B-Mets Game Notes - Binghamton vs. Erie - 6:35pm

LAST GAME: The B-Mets nailed down their second sweep of


the season with a convincing 6-1 decision over Akron Sunday

afternoon at Canal Park. Binghamton plated a run in the first

inning after Kirk Nieuwenhuis reached on an error by shortstop

Carlos Rivero. After Nieuwenhuis stole second, Luis Hernandez

plated him with a single to center and the B-Mets

would not trail in the game from there. Binghamton scored

two more in the second thanks to another error and starter

Paolo Espino’s lack of command. Espino took the loss after

allowing three runs, one earned, over 5.2 innings. The righty

walked a season-worst six men. On the flip side, Mike Antonini

turned in his third consecutive solid outing with 5.2 innings of

one-run work for his third win. Jose Coronado, who played

third base, turned in a 2-4 showing with a double and two RBI

to lead the offense, which managed just six hits.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Eddie Kunz is due to

make his fifth start of the season tonight. The converted reliever

is coming of his best outing, five-plus innings versus

Portland April 28, in which he allowed three runs on four hits

for the win. Kunz is 2-2 with an 8.83 ERA in 17.1 innings with

16 walks. Last year, Kunz made 40 appearances for Buffalo

(AAA) with a 4-5 mark and a 5.02 ERA in 61 innings. He functioned

as the B-Mets closer in 2008 when he racked up 27

saves. The righty was taken by the Mets in the second round

(42nd overall) in the 2007 draft.


RHP Thad Weber will take the ball for the SeaWolves. He won

his last start April 28 at Bowie despite allowing 10 hits and

three runs over five innings. Weber is 1-2 with a 2.86 ERA in

22 innings. He made 25 starts last year between Lakeland

(High-A) and Erie. In 13 starts with the SeaWolves, he was 7-3

with a 4.06 ERA in 75.1 innings, including a no-hitter against

Akron August 22 with 10 strikeouts. Detroit took him in the

16th round of the 2008 June Draft out of Nebraska.


ANTONINI ANOINTED: LHP Mike Antonini has been the B-Mets

ace thus far in 2010. After allowing five runs in 3.2 innings

versus Akron in his first start of the year April 11, he has settled

in and gone 3-1 with a 3.09 ERA in 23.1 innings over four

starts. A season ago, he led the B-Mets with seven wins, but

carried an ERA over five.


NIMBLE NIEUWENHUIS: Centefielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis has

stolen seven bases in his last six games after stealing just one

over the first 16 contests of the year. His eight swiped bags

rank him in a tie for third in the Eastern League. He leads the

EL in at-bats (100) and hits (30) and is tied for second in runs

scored (21) with teammate Lucas Duda. He was a Florida

State League (High-A) All-Star a year ago with St. Lucie