Ponies Roar Back But Fall Short against Yard Goats
Published on July 22, 2022 under Eastern League (EL)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release
BINGHAMTON, NY - The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (5-14, 33-55) fought back from down 5-0 to tie the game in the sixth, but Michael Toglia's second solo homerun of the night led Hartford to a 6-5 win on Friday night at Mirabito Stadium as the 1992 Eastern League championship team was honored.
Toglia took a pitch from Ponies reliever Mitch Ragan (1-3) into left centerfield in the eighth which gave Hartford the one run edge. The switch-hitter also hit a homer to make it 5-0 Yard Goats in the fifth. He finished 2-4 with two RBI.
Aaron Schunk opened the scoring in the second with his ninth homer of the season and 58th RBI off Ponies starter Garrison Bryant. Hartford (12-7, 55-33) added one in the third and two more in the fourth on Willie MacIver's RBI single. MacIver eventually scored on a throwing error to give Hartford a 4-0 lead.
The Ponies comeback started in the fifth with an RBI double from Brett Baty which brought in Matt Winaker. Four runs came across in the sixth on Zach Ashford's two-run double scoring Carlos Cortes and Nick Meyer. Wyatt Young's RBI single plated Ashford and Luke Ritter's sacrifice fly brought Winaker home.
The Ponies will continue their weekend series with the Hartford Yard Goats on Saturday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM with pregame coverage beginning at 6:20 PM on NewsRadio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM.
POSTGAME NOTES: Young, Baty, Ashford and Cortes each had two-hits... Winaker reached base four times and scored two runs... Bryant pitched four innings in his Rumble Ponies debut.
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