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Binghamton Mets 7, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 6

Posted by on 14 May 2012 Comments Off on Binghamton Mets 7, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 6

Jefry Marte comes alive!

Just stand there and take it in.

Box Score

After three games won by wide margins, it made sense that the final game in the series would be a tough back-and-forth match that was up for grabs until the final swing.  The Fisher Cats offense knocked in 5 runs against shaky B-Mets starter Greg Peavey, but the B-Mets offense was back in action after getting shut out on Saturday, knocking in 7 runs on a single, double, and three home runs.  The Fisher Cats rallied back for one run off Robert Carson in the 9th, but Carson ended the inning without further incident for his first save with the B-Mets.

Matt den Dekker, Sean Kazmar, and Jefry Marte all homered for the B-Mets and all three made key defensive plays to keep the game close.  Marte was busy fielding balls at third, Kazmar made a spectacular grab to rob Mike McDade of a base hit, and den Dekker kept busy chasing down anything that dropped in center to limit the damage when he wasn’t driving runs in.  Marte’s 2-run shot in the 7th was his first with the B-Mets and gave them the lead for good.

With so many balls in play, defense and baserunning were key in this game and both teams had their great plays and blunders.  The B-Mets botched their first pickoff attempt when the throw from catcher Juan Centeno went into right field, but they nabbed John Tolisano trying to steal second and picked off Justin Jackson at first.

Juan Lagares reached base twice on bad throws from Fisher Cats third baseman Mark Sobolewski, but he pushed his luck the second time and was caught stealing.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats 9, Binghamton Mets 0

Posted by on 13 May 2012 Comments Off on New Hampshire Fisher Cats 9, Binghamton Mets 0

Revenge of the Fisher Cats

Yeah, that's how this game went.

After two big wins in Manchester, the B-Mets’ good fortune ran dry on Saturday.  The Fisher Cats hit Darin Gorski for 9 runs on 10 hits before he made his exit with no outs in the top of the 5th.  Kevin Mulvey, Brad Holt, and Robert Carson recorded the final 12 outs without giving up any more runs, but the B-Mets’ offense failed to get a runner past third despite several opportunities.

Box Score

How do you spell relief? M-U-L-V-E-Y-H-O-L-T-C-A-R-S-O-N

If at first you don't succeed...

Now, there were some highlights in this game.  For the second game in a row, Matt den Dekker had leadoff single in the first and reached on a HBP.  He did the former on the first pitch, but it took two attempts to plunk him (the first resulted in a passed ball that sent Zapata from first to third, where he watched the rest of the inning unfold).  The HBP accounted for 20% of the runners put on by Yohan Pino in an outstanding start for the Fisher Cats.

You win some...

The game had its share of close plays and interesting moments, some of which went in the B-Mets’ favor.  Pedro Zapata beat the throw on an infield single, Justin Jackson swung and missed so badly that he was lifted off the ground, Reese Havens applies a tag to end the 4th inning on a stolen base attempt, and Kevin Mulvey slides into first base to make the out.

And you lose some

Not everything turned out for the better though (understatement…).  A throw to the plate didn’t make it in time to prevent one of the four runs in the 4th and the Fisher Cats wrapped up their scoring for the day with a three-run home run in the 5th.

Lots of sad trips back to the dugout today...

Binghamton Mets 11, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4

Posted by on 12 May 2012 Comments Off on Binghamton Mets 11, New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4

Den Dekker and the Mets deck Deck (goose?)

I didn’t get to see Zack Wheeler pitch last night, but this game certainly made up for it.  Matt den Dekker set the tone with a leadoff single that would start him on his first of three trips around the diamond in the B-Mets 11-4 victory that had the Mets trying to outdo the fireworks that followed the game.

Alpha and Omega: Matt den Dekker leading off with a single and the final swing in the bottom of the 9th

Fisher Cats starter Deck McGuire gave up 5 runs and was lifted with one out in the first inning.  B-Mets starter Gonzalez Germen looked like he wouldn’t fare much better in the bottom of the inning, but he escaped a bases loaded jam after giving up two runs.

After two uneventful innings, the B-Mets padded their lead with a trio of home runs: den Dekker in the 4th, Josh Rodriguez in the 6th, and Eric Campbell in the 8th.  Edgar Ramirez relieved Germen and pitched the last two innings, ending the game with a swinging strikeout.

Box Score

Den Dekker contemplates home run, den Dekker hits home run, den Dekker celebrates home run

Josh Rodriguez, Eric Campbell, and Matt den Dekker debate who should hit the next home run

And now it's Eric Campbell's turn

More to come…