EL1 Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Trenton Takes Opener

Published on July 31, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1)
Binghamton Rumble Ponies News Release


The Trenton Thunder scored four times over their first two at-bats, on their way to a 9-1 victory over the Binghamton Mets at NYSEG Stadium Tuesday. The loss is Binghamton's fifth straight.

Trenton (65-42) drew three straight one-out walks against B-Mets starter Marcos Carvajal in the first, loading the bases. Matt Carson followed with a sacrifice fly for the game's first run. Carvajal (5-8) departed after allowing three straight, two-out, run-scoring hits in the second, with Colin Curtis picking up an RBI triple, Bronson Sardinha a run-scoring single and Noah Hall an RBI double for a 4-0 Thunder lead.

The B-Mets (45-62) got to Trenton starter Alan Horne in the fourth. Vince Harrison and Caleb Stewart began the frame with singles and J.E. Cruz's two-out hit scored Harrison from third, cutting Trenton's lead to 4-1. Horne (10-3) held the B-Mets to one run over six innings, striking out six.

Sardinha singled home another run in the sixth before a Marcelo Perez wild pitch scored Curtis. Hall drove in a run with a single in the eighth before picking up an RBI double in the ninth after Sardinha's sacrifice fly.

Wednesday, the B-Mets play the second game of their three-game series against the Trenton Thunder. Salvador Aguilar (5-5, 5.53) will start for the B-Mets against Daniel McCutchen (NR) of Trenton. Game time is 7:05 from NYSEG Stadium with the radio broadcast starting at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: the top four hitters in the Trenton order (Reegie Corona, Curtis, Sardinha and Hall) combined to go 13 for 20, while the rest of the order went 3 for 21...after not allowing a run for 13 1/3 consecutive innings, the Binghamton bullpen's been charged with 18 runs in their last 11 innings...after fanning 13 times Tuesday, B-Mets hitters have struck out 39 times in the last three games.

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