From Press Release:
Binghamton Mets (20-23) vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (25-19)
AA Affiliate of the San Francisco Giants
RHP Eddie Kunz (3-3, 6.34) vs. LHP Craig Clark (2-2, 3.46)
Game #44• Tuesday, May 25, 2010
NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 6:35 p.m.
LAST GAME: Brandon Crawford’s eighth-inning homer off Josh
Stinson pushed Richmond over the hump for a 3-2 victory
over Binghamton Monday night at NYSEG Stadium. The opposite
field shot was the second of two homers for the Flying
Squirrels on the night, Thomas Neal took starter Mike Antonini
deep in the first innings to get Richmond on the board. Antonini
earned a no-decision with a quality start of six innings,
in which he allowed two runs on seven hits with a season-best
seven strikeouts. The B-Mets got him off the hook in the fifth
with a two-out rally off Squirrels’ starter David Mixon. Binghamton
strung three straight, two-out hits together to plate a
pair of runs. Mike Nickeas and Carlos Guzman plated runs
with RBI singles. Mixon went 5.2 innings, allowed two runs
and walked a season-high three men for a no-decision. Jake
Stevens got the win in relief and Rafael Cova stranded the
tying run in scoring position in consecutive innings to nail
down his ninth save in as many chances.
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Eddie Kunz will make his
ninth start of the year tonight. He was hung with a loss in his
last start May 20 versus Bowie. The converted reliever
coughed up five runs, four earned, on a season-high eight
hits. Kunz is 3-3 with a 6.34 ERA over 38.1 innings of work.
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.
LHP Craig Clark will take the hill for his ninth turn in the rotation.
He has not allowed an earned run in his last two starts,
spanning 10.2 innings. Clark pitched to a no-decision May 20
versus Erie with 5.2 innings of one-run work on four hits. The
southpaw is 2-2 with a 3.46 ERA over 39 innings. Named the
California League Pitcher of the Year after going 16-2 with a
2.86 ERA in 26 appearances, 25 starts, over 147.2 innings
with San Jose (High-A). Drafted by San Francisco in the 14th
round of the June 2007 draft out of Penn State.
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