Benson And Lawley Provide Power Behind A Solid Gsellman

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

July 11, 2015

Robert Gsellman @ Danny Rosenbaum

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

W: Gsellman (3-5, 4.31 ERA); L: Rosenbaum (0-1, 36.00 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman – 7 IP, 6 H, R, 2 SO, 91 Pitches (59 Strikes), 8 GO: 6 FO

Dario Alvarez (3.54 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 GO

Josh Smoker (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, 2 FO

Batters

Josh Rodriguez – 1-5, 2B (16), SO

Joe Benson – 2-4, 2 R, HR (1), 3 RBI (3), BB, SB (1), SO

Dustin Lawley – 1-5, R, HR (6), RBI (24), 2 SO

Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, R, 2B (11), RBI (24), BB, HBP

Jared King – 1-4, 2 SO

Eudy Pina – 1-4, RBI (20)

Recap

            The B-Mets jumped ahead early and then coasted to an easy win over the Sea Dogs on the right arm of Robert Gsellman. Gsellman wasn’t overwhelming the Portland batters with swing-and-miss stuff, but they couldn’t square the ball up well off of him, which led to a lot of work for Gavin Cecchini (see below the scoring highlights section). After Gsellman worked 7 strong innings, Dario Alvarez and Josh Smoker came in from the pen to finish things off, with the game ending on 97 MPH heat from Smoker.

18 Hits Lead B-Mets Over Portland In Their Series Opener

Binghamton Mets @ Portland Sea Dogs

July 10, 2015

John Gant @ Justin Haley

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		7	18	1
Portland	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	1

W: Gant (3-4, 4.13 ERA); L: Haley (3-10, 5.45 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

John Gant – 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 4 SO, 97 Pitches (59 Strikes), 9 GO: 3 FO

Adam Kolarek (5.14 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO

Matt Koch (3.25 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 2 GO: 2 FO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 4-5, 2 R, 3B (2), RBI (35), BB

Michael Conforto – 3-5, 2 RBI (21)

Brandon Nimmo – 1-5, R

Josh Rodriguez – 3-5, 2 R, 2B (15), SO

Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-5, R, 2 SO

Xorge Carrillo – 2-5, R, 2 RBI (23)

Eudy Pina – 3-4, RBI (19), SF, SO

Recap

            The B-Mets had an outburst of singles in Portland Friday night, hitting 16 total as they beat the Sea Dogs 7-3 in the opener of a 4-game series. John Gant made his second start for Binghamton since returning from St. Lucie, and he would allow a few runs early, but retired 10 of the final 12 Portland batters before handing the ball to the pen. Adam Kolarek and Matt Koch were nearly perfect for Bingahmton out of the pen, with a pair of leadoff singles against Koch leading to nothing for Portland.

Gant Gets Little Support In His Return To Binghamton

Portland Sea Dogs @ Binghamton Mets

July 5, 2015

Justin Haley @ John Gant

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

W: Haley (3-0, 4.84 ERA); L: Gant (2-4, 4.29 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

John Gant (L, 2-4, 4.29 ERA) – 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R (1 ER), 5 SO, 97 Pitches (59 Strikes), 7 GO: 4 FO

Dario Alvarez (3.67 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO

Josh Smoker (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 FO

Akeel Morris – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, 2 SO, 2 Balks, 1 FO

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 1-3, BB, SO

L.J. Mazzilli – 1-3, BB, GIDP

Michael Conforto – 1-3, 2B (10), BB

Dustin Lawley – 1-4, 2B (16), RBI (20), SO

Eudy Pina – 1-3

Recap

            In his return to the B-Mets Sunday night, John Gant pitched better than the final score would indicate, but he got little support from his teammates, offensively or defensively, as Binghamton fell a game under .500 at home for the season. There were errors committed behind Gant in 2 of the 3 innings that the Sea Dogs scored runs, meanwhile the B-Mets were held scoreless until the 9^th, and they didn’t even pick up a hit during their ‘rally’. Dario Alvarez looked good working a scoreless 7^th, and then Josh Smoker looked great making his AA debut during a scoreless 8^th. Akeel Morris came on for the 9^th and got into a little trouble right away, and then 2 runs would eventually come around to score, but there were two weird balks called on him in the inning that didn’t help his situation.

Koch Blows it For the B-Mets in Erie

Binghamton Mets @ Erie Sea Wolves

July 1, 2015

Seth Lugo @ Tommy Collier

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	11	0
Erie	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	X		5	10	1

W: VerHagen (2-0, 2.70 ERA); L: Koch (4-4, 3.55 ERA); Save: Voelker (1, 0.00 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Seth Lugo (4.17 ERA) – 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 8 SO, HR, 99 Pitches (69 Strikes), 5 GO: 3 FO

Matt Koch (BS, 4) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, 1 GO

Adam Kolarek (5.59 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 2 SO, 2 IR – 0 S

Batters

Gavin Cecchini – 2-5, R, RBI (30), 2 SO

L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, R

Michael Conforto – 1-4, R, RBI (16)

Brock Peterson – 1-4, 2B (9), 2 RBI (25), 2 SO

Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, CS

Josh Rodriguez – 1-4, 2 SO, CS

Dustin Lawley – 1-4, 2 SO

Eudy Pina – 3-4, R, 2B (7), SO

Recap

            The B-Mets received some excellent defense and pitching Wednesday night, and handed a 4-3 lead to their usually reliable bullpen, but Matt Koch struggled in the 8^th, allowing Erie to earn a comeback win. It seemed like someone was making a great play behind Lugo in each of the first few innings, but then he started mixing in a slow curveball (clocked at below 70 MPH, per the Erie announcers), and that helped him rack up a pair of strikeouts in each of the final 3 innings. The B-Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the 3^rd, collecting 5 straight hits with two outs (see highlights below), but then couldn’t add on against the Erie pen. Koch allowed the first 4 to reach as Erie took over in the 8^th, and would eventually be replaced by Adam Kolarek, who struck out the final two batters of the frame to keep it a 1 run game. The B-Mets did manage two hits and a walk in the 9^th, but Josh Rodriguez was caught trying to steal 2B, and then Gavin Cecchini went down swinging with the trying run on 3B to end the game.