Press Release: - Binghamton Mets (60-64) vs. Altoona Curve (73-52)

Binghamton Mets (60-64) vs. Altoona Curve (73-52)


AA Affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates


RHP Dylan Owen (4-2, 3.57) vs. LHP Tony Watson (4-2, 2.92)


Game #125 • Sunday, August 22, 2010


NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 6:35 p.m.


Binghamton Mets Baseball Club




http://www.bmets.com/


Upcoming Games and Probable Starters


Monday, August 23 New Britain 6:35 PM LHP Mark Cohoon (3-3, 5.47) vs. RHP Chris Province (6-5, 4.89)


Tuesday, August 24 New Britain 6:35 PM RHP Jenrry Mejia (1-0, 1.77) vs. RHP Deolis Guerra (2-9, 6.20)


Wednesday, August 25 New Britain 6:35 PM LHP Robert Carson (1-4, 7.43) vs. RHP Bobby Lanigan (2-3, 5.50)


Thursday, August 26 @Reading 7:05 PM TBA vs. TBA




LAST GAME: Binghamton ran out of pitching in a 10-4 loss to


Altoona Saturday night at NYSEG Stadium and was forced to


use two position players to absorb the final 2.1 innings. Marshall


Hubbard and Luke Montz acquitted themselves, getting


the final seven outs of the contest without allowing a run. The


damage had already been done, however, as the Curve mustered


10 unanswered runs in the fourth through sixth innings.


Matt Hague provided the game-winning hit with a three-run


double off Edgar Ramirez in the fifth inning, which vaulted


Altoona from a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Ramirez and Carlos


Muniz gave up all 10 runs over 3.2 innings of relief. Eddie


Kunz was forced into duty as the starter after Chris Schwinden


suffered an injury warming up for the game. Kunz acquitted


himself nicely with three, scoreless innings, allowing the BMets


to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Jose Coronado led the way


with a 3-for4 showing, including a double and two runs.



STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Dylan Owen will make a


spot-start tonight for the B-Mets in place of the recently promoted


Josh Stinson. Owen’s last start with Binghamton was


May 14 at Trenton when he tossed six, shutout innings and


limited the Thunder to one hit with a season-high eight


punchouts. He is 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA over 23 appearances (6


starts) spanning 63 innings. Opponents are hitting a low .228


against him. Owen made 23 starts for Binghamton last season,


chewing up a team-best 123 innings with a 4-10 record


and 5.93 ERA. He was the Mets 20th round selection in the


2007 draft out of Francis Marion University in Florence, SC.



LHP Tony Watson is due to make his sixth turn in the rotation


tonight for the Curve. Last time out, August 17 at Portland, he


worked a brief three innings and allowed two runs on six hits.


Watson is 4-2 with a 2.92 ERA over 30 appearances covering


86.1 innings and opposing hitters have managed a miniscule


.211 average against him. He made five starts for Altoona


last season before missing the remainder of the season


with left elbow tendinitis. The Pirates drafted the southpaw in


the ninth round of the June 2007 draft out of Nebraska