Taijeron Terrific as Mets Win Big in Erie

Binghamton Mets @ Erie Sea Wolves

August 18, 2014

Greg Peavey @ Jeff Ferrell

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	3		11	15	0
Erie	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0		4	11	2

Win: Peavey (10-3, 3.00 ERA); Loss: Ferrell (8-9, 5.59 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Greg Peavey – 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, BB, 5 SO, HR, 102 Pitches (68 Strikes), 4 GO: 4 FO

Chase Huchingson (3.65 ERA) – 2.2 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 3 SO, 4 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Dario Alvarez (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO

Batters

Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, R, BB, 2 SO

Dilson Herrera – 1-5, R, GIDP

Brian Burgamy – 1-5, R, 2B (28), 2 RBI (75), 2 SO

Jayce Boyd – 3-4, 3 R, HR (7), RBI (50), BB

Darrell Ceciliani – 1-5, R, SO

T.J. Rivera – 3-5, 2 R, 2B (10), RBI (22), SO

Travis Taijeron – 4-5, 2 R, 2B (28), HR (15), 5 RBI (60)

Xorge Carrillo – 1-5, RBI (18), SO

Recap:

            The Binghamton Mets offense was clicking all game Monday night, helping the Mets roll to an 11-4 victory over the Erie Sea Wolves in game one of a three-game set. Mets starter Greg Peavey continued to be too good for AA over his 5.1 strong innings, although he has generally been good for six innings with Binghamton. He ran into a little trouble in the 4^th and was bailed out by Chase Huchingson in the 6^th, but, otherwise, Peavey was in typical AA form. Sea Wolves starter Jeff Ferrell was knocked out during a rough 3^rd inning, forcing the Erie bullpen into extended duty early in this series. Jayce Boyd, T.J. Rivera, and Travis Taijeron combined for ten of the fifteen Mets hits, and four of the five Mets extra base hits. Chase would bridge the gap from Peavey to the 9^th inning, when Dario Alvarez came in and worked around two-out single for a scoreless frame, picking up two extra base hits along the way. The Mets will look to clinch a series win Tuesday night behind Angel Cuan.

            Boyd got the scoring started on the first pitch of the 2^nd inning, launching a no-doubter out to LF.

            T.J. Rivera would pick up his first single of the game two batters later, but the Mets would leave him stranded at 2B.

            Brandon Nimmo got the 3^rd inning rally started with a single to LF.

            Dilson Herrera followed with his only hit of the night, this single that moved Nimmo to 2B.

            Brian Burgamy would double them both home on this line drive down the RF line, and then took 3B on the throw to the plate.

            After Boyd walked and Darrell Ceciliani singled, Rivera picked up his second hit of the night to bring home Burgamy and make it 4-0.

            Taijeron picked up his first RBI-hit of the night when he drove in Boyd from 2B on this single.

            Carrillo pulled the first pitch he saw through the SS hole for another RBI single, making it 6-0 after 2.5 innings.

            Boyd got things started in the 5^th with a leadoff single.

            With two outs and Rivera at 2B due to a force out and wild pitch, Taijeron would pick up his second RBI-hit of the night with this double off the wall.

            T.J. Rivera picked up his 10^th double of the season with one out in the 7^th.

            Taijeron would follow with this single into LF, but Rivera had to hold up on the play in case the ball was caught, so he only got to 3B. Both runners were left stranded on base.

            After allowing a run in the 7^th, Chase finished off the inning by getting Steven Moya to strikeout swinging.

            With one out and a runner on 1B due to a walk, Chase picked up back-to-back strikeouts to end the 8^th:

Marcus Lemon swinging.

The first pitch strike

The 0-1 strike and stolen base

Strike 3, sit down!

Craig Albernaz swinging.

First pitch strike

The 0-1 pitch

            Boyd led off the 9^th with this single.

            Ceciliani would follow with a single of his own, but the MiLB.tv coverage did not show the play. After Rivera struck out swinging. Taijeron launched a three-run homerun to centerfield.

Watch for the ball to the right of the pole, above the 'Get On Board!' sign

            Alvarez came in for the 9^th and sandwiched a two out single with two strikeouts:

Jason Krizan looking.

Dean Green swinging to end the game.

The ump may have helped this 1-0 strike call - the announcer assumed he had reservations to catch

To get ahead 1-2

The best way to end a game!

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