Boyd Comes Through With Another Walk-Off Double in Binghamton

Harrisburg Senators @ Binghamton Mets

April 17, 2015

Tim Alderson @ Gabriel Ynoa

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Harrisburg	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	1		7	13	1
Binghamton	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3		8	10	1

W: Dario Alvarez (1-1, 6.00 ERA); L: Demny (1-1, 7.36 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

Here is a recap of tonight's walk off win, presented by @607Tech pic.twitter.com/rtYZTq4hgT
— Binghamton Mets (@bmets) April 18, 2015

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Gabriel Ynoa (2.25 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 2 SO, 87 Pitches (47 Strikes), 9 GO: 3 FO

Dario Alvarez – 1 IP, H, R, 4 GO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-4 3 R

Brandon Nimmo – 1-3, R, 2 BB, 2 SO

Jayce Boyd – 2-5, 2B (2), 4 RBI (4), SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-3, 2 R, HR (2), RBI (5), BB

Xorge Carrillo – 2-4, R

Eudy Pina – 2-4, 3B (1), 2 RBI (2), SO

Recap:

            On a night when Gabriel Ynoa was uncharacteristically wild, the B-Mets pulled out a big come from behind win thanks to the heroics of left fielder Jayce Boyd, who hit a bases clearing double with two outs in the bottom of the 9^th to win it for Binghamton. Ynoa allowed 5 BB over his 5 IP, which bests his previous career high of 3, a total he had reached in only 3 of his previous 87 pro appearances (80 starts). Considering the angle behind the plate, it was hard to tell if he was just wild or getting pinched. Ynoa allowed the first two batters to reach in the 2^nd, on a singles and a double, and they both come around to score two batters later. He’d load the bases on a single and two walks to start the 3^rd, but escaped with only one run charged after the next two batters grounded out (one grounded into a 5-4-3 double play). Ynoa would allow another two walks in the 4^th, but was able to work through the inning unscathed. The B-Mets bullpen came in for Ynoa in the 6^th, and the combination of Adam Kolarek, Beck Wheeler and Dario Alvarez allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in just 4 innings, giving up a two-run lead to Harrisburg in both the top of the 6^th and the top of 9^th. But the B-Mets bats were working all day too, and this team has a never-give-up attitude that starts at the top of the team with Manager Pedro Lopez, and the top of the lineup with Gavin Cecchini, who scored 3 runs in his move to the leadoff spot. They’d battle back to tie it in the 6^th, thanks to a two-out rally that was capped by a Eudy Pina triple to RF. After only managing a walk in the 7^th and 8^th innings, the B-Mets had some more two-out magic left for the 9^th. Nimmo and T.J. Rivera drew big two-out walks to load the bases for Boyd, who is Mr. Clutch in those situations. Binghamton has Luis Cessa starting in game 3 of this series Saturday afternoon at 1:05 PM. Cessa was a dominant force in his last start, so it’s too bad the B-Mets won’t have their CF cameras ready just yet. But they do have CF cameras on the way, which will make for some excellent B-Mets coverage at Astromets Mind this season.

Scoring Highlights

            Gavin Cecchini and Brandon Nimmo hit back-to-back singles leading off the 1^st, then Cecchini came around to score on a Jayce Boyd RBI single lined into RF.

            Aderlin Rodriguez hit this solo blast to left-center field with one out in the 4^th, his second homerun of the season.

            Aderlin would get the two-out magic started with an infield single in the 6^th. After Carrillo hit a single that found its way into LF, Eudy Pina brought them both home with his first triple of the season.

            Eudy Pina led off the 9^th with an infield single to the SS. He’d be eliminated on the base paths when Cecchini grounded into a force out, which was the 2^nd out of the inning. After Nimmo walked, T.J. Rivera battled back from 0-2 to draw a crucial walk and load the bases. Just like in the Championship game from last September, Jayce Boyd came up with a chance to give the B-Mets a walk-off hit, and he came through yet again, clearing the bases with a double into LF – two of the last three games at NYSEG have ended in Boyd walk-offs.

            

Boyd has caught fire the past few days

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