B-Mets Can't Keep Battling Back, Lose to Harrisburg

Harrisburg Senators @ Binghamton Mets

April 18, 2015

Matt Swynenberg @ Luis Cessa

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Harrisburg	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2		7	8	1
Binghamton	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0		5	13	2

W: Mendez (2-0, 4.50 ERA); L: Huchingson (1-1, 5.14 ERA); S: De Los Santos (2)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Luis Cessa (0.00 ERA) – 4 IP, 4 H, R (0 ER), BB, 4 SO, 84 Pitches (54 Strikes), 8 GO

Paul Sewald (0.00 ERA) – 1.1 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, 1 GO, 1 IR – 0 S (1-2, R, 2B (1))

Vic Black – 1 IP, H, 2 GO: 1 FO

Chase Huchingson (L, 1-1, 5.14 ERA) – 2 IP, H, 2 R, BB, SO, HBP, 5 GO

Batters

Jared King – 3-5, R, PO

Brandon Nimmo – 1-5, R, RBI (4), SO

T.J. Rivera – 1-2, 2B (3), SO – left game after hitting his double

Jayce Boyd – 1-3, R, 2B (3), 2 RBI (6), 2 SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-4

Josh Rodriguez – 3-4, R, RBI (3)

Albert Cordero – 2-4, 2 2B (2), RBI (2)

Recap:

            The B-Mets kept fighting back Saturday afternoon against Harrisburg, but this time they couldn’t get the big hit to put them over the top, and the bullpen kept giving up the lead. Starter Luis Cessa had a nice follow-up to his awesome debut, but his fastball control wasn’t quite as sharp in this one, and he ended up throwing 20+ pitches in multiple innings. Because of his high pitch count, Cessa was lifted for Domingo Tapia after 4 innings in a tie game. Tapia came in and quickly retired the first two batters of the inning, but then remember he was supposed to be really wild, and gave up 4 walks on 22 pitches, before allowing a bases clearing double that made it a 5-1 game. This B-Mets team doesn’t give up though, and they’d battle right back for three in the bottom of the 5^th and another in the 6^th to tie it. Vic Black came in and pitched a scoreless inning, stranding a leadoff hit allowed. Chase Huchingson would follow and pitch well in the 8^th, but then struggle in the 9^th, giving up the lead for the final time – is he really a 2-inning relief pitcher? The B-Mets would threaten in the 9^th, bringing Jayce Boyd to the plate with the tying runs on and two outs, but he’d strike out to end the game. John Gant gets his second start for Binghamton Sunday afternoon at 1 PM, as the B-Mets wrap up their first home series of the year.

Scoring Highlights

            Jared King had a nice day at the plate, starting the game with a single for the B-Mets.

            Albert Cordero picked up his first two doubles of AA, one from each side of the plate. He hit one from the left side in the 3^rd.

            T.J. Rivera hit this one-out double in the 4^th before leaving the game.

Comes up a little lame at 2B

            Jayce Boyd would pinch-run for Rivera and score on this single from Josh Rodriguez, who had himself a big day.

            Paul Sewald would bat for himself after bailing out Domingo Tapia in the 5^th, and ended up hitting the 2-out double to start a rally!

            King followed with his second single of the day, moving Sewald to 3B. Then Nimmo singled up the middle to bring home Sewald, with King motoring over to 3B on the play. And Jayce Boyd capped the rally with a two-run double that made the score 5-4.

Only view they offered

            After Josh Rodriguez led off the 6^th with a single, Cordero hit his second double of the day, this time from the right side, to tie the game up.

            King finished his big night with a single into RF with one out in the 9^th.

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