B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME:

Binghamton gave up a season-high tying 19 hits
as the Trenton Thunder won 12-2 Friday night at NYSEG Stadium.
Trenton scored the first 12 runs in the game as they got
to B-Mets starter Eric Niesen scoring seven runs in the first
four innings. Marcos Vechionacci hit his fifth and sixth home
runs of the season in the game. The first came in the fourth
inning on a lead-off home run to left off Niesen. His next at bat
in the fifth also resulted in a home run this time to right off
Juilo De La Cruz. He went 2-6 with four RBI and Eduardo Nunez
went 2-3 with three RBI. Binghamton got their two runs in
the ninth when Emmanuel Garcia scored on a Jose Valdez
wild pitch. Jose Coronado then scored on a Josh Thole sacrifice
fly. Niesen took his second loss going four innings, giving
up eight hits and six earned runs. Michael Dunn picked up the
win as he went recorded the final out of the fifth inning as he
went 2.1 innings in relief of starter Josh Schmidt who went
4.2 innings, giving up no runs on five hits.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP GAME 1:

RHP Edgar Ramirez
will make his second start of the season for the B-Mets iand
second against Trenton. Last Sunday at Trenton he made his
first start of the year and went three scoreless innings, giving
up three hits. He is 0-0 with an 8.71 ERA in 10.1 innings,
including six relief appearances. Ramirez split last season
between St. Lucie (High-A) and Savannah (Low-A). With St.
Lucie he went 1-1 with a 4.75 ERA in 14 appearances, one of
which was a start. With the Sand Gnats he was 3-1 with a
3.13 ERA in 14 relief appearances. He was drafted by the
Mets’ in the 36th round out of LSU in 2006.

RHP Jason Stephens will make his second start of the season
with Trenton after being recalled from Tampa (High-A). His last
start came against Binghamton on May 17 where he went five
innings, giving up one run on one hit in a no-decision. He is 0-
0 with a 3.00 ERA in six innings this season. Last season he
split time between Charleston (Low-A), Tampa (High-A) and
Trenton (AA). With Charleston he went 2-3 with a 3.02 ERA in
eight starts and 17 total appearances and in Tampa he was 3-
5 with a 4.47 ERA. He made one start with Trenton and went
5.1 innings in a no-decision. He was drafted in the sixth round
of the 2003 draft by the Yankees.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP GAME 2: RHP Jake Ruckle will
make his first start of the season for Binghamton. He missed
the first 58 games of the year after having right shoulder
surgery. Last season he went 1-3 with a 7.36 ERA in six starts
with the B-Mets before he was injured. He was drafted in the
41st round of the 2004 draft by the Mets’ out of Chandler-
Gilbert Junior College.