Bowman Brilliant and Taijeron Terrific in BMets Win

Monday, June 30, 2014

Bowman Brilliant and Taijeron Terrific in BMets Win

Binghamton Mets @ Altoona Curve

June 29, 2014

Matthew Bowman @ Pat Ludwig

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	11	2
Altoona	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	8	1

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Matthew Bowman (W, 6-5) – 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 9 SO, 100 Pitches (69 Strikes), 9 GO: 4 FO

Jack Leathersich – 1 IP, 3 SO, 17 Pitches (14 Strikes)

Batters

Brandon Nimmo – 1-3, 2 BB, SO, CS

Dilson Herrera – 1-5, RBI (10), 2 SO

Darrell Ceciliani – 2-4, 3 R, BB, SB (9), SO

Jayce Boyd – 3-4, 2 R, RBI (22), BB, E (2)

Travis Taijeron – 2-4, R, 2 2B(21), 2 RBI (33), SO

Kai Gronauer – 1-3, 2 RBI (2), HBP

Bowman

Count (Strikes)

1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	Total
14 (9)	18 (11)	14 (10)	9 (6)	16 (13)	21 (14)	8 (6)	100 (69)

Recap with gifs:

An early offensive outburst was more than enough for Matt Bowman, who has been having a very strong season for Binghamton this year – check out the highlights below.

Bowman worked around a one-out single in the 1^st, getting Willy Garcia swinging to end the frame for his first strikeout of the night.

Garcia swinging at 2-2

Ceciliani got the B-Mets rally started in the second with a single to RF.

Ceciliani singles

Boyd followed with a single to LF – Ceciliani is very fast and ended up on 3B after the hit.

Boyd's first single of the night

Taijeron drove in Ceciliani with the first run of the game with this double down the left-field line.

Taijeron drives in the first run of the game with a double

After Gronauer drove in Boyd with a groundout, Bowman helped his own cause with an RBI single to score Taijeron. Nimmo came next and drew a walk with two outs. Dilson put the finishing touches on the rally when he drove in Bowman with this single up the middle.

Herrera with an RBI single up the middle

Bowman worked around a leadoff walk in the 2^nd to leave Keon Broxton stranded at 3B. He got Ralph Henriquez swinging to end the inning.

Henriquez swinging at 2-2

After a Ceciliani walk and stolen base, Boyd got the Mets on the board in the 3^rd with this RBI single.

Boyd drives in Ceciliani with his second single

Taijeron followed with his second RBI-double of the game.

Taijeron picks up his second RBI double of the night

Bowman bookended his half of the 3^rd with two strikeouts, he would give up an unearned run in between.

Ludwig struck out swinging for the first out.

Ludwig swinging at 1-2

Garcia struck out looking to end the inning.

Garcia looking at 1-2

Bowman would retire the Curve in order in the 4^th, getting Stetson Allie looking for the first out.

Stetson looking at 2-2

The Mets would scratch out a run on three singles in the 5^th:

Ceciliani got things started with one-out.

Ceciliani would beat this out

Though it was a close play at 1B

Boyd followed with a single to RF.

Boyd's third single of the night

Gronauer drove in Ceciliani with a single to LF.

Kai joins the hit parade

Bowman gave up two singles in the 5^th but no runs were allowed. He’d strike out two:

Yao-Hsun Yang struck out trying to bunt for the first out.

Yang can't make contact on 0-2

Matt Curry looking for the third out.

Curry takes a close fastball on 3-2

Bowman gave up back-to-back hits in the 6^th – a single and RBI double – before bouncing back to retire the next three. He got Jarek Cunningham swinging for the second out.

Cunningham swinging at 1-2

And Henriquez swinging for his final out of the night.

Bowman fans the last batter he faces with a 1-2 breaking ball in the dirt

Jack Leathersich came in for the 8^th and struck out the side in order:

Garcia swinging.

Garcia swinging at 2-2

Allie swinging.

Allie swinging at 1-2

Broxton swinging – three pitch at-bat.

Broxton swinging at 0-2

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