Mazzilli’s Pinch-Hit Double Drives An 8th Inning Comeback For The B-Mets

Altoona Curve @ Binghamton Mets

September 5, 2015

Zack Dodson @ Rainy Lara

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

W: Lara (9-5, 3.44 ERA); L: Kucno (3-6, 3.51 ERA); Save: Sewald (24, 1.79 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Rainy Lara – 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 7 SO, 97 Pitches (71 Strikes), 6 GO: 7 FO

Paul Sewald – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Zack Dodson (3.67 ERA) – 7 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 86 Pitches (55 Strikes), 9 GO: 1 FO

John Kuchno (BS, 7) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 GO

Tom Harlan (3.72 ERA) – 0.1 IP, H, BB, 1 IR – 1 S

Montana DuRapau (0.00 ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Jeff McNeil – 1-4, CS

Lucas Duda – 2-3, SO

Vince Belnome – 1-1, 2B (6), RBI (18)

Jonathan Galvez – 1-3, 2 SO

Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, SO, GIDP

Jared King – 1-3, R

L.J. Mazzilli – 1-1, R, 2B (19), 2 RBI (23)

Adam Frazier – 1-4, 2B (20)

Max Moroff – 1-4, R, 2B (27), SO

Jose Osuna – 1-4, 2B (20), RBI (52)

Austin Meadows – 1-4, R, 3B (2)

Barrett Barnes – 1-4, 2B (5)

Recap

            The Binghamton Mets couldn’t get anything going at the plate against Curve starter Zack Dodson Saturday night, but they woke up against Altoona’s bullpen, scoring all three of their runs in the 8^th inning for a comeback victory. B-Mets starter Rainy Lara was very sharp in this game, retiring the first 12 Curve batters before he ran into some trouble in the 5^th and 6^th innings. Austin Meadows and Barrett Barnes hit back-to-back extra base hits against Lara in the 5^th (see below for those 2 hits + all of the Binghamton offense), and the Max Moroff and Jose Osuna did the same in the 6^th inning. Rehabbing Lucas Duda picked up a single one-hopped into CF in each of his first two at bats, but then struck out in his 3^rd AB. Duda would leave after 7 innings as planned, and is expected to play about 7 innings Sunday night before a full game on Monday. Xorge Carrillo sparked the B-Mets 8^th inning rally, while L.J. Mazzilli and Vince Belnome provided the RBI doubles in the frame. Paul Sewald would take over for Lara in the 9^th inning and work a perfect frame, striking out Barnes along the way.

            Check out the full scoring details and highlights below. This series continues Sunday night at 6:35 PM, with Gabriel Ynoa (9-8, 3.94 ERA) scheduled to pitch opposite Jason Creasy (11-8, 4.53 ERA).

Scoring Highlights