New Hampshire 7, Binghamton 2

Brad Holt labored through four innings with a career-worst eight walks to take his second straight loss and send Binghamton to a 7-2 loss at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium Thursday afternoon. The loss gave New Hampshire a sweep in the three-game series. The B-Mets have now lost four straight and seven of eight overall.



New Hampshire (25-14) tallied three runs in the first. Holt retired the first two hitters of the frame, but walked Anthony Gose to extend the inning. Gose stole second, was wild pitched to third and scored on a Holt balk to give the Fisher Cats a quick 1-0 lead. Holt eventually walked Mike McDade and Moises Sierra, which brought Ricardo Nanita to the plate. Nanita dropped an RBI single into center to score McDade and Sierra would follow on a throwing error by catcher Jean Luc Blaquiere, which made it 3-0 New Hampshire in an instant.



John Tolisano increased the lead to four runs with a solo homer to right-center in the second inning, his first of the year.



Holt ran into trouble again in the third after walking Gose and McDade again. A wild pitch moved the runners into scoring position and Gose scored on a Nanita sacrifice fly to right, which upped the lead to 5-0.



Binghamton (13-24) got on the board in the fifth against the Eastern League leader in ERA, Rey Gonzalez, who started for the Fisher Cats. Carlos Guzman and Blaquiere singled to start the inning. Lorenzo Scott moved the runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. Jordany Valdespin followed and brought Guzman in to score with a sac fly to left, which cut the deficit to four runs.



Holt exited after four innings to his third loss. He was charged with five runs — four earned — on two hits. Brandon Sage replaced him and gave up two more runs in the last of the fifth on a two-run homer from Sierra.

Gonzalez tossed his seventh consecutive quality start for his fifth win. The righty worked six innings and allowed a run on four hits.



The B-Mets got their final run against the bullpen with a two-out rally in the eighth. Brahiam Maldonado doubled off Evan Crawford to start it. After Crawford walked Allan Dykstra, Eric Campbell looped a broken-bat RBI single to center which chased home Maldonado, who was 2-for-4 in the game.



Binghamton went a disappointing 1-6 on its seven-game road trip, but returns home Friday for a 7:05 PM game with the Harrisburg Senators. LHP Robert Carson (1-4, 3.96) will start for the B-Mets and Harrisburg has yet to name its starter. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pre-Game Show begins at 6:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.
 
from team press release