Parnell Takes the L as he Continues Rehabbing with Binghamton

Binghamton Mets @ Altoona Curve

May 29, 2015

Michael Fulmer @ Angel Sanchez

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

W: Sanchez (5-1, 2.81 ERA); L: Parnell (0-1, 3.00 ERA); Save: Inman (1, 0.00 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Michael Fulmer (2.63 ERA) – 6 IP, 5 H, R, 4 BB, 5 SO, 98 Pitches (54 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Bobby Parnell – 1 IP, H, R, BB, SO, 1 GO

Beck Wheeler (6.55 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 BB, SO, 2 GO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 2-4, SO

Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, R, HR (10), RBI (29)

Jared King – 1-3, BB

Jairo Perez – 1-4

Recap

            The Binghamton Mets lost a closely fought pitcher’s duel in their opener against Altoona Friday night. Starter Michael Fulmer set a AA-season high with 5 strikeouts, but he was effectively wild (and throwing hard, stadium clocked at 96 MPH multiple times), allowing only 1 one run despite 4 walks. The B-Mets took a 1-0 lead early, but Altoona was able to bring home a leadoff double in the 3^rd to tie the game. That’s where things stood when Bobby Parnell entered in the 7^th, and he looked poised to maintain the status quo while looking sharp against the first two batters. He lost the third batter (Adam Frazier) to a walk, and Frazier would steal 2B after getting little attention from Parnell. The next batter would pull a chopper through a hole on the right side of the infield to give Altoona a lead, and that was that. Parnell was hitting 92 MPH with consistency on the stadium gun, but B-Mets announcer Tim Heiman was questioning the accuracy of the gun. After a hit in each of the first 5 innings, the final 15 B-Mets batters of the game would be set down in order.

            The B-Mets continue their series in Altoona Saturday at 6 PM, with Robert Gsellman and Michael Conforto scheduled to make their AA debut’s.

Scoring Highlights

            Josh Rodriguez hit a solo blast with two outs in the 1^st for the B-Mets only run.

            Jared King reached on a one out single in the 2^nd – sometimes a guy just needs a few bloops to fall and suddenly they’re hot, right?

            Gavin Cecchini picked up singles in the 3^rd and 5^th innings.

Pitcher Coverage

Michael Fulmer

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96 MPH

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Bobby Parnell

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