EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Rumble Ponies Game Notes: Game #33 - Rumble Ponies (15-17) at Sea Dogs (11-20) - 1:00 PM

Published on May 12, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


"The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back." -Bert Blyleven

BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES

(15-17), 4th Eastern Division, 4.5 GB

(New York Mets)

Portland SEA DOGS

(11-20), 6th Eastern Division, 8.0 GB

(Boston Red Sox)

Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 1:00 PM

Hadlock Field - Portland, ME

RHP Nabil Crismatt (3-1, 2.12) vs. RHP Kevin McAvoy (0-1, 6.26)

Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV

BINGHAMTON HALTS SKIDS AT SEA DOGS: The Rumble Ponies scored the first five runs on Friday night to earn a 5-1 win over the Sea Dogs at Hadlock Field. Andrew Church tossed into the seventh inning, while the Binghamton bats put together a game-sealing three-run eighth inning.

BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Nabil Crismatt makes his seventh start of the season and third against the Portland. In his lone start at Hadlock Field on April 14, he allowed two earned runs and lasted a season-worst 4.1 innings. Crismatt won his most recent start at Hartford and posses the league's 9th best ERA (2.12).

HADLOCK UNLOCKED: Friday's win snapped a four-game losing streak at the Sea Dogs home ballpark. The 2017 Rumble Ponies finished 6-8 at Hadlock Field.

THHHREE-BOW: Tim Tebow earned his first three-hit game in Double-A, finishing Friday's tilt 3-for-5 with three singles and a run scored. It was his fifth multi-hit game of the season.

HELP!: Despite winning 5-1, the Rumble Ponies stranded a season-high 12 runners on base Friday. Binghamton did go 4-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

LATE-GAME LOCKDOWN: The Rumble Ponies remain perfect this season when leading after seven innings 12-0.

BIG MAC: Jeff McNeil picked up one hit in three at-bats on Thursday, stretching his hitting streak to a season-best ten games. After a three-hit night in Akron on April 30, McNeil has garnered one hit in each of the last eight games. He's one off Peter Alonso's team-best 11-game hitting streak, which ended last week.

CHURCH BELLS RING: RHP Andrew Church picked up his first win of the season on his sixth try Friday. The 23-year-old set a personal-best last season with St. Lucie (High-A), winning 12 games in his 25 starts. Church's win was also his first Double-A victory, coming after a brief stint on the Disabled List.

QUADRUPLE DOUBLE: Binghamton grounded into a season-worst four double plays on Friday. The twin killings occurred in the first, second, fifth, and eighth innings off the bats of four different Rumble Ponies (McNeil, Urena, Taylor, Oberste)

COLOMBIAN CRUSH: RHP Nabil Crismatt was Binghamton's last pitcher to earn a win prior Friday's contest. Crismatt earned his third win on May 7 at Hartford.

UP NEXT: The Rumble Ponies conclude their five-game series with the Sea Dogs on Sunday afternoon. Binghamton sends RHP Marcos Molina to the bump to face Portland RHP Travis Lakins. First pitch at Hadlock Field is slated for 1:00 PM.

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