Ponies Bats Go Quiet As Akron Finishes Off A Sweep

Akron Rubber Ducks @ Binghamton Rumble Ponies

April 11, 2018

Aaron Civale @ Daniel Zamora

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

W: Civale (1-0, 0.93 ERA); L: Zamora (0-1, 14.73 ERA)

Boxscore

The Stats:

Pitchers

Daniel Zamora (L, 0-1, 14.73 ERA) – 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 K:  1BB, 40 Pitches (28 Strikes)

Drew Smith (2.08 ERA) – 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K: 1 BB, 33 Pitches (21 Strikes), 3 GO

Tyler Bashlor (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 26 Pitches (16 Strikes), 1 FO

Adonis Uceta (0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 0 H, 3 K: 1 BB, HBP, 35 Pitches (20 Strikes), 3 GO: 1 FO

Batters

SS – Andrew Ely – 1-4

1B – Peter Alonso – 0-4, 2 K

C – Patrick Mazeika – 0-4, K

LF – Kevin Taylor – 0-4, K

3B – Jhoan Urena – 1-3, 2 K

RF – John Mora – 0-3, K

DH – Tim Tebow – 1-3, K

2B – Levi Michael – 0-2, HBP, K

CF – Champ Stuart – 0-3, 2 K

Recapish

            The Binghamton Rumble Ponies were shutout by the Akron Wednesday night as the Ducks completed a three-game sweep at NYSEG with a 4-0 win. The Ponies were forced to rely on ‘Johnny Wholestaff’ to pitch the game after their originally scheduled starter was sent to the PCL for a start with the 51s on Tuesday. Four Ponies relievers combined to give Binghamton a chance, but the Ponies offense couldn’t get anything going against Ducks starter Aaron Civale and three Ducks relievers.

            Lefty Daniel Zamora officially got the start for Binghamton and came out strong, striking out three of the first four batters he faced. Unfortunately, the 2^nd inning was all downhill for Zamora after that. He allowed two singles, a walk, a double, and an RBI triple as the Ducks jumped ahead 4-0 for good.

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Alonso with the last moment dive

            The Ponies got two of their first three hits in the 2^nd and then their third single in the 3^rd, but none of it led to any runs scored. Jhoan Urena and Tim Tebow singled in the 2^nd, and Andrew Ely added his in the 3^rd.

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            Pretty much nothing happened after the Ducks half of the 2^nd, as the pitching took over this game. Drew Smith faced the minimum over three hitless innings, finishing with three strikeouts.

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463 double play

            Tyler Bashlor worked two perfect frames and struck out a pair.

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            Adonis Uceta had to deal with a few base runners over his two innings of work, but he kept Akron off the board and fininshed with three strikeouts of his own.

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            Looking ahead, the Ponies have an off-day Thursday as they travel to Portland for a weekend series with the Sea Dogs. Andrew Church (0-0, 4.15 ERA) is scheduled to make his second start of the year in the opener Friday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 PM.

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