B-Mets Pre-Game Notes

LAST GAME: Jean Luc Blaquiere racked up three hits and col-lected four RBI to help the B-Mets dig out of a 5-0 hole and defeat the Harrisburg Senators last night by a 8-7 score at Metro Bank Park. Brandon Moore started for Binghamton and tossed two scoreless innings before allowing five runs over his final three frames. Trailing 5-0, the B-Mets offense woke up in the sixth. Binghamton started the inning with four straight sin-gles against Shairon Martis. After a sac fly from Mike Fisher, Blaquiere plated two with a double. The catcher scored later in the inning to tie the game at five on a throwing error by reliever Hassan Pena. Brad Holt kept the game tied with two scoreless innings before Binghamton took the lead for good in the eighth. With Fisher and Raul Reyes on base, Blaquiere ripped a two-run double to center. Matt den Dekker followed with a pinch-hit single to score Blaquiere. The Senators came within one by scoring twice off Edgar Ramirez in the eight, but Erik Turgeon closed the door with a perfect ninth for his sixth save.



STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: LHP Robert Carson makes his 19th start of the season and second against Harrisburg. Carson earned the win, his first since 6/17, in his most recent start against the Portland Sea Dogs on July 25. The southpaw al-lowed two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out six in six innings of work.


RHP Tanner Roark will make his 15th start with Harrisburg and second against the B-Mets. Roark snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating the Bowie Baysox in his last start on July 25. The righty allowed just one unearned run on four hits over eight innings.


ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Today is the one year anniversary of the trade that brought starting pitcher Tanner Roark to the Washington Nationals organization. Roark was traded along with Ryan Tatusko from the Texas Rangers for Cristian Guzman on July 30, 2010.


LONG TIME, NO SEE: Prior to last night’s game, infielder Mike Fisher was transferred from Buffalo (AAA) to Binghamton (AA). Fisher had started the season with the B-Mets before getting called up on May 12. He earned the Bisons Player of the Week award in his first week and hit .292 in the month of May. How-ever, he batted just .225 in 19 games in July before being re-turned to the B-Mets.


WINNING IN RELIEF: Brad Holt tossed two scoreless innings to earn his fifth win of the season and third as a reliever. In 11 relief outings, the righty has gone 3-1 with a 4.15 ERA. He went 2-6 with a 5.04 ERA as a starter.