EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Tejada Accounts for Three of B-Mets' Four Hits in 7-2 Loss at Harrisburg

Published on August 4, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
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Ruben Tejada rapped singles in each of his first three at-bats and drove in a run, but Harrisburg's five-run fifth inning was too much for the B-Mets, who fell 7-2 Tuesday night at Metro Bank Park in Harrisburg, PA. Eric Brown allowed five runs, three earned, in 1.1 innings in relief of starter Mike Antonini to take the loss.

Binghamton (40-67) was first on the scoreboard against starter Brad Meyers in the opening inning. With one out, Tejada singled up the middle and was joined by Josh Thole and Ike Davis, who drew walks to load the bases. Lucas Duda strode to the plate next and dropped a fielder's choice into left field that scored Tejada. Thole was forced out at third on the bloop shot to left by leftfielder Bill Rhinehart.

In the second, the B-Mets tallied again. Once again, Meyers put two men on via walks, Mark Kiger and starting pitcher Mike Antonini. Then with two outs, Tejada drove home Kiger with a single to center, pushing the lead to 2-0.

Antonini left the game after tossing three scoreless innings after being hit by a pitch delivered by Meyers in the top of the fourth. Antonini remained in the game to run the bases after being hit, but was replaced by Brown in the bottom of the fourth.

After getting out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fourth, Brown was not so fortunate in the fifth. Five straight men reached, including four singles and a costly error by Jose Coronado on what appeared to be an inning-ending, double-play groundball off the bat of Leonard Davis that would've prevented Harrisburg from scoring at all. By the time the dust had settled in the frame, the Senators had taken a 5-2 lead on the strength of six hits, an error and a walk.

Harrisburg (50-57) plated two runs of insurance in the seventh on an Emary Frederick wild pitch and a Jemel Spearman RBI double, one of two hits for the Senators second baseman.

Lefty Justin Jones picked up the win by facing one over the minimum through 4.2 innings of relief with four strikeouts. He allowed just a hit and a walk in his longest relief performance to date.

Binghamton has now lost six of its seven meetings with Harrisburg, but will matchup again with the Senators Wednesday night. The B-Mets will send LHP Eric Niesen (1-5, 7.36), while Harrisburg counters with recent trade acquisition LHP Aaron Thompson. The first pitch is slated for 7:00 and the radio broadcast on Newsradio 1290 WNBF begins at 6:45 with the Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show.

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