Binghamton Mets 2013 Game Notes

Binghamton Mets (53-31) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats (41-46) (Double-A Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays)

RHP Erik Goeddel (7-2, 3.68) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (4-2, 3.38)

Sunday, July 7, 2013 • Game #87 • Away Game #44

Northeast Delta Dental Stadium • Manchester, NH • 5:05 PM

LAST GAME: The B-Mets launched a season-high five home runs in a 14-3 blowout victory over New Hampshire on Saturday night. Binghamton got ahead immediately in the first inning when Josh Rodriguez andTravis Taijeron hit back-to-back home runs. On the mound, Noah Syndergaard threw seven innings and only allowed a three-run home run in the sixth. The 6’6” righty scattered eight hits and struck out seven while picking up his second Double-A win of his career. The game was busted open in the eighth inning when the B-Mets scored six runs. Darrell Ceciliani led the offense with a home run, a triple, and a career-high five RBI.

BINGHAMTON PITCHER: RHP Erik Goeddel makes his 16th start of the season with the B-Mets, and his third against the Fisher Cats. Both of Goeddel’s two losses this season have come against New Hampshire. In 8.2 innings, he has given up seven runs. Since those losses, he has won six straight decisions. In June, he went 3-0 with a 1.08 ERA in four starts. On the road this season, Goeddel is 5-1 with a 3.60 ERA in nine starts. His last start came against Altoona on July 1; he tossed a scoreless first inning before the game was suspended due to rain.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PITCHER: RHP Marcus Stroman makes his 10th start of the season with the Fisher Cats, and his first against the B-Mets. In his last start, he threw a season-high 6.2 innings against the New Britain Rock Cats. He allowed three runs, six hits, and struck out 13 batters but was tagged with the loss. In three starts at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, he is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA. He joined the Fisher Cats in mid-May, and beat New Britain in his debut with five shutout innings. Opponents are hitting .235 against him this season. He has gone at least five innings in seven of his first nine starts.

WHAT A WIN WOULD DO: A win on Sunday would give the B-Mets their 16th series win of the season. They had a streak of 10 straight series wins come to an end in their last series against Altoona (split 1-1), but they have not lost a series since losing two of three games at Trenton from May 6-8.  

BLASTING THEIR WAY TO VICTORY: In Saturday’s win, Binghamton launched a season-high five home runs. They were hit by five different players, and they were all two-run bombs except for Travis Taijeron’ssolo shot. That was the most home runs hit by the B-Mets in one game since they hit six against Reading on July 21, 2011.  

SATURDAY/ SUNDAY SUCCESS: The B-Mets are a combined 22-6 in weekend games. They are 11-3 both on Sundays and Saturdays. On weekdays, Binghamton is a combined 31-25

HIGH-SCORERS: Against the Fisher Cats this season, Binghamton is 9-5, and 7-3 in Manchester, NH. Binghamton has scored 10+ runs three times this season, and all of them have come against New Hampshire. This season, the B-Mets are outscoring the Fisher Cats 93-53 when they play each other.

ANOTHER SCORELESS OUTING: B-Met reliever Adam Kolarek tossed a scoreless ninth inning to close out the victory on Saturday. Kolarek has not allowed a run in his last 10 appearances (17.1IP) and has lowered his ERA to 1.43.

LOOK AT THESE ALL-STARS: The Eastern League All-Star Break begins after the conclusion of the five-game series with New Hampshire. The B-Mets are sending IF Josh Rodriguez, IF Allan Dykstra, OF Cesar Puello, RHP Logan Verrett, and RHP Jeff Walters to represent the Eastern Division. RHP Noah Syndergaard and manager Pedro Lopez were selected to participate in the 2013 All-Star Futures Game.

NEXT GAME PREVIEW: The B-Mets and Fisher Cats finish up their five-game series with a 12:05 PM start on Monday. This is the final game before the All-Star Break, and the B-Mets send LHP Darin Gorski to the mound to face LHP Sean Nolin.