B-Mets Belt 3 Bombs to Finish the Sweep in Portland

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

April 29, 2015

Rainy Lara @ Mike McCarthy

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	1	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0		8	12	2
Portland	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	0

W: Kolarek (1-0, 9.90 ERA); L: McCarthy (2-2, 6.63 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (2.91 ERA) – 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 85 Pitches (55 Strikes), 6 GO: 3 FO

Adam Kolarek (W, 1-0, 9.90 ERA) – 3 IP, H, 2 SO, 6 GO: 1 FO

Dario Alvarez (4.70 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Jon Velasquez (3.68 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO

Batters

Jared King – 2-4, R, BB, CS

Brandon Nimmo – 2-4, R, 2B (4), 3B (1), BB

Josh Rodriguez – 2-4, 2 R, 2B (3), HR (3), 4 RBI (10), BB, 2 SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-5, R, HR (3), 2 RBI (10)

Xorge Carrillo – 1-4, 2B (2), 2 SO

Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, R, SO

Jairo Perez – 2-4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI (4)

Eudy Pina – 1-4, R, SB (2), GIDP

Recap

            The Mets got a scare at the end of the B-Mets series sweep in Portland, as Brandon Nimmo left the field limping, but fortunately, it would appear that it’s nothing serious. Nimmo was having a great day before he had to leave in the top of the 9^th, picking up a triple in the 4^th and a double in the 9^th before leaving when he stepped on the bag awkwardly. He also ran down a deep fly ball at the warning track like it was nothing, which really impressed the Portland press box. B-Mets starter Rainy Lara had his shortest outing of the season, allowing a base runner in every inning, and generally being hit pretty hard. After being handed a 1-0 lead in the top half of the 1^st, he allowed back-to-back doubles to the first two batters in the bottom half, with both runners eventually coming home to score. Portland would get the leadoff man on in every inning, but Lara worked through it in the 2^nd and 3^rd. Keury De La Cruz led off the 4^th with a single off the mini-monster in LF, and then came home to score two batters later on a double to RF. Adam Kolarek replaced Lara for the 5^th and pitched as well as he has since 2012, holding Portland to a double over 3 IP. The bats took the lead back with a 3-run rally in the 3^rd, and then added two 2R-HR’s to pad their lead for the bullpen. Dario Alvarez and Jon Velasquez finished the game out for the B-Mets, with each pitching around a single for a scoreless inning.

            Binghamton has Thursday off as they head home and prepare to host New Hampshire on Friday. Gabriel Ynoa is scheduled to go for Binghamton Friday at 7:05 PM, and hopefully the new CF cameras at NYSEG will be ready for him.

Scoring Highlights

            Jared King led off the game with a single back up the middle. He’d be erased on a caught stealing just a few pitches before Josh Rodriguez hit his third homerun of the year.

King has been picking up a lot of hits lately

408 foot blast

            Xorge Carrillo hit a one-out double in the 2^nd, but he’d stranded at 3B.

            Eudy Pina led off the 3^rd with a single blooped into CF. He’d steal 2B, and then come home on a bases clearing double from J Rod.

            Cecchini led off the 4^th with a single, and then Jairo Perez hit this controversial homerun down the LF line – the ball was initially called foul, but the 3B umpires decision was overruled, which led to the eventual ejection of the Portland manager. Brandon Nimmo connected for a two-out triple in the frame, but he’d be stuck at 3B.

            With two outs in the 7^th, J Rod drew a walk and then Ad Rod blasted hit a 404-foot blast over the LF monster to make it 8-3.

            Jared King picked up his second single of the night with one out in the 9^th, and then went to 3B on this Nimmo double. Unfortunately, Nimmo slid into 2B awkwardly and had to be removed.

BONUS

Get your stopwatch out for Cecchini

Cheech Error

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