Mike Antonini avoided losing his third straight game by tossing six innings of two-run work, but Binghamton could not dodge Richmond, which put up a 3-2 win at NYSEG Stadium Monday night. Antonini failed to walk a batter for the third straight outing and struck out a season-high seven men, but took a no-decision. The B-Mets have now lost 11 of their past 12 games.
The Flying Squirrels dealt the decisive blow in the eighth inning. Josh Stinson, who already had a scoreless inning of relief under his belt, matched up with Brandon Crawford to open the stanza. Crawford connected on an elevated 2-1 offspeed pitch from the righty and sent it over the wall in left, vaulting Richmond into the lead 3-2. It was Crawford’s team-leading, fifth homer of the season. Stinson was charged with the loss.
Jake Stevens was credited with the win. The southpaw worked 1 2/3 innings and exited with the tying run at second in the eighth. Flying Squirrels’ manager Andy Skeels turned to stopper Rafael Cova to bail Stevens out. After walking Mike Nickeas, Cova got Carlos Guzman to flyout to left ending the threat.
In the ninth, Binghamton (20-23) got the leadoff man on thanks to an Eric Campbell single to left. Jose Coronado sacrificed him up to second to put the tying run into scoring position. But Cova buckled down and struck out Brahiam Maldonado and Kirk Nieuwenhuis to close out the game for his ninth save in as many chances.
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