B-Mets Pre-Game Notes

LAST GAME: The B-Mets and Harrisburg Senators waited through an hour and fifty-four minute rain delay and battled through 14 innings before Harrisburg triumphed 2-1 at 1:08am on Friday morning at Metro Bank Park. The four-hour, fourteen minute game was Binghamton’s longest since they played a four-hour, twenty-three minute, 12-inning contest against the Altoona Curve on 8/20/10. Matt Harvey started for Bingham-ton and turned in his finest Double-A performance to date. He struck out a season-high ten while allowing one run over seven innings. Harrisburg starter Erik Arnesen one-upped Harvey by allowing one run over eight innings. The bullpens matched zeroes for five innings before Harrisburg got to Rhiner Cruz in the 14th. With two outs, Chris Rahl tripled to right field, the first extra-base hit of the game for the home team. Tim Pahuta finally ended the marathon game with a single to left. Carlos Martinez earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief.



STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Brandon Moore makes his team-leading 20th start of the season and second against the Senators. Moore has gone six innings and allowed a run or less in each of his last two starts. He held the Reading Phillies to just two hits in a win on July 24. Moore has won three games in a row and has allowed two runs or fewer in eleven of his starts this year.


RHP Shairon Martis will make his 17th start of the season and second against Binghamton. Martis lost his most recent start to the Richmond Flying Squirrels in the second game of a double-header. He allowed four runs on five hits over five innings. Martis defeated the B-Mets and Brandon Moore on June 9 at NYSEG Stadium. Martis was traded to the Nationals from the Giants for LHP Mike Stanton on 7/28/06. Martis made his Big League debut with the Nats in 2008.


LENGTHY AFFAIR: Last night’s game was Binghamton’s longest game by time and innings in 2011. The last time Binghamton played a 14-inning game came on 4/9/09 when they lost to the Trenton Thunder 5-4 at Waterfront Park.


INTO THE RECORD BOOKS: Led by Matt Harvey’s 10 strike outs, the B-Mets combined to fan 19 Senators last night. It was the second-highest total for K’s in one game in franchise history. Binghamton set the record by striking out 20 against the Erie SeaWolves in another 14-inning game on April 20, 2006.


SOMETHING ABOUT HARRISBURG: The B-Mets combined to go 6-for-47 with 16 strike outs last night. The performance dropped their team batting average to .180 against Harrisburg in seven games this season.