BINGHAMTON METS 2010 GAME NOTES

from press release



Binghamton Mets (41-36) vs. Altoona Curve (49-28)

AA Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates

LHP Mike Antonini (5-5, 4.07) vs. LHP Justin Wilson (5-4, 2.87)

Game #78 • Wednesday, June 30, 2010

NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 6:35 p.m.
 Upcoming Games and Probable Starters


Thursday, July 1 Portland 6:35 PM LHP Mark Cohoon (1-0, 7.94) vs. RHP Casey Kelly (1-3, 5.05)

Friday, July 2 Portland G1 5:35 PM RHP Chris Schwinden (3-5, 5.35) vs. RHP Alex Wilson (0-1, 6.28)

Friday, July 2 Portland G2 TBA TBA vs. TBA

Saturday, July 3 Portland 7:05 PM RHP Josh Stinson (4-1, 3.04) vs. RHP Jeremy Kehrt (1-4, 2.97)

 LAST GAME: After a thrilling comeback in Monday’s game,


Binghamton put Tuesday’s contest away early, scoring nine


unanswered runs en route to a 9-5 win at NYSEG Stadium


over Altoona. The Curve jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on


Eric Niesen. The B-Mets responded with two runs in the bottom


of the second off Jared Hughes courtesy of an RBI single


from Raul Reyes and a Josh Satin sac fly. Binghamton put


away Altoona in the third with six runs. The B-Mets were


helped in the frame by two big Curve errors, causing all the


runs to be unearned. Reyes struck the crippling blow with a


grand slam to right off Hughes, upping the lead to 8-2. Niesen


departed to the win after five innings of three-run work.


Hughes was charged with the loss, allowing a season-high


nine runs over four innings. Manuel Alvarez finished out the


game with two scoreless innings.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Mike Antonini will go for


his team-leading 16th start tonight. He notched a win in his


last start June 25 at Akron with 5.1 innings of two-run ball,


despite tying a season-high with three walks. Antonini has


racked up a 5-5 mark and a 4.07 ERA over 86.1 innings in


2010. He has walked the second-fewest hitters per nine innings


among starters in the Eastern League (1.56). Antonini


went 7-5 with a 5.32 ERA over 25 appearances spanning 115


innings last year with Binghamton. He was the Mets’ 18thround


choice in the June 2007 draft out of Georgia College &


State University.


LHP Justin Wilson will go for the 15th time this season for the


Curve. He is undefeated in his last seven starts, including a no


-decision in his last go-around, June 25 versus Bowie. Wilson


hurled six innings, allowed one run on three hits and struck


out six in the quality start. On the year, the lefty is 5-4 with a


2.87 ERA over 75.1 innings. His .208 batting average against


is the second-lowest in the Eastern League. Wilson made 26


starts in 2009 for Lynchburg (High-A) with a 6-8 mark and a


4.50 ERA over 116 innings. Pittsburgh took him in the fifth


round of the June 2008 draft out of Fresno State