Luis Hernandez capped a feverish, six-run rally in the ninth with a two-run double, giving Binghamton a 7-6 walk-off win Monday night over Altoona amid the rain at NYSEG Stadium. It was the B-Mets fifth straight win and 10th in their last 13 games.
Binghamton (40-36) entered the bottom of the ninth in a 6-1 hole. Diego Moreno was summoned from the bullpen to finish out the affair for the Curve. However, the B-Mets had other ideas. Hernandez drew a walk on four pitches to open the inning. After Nick Evans struck out, Marshall Hubbard lined a single to left. A steady rain began to fall with the two runners on, leading to Sean Ratliff. Ratliff yanked a fastball from Moreno deep and out to right, bringing Binghamton back into the picture, 6-4. It was Ratliff’s second homer in as many games and fifth with the B-Mets.
An unsettled Moreno proceeded to walk Mike Nickeas and permit a ringing single through the left side of the infield to pinch-hitter Salomon Manriquez, putting the tying runs aboard. Jeff Sues was called on to put out the fire and promptly got the Curve within an out of the win by striking out Josh Satin. However, Jose Coronado followed with an RBI single, plating Nickeas to move Binghamton within a run. Sues walked the next man, Kirk Nieuwenhuis to load the bases for Hernandez. With a 2-2 count, the veteran shortstop hit a towering flyball to left-center that landed on the warning track, less than a foot out of the reach of Altoona centerfielder Gorkys Hernandez. Manriquez and Coronado came home to score, giving the B-Mets the stunning victory.
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