Nimmo Stays Hot, but Binghamton Can't Overcome an Early Hole

Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Mets

May 6, 2015

William Cuevas @ Rainy Lara

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Portland	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		6	12	1
Binghamton	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0		3	5	1

W: Cuevas (4-1, 3.28 ERA); L: Lara (2-1, 3.71 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara – 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 5 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (63 Strikes), 4 GO: 4 FO

Chase Huchingson (4.30 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 GO

Jake Kuebler (7.71 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 GO

Batters

Brandon Nimmo – 2-4, RBI (8), SO

Jayce Boyd – 1-4, SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 1-4, R, 2 SO

Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, 2 R, 2B (3), RBI (5), BB

Recap

            For the second straight night, the B-Mets would only register 5 hits against Portland pitching, but this time, the Portland bats broke out. The Sea Dogs would jump out to a 2-0 lead against starter Rainy Lara in the 2^nd thanks to a two-out rally, which might have led to more if not for a great throw home from Brandon Nimmo (who was playing RF) that beat Blake Tekotte by 10+ feet for the third out. Nimmo had another good day at the plate, picking up the only two Bingo hits over the first 6 innings, including an RBI single in the 3^rd (see below for both!).

Lara looked good over his first 3 starts of 2015, but struggled for a second straight start, dealing with at least one base runner in every inning. He nearly ended his start on a high note with a 1-2-3 5^th, but Oscar Tejeda kept the inning alive with a single grounded into RF, and then Keury De La Cruz launched his third blast of the year.

Beck Wheeler was the first in to replace Lara, and he worked such a quick 6^th inning that Pedro Lopez sent him back out there for the 7^th. After striking out Mike Miller to start the frame, and getting to two outs with Carlos Asuaje on 1B, things imploded for Wheeler. Asuaje stole 2B, and then advanced to 3B on a throwing error. Tejeda brought him home with a double, and then scored himself when Wheeler unleashed two wild pitches facing Keury De La Cruz.

Carrillo would atone for his throwing error in the bottom of the 7^th, when he lined an RBI double into LF, and then came home to score thanks to some good base running. Chase Huchingson and Jake Kuebler kept Portland scoreless over the final two frames, but the Binghamton bats couldn’t muster more than a single. Huchingson a very nice 1-2-3 8^th, striking out the final two batters of the inning.

Gabriel Ynoa starts for Binghamton in the series finale, which is scheduled for Thursday at 6:35 PM.

Scoring Highlights

            Brandon Nimmo knocked in the B-Mets first run in the 3^rd with this single lined into RF.

This hit knocked in a run

This was his second hit

            Aderlin Rodriguez and Xorge Carrilo picked up back-to-back hits with one out in the 7^th, with Aderlin coming home on Carrillo’s third double of the year. Carrillo would score on a fielding error by the 3B.

If you were wanting to stop watch Aderlin

            Jayce Boyd lined a one-out single into RF in the 8^th, but was stranded at 1B.

Cheech error

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— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) May 6, 2015