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Reyes Slams B-Mets to Sixth Straight Win, 9-5

June 29, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
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Raul Reyes' third-inning grand slam highlighted a banner scoring night for Binghamton, which routed Altoona 9-5 to win its sixth straight game Tuesday night at NYSEG Stadium. Reyes has hit in all six games he has played with the BMets since joining the team a week ago from St. Lucie, including three home runs and nine RBI.

Altoona (49-28) jumped on top early with runs in each of the first two innings against Eric Niesen. In the first, Gorkys Hernandez laced a one-out triple and was driven home on a sacrifice fly from Josh Harrison. Jordy Mercer scored the next inning on an RBI knock from Miles Durham.

Binghamton (41-36) made up for the early run-scoring in the bottom of the second. After retiring the first four batters of the game, Curve starter Jared Hughes walked Sean Ratliff. Mike Nickeas joined him on base with a single. Reyes followed with an RBI single to center, plating Ratliff. Josh Satin rounded out the inning's scoring with a sac fly to right, bringing Nickeas home to tie the score.

The third inning got off to an ominous start for Altoona as shortstop Chase d'Arnaud booted a Kirk Nieuwenhuis groundball to allow the leadoff man to reach. Luis Hernandez and Nick Evans both singled to join Nieuwenhuis on the bases. With the bags packed, Marshall Hubbard hit a routine flyball to right, but Durham dropped the ball, allowing the go-ahead run to score. Ratliff drove home the second run of the inning on a sac fly to right that Durham squeezed. After Hughes walked Nickeas, Reyes put the icing on the cake with a line-drive bomb to right, clearing the bases for a grand slam to up the advantage to six, 8-2.

The B-Mets made it nine unanswered runs with another tally in the fourth. Nieuwenhuis led off with a double into the gap in left, his first hit since returning from the disabled list Monday. After Hernandez flied out to center, Evans singled to advance the runner to third and Hubbard drove home Nieuwenhuis with a sacrifice fly to center, rounding out Binghamton's scoring.

The Curve responded in the fifth with a leadoff homer to left from d'Arnaud, his second of the season. However, Niesen buckled down and retired the next three men to end his outing. The southpaw went five innings and allowed three runs on five hits to earn his fourth win.

Eddie Kunz followed the starter and tossed a 1-2-3 sixth before running into trouble in the seventh. Kunz allowed four of the five hitters he faced to reach and two runs to score before being pulled in favor of Emary Frederick, who stranded two men to end the inning.

Manuel Alvarez took over from there and tossed the final two innings in scoreless fashion. The stopper has now hurled nine consecutive outings without allowing a run, a string that extends over 12 1/3 innings.

Reyes, Nickeas and Evans all managed two-hit performances, accounting for six of Binghamton's nine hits.

Hughes, the Eastern League wins leader, was the dealt the loss. The right-hander allowed a season-worst nine runs - three earned - on eight hits over four innings to drop to 10-4 on the season.

The B-Mets will try for the sweep Wednesday night at 6:35 PM in the finale of the three-game set with Altoona. LHP Mike Antonini (5-5, 4.07) will take the ball for Binghamton and the Curve will counter with LHP Justin Wilson (5-4, 2.87). The radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 6:20 PM with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

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