BINGHAMTON, NY – The Bowie Baysox collected a dozen hits
and scored eight runs over the final five innings to complete a four-game sweep,
defeating the Binghamton Mets 8-5 Friday night at NYSEG Stadium. The Baysox
scored 33 runs and collected 49 hits in the four-game series, extending the
B-Mets home losing streak to six games.
For the second straight night, Binghamton
drew first blood. With a man on first in the second inning, Dustin Martin drove
the first pitch he saw from starter Zach Clark over the right field wall for his
first homer as a B-Met.
B-Mets starter Greg Peavey
took the 2-0 lead into the top of the fifth inning. Peavey had escaped trouble
in the first and fourth, but could not dodge the Bowie offense in the fifth. Jai
Miller, the nine-hitter, squeaked a two-out, two-run homer over the right field
wall to tie the game at two.
Bowie took the lead for
good with a three-run sixth. Manny Machado made Peavey pay for issuing two walks
by stroking a two-run double to left field. The RBI’s were his seventh and
eighth of the series. Rhyne Hughes followed with an RBI double, giving Bowie a
5-2 lead. Britton added another run in the seventh, launching a solo homer
against reliever Armando Rodriguez.
Clark settled in nicely
after Martin’s home run and retired 14 of the next 15 B-Mets he faced. The
stretch came to an end when he walked Eric Campbell to start the seventh. After
a single by Wilmer Flores, Clark recorded two outs.
Binghamton fought back as
Travis Ozga provided an RBI single up the middle and Sean Kazmar cut the deficit
to two with an RBI ground-rule double to right. Reliever Robert Hinton replaced
Clark and induced Lagares to ground out to end the inning, stranding the tying
run on second.
Bowie continued their
relentless offensive attack in the eight. Robbie Widlansky singled, moved to
second on a throwing error by catcher Francisco Pena, took third on a single and
scored on a sac fly by Hughes.
Trailing by three, the
B-Mets loaded the bases on three singles in the eighth. They only scratched out
one run with Dustin Martin providing the RBI on a groundout. Pena struck out to
end the inning.
After the Baysox added one
more run in the ninth against Edgar Ramirez, the B-Mets went down in order
against Kyler Newby to end the ballgame.
Clark (7-4) allowed four
runs on five hits over 6.2 innings in the winning effort, extending his winning
streak to four games. Peavey (3-5) suffered the loss, surrendering five runs on
eight hits over six innings. Newby collected his third save.
The B-Mets (36-42) continue their
eight-game homestand by welcoming in the Altoona Curve for a four-game set. The
series begins Saturday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Zack Wheeler takes the mound for
Binghamton against RHP Tim Alderson. The Horizons Federal Credit Union pre-game
show begins at 6:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.
Press release provided by the Binghamton Mets
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