Boyd Provides a Blast in the 6th, B-Mets Pen Holds on for a 3-2 Win

Akron Rubber Ducks @ Binghamton Mets

May 22, 2015

Will Roberts @ Michael Fulmer

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Akron	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	1
Binghamton	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X		3	7	2

W: Koch (2-2, 3.57 ERA); L: Roberts (2-2, 4.70 ERA); S: Sewald (7, 1.66 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Fulmer (2.95 ERA) – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 SO, 102 Pitches (61 Strikes), 8 GO: 2 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Matt Koch – 2.2 IP, 2 SO, 2 GO: 2 FO, 2 IR – 0 S

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 GO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-4

Jared King – 1-4

Jayce Boyd – 2-4, 2 R, HR (1), RBI (16)

David Cooper – 1-3, 2B (2), RBI (4)

Eudy Pina – 1-3, R, SB (5)

Gilbert Gomez – 1-3, RBI (5), CS (3)

Recap

            Michael Fulmer wasn’t very efficient for Binghamton Friday night, but he limited the damage, and left during the 6^th inning of a tie game. The B-Mets bullpen took over with one out in the 6^th, and was perfect over the final 3.2 IP, holding on to the one run lead the offense would give them in the bottom of the frame. Matt Koch has looked great since moving to the bullpen, offering the B-Mets pen a pitcher that can go through a lineup once, and who is comfortable sitting between innings. Paul Sewald has been very consistent at the back of the bullpen, and he picked up his 7^th save while striking out a pair in the 9^th.

            The series continues in Binghamton Saturday night at 6:00 PM, with the B-Mets scheduled to send John Gant to the mound.

Scoring Highlights

            The B-Mets led off the 2^nd with back-to-back hits to jump out to a 1-0 lead: Jayce Boyd singled to CF, and David Cooper doubled him home from 1B.

            Eudy Pina hit a one out single in the 5^th, stole 2B, and then scored on an RBI single hit back up the middle off the bat of Gilbert Gomez. Gomez was caught stealing 2B, or else he might’ve scored when Cecchini picked up his hit of the game.

            Jayce Boyd picked up his first homerun of the year with one out in the 6^th.

Pitcher Coverage

Michael Fulmer

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