Vince Bongiovanni’s seventh-inning error snowballed into a four-run rally for Binghamton, leading the B-Mets past New Hampshire 5-1 Saturday night at NYSEG Stadium. Mike Antonini held the Fisher Cats in check for his third straight quality start, twirling six innings with nine punchouts, tying a career-high.
Antonini and New Hampshire starter Zach Stewart threw up dueling scoreless frames until the fourth when the Fisher Cats struck for their only run. Adam Loewen walked with one away. He advanced to second on a balk and reached third on a wild pitch. Brian Jeroloman struck out swinging on an Antonini curveball for what would have been the inning’s third out, but the ball got away from Salomon Manriquez, allowing Jeroloman to reach on a wild pitch and Loewen to score.
Binghamton (48-41) responded in the fifth against Stewart. Michael Fisher singled with one out and was joined on base when Kirk Nieuwenhuis singled and Jon Malo walked, loading the bases. D.J. Wabick followed and hit a slow roller to first, chasing home Fisher to tie the game.
Antonini departed after the sixth inning. The starter allowed a run on six hits and walked two, but did not factor in the decision despite the terrific line. Stewart also left after the sixth. The right-hander equaled Antonini with six innings of one-run work on seven hits. He gave way to Bongiovanni, who would cough up the lead in the seventh. The reliever walked Jose Coronado to start. Fisher sacrificed him up to second. A Nieuwenhuis flyout to deep right advanced Coronado to third. With two outs, Malo hit a slow roller back to Bongiovanni, but the right-hander fired wild down the right-field line, allowing Coronado to score the go-ahead run and Malo to reach second. Wabick followed and laced a double down the line in right, to chase Malo home, upping the lead to two. Marshall Hubbard kept the two-out rally going with a duplicate double into the right-field corner, trading places with Wabick. Josh Satin capped the scoring with an RBI knock to right-center, making it 5-1 B-Mets.
Dylan Owen, who had hurled a scoreless seventh, gave up a leadoff double to Shawn Bowman leading off the eighth. Left-hander Derrick Ellison replaced him and retired the next three hitters, all left-handed bats, to end the inning. Ellison has now recorded nine consecutive scoreless appearances dating back to June 25 spanning 11 1/3 innings.
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