Binghamton Mets (48-33) at
New Britain Rock Cats (41-38)
(Double-A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins)
RHP Rainy Lara (4-2, 4.74) vs. LHP Taylor Rogers (7-4, 3.90)
Monday, June 30, 2014 • Game #82 • Road Game #41
New Britain Stadium • New Britain, CT • 7:05 PM
LAST GAME: The Binghamton Mets jumped out to a six-run lead and never relinquished in a 7-4 win over the Altoona Curve on Sunday. Matt Bowman went seven innings of two-run ball and struck out nine for his sixth win of the season. Darrell Ceciliani scored three times in a 2-for-4 performance. Jayce Boyd went 3-for-4 and scored twice. Travis Taijeron hit two doubles to extend his team lead to 21. Binghamton has won 16 of their last 19 games.
BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Rainy Lara makes his 11th start of the season and first against New Britain. Monday is his second outing since spending most of June on the disabled list. Lara gave up four runs in 3.2 innings and didn’t factor into the decision on Monday, June 23. The B-Mets won the game 12-8. After the righty went at least five innings in six of his first seven starts of the year, he hasn’t made it out of the fourth in his last three. The Bani, Dominican Republic native was signed by the Mets as a non-drafted free agent on October 31, 2009.
NEW BRITAIN STARTER: LHP Taylor Rogers takes the hill for the 16th time this season and the third time against Binghamton. The Littleton, Colorado native is coming off of a win in his latest outing. He gave up just one run in eight innings and struck out 11 in a 3-1 New Britain win over Altoona on Wednesday, June 25. Rogers has allowed five runs (three earned) in 11 innings against Binghamton in 2014. The Kentucky product was taken by Minnesota in the 11th round of the 2012 draft.
LET’S SEE HOW FAR WE’VE COME: As the calendar turns, Binghamton can reflect on a month of June that’s featured quite the turnaround. The B-Mets started the month 2-6, but are 16-3 since. With a win on Monday, the B-Mets would have more wins in June than any other month thus far. However, three of Binghamton’s six June losses have come to New Britain.
ROCKY ROAD: The B-Mets only other trip to New Britain this season didn’t turn out so well. The team was swept in three games. The offense was held to just three runs in the series, including being shutout on May 30. On the other side, Binghamton is 9-3 in their last 12 games played away from NYSEG Stadium.
TOSSING WITH THE BEST OF THEM: Binghamton pitching has been on quite the roll of late. The unit hasn’t allowed more than four earned runs in five straight games. In that time, the B-Mets have 49 strikeouts in 44 innings. The squad’s pitching leads the league in strikeouts and his tied for the league lead in WHIP. They’ve also allowed the third fewest walks in the Eastern League.
YOU DON’T SEE THAT EVERYDAY: Binghamton has committed six errors over the past two games. This comes after the team had six total in the ten games prior. The B-Mets are still ranked second in the Eastern League in fewest errors committed with 56, five off the league lead.
DOUBLING OVER: This series features two of the league leaders in doubles this season. Binghamton’s Travis Taijeron tallied two more on Sunday to bring his total to 21. That’s tied for second in the league, two off the mark held by New Britain’s Reynaldo Rodriguez.
FILLING IN JUST FINE: Since Kevin Plawecki’s promotion to Las Vegas (AAA), Xorge Carrillo and Kai Gronhauer have not missed a beat. In four games, the pair is 6-for-13 with three runs scored. Carillo is hitting .444 (8-for-18) over the last ten games with five runs and four RBI.
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