6/29/09

B-Mets Game Notes




LAST GAME:


Akron walked a season-high 12 men and the BMets
bullpen held up for all nine innings filling in for Jenrry
Mejia
in Binghamton’s 6-4 win over Akron Sunday afternoon
at Canal Park. With the Aeros on top 4-3 after six innings, the
B-Mets took control in the seventh with a three-run frame.
Jonathan Malo came through with a clutch two-run single to
score Lucas Duda and Emmanuel Garcia to put Binghamton
ahead for good. Malo would later score a run of insurance on
a wild pitch, making it 6-4. The B-Mets took their first lead of
the series in the fourth inning on Ike Davis’ bases-loaded, twoout
single off Major League-rehabber Aaron Laffey to give
Binghamton a 3-1 lead. Laffey went just 3.1 innings allowing
three runs on five hits with six walks. Akron took their final
lead of the game in the fifth on a two-run double from Jerad
Head which came off Edgar Alfonzo. The win went to Mike
Antonini
for firing three scoreless innings allowing just a hit
and a walk. Former Akron reliever Jim Ed Warden picked up
his first save with the B-Mets by throwing a 1-2-3 ninth, including
a strikeout, to secure the win.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:


RHP Dylan Owen will make
his second turn in the rotation since returning from St. Lucie
(High-A) June 24. In his return, Owen threw five innings allowing
three runs on five hits in a no-decision last Wednesday at
NYSEG Stadium against Bowie. With Binghamton, he is 0-5
with a 6.83 ERA in 55.1 innings, including 31 walks. He has
allowed 71 hits this year, equating to a .321 opposing average.
He tied for the Florida State League-lead with 12 wins
last season with St. Lucie. Owen was the Mets’ 20th-round
pick in 2007 out of Francis Marion University (SC).


RHP Jeanmar Gomez will make his 11th start with the Aeros
tonight. Last time out, June 24, he made it through 4.2 innings
allowing five runs, two earned, on seven hits to take a
no-decision against Trenton. With Akron, he is 6-2 with a 3.06
ERA in 61.2 innings, with just 11 walks. He won his first four
starts with the Aeros 4/30-5/21, including a 24 innings scoreless
streak from 5/9-5/21. On May 21, he threw a nine-inning
perfect game at Waterfront Park against Trenton. Gomez
began the season with Kinston (High-A) where he made four
starts tallying a 2-2 mark with a 2.63 ERA in 24 innings. He
spent all of last year with Kinston with a 5-9 record and 4.55
ERA in 138.1 innings. The 21-year old Venezuelan righty was
signed as a 17-year old pitcher in April 2005.


WALK THIS WAY:


A day after hitting a season-high five doubles,
the B-Mets set another season-high by drawing 12 walks
off the best pitching staff in the league. Jonathan Malo led the
way, reaching in all five of his plate appearances including two
singles and three walks with two runs scored and two RBIs.

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