BINGHAMTON METS 2010 GAME NOTES

From Press Release:

Binghamton Mets (19-14) at Trenton Thunder (17-15)

AA Affiliate of the New York Yankees

RHP Eddie Kunz (3-2, 6.99) vs. RHP David Phelps (3-0, 1.21)

Game #34• Thursday, May 13, 2010 - Waterfront Park • Trenton, NJ • 7:05 p.m.


LAST GAME: For the second straight day the Sea Dogs


knocked off the B-Mets by a 7-2 score. The loss marked the

first series loss for Binghamton since their first series of the

season April 8-11 with Akron. Portland lefty Felix Doubront

beat the B-Mets for the second time in 2010 with a seasonbest

six innings in which he allowed just a run on five hits for

his third win. Mike Antonini was roughed up a for a seasonhigh

five runs over 5.2 innings to take the loss. Kirk Nieuwenhuis

and Brahiam Maldonado managed three hits each, but

neither factored in the run-scoring. Marshall Hubbard drove in

both of the B-Mets runs with a third-inning RBI single and an

eighth-inning sac fly.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Eddie Kunz will make his

seventh start of the season tonight. He notched his third win

in his last start versus New Hampshire May 8 with five-plus

innings of four-run work. The converted reliever is 3-2 with a

6.99 ERA in 28.1 innings with 19 walks and 18 strikeouts.

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 David Phelps is slated to make his sixth start of the

young season tonight. In his last go-around, he beat Bowie

May 7 with six, shutout innings of three-hit work including five

strikeouts. Phelps, 3-0, is the Eastern League leader with a

1.21 ERA over 29.2 innings. Last season, he made 26 starts

between Charleston (Low-A) and Tampa (High-A) and was 13-4

with a 2.38 ERA over 141 innings. Hold a career record of 21-

6 and an ERA of 2.49 in 41 starts entering 2010. Phelps was

selected by the Yankees in the 14th round of the 2008 June

draft out of Notre Dame.