Binghamton Mets (44-40) at Altoona Curve (53-30)AA Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates
LHP Mark Cohoon (1-0, 5.06) vs. RHP Tim Alderson (7-4, 4.63)
Game #85 • Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Blair County Ballpark • Altoona, PA • 7:00 p.m.
Upcoming Games and Probable Starters
Wednesday, July 7 at Altoona 7:00 PM RHP Chris Schwinden (4-5, 4.53) vs. LHP Rudy Owens (8-3, 2.66)
Thursday, July 8 at Altoona 7:00 PM RHP Josh Stinson (5-1, 3.18) vs. RHP Bryan Morris (4-3, 3.66)
Friday, July 9 New Hampshire 7:05 PM LHP Eric Niesen (5-1, 3.61) vs. TBA
Saturday, July 10 New Hampshire 7:05 PM LHP Mike Antonini (5-7, 4.08) vs. TBA
LAST GAME: Three Altoona pitchers limited the B-Mets to just
a run on seven hits in the Curve’s 6-1 victory at Blair County
Ballpark Monday night. Major league rehabber LHP Zach Duke
led the way with three innings of one-run work, facing one
over the minimum. Binghamton’s only run came in the first
inning when Kirk Nieuwenhuis doubled to lead off the game.
Nick Evans singled him home with to give the B-Mets a shortlived
1-0 lead. Altoona responded with a pair of runs off Mike
Antonini in the bottom of the first on a sac fly from Matt
Hague and an RBI double with two outs from Hector Gimenez.
Antonini notched his second straight quality start, offering up
six innings of three-run work with a career-high nine strikeouts,
but took the loss. Justin Wilson followed Duke and
worked five, scoreless innings to pick up his seventh win.
Evans and Josh Satin enjoyed two-hit performances in the
losing effort.
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Mark Cohoon will make
his third straight since joining the B-Mets two weeks ago from
Savannah (Low-A). In his last start, the southpaw tossed five
innings and allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits with
four strikeouts against Portland July 1 for a no-decision. With
Binghamton, Cohoon is 1-0 with a 5.06 ERA over 10.2 innings.
He opened the season with Savannah and racked up a
7-1 mark and a measly 1.30 ERA over 13 starts (90.1 IP). His
ERA paced the South Atlantic League, as did his three shutouts.
Cohoon was a New York-Penn League All-Star last season
with Brooklyn (SS-A) thanks to a 9-2 record and a 2.15
ERA over 92 innings. The Mets drafted him in the 12th round
of the June 2008 draft out of North Central Texas College.
RHP Tim Alderson is due for his 17th turn through the Curve
rotation tonight. He has garnered decisions in his last five
starts, including a win in his last one, July 1 at Reading, when
he limited the R-Phils to a run on four hits over six, strong
innings. Alderson is 7-4 with a 4.63 ERA over 83.2 innings.
The Pirates acquired him in a trade with San Francisco last
year that sent INF Freddy Sanchez to the Giants in exchange
for the young righty. Alderson made seven starts for Altoona
last year, recording a 3-1 mark and a 4.66 ERA over 38.2
innings. He was originally drafted by the Giants 22nd overall
in the June 2007 draft out of Horizon HS (AZ).
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