Lara and the B-Mets Pen 2-hits Akron in a 1-0 Nailbiter

Binghamton Mets @ Akron Rubber Ducks

April 10, 2015

Rainy Lara @ Cody Anderson

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

W: Lara (1-0, 0.00 ERA); L: Anderson (0-1, 1.42 ERA); Alvarez (S, 1, 0.00 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara – 6.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 SO, 77 Pitches (53 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Dario Alvarez (H, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1.1 IP, HBP, SO, 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Jon Velasquez – 1 IP, 2 GO

Batters

T.J. Rivera – 1-4

Jayce Boyd – 1-4, 2 SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-4, GIDP

Eudy Pina – 1-3, SO

Recap:

            B-Mets pitchers Rainy Lara, Dario Alvarez and Jon Velasquez combined for the 22^nd 2-hitter in franchise history Friday night, and Binghamton came away with their first win of the season in a 1-0 pitcher’s duel. Starter Rainy Lara was cruising throughout, and faced only two over the minimum before he ran into his pitch limit with two outs in the 7^th. With about 8 pitches to spare, he probably could’ve finished the inning, but I have no problem with manager Pedro Lopez taking him out before things got worse. Of course, if this were June, Lara certainly would’ve stayed in there to try and finish the 7^th, if not start the 8^th (and maybe even the 9^th). The Mets bats couldn’t get much going against Akron starter Cody Anderson either, as they managed only a single through the first 5 innings. However, the Mets would break the scoreless tie in the 6^th thanks to their speed. B-Mets catcher Xorge Carrillo would get hit by a pitch to leadoff the inning, and then he stole 2B with Gavin Cecchini at the plate – the play resulted in a collision, but Carrillo would stay in the game. Cheech couldn’t advance him, but Pina would reach on a flare single to CF that moved Carrillo to 3B – it was just out of the reach of Akron’s SS. With two on and one out, Anderson got the grounder he was looking for, but Akron could only get one out as the lone run of the game crossed the plate. The B-Mets threatened big-time with one out in the 7^th, after Aderlin Rodriguez picked up his first AA hit to load the bases, but the next two batters would strike out swinging. Aside from a Dario Alvarez HBP, the pen kept it clean after Lara was removed, and Velasquez picked up his first save of season, which matches his total from 2014. Check out the gif highlights from this game below.
            The B-Mets turn to Luis Cessa to keep the strong pitching going Saturday afternoon at 2 PM. Cessa had one spot start with Bingo in 2014, which did not go well, but it was before he started breaking out with St. Lucie.

GIF Highlights

Boyd got the first hit for the B-Mets in the 5^th

After Carrillo led off the 6^th with a walk, he surprised many by stealing 2B.

This led to a short injury delay

Pina advanced Carrillo to 3B when this dropped in shallow CF

This King RBI groundout would provide the only run on the night

In the 7^th, the B-Mets would load the bases with one out but fail to add any insurance runs.

Aderlin's first hit with Binghamton barely left the infield grass

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