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B-Mets L&L Boys Lead The Way Against the Rock Cats

Lara was great in his second start back after missing nearly a month


Binghamton Mets @ New Britain Rock Cats


June 30, 2014



Teams
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R
H
E
Binghamton
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
2

8
11
1
New Britain
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1

3
7
1


The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (W, 5-2) – 6 IP, 5 H, R, BB, 5 SO, HR, 83 Pitches (55 Strikes), 1 GO: 8 FO
Chase Huchingson – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 1-4, R, BB
Jayce Boyd – 1-4, 2 R, RBI (23), BB
Dustin Lawley – 3-5, R, 2B (18), HR (11), 4 RBI (35)
Darrell Ceciliani – 2-5, R, 2 SO
Rylan Sandoval – 2-4, 3 RBI (9), E (4)
Reynaldo Rodriguez – 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (14), 2 RBI (38), SO

Recap:


            Too bad he was on a limited pitch count, as Rainy Lara was very strong against the Rock Cats for the first six innings of the game, and left with only 83 pitches. He would strikeout four Rock Cats in a row at one point, and his only blemish was a solo blast that Reynaldo Rodriguez hit off of him in the 2nd. Offensively, Dustin Lawley was the star, finishing a triple shy of the cycle with four runs driven in.
            Lawley got the B-Mets 2nd inning rally started with a leadoff single to center.

Lawley singles to start things for the B-Mets

            Brandon Nimmo would follow by grounding into a fielder’s choice (3-6), and then Travis Taijeron drew a walk. Ceciliani would reach on an infield single (on the 10th pitch!) to load the bases with one out, but Xorge Carrillo struck out swinging, leaving it up to Rylan Sandoval. Fortunately, Sandoval came through with a big hit up the middle, driving in the first two runs of the game.

Sandoval drives in the first two runs of the game

            The only run that Rainy Lara gave up was on a one-out solo blast from Rodriguez in the bottom of the 2nd. He bounced back to get Brandon Waring looking before a groundout ended the inning.

Waring caught looking at 2-2

            New Britain would threaten against Lara in the 3rd, as Kyle Knudson hit a one out double and Aaron Kicks drew a two-out walk, but Lara picked up a huge strikeout of Eddie Rosario to end the frame.

Rosario caught looking at 2-2

            Lara had an awesome inning in the 4th, striking out the side in order – a streak of four straight strikeouts:
Kennys Vargas swinging.

Vargas chased this 1-2 breaking ball

Rodriguez swinging.

Rodriguez strikes out swinging on a full count

Waring looking.

Waring did not agree with this call on 3-2

            The game stayed 2-1 until the top of the 7th, when a Kyle Johnson HBP started a two-out rally. Herrera drew a walk to put Johnson in scoring position for Jacye Boyd, who drove Johnson in with a single to center.

Boyd picks up an RBI single

            Lawley then doubled in both Herrera and Boyd, putting the Mets up 5-1.

Lawley doubles in two more runs

            Jon Velasquez replaced Lara in the 7th and allowed a run to score, but the Mets would get it right back in the top of the 8th. After Ceciliani reached on an error, Carrillo singled him over and Sandoval singled him in. Huchingson came in for the bottom of the 8th and had a 1-2-3 inning, striking out Rosario in between two groundouts.

Future major league reliever

Rosario caught looking at that perfectly placed 3-2 fastball
            The Mets would tack on two more thanks to a two-run homerun from Lawley in the 9th – Boyd drew a walk to leadoff the inning.

Lawley hits a two-run bomb

Trust me, that's the ball

            Randy Fontanez came for the 9th and gave up a leadoff homerun to Rodriguez, his second of the night, but then got the next three in a row to finish the game.



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