5/31/10

BINGHAMTON METS 2010 GAME NOTES

From Press Release:


Binghamton Mets (24-25) vs.Akron Aeros (20-30)

AA Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians

LHP Eric Niesen (0-2, 3.12) vs. LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (1-3, 4.58)

Game #50 • Memorial Day • Monday, May 31, 2010

NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 1:05 p.m.
 
 
LAST GAME: The B-Mets homered their way to a 5-2 win over


Akron, tying their team-high with three long balls. Nick Evans

accounted for a two of the shots, with a solo homer off starter

Eric Berger in the fifth and a two-run blast off Bryan Price in

the seventh. Reese Havens provided the other homer, a solo

job off Price in the seventh, which upped the lead to four. Josh

Stinson made his first start of the season and acquitted himself

well with 4.1 innings of one-run work. He allowed just two

hits and walked two. Manuel Alvarez bounced back from a

bad outing Saturday with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief to

notch his first Double-A victory. Eric Campbell continued his

torrid stretch at the plate with three hits in four trips, including

a double. In total, Evans was 3-4 with three runs and three

RBI to power Binghamton’s offense. A day after blowing a sixrun

lead, the B-Mets bullpen surrendered just one run over

4.2 innings. Berger gave up two runs on seven hits over five

innings and walked four to drop his fourth decision.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Eric Niesen will make his

second start since returning from a month on the Disabled

List. He held Richmond hitless over 3.1 innings May 26 in a

no-decision. The lefty walked three and allowed an unearned

run in the brief start. On the year, Niesen is 0-2 with a 3.12

ERA in five starts spanning 17.1 innings. The southpaw led all

Mets minor leaguers with 134 strikeouts in 2009. He was the

Mets’ third-round choice in 2007 out of Wake Forest and is

considered the No. 24 prospect in the Mets farm system by

Baseball America.


LHP Kelvin De La Cruz gets the call for the Aeros in this afternoon’s

series finale. He dropped his last start despite allowing

just two runs on two hits over 4.2 innings May 26 versus Altoona.

The lefty has garnered decisions in all four of his starts

since joining the Aeros. De La Cruz is 1-3 with a 4.58 ERA over

19.2 innings with 12 walks. He opened the year in Kinston’s

(High-A) rotation and went 2-2 with a 2.91 ERA in six starts

spanning 34 innings. De La Cruz made just five starts last

year due to a strained ligament in his throwing elbow. He is

considered the No. 13 prospect in the Indians system by

Baseball America.

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