Jonathan Malo delivered in the clutch for Binghamton with a game-winning, two-run homer off Eddie Gamboa in the eighth to push the B-Mets past Bowie 3-2 at Prince George’s Stadium Thursday night. Malo’s second homer of the season brought Binghamton’s three-game slide to a halt.
Starters Mike Antonini and Ryohei Tanaka were terrific for their respective teams, dueling to a 1-1 deadlock through six innings. Antonini ran into trouble, however, in the seventh, allowing a pair of singles to Robbie Widlansky and Tyler Henson opening the frame. After forcing the lead runner at third on a poor bunt from Matt Tucker, Antonini departed. Manuel Alvarez spelled him and got the next two hitters, stranding two men on base and preserving the tie.
Antonini tied a season-high with seven strikeouts over 6.1 innings and allowed just a run on six hits for his fourth quality start of the season.
Binghamton (25-28) mounted its charge in the eighth with Tanaka out of the game. The Bowie starter fired a season-long, seven innings of one-run work before passing the ball to the bullpen. Eddie Gamboa entered in relief and walked the leadoff hitter Eric Campbell on five pitches. Jose Coronado attempted to bunt him into scoring position, but the spry Gamboa hopped off the mound, fielded the bunt and fired to second to force Campbell. Malo followed and pounced on an inside fastball, powering it over the left-field wall to propel the B-Mets into the lead 3-1.
The B-Mets cracked the scoreboard first in the third. Coronado singled to left-center and was sacrificed to second by Malo. Kirk Nieuwenhuis plated Coronado with a single to center to pit Binghamton a 1-0 lead. Nieuwenhuis was the lone B-Mets player with two hits.
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