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EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Rock Cats Turn Table on B-Mets with 10-2 Triumph

June 23, 2010 - Eastern League (EL1)
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A day removed from handing New Britain a 13-3 drubbing, the B-Mets received a dose of their own medicine with a 10-2 rout at the hands of the Rock Cats Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium. Jenrry Mejia proved to be the highlight, hurling 2 1/3 innings in his first start with Binghamton since being optioned down from New York.

New Britain (19-52) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. Mejia walked Chris Cates with one out. Erik Lis and Chris Parmelee followed with singles to plate the Rock Cats shortstop.

Binghamton (35-36) responded against starter Carlos Gutierrez in the third with three consecutive singles to lead off the inning. Luis Hernandez, Sean Ratliff and Nick Evans combined to plate the tying run. The single for Evans extended his season-long hitting streak to nine games.

The B-Mets' third-inning run proved to be all they would get against Gutierrez. The sinker-baller stunted three rallies with inning-ending double plays to bail himself out of trouble. He earned the win with a quality start of six innings in which he allowed just a run on six hits.

Chris Schwinden, who was scheduled to piggyback with Mejia, entered the tied game in the fourth. New Britain was quick to pounce, retaking the lead with RBI singles from Juan Portes and Mark Dolenc.

The Rock Cats expanded their lead to five with three unearned runs off Schwinden in the fourth courtesy of a costly two-out error from first baseman Mike Nickeas on a Portes ground ball that should have ended the inning. The righty was pulled after giving up an RBI single to Steve Singleton following the error. He was charged with five runs - two earned - over 1 2/3 innings and was hung with the loss.

Edgar Ramirez relieved Schwinden and did not fare much better, surrendering another four runs in the sixth, extending New Britain's lead to 10-1.

Tempers flared in the seventh when Scott Shaw threw behind Joe Benson resulting in the hurler's ejection by home plate umpire Jordan Ferrell. Manager Tim Teufel was later tossed by third base arbiter Chris Hamner for arguing his pitcher's ejection.

Binghamton scraped across its final run in the eighth with three consecutive, twoout singles off Chris Province. Jose Coronado capped the outburst of singles with an RBI knock to right, plating Josh Stain with the game's final run.

Clint Everts proved to be the most effective pitcher for the B-Mets. He tossed the final 2 2/3 innings in scoreless fashion, putting an end to the Rock Cats 17-hit night.

Coronado and Nickeas both managed two-hit days in the losing cause.

The B-Mets will try for their third consecutive series win Thursday night at 6:35 PM in the rubber match of the set. Binghamton will send LHP Eric Niesen (2-3, 2.94) to the hill and the Rock Cats will counter with RHP Mike McCardell (0-7, 5.16). 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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