Mike Antonini tied a season-high with seven innings and seven strikeouts, but allowed three runs to draw the loss in Binghamton’s 6-3 loss to Altoona Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium. Justin Wilson outdueled Antonini with a quality start of six innings of two-run work to earn his sixth win.
Binghamton (41-37) broke a scoreless deadlock in the bottom of the fourth with a two-out rally. Sean Ratliff doubled to center off Wilson to reach scoring position. Mike Nickeas followed with an RBI single to left-center, chasing home Ratliff to get the B-Mets on the board. Nickeas has now reached in 23 consecutive games dating back to May 24.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis upped the lead to two in the fifth with his tenth homer of the season, a solo blast off the scoreboard in right.
Antonini retired the final six hitters he faced before he departed as part of a double switch before the eighth inning began. The southpaw limited Altoona to five hits and a walk over his seven innings but drew his sixth loss.
The Curve rallied for three more runs in the eighth inning off relievers Emary Frederick and Roy Merritt. Frederick loaded the bases with one out after intentionally walking Matt Hague. With Jordy Mercer at the plate, Frederick wild pitched the first run home. Merritt followed the righty and gave up back-to-back RBI singles to Hector Gimenez and Miles Durham, pitting Altoona a 6-2 advantage.
The B-Mets showed signs of life in the ninth. Wilson and reliever Tony Watson had combined to retire 10 straight leading up to the final half inning. However, Nick Evans led off the stanza with a double on the first pitch he saw from Watson. Josh Satin, the next hitter, pushed Evans across with an RBI single. Then, Ratliff reached with a single to right, allowing the tying run to step to the plate. Watson settled down though and struck out Nickeas and Raul Reyes to move Altoona within an out of the win.
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