EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

New Hampshire Ties It In The Ninth Before Winning In 13

Published on April 26, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


Sergio Santos hit a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth and Chip Cannon launched a solo shot in the 13th, helping the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to a 5-4, extra-inning win over the Binghamton Mets at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium Thursday. New Hampshire swept the four-game series, handing the B-Mets their seventh straight loss.

The game began as a pitchers' duel between Binghamton's Marcos Carvajal and New Hampshire's Kyle Yates, both of whom departed after five shutout innings, with Carvajal allowing only one hit.

Binghamton (3-11) broke the scoreless tie in the seventh when Jose Coronado singled, moved to second on a two-out walk drawn by Mark Kiger, and scored on Miguel Negron's base hit to right. New Hampshire (11-5) rallied to tie in the bottom of the frame, as Santos doubled and scored on Ryan Klosterman's single.

The B-Mets re-took the lead in the eighth. Nic Jackson started the rally by drawing a two-out walk before Coronado reached on catcher's interference. After a wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position, Corey Ragsdale drove them in with a double down the leftfield line. Fernando Martinez followed with a base hit to right that brought in Ragsdale for a 4-1 B-Mets lead.

Robinzon Diaz led off New Hampshire's half of the ninth with a base hit to center against reliever Brandon Nall before Cannon doubled him home. Closer Carlos Muñiz then came on to face Santos, giving up the two-run homer.

The game stayed tied until the bottom of the 13th. After Ryan Cullen (0-1) recorded the inning's first out, Cannon hit his walk-off homer to right-center.

New Hampshire's Lee Gronkiewicz (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Friday, the B-Mets return home for a three-game series against the Altoona Curve. Michael Devaney (0-1, 5.63) gets the start for the B-Mets against lefthander Josh Shortslef (0-3, 4.80) of Altoona. Game time is 7:05 from NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast starting at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: Binghamton finished 1-7 on their eight-game road trip to Trenton and New Hampshire...Coronado had a bunt single in the fifth to end an 0 for 22 skid...Carvajal entered today's game with a 15.43 ERA while Yates's ERA was 8.64...the blown save was Muñiz's first in three chances...three New Hampshire relievers teamed up to retire 14 in a row at one point between Martinez's RBI single in the eighth and Jackson's one-out hit in the 13th.

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