Binghamton vs. New Hampshire - 1:05pm

LAST GAME: Righty Brad Holt made his much anticipated


2010 debut and tossed the first two innings of Saturday’s 5-1

loss to New Hampshire. Holt allowed a run on three hits and

struck out two to take the loss. The Fisher Cats took control

early with a run in the first inning and didn’t look back with

staff ace Kyle Drabek on the mound. Drabek fired 5.2 innings

of shutout baseball with seven strikeouts. He faced two over

the minimum through five innings. The B-Mets lone run came

in the ninth on an RBI double for D.J. Wabick off New Hampshire

reliever Vince Bongiovanni, who was making his first

appearance of the season. Dylan Owen followed Holt and

allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits over five innings.

Binghamton was held to just four hits by three different pitchers.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Scott Shaw will put his 2-

0 record on the line in his fourth start of the season this afternoon.

The young right-hander picked up a win in Binghamton’s

15-3 victory over Portland April 20 at Hadlock Field, where he

tossed five innings, allowing three runs on four hits with a

season-high four walks issued. Shaw has thrown 12.1 innings

this season with a 9.49 ERA. He led St. Lucie (High-A) last

season in numerous categories, including starts (26), innings

(149.2), wins (8) and strikeouts (118). The righty was drafted

by the Mets in the 13th round of the June 2008 draft out of

the University of Illinois.

RHP Randy Boone will make his second start of the season in

the series finale today. He last started April 21 versus Trenton

and took the loss after permitting five earned runs in 4.2

innings despite recording a season-high seven strikeouts. On

the year, he is 1-1 with a 3.29 ERA in 13.2 innings. He made

23 starts for the Fisher Cats in 2009 and tallied a 9-8 mark

with a 3.70 ERA in 129 innings. He was drafted by Toronto in

the June 2007 draft out of the University of Texas in the seventh

round.

GOOD PITCHING BEATS GOOD HITTING: The B-Mets who lead

the Eastern League in most offensive statistics have been

silenced in their current series with the Fisher Cats. Entering

the series, Binghamton was averaging 5.7 runs per game but

have been held to a total of seven runs and 19 hits through

the first three games of the series.

WALK THIS WAY: Whereas the B-Mets pitching staff leads the

Eastern League in walks issued (80), the hitters lead league in

walks taken (83). Binghamton third baseman Zach Lutz leads

the leagues in walks (15) and teammate Lucas Duda isn’t far

behind either (14) in a tie for second. The team has reached

base at a feverish pace with an on-base percentage of .362