing a single to Mastroianni leading off the fourth. Then he sat down 12 straight before allowing Cooper's single in the eighth.

The series continues Saturday afternoon at 1:05 PM. RHP Eddie Kunz (2-2, 6.94) is due to start for Binghamton and will be opposed by RHP Bobby Bell (2-1, 6.12). The radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 12:50 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

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