B-Mets Can't Pull Ahead Against Trenton

Trenton Thunder @ Binghamton Mets

June 2, 2015

Eric Wooten @ Rainy Lara

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

W: Vargas (2-0, 3.45 ERA); L: Kolarek (1-1, 6.41 ERA); Save: Goody (2, 1.26)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara (3.91 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 107 Pitches (71 Strikes), 4 GO: 4 FO

Chase Huchingson (5.47 ERA) – 0.1 IP, H, BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 2 S

Vic Black (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 16 Pitches (10 Strikes), 1 GO

Adam Kolarek – 1 IP, H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 GO

Beck Wheeler (6.26 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Yeixon Ruiz – 2-5, 2 R, SB (1), SO

Gavin Cecchini – 3-4, R, 2B (11), BB, SO

Michael Conforto – 2-5, 2B (1), 3 RBI (4), SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-4, R, SO

Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, BB

Jared King – 2-3, RBI (22), BB

Recap

            The B-Mets would come from behind to tie this game up on 3 occasions Tuesday night, but in the end, the B-Mets bullpen couldn’t get the key outs, allowing the Thunder to walk away winners in the opener. Starter Rainy Lara allowed a run on 3 straight singles in the 1^st, but managed to strand runners on 2B and 3B to keep things from getting out of hand early. The B-Mets tied it in the 3^rd (see scoring details below), but Lara would give the lead right back, allowing a triple to Dante Bichette that led to a run. Again they tied it in the 5^th, and again the Thunder jumped right back on top in the next frame. With two on and two outs in the 6^th, Rainy Lara was at his pitch limit (if not beyond it), which forced manager Pedro Lopez to bring in Chase Huchingson, who has struggled most of the year. Chase would allow both runners to score before getting a groundout to end the frame. But again, the B-Mets scratched out a run in the 6^th and 7^th inning to tie the game, and again the pitching staff gave it right back in the 8^th. Before a wild Kolarek gave up a pair in the 8^th, Vic Black worked a perfect 7^th, finishing the frame with a strikeout. Three walks and a wild pitch were too much for Kolarek to work around in the 8^th, and the Thunder had finally built a lead that would last. The B-Mets had two more hits left in their lineup, both coming in the 8^th, but the threat would end with Cecchini and Conforto due up.

            Check out the scoring highlights and more on Black below. For some post-game quotes from Conforto and Lopez, check out Lynn Worthy’s recap here. The series continues Wednesday night at 6:35 PM, with Gabriel Ynoa scheduled to pitch for Binghamton. The B-Mets need a win to stay above .500.

Scoring Highlights

            Gavin Cecchini had a very nice night, reaching base 4 times, with a double among his 3 hits. His night got started in the 1^st, when he singled with one out.

            Yeixon Ruiz led off the 3^rd with a single and then came home to score on an RBI single from Michael Conforto.

            Ruiz and Cecchini got the 5^th inning started with consecutive singles, but the B-Mets 3-4 hitters both hit double play grounders, with Trenton successfully turning the grounder from Josh Rodriguez.

Conforto just beat this out for the RBI

            Aderlin Rodriguez lined a single into LF with one out in the 6^th, and then scored on a two out single from Jared King.

Nice job in LF to prevent the double

            Cecchini and Conforto hit back-to-back doubles for a run in the 7^th, which is something they could realistically do for the big league Mets some day.

            Aderlin and King joined the multi-hit parade in the 8^th.

Pitcher Coverage

Vic Black

7^th inning

1)   Eric Jagielo hit a weak groundout to Ruiz (43/G)

                                  i.         Fastball – called strike 0-1, inside corner

                                ii.         Fastball – ball 1-1, outside

                               iii.         Offspeed – ball 2-1, bounced inside

                               iv.         Fastball – foul 2-2

                                v.         94 MPH Fastball – ball 3-2, bounced inside

                               vi.         Fastball

2)   Gary Sanchez lined out to Pina (9/L)

                                  i.         Breaking ball – ball 1-0, up and in

                                ii.         94 MPH Fastball – ball 2-0, low and away

                               iii.         Fastball – swinging strike 2-1, high

                               iv.         Fastball – foul 2-2, inside

                                v.         Offspeed – foul 2-2

                               vi.         Fastball – ball 3-2, high and away

                             vii.         94 MPH Fastball

3)   Jose Rosario struckout swinging (K/Sw)

                                  i.         Fastball – foul 0-1

                                ii.         Breaking ball – called strike 0-2, inside corner

                               iii.        96 MPH Fastball – swinging strike 3

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