Binghamton Mets (47-40) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (52-35)
AA Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays
LHP Eric Niesen (4-3, 3.61) vs. RHP Kyle Drabek (8-8, 3.20)
Game #88 • Friday, July 9, 2010
Upcoming Games and Probable Starters
Saturday, July 10 New Hampshire 7:05 PM LHP Mike Antonini (5-7, 4.08) vs. RHP Zach Stewart (7-2, 4.38)
Sunday, July 10 New Hampshire 1:05 PM LHP Mark Cohoon (1-0, 4.91) vs. RHP B.J. LaMura (2-3, 3.94)
Monday, July 11 New Hampshire 1:05 PM RHP Chris Schwinden (4-5, 4.65) vs. RHP Randy Boone (2-4, 3.67)
LAST GAME: The B-Mets grabbed an early 4-0 lead in the first
two innings and held on to beat Altoona 4-3 courtesy of outstanding
bullpen work from four different hurlers Thursday
night at Blair County Ballpark. Josh Stinson allowed three runs
on seven hits over 5.1 innings to notch his sixth win. Curve
starter Bryan Morris was not as fortunate and exited after the
second inning. The right-hander was charged for four runs on
six hits over two innings to drop to 4-4 on the year. Binghamton
plated three in the first off him and a single run in the
second, courtesy of Kirk Nieuwenhuis’ 13th homer of the
season, an opposite-field blast to left. That proved to be
enough as Edgar Ramirez, Dylan Owen, Roy Merritt and Eddie
Kunz combined to throw the final 3.2 innings in two-hit fashion
to secure the series win. Kunz got Josh Harrison to fly out
to center with the tying run in scoring position to end the
game and nail down his third save of the year.
STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Eric Niesen will make his
13th start of the season tonight for Binghamton. He is coming
off his third outing in which he has not made it out of the
second inning. The southpaw gave up four runs on three hits
and walked four over 1.2 innings against Portland, July 4 at
NYSEG Stadium in a no-decision. Niesen is 4-3 with a 3.61
ERA over 47.1 innings. He spent a month on the disabled list
with a concussion April 26-May 26. The lefty led all Mets minor
leaguers with 134 strikeouts in 2009. He was the Mets’
third-round choice in 2007 out of Wake Forest and is considered
the No. 24 prospect in the Mets farm system by Baseball
America.
RHP Kyle Drabek will oppose the B-Mets in his team-leading
18th start of the year. He is coming off the finest start of his
career, July 4 versus New Britain. Drabek threw a nine-inning,
no-hitter to beat the Rock Cats, walking two and striking out
three in the process. The right-hander has garnered decisions
in all but one of his starts this year and is 8-8 with a 3.20 ERA
over 107 innings, the third-most in the Eastern League. Drabek
ranks seventh in the league in ERA and fourth in strikeouts
(80), walks (45) and average against (.219). He was
traded to Toronto in the Roy Halladay deal. Drabek was
drafted by the Phillies in the first round of the June 2006 draft
out of The Woodlands HS (TX).
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