BINGHAMTON METS 2010 GAME NOTES

From Press Release:



Binghamton Mets (19-16) at

Trenton Thunder (19-15)

AA Affiliate of the New York Yankees

RHP Brad Holt (0-2, 9.72) vs. RHP D.J. Mitchell (3-2, 5.23)

Game #36• Saturday, May 15, 2010

Waterfront Park • Trenton, NJ • 7:05 p.m.
 
LAST GAME: The B-Mets offensive struggles continued Friday


night as they were shutout for just the second time this season.

Three Trenton hurlers held Binghamton to one hit en

route to a 3-0 victory, sending the B-Mets to their fourth consecutive

loss. Binghamton’s only hit was an infield hit from

Mike Nickeas in the second inning off starter Lance Pendleton

Pendleton tossed six, strong innings with six strikeouts, but

got a no-decision. The same was true of Dylan Owen who gave

his strongest outing of the season, allowing just one hits while

striking out a season-best eight men. The Thunder rallied for

three runs in the seventh and were helped along by a Roy

Merritt error. Merritt was charged with all three runs, albeit

unearned, as well as the loss. The game-winning run came

across on a bases-loaded wild pitch. Marco Vechionacci put

the finishing touches on the inning with a two-out, two-run

single, which made it 3-0. The B-Mets drew seven walks as a

team, but couldn’t convert any of them.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Brad Holt is due to make

his fifth start of the 2010 campaign. He is coming of his longest

start, a four-inning stint May 10 at Portland in which he

permitted just an unearned run on four hits with five strikeouts.

Holt is 0-2 with a 9.72 ERA in 8.1 innings. Last season,

he made 11 starts for Binghamton with a 3-6 record and a

6.21 ERA in 58 innings. He is considered the No. 5 prospect

in the Mets system by Baseball America. Holt was drafted by

the Mets as a first round supplemental pick in 2008, going

33rd overall out of UNC-Wilmington.

RHP D.J. Mitchell will take the ball for the Thunder in his seventh

start. He earned the win in his last time out, May 9 versus

Bowie, when he worked six innings and allowed two runs

on five hits with a season-high six strikeouts. Went 12-7 with a

2.63 ERA in 25 appearances, 24 starts, in 2009 between

Charleston (Low-A) and Tampa (High-A). Drafted by New York

(AL) in the 10th round of the June 2008 draft out of Clemson.