Binghamton Mets (53-33) at Portland Sea Dogs (45-42) (Double-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox)
Resumption: RHP Cory Mazzoni (4-3, 4.38) vs. TBD
G2: RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 1.50) vs. RHP Mike McCarthy (0-1, 5.51)
Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Game #89 • Home Game #44
NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 5:35 PM
LAST GAME: The B-Mets dropped the final game before the All-Star Break, 7-6 to New Hampshire on July 8. Darrell Ceciliani and Richard Lucas hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth to bring the B-Mets within one, but Mother Nature halted the comeback. With one out, the game went into a rain delay and was eventually called handing the B-Mets the loss.
SUSPENDED GAME: The B-Mets and Sea Dogs will begin this series by resuming a suspended game from June 25. The game will start in the top of the third inning with no score. Because the game began in Portland, Binghamton will be the visiting team. After that game concludes, the two teams will play a seven-inning contest.
RHP Cory Mazzoni will resume the suspended game for the B-Mets. This will be his 12th appearance of the season with the B-Mets and his third against Portland. Against them this season he is 1-0 and has allowed 10 runs and 16 hits in 11.1 innings. In his last start, June 3 vs. Altoona, he gave up six runs in six innings and was tagged with a loss.
RHP Noah Syndergaard will make his fourth start of the season with the B-Mets. In his last start, he matched a season-high by throwing seven innings in a win against New Hampshire. With the B-Mets, Syndergaard has struck out 23 batters and only walked four. Before being promoted to Binghamton, he went 3-3 with St. Lucie (High-A) and earned the victory in the FSL All-Star Game.
PORTLAND PITCHER, G2: RHP Mike McCarthy pitches in his seventh game for the Sea Dogs, and his second as a starter. He started his first Double-A game this season, June 15 vs. Altoona, and allowing four runs in 6.2 innings. He was tagged in the loss in that game. Since then, he has made six relief appearances and has gone 2-for-2 in save chances. In 14 appearances with Salem (High-A) before being promoted, he went 3-2 with a 4.72 ERA.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Outfielder Cesar Puello was named Eastern League June Player of the Month. The Dominican Republic native won the Triple Crown in the month, leading the league in batting average (.441), home runs (8) and RBI (24). This season Cesar leads the B-Mets with a .323 batting average, 15 home runs, and is second on the team with 55 RBI.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Infielder Danny Muno has been named EL Player of the Week for July 1-7. Muno his .417 (10-for-24) with three home runs and 12 RBI. He highlighted the week with a career-high seven-RBI effort against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on July 4.
SERIES LOSS: Binghamton went 2-3 in their series against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Monday’s 7-6 loss handed the B-Mets their first series loss since losing two of three to Trenton May 6-8. They had either won or split each of the last 16 series before that.
LOSING STREAK: Binghamton enters the series with a two-game losing streak. The B-Mets have lost three in a row only once this season (May 1-3).
BULLPEN WOES: Over the last two games, the Binghamton bullpen has allowed 15 runs in 6.2 innings on the hill. In that span, the bullpen’s ERA has risen from 3.07 to 3.50.
B-METS DIG THE LONG BALL: Binghamton has hit at least one home run in each of their last eight games. They have hit 17 home runs in that span and are now ranked second in the Eastern League in home runs as a team (82). Cesar Puello leads the B-Mets with 15 long balls this season.
NEXT GAME PREVIEW: The B-Mets and Sea Dogs continue their series on Friday night. LHP Mark Cohoon takes the mound for Binghamton against RHP Keith Couch for Portland. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM.
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