B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME:

The B-Mets split the four-game series with Trenton
Sunday thanks to a 7-1 win on a day where the bullpen
was asked to make the start. Four different relievers combined
to hold the Thunder to one run scattering nine hits.
Edgar Ramirez made his third career start and gave Binghamton
three scoreless innings. Then Edgar Alfonzo offered up
three scoreless innings as well and was credited with the win,
his fourth of the season. Stephen Clyne followed it up with the
two innings, allowing the only run of the game in the eighth
inning and Roy Merritt sealed the deal with a scoreless ninth.
The B-Mets got on the board first in the third when Ruben
Tejada knocked a single off the glove of Trenton starter Wilkin
De La Rosa to score Carl Loadenthal from third. De La Rosa
went 4.2 innings giving up five runs on five hits with three
walks. The B-Mets big inning was the fifth as six straight
reached with two outs bringing six runs to score. The big blow
came from Loadenthal who cleared the bases with a triple
down the first-base line to give the B-Mets a 6-0 lead. Josh
Petersen finished off the rally tripling after Loadenthal to
score Carl and make it 7-0. Loadenthal went 2-3 with 3 RBIs.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:

RHP Eric Brown will make his
fifth start of the season for Binghamton tonight. Brown won
his first start of the season last time out, June 10 against
Harrisburg. He fired 6.1 innings allowing four runs on seven
hits and tied a season high with six strikeouts. He is 4-4 with a
4.94 ERA in 51 innings in 2009. He is 1-2 with a 5.56 ERA in
four starts spanning 22.2 innings. Brown worked as both a
starter and as a reliever in 2008 for Binghamton and recorded
a 5-8 record with a 5.46 ERA in 17 starts spanning 94
innings. He was the Mets’ 18th-round choice in 2005 out of
Wingate University (NC).

RHP Erik Arnesen will make his second straight start against
Binghamton tonight for the Senators. Arnesen threw six innings
allowing a run on eight hits with six strikeouts June 11
at NYSEG Stadium in Harrisburg’s 16-2 win in eight innings.
For the year, he is 3-2 with a 3.16 ERA in 37 innings. He
opened the season with Potomac (High-A) going 4-1 with a
2.23 ERA in six starts spanning 32.1 innings. Arnesen spent
the bulk of 2008 with Hagerstown (Low-A), appearing in 25
games for the Suns with a 6-4 mark and a 3.97 ERA before
finishing the season with Potomac (High-A) where he went 4-3
with a 4.14 ERA. He was the Nationals 17th-round pick out of
Grove City College (PA).

GOING TO BAT FOR BOWMAN:

B-Mets third baseman Shawn
Bowman has notched hits in 11 of his last 13, raising his
average from .270 to .283. During the stretch, he is hitting
.327 (16-49) with two homers and seven RBIs.