B-Mets Rally Back from Early Deficit, But Fall 7-6
Binghamton dug itself an early 6-0 hole Monday night, but roared back to tie the score before succumbing 7-6 to Portland at Hadlock Field. Robert Carson was hit hard for seven runs on nine hits over five innings to drop his sixth game with the B-Mets.
The Sea Dogs struck first with a run in the first off Carson. Jose Iglesias doubled into the alley in left-center to reach scoring position with one out. Nate Spears followed and lined the first pitch he saw from the left-hander into center for an RBI single, making it 1-0.
Portland (64-70) claimed its big inning in the second. Ryan Khoury led off with a clean single to right. Jorge Padron advanced him to second with a groundout to the right side. Will Vazquez brought Khoury around to score with a double off the base of the wall in right, upping the lead to 2-0. Chih-Hsien Chiang followed up the two-bagger with one of his own off the glove of streaking leftfielder Eric Campbell, scoring Vazquez. Che-Hsuan Lin joined Chiang on base with an infield single, putting runners at the corners. Iglesias then became the fourth straight hitter to reach as he poked an RBI single to center, plating Chiang. After Spears struck out looking, Luis Exposito throttled a double to right to clear the bases, improving the Sea Dogs lead to 6-0.
Binghamton (64-70) boarded the comeback trail in the third with its first run off starter Jeremy Kehrt. Jose Coronado doubled off the Maine Monster in left with one out. Coronado advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Jordany Valdespin infield single, trimming the lead to 6-1.
The B-Mets scored a five-run frame of their own in the fifth inning to tie the score. Josh Satin started the rally with a double off the wall in right-center. Sean Ratliff joined him on base with a single to right. Zach Lutz plated Satin with an RBI single to left. Marshall Hubbard was the fourth straight to reach with an RBI single to center off the glove of Spears at second, allowing the Ratliff to score and Lutz to reach third. Campbell then chased Lutz home with a sac fly to center, cutting the deficit to two, 6-4.
Brahiam Maldonado and Salomon Manriquez completed the comeback with back-to-back RBI doubles off Kehrt, who exited the game after giving up a single to Coronado. Ryne Renoso replaced Kehrt and retired Valdespin on a fielder’s choice to second. Valdespin recorded two of the three outs in the frame.
Carson, who was removed from the hook thanks to the feverish comeback, gave the lead back to the Sea Dogs in the bottom of the fifth. After getting Luis Exposito to ground out to short, he walked Anthony Rizzo and Khoury. The two runners executed a double steal to reach second and third and Jorge Padron plated Rizzo with the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center, making it 7-6.
Portland’s bullpen took it from there. Reynoso worked 3 1/3 innings in scoreless fashion to segue to Daniel Turpen, who closed it out with a scoreless ninth for his third save of the season.
The B-Mets put runners in scoring position with one-out doubles in the seventh and the eighth innings, but failed to score the runners each time.
Binghamton outhit the Sea Dogs 15-11 in the loss and six B-Mets enjoyed two-hit nights. Chiang led Portland with a 3-for-3 night with a double and an RBI.
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