Historic Fourth Inning Sends B-Mets to 15-7 Win
BINGHAMTON, NY –The B-Mets tied a franchise record by scoring 11 times in the fourth inning en route to a 15-7 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats Friday night at NYSEG Stadium.
Trailing 5-1 entering the bottom of the fourth, Rhyne Hughes got the inning started by launching his first home run of the season over the left field wall. Hughes was the first of nine consecutive batters to reach base safely to start the inning. They also all eventually came around to score. Binghamton scored eleven times, collected seven hits, and used the help of five walks and two Fisher Cat fielding errors in the decisive inning.
New Hampshire had their way offensively as well. They began the game with three consecutive hits, and scored twice in the first inning. On the night they finished with seven runs on eighteen hits, however they left 16 men on base.
Binghamton’s first run was scored in the bottom of the second inning, as Cory Vaughn doubled home Juan Centeno. Both Centeno and Vaughn finished with three hits and three runs apiece, with Vaughn tallying four RBI as well. As a team Binghamton collected 14 base hits by seven different players, and 14 RBI by eight different players.
Mark Cohoon (2-0) got the win in relief. He pitched two innings after replacing starter Tyler Pill, and gave up one run on four hits.
The B-Mets (5-3) take the field again Saturday afternoon at 1:05 PM. RHP Erik Goedell (1-0, 3.00) will pitch for the B-Mets against RHP Ryan Tepera (1-0, 5.40). The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pregame Show begins at 12:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.
POSTGAME NOTES: The B-Mets also scored 11 runs in an inning on July 23, 1994 vs Albany-Colonie Yankees. 8 Fisher Cats recorded at least 1 hit; 7 recorded at least 2 hits. 15 runs are the most scored by the B-Mets since 8/16/11 v NBR (17).
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