EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Sanchez Struggles in Start, B-Mets Lose 15-7

Published on May 31, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


After going eight innings in his previous start, Jose Sanchez struggled early and left the game in the fourth after giving up eight runs on 10 hits in the B-Mets 15-7 loss at New Britain Stadium Sunday afternoon. D.J. Wabick was a bright spot going 2-3 with two walks and an RBI. Wabick has now recorded two hits or better in five straight games.

Binghamton (21-25) was first to tally in the contest, getting to Rock Cats' lefty Ryan Mullins in the first inning. After hitting leadoff man Emmanuel Garcia, Mullins walked Nick Evans with one out to lead up to Lucas Duda. Duda lined a single to left off the left-hander to score Garcia and get the B-Mets on the board. Evans was thrown out at third on the play trying to go first to third. The next hitter Shawn Bowman rode a high fastball out of the yard to centerfield to give Binghamton a 3-0 lead.

After throwing up a zero in the first, Sanchez gave up solo home runs to start the second and third innings to Rene Tosoni and Brandon Roberts, respectively to get the Rock Cats within one. Then with two outs in the third, New Britain (25-24) rallied for two runs on RBI singles from Erik Lis and Matt Moses to take a 4-3 lead.

The B-Mets tied it up with two outs in the fourth, however. Garcia reached on an infield single to second and promptly stole second base for his 14th swipe of the season. Then Josh Petersen served a single into shallow left field to score the speedster and tie things up at four.

In the bottom of the fourth, things began to get out of hand. Sanchez allowed four straight to reach after getting the lead out in the frame. Righty Eric Brown replaced him on the hill and allowed the next four men to reach base safely before getting an unconventional double play from Evans on an over-the-shoulder catch, in which he doubled off a runner at second. New Britain plated six runs in the inning to take a commanding 10-4 lead.

The Rock Cats scraped across four more in the fifth inning. After walking two men with one out, Brown grew frustrated and was thrown out of the game for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire John Conrad. The two walks would score as Nick Abel entered to spell the departed Brown and was greeted rudely with four consecutive hits from the New Britain lineup, giving them a 14-4 advantage.

Jake Eigsti led off the sixth for the B-Mets against Mullins and drove a ball over the left-centerfield wall for his first AA home run to close the game to nine.

Binghamton would plate two in the seventh and would allow New Britain to score again in the eighth inning to yield the 15-7 final score. The B-Mets are now 3-10 in their last 13 road games.

The seven-game roadtrip continues tomorrow night at Hadlock Field in Portland, ME. LHP Mike Antonini (4-1, 5.02 ERA) will make the start for Binghamton and Portland will counter with LHP Felix Doubront (3-2, 3.57 ERA). The first pitch is slated for 6:00 and the radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 5:45 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

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