8/26/09

B-Mets Game Notes



LAST GAME:


Last night Binghamton faced Portland lefty Felix
Doubront for the sixth time this season, and Doubront got the
better of the B-Mets in the Sea Dogs 3-1 win at NYSEG Stadium.
The southpaw tossed six innings and allowed just a run
on four hits for his eighth win of the season, and his second
over Binghamton. Portland plated a run in the fourth off
starter Eric Brown courtesy of an RBI double by Jon Still. The B
-Mets promptly answered by loading the bases in the fourth
with nobody out against Doubront. However, Binghamton only
plated one run against the 21-year old on a walk issued to
Emmanuel Garcia. With the game tied at one, the Sea Dogs
retook the lead on an RBI single from Daniel Nava, who went
3-4 in the game with two doubles and an RBI. Portland plated
an insurance run in the eighth off Jake Ruckle to take a tworun
lead, which they would not relinquish. Binghamton got the
tying run to the plate in the ninth against Bryce Cox, but the
Sea Dogs closer nailed it down for his 10th save. Brown
hurled 4.2 innings and allowed two runs on seven hits to drop
his 14th decision.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:


LHP Mike Antonini gets the
call for the B-Mets tonight for his 18th start. He won for the
first time since June 28 in his last start when he fired five
innings of two-run ball against the North Division-leading Connecticut
Defenders August 21. Antonini battled to the win
despite allowing eight hits. He is 6-3 with a 5.00 ERA in 95.1
innings. Over four starts in August, Antonini is 1-0 with a 2.04
ERA in 17.2 innings with 14 strikeouts to 2 walks. Last season,
Antonini made eight starts for the B-Mets with a 1-3
record and 3.74 ERA in 45.2 innings, allowing 10 home runs.
He was the Mets’ 18th-round selection in 2007 out of Georgia
College & State University.


After 11 appearances out of the pen, RHP Ryne Miller will
make his first professional start with Portland tonight. He is 2-
2 with a 2.28 ERA in 23.2 innings as a reliever with the Sea
Dogs. Miller opened the season with Salem (High-A) where he
tallied an 8-2 record and a 2.77 ERA in 55.1 innings of stellar
relief for the Red Sox. Last season, Miller relieved for
Greenville (Low-A) and was 2-3 with a 5.68 ERA in 50.2 innings.
He was signed by Boston as a non-drafted free agent in
July 2007 after pitching for Weatherford College (TX).

BROWN TIES LOSS RECORD:


By losing his 14th decision of the
season last night, Eric Brown tied the Binghamton Mets team
record for loss by a right-hander. The mark was previously set
by Arnold Gooch in 1998. Gooch was 11-14 with a 3.90 ERA
over 163.2 innings in his record-setting season. The team
record for losses in a year is 15, set by Jason Saenz in 2001
when he was 8-15.

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