EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Senators Sweep Twin Bill from B-Mets Friday

Published on September 3, 2010 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Binghamton mustered just two runs combined in losing both ends of a doubleheader with Harrisburg Friday night at NYSEG Stadium. The Senators tied a season-high with four homers in winning the lid-lifter 9-1, before taking the nightcap in 3-1 fashion behind the strong start of Adrian Alaniz.

Right-hander Brandon Moore made his Double-A debut in Game 1 of the doubleheader and encountered immediate trouble. Steve Lombardozzi clobbered the third pitch he saw from Moore and sent it out to right-center for a solo homer, his fifth of the season. Moore then walked the next two hitters on eight straight balls. Chris Marrero made him pay with an RBI double to left-center. Tim Pahuta rounded out the scoring with an RBI groundout to third, pitting Harrisburg (75-64) a 3-0 lead.

Moore managed to dodge trouble in the second inning, but gave up another gopher ball in the third. Marrero led off with a clean single to left. Michael Burgess followed and rattled a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole to advance the lead to 5-0.

The Senators knocked Moore from the game in the fourth. Lombardozzi led off the inning with a bunt single. After Josh Johnson flied out, Jesus Valdez scored the runner with a double. With two hits already in tow, Marrero stepped to the plate and laced a 2-1 offering from Moore out of the yard to left-center for his 18th homer of the season. Michael Burgess followed and went back-to-back with Marrero with a homer to dead center, upping the lead to 9-0.

Meanwhile, Tom Milone faced three over the minimum until the sixth when Binghamton (65-74) struck for its only run. Jose Coronado led off with a single to center, extending his season-long hitting streak to eight games. After Jordany Valdespin flied out, Josh Satin and Sean Ratliff strung back-to-back singles together to plate Coronado, making it 9-1.

Milone went on to toss the seventh for his second complete game of the season to seal his 12th win of the year. He allowed a run on seven hits and struck out nine.

Moore was charged with the loss after surrendering a season-worst nine runs on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings.

The nightcap featured better pitching for the B-Mets. Mark Cohoon carried a no-hitter into the fourth and Alaniz dueled him to a scoreless deadlock through four innings.

Burgess pushed the Senators ahead, though, in the fifth with a solo homer to right off Cohoon. It proved to be the lone run allowed by Cohoon, who was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the last of the fifth. The southpaw gave up three hits over five innings to take the loss.

Harrisburg extended its lead in the sixth against John Lujan, who allowed four straight to reach, culminating with a Marrero RBI single. Roy Merritt spelled the righty and gave up a sacrifice fly to Devin Ivany, stretching the lead to 3-0.

Alaniz exited after allowing a leadoff single to Coronado in the sixth, upping his hitting streak to nine games. Jack Spradlin replaced the starter and finished the inning in scoreless fashion.

The B-Mets mounted a charge in the ninth with a solo homer from Brahiam Maldonado leading off the inning. However, closer Cole Kimball buckled down after allowing the dinger and retired the next three hitters to nail down his 12th save in 16 chances.

Alaniz earned the win, his first, with five-plus innings of shutout work. He allowed just two hits and struck out five.

Marrero went a combined 5-for-7 with four RBI to pace the Senator's offense. Binghamton combined for just 10 hits in the doubleheader.

The B-Mets have lost three in a row and five of their last six, but look to get back into the win column in the third game of the five-game set Saturday at 7:05 PM. LHP Robert Carson (1-6, 8.74) will start opposite RHP Brad Peacock (2-1, 4.50) of Harrisburg. The radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 6:50 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

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