EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Rumble Ponies Game Notes#111: Rumble Ponies (22-24, 57-53) at Akron RubberDucks (16-27, 50-62) - 2:05PM

Published on August 4, 2019 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


BINGHAMTON RUMBLE PONIES

(22-24, 57-53), 3rd Eastern Division

(New York Mets)

AKRON RUBBERDUCKS

(16-27, 50-62), 6th Western Division

(Cleveland Indians)

Sunday - 2:05 PM

Canal Park - Akron, OH

RHP Tony Dibrell (0-3, 9.82 ERA) vs. LHP Scott Moss (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Broadcast: NewsRadio 1290 AM WNBF, MiLB.TV

TODAY: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies wrap up their three-game set with the Akron RubberDucks at Canal Park.

LAST TIME OUT: The Rumble Ponies lost to the RubberDucks 3-0 Saturday. Connor Marabell gave Akron the lead with an RBI double in the fourth. Then with the bases loaded in the sixth, Marabell struck again with an RBI single. Alex Call followed with a sacrifice fly. Eli Morgan earned the win with six scoreless innings as he struck out six and allowed four hits. David Peterson suffered the loss as he gave up one run on one hit in 3.1 innings.

BOSSART RECORDS HIT IN EVERY GAME: Austin Bossart has notched a hit in each of his first three games with the Rumble Ponies. He went 1-4 Saturday. Over the three games, he is now 4-10 with two doubles and one run scored.

PAEZ LOVES HITTING AT AKRON: Mike Paez has gotten a hit in six of his eight games at Canal Park this season. Both of his three-hit games this year have come on the road against the RubberDucks. He is 12-32 (.375) at Canal Park and has gotten a hit in both of the first two games this series.

MARABELL'S BIG SERIES: In each of the first two games this series, Connor Marabell has recorded two hits. On Friday, he went 2-4 with one run scored. He also went 2-4 with two RBI on Saturday.

SHUTOUT STRUGGLES: Saturday night was the seventh time this season the Rumble Ponies were shutout. Two of these have come in their last four games. The Ponies have scored four runs over the last 36 innings.

MAZEIKA, HAGGERTY, GIMENEZ SLUG ARKON: Patrick Mazeika is hitting .356 (16-45) with seven RBI and four home runs in 12 games against the RubberDucks. Sam Haggerty is .326 (14-43) with a pair of triples in 10 games vs. Akron. Andres Gimenez has tallied 11 of his 28 RBI and has a .321 average (18-56) in 14 games against Akron. Each of them went 1-4 on Saturday.

BROOKS VS. BINGHAMTON: Trenton Brooks has recorded 11 of his 18 RBI against the Rumble Ponies. Brooks is hitting .289 (11-38) with two triples, one home run and one double vs. Binghamton. He went 2-4 Saturday night.

PONIES LEAD SEASON SERIES: The Rumble Ponies are 11-5 against the RubberDucks this season. They have won six of the nine games at Canal Park so far. Today is the final meeting of the two teams this year.

COMING UP: The Rumble Ponies return home for a three-game set with Harrisburg, beginning on Tuesday. This begins a stretch of nine of 12 games at NYSEG Stadium.




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