6/8/12

B-Mets Salvage Series Behind Wheeler, 4-1


HARRISBURG,PA – The Binghamton Mets collected ten hits and Zack Wheeler allowed oneunearned run over seven innings to defeat the Harrisburg Senators 4-1 Thursdaynight at Metro Bank Park. Wheeler struck out seven to earn his six win in asmany starts.

Forthe third straight game, the B-Mets grabbed the lead in the first inning. Mattden Dekker lined a single to left against starter Danny Rosenbaum. It was thefirst of eight hits the B-Mets collected against Rosenbaum, who had tossed acomplete game against Binghamton back in May. With two outs, Jefry Marte rippedan RBI double down the left field line to give Binghamton the lead.

TheB-Mets added to their advantage in the fourth. Josh Rodriguez doubled to leftto start the frame and scored two batters later on a single by Juan Lagares.Lagares swiped second base and took third when catcher Jeremy Mayo’s throwskipped into center. Rylan Sandoval drove him home by shooting a single throughthe hole on the right side.

Theadvantage was more than enough for Wheeler. The righty allowed at least onebase runner in the first three innings, but kept Harrisburg off the board. TheSenators had runners on the corners in the third and tried to execute a doublesteal, but Chris McConnell was gunned down at home.

EuryPerez’s single in the third was the final hit Wheeler allowed in the game.Wheeler followed by posting scoreless frames in the fourth and fifth, beforethe B-Mets defense stumbled in the sixth. Harrisburg plated their only runwithout the use of the hit. The B-Mets committed three errors, all on bootedgroundballs at third, shortstop and second, allowing Perez to come home.

Binghamtonplated their final run against Rosenbaum in the seventh. Lagares started theinning by doubling to left center. The right fielder moved to third on a singleby Joe Bonfe and came home when Jesus Valdez bobbled the hit in left field.

Wheelercame back for the seventh and worked around a leadoff walk to post a scorelessinning. The righty induced pinch hitter Jimmy Van Ostrand to bounce into adouble play to cap his night. Wheeler (6-2) struck out seven and lowered hisERA to 1.66 in the win.
AdrianRosario took over for Wheeler and took the game to the finish line. The rightynavigated around two-out singles in the eighth and ninth and posted twoscoreless frames. He fanned pinch hitter Stephen King for the final out and earnedhis second save as a B-Met.

Rosenbaum(7-2) suffered his second loss of the year. Cory VanAllen and Zech Zinicolaeach provided a scoreless inning of relief to close Harrisburg’s pitching tab.

TheB-Mets (27-29) head to Trenton to start a three-game series against the ThunderFriday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Gonzalez German toes the rubber against RHP AdamMiller. The Horizons Federal Credit Union pre-game show for the day’s actionbegins at 6:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

From team press release

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