6/9/10

BINGHAMTON METS 2010 GAME NOTES

Binghamton Mets (28-30) vs. Bowie Baysox (30-28)

AA Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles

LHP Mike Antonini (3-4, 4.33) vs. RHP Ryohei Tanaka (3-5, 4.00)

Game #59 • Wednesday, June 9, 2010

NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 6:35 p.m.
 
 
LAST GAME: Binghamton split a twin bill with Bowie yesterday,


dropping the lid-lifter 5-0 before bouncing back in the nightcap

for a 6-3 win. Chorye Spoone paced the Baysox in the first

game with six, shutout innings despite walking five men. It

was Spoone’s fifth consecutive quality start and third straight

win. Tyler Henson ripped a pair of doubles and scored a run to

lead the Bowie hitters. Spot-starter Scott Shaw was harassed

for four runs over five innings to take the loss. In Game 2,

Brad Holt impressed, retiring 10 straight at one point. He was

untouchable with six strikeouts until the fifth inning when he

permitted three runs and exited an out short of qualifying for

the win. Reese Havens and Kirk Nieuwenhuis both managed a

pair of hits and scored two runs each as the table-setters at

the top of the order. D.J. Wabick drove in a team-high, two

runs with a bases-loaded single in the fifth, that lengthened

the lead to three. Manuel Alvarez improved to 3-0 with the

win, after throwing a third of an inning, and Roy Merritt saved

his fifth game with two, shutout innings to finish the game.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Mike Antonini will get the

call for his second consecutive start against the Baysox. He

impressed with a quality start of 6.1 innings June 3 at Prince

George’s Stadium, in which he allowed just a run on six hits

and tied a season-best with seven strikeouts. The lefty took a

no-decision in the outing and has not won a start since May 2

at Akron. He is 3-4 with a 4.33 ERA over 11 starts (62.1 IP).

Antonini went 7-5 with a 5.32 ERA over 25 appearances, 20

starts, spanning 115 innings last year with Binghamton. He

was the Mets 18th round choice in the June 2007 draft out of

Georgia College & State University.


RHP Ryohei Tanaka will also make his second straight start

against the B-Mets. He set a season-long with seven innings

of one-run work against Binghamton June 3 in Bowie. The

Japanese-born righty limited the B-Mets to just one run on

three hits and failed to walk a man. On the year, Tanaka is 3-5

with a 4.00 ERA over 11 appearances (63 IP). He appeared in

21 games, of which 12 were starts, last season for Bowie and

recorded a 4-4 mark with a 3.00 ERA over 75 innings. Tanaka

was signed out of Japan by the Orioles April 29, 2009

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