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Rumble Ponies Game Notes #117: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (24-28, 59-57) at Hartford Yard Goats (21-27, 58-57) - 5:05PM

August 11, 2019 - Eastern League (EL1)
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BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES

(24-28, 59-57), 4th Eastern Division

(New York Mets)

HARTFORD YARD GOATS

(21-27, 58-57), 5th Eastern Division

(Colorado Rockies)

Sunday - 5:05 PM

Dunkin' Donuts Park - Hartford, CT

RHP Tony Dibrell (0-4, 8.69 ERA) vs. RHP Heath Holder (6-4, 3.04 ERA)

Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV

TONIGHT: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and the Hartford Yard Goats play the rubber game of their three-game series at Dunkin' Donuts Park.

LAST TIME OUT: The Rumble Ponies defeated the Yard Goats 7-6 in 10 innings Saturday night. Quinn Brodey knocked in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th with a sacrifice fly. Trailing 5-3 in the eighth, the Rumble Ponies scored three runs on a Brodey two-run homer and a Sam Haggerty RBI single. Bret Boswell tied the game at six with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning.

BRODEY'S FIRST THREE-RBI NIGHT: Quinn Brodey registered his first three-RBI game Saturday. He smacked a two-run home run in the eighth, his fourth of the season. He also drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th on a sacrifice fly. Brodey had two hits in each of the first two games of the series and is 4-8 over the two games.

EXTRA-INNING SUCCESS: With their 10th inning win Saturday, the Rumble Ponies improved to 9-4 in extra-inning games this season. They have won the last three games to go to extras. Twelve of their 13 extra-inning contests have been on the road.

BLAKE BAFFLES GOATS: Blake Taylor tossed 2.1 perfect innings of relief Saturday. In 12 of his 14 appearances with the Ponies, he has thrown more than one inning.

CONSECUTIVE MULTI-RBI GAMES: Sam Haggerty drove in two runs Saturday for the second straight game. He smacked an RBI double in the third and an RBI single in the eighth. He finished 2-5 with two RBI and one walk. He also registered two RBI Thursday against Harrisburg, which was his first multi-RBI game of the year.

PONIES OUTHIT YARD GOATS: The Rumble Ponies have outhit the Yard Goats 25-12 over the first two games of the series. The Ponies won the hitting category 11-5 Friday and 14-7 Saturday. Binghamton is second in the EL with a .247 batting average, and Hartford ranks 11th at .230.

MELENDEZ HIT STREAK COME TO AN END: Hartford's Manuel Melendez saw his 11-game hit streak come to an end Saturday as he went 0-4. He ranks second in the EL with 115 hits.

RUBBER-GAME WOES: The Rumble Ponies are 1-8 in rubber games this season. Their lone win came against Akron on May 1. The Ponies are 10-22 in series finales as well. Their last series finale win was on July 21 at Akron.

COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies return home for a four-game series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The series begins on Tuesday with a doubleheader at NYSEG Stadium. Lefty Kevin Smith is scheduled to start the opener for the Ponies.

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