Binghamton Mets (49-34) at
New Britain Rock Cats (42-39)
(Double-A Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins)
Game 1: RHP Tyler Pill (6-5, 3.99) vs. RHP Tyler Duffey (3-2, 4.26)
Game 2: RHP Gabriel Ynoa (0-0, --) vs. RHP Virgil Vasquez (4-4, 3.87)
Thursday, July 3, 2014 • Games #84 & #85 • Road Games #44 & #45
New Britain Stadium • New Britain, CT • 5:05 PM
LAST GAME: Two Dustin Lawley home runs weren’t enough for the Binghamton Mets as they lost to the New Britain Rock Cats, 9-6, on Tuesday night at New Britain Stadium. Hansel Robles gave up a season-high nine hits and a career-high eight runs in three-plus innings. Brian Burgamy went 1-for-4 and scored twice.Ryan Fraser and Adam Kolarek combined to hold New Britain to one run in five innings of relief. Lawley has three long balls through the first two games of this series.
BINGHAMTON STARTER, GAME 1: RHP Tyler Pill makes his 15th appearance and his 14th start. The Covina, California native is coming off a win in his last outing at Altoona on Friday, June 27. Pill went 6.2 innings of two-run ball and struck out six in an 8-2 Binghamton win. He was also 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs. The B-Mets have won the righty’s last nine appearances. That includes two starts against New Britain in which he went a combined 11 innings and allowed three runs. He didn’t factor into the decision in either outing. The Cal State-Fullerton product was taken by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2011 draft.
NEW BRITAIN STARTER, GAME 1: RHP Tyler Duffey toes the rubber for the 12th time this season and the second time against Binghamton. The 23-year-old didn’t factor into the decision in his last start. He allowed two runs (one earned) in 6.1 innings in a 3-2 New Britain loss to New Hampshire on Friday, June 27. In Duffey’s only other start against the B-Mets he allowed four runs in four innings in a no decision on May 24. Binghamton won the game 8-6. The Houston native was taken by Minnesota in the fifth round of the 2012 draft out of Rice.
BINGHAMTON STARTER , GAME 2: RHP Gabriel Ynoa takes the hill for his first career Double-A start. The La Vega, Dominican Republic native started the season with St. Lucie (High-A). In 14 starts, he went 8-2 with a 3.95 ERA. The righty walked just 13 batters in 82 innings. He hasn’t taken a loss since April 29. The 21-year-old was signed by the Mets on November 19, 2009.
NEW BRITAIN STARTER, GAME 2: RHP Virgil Vasquez is on the mound for the 15th time this season. It’s his 13th start and his fourth against Binghamton. Vasquez is coming off a loss in his most recent outing. He tossed 6.1 innings and allowed four runs in a 6-2 defeat to New Hampshire on Saturday, June 28. In his previous three starts against the B-Mets, Vasquez is 2-1 and has allowed a total of nine runs (seven earned) in 18 frames and struck out 17 batters. Two of those starts came at New Britain Stadium. He was signed by Minnesota on December 11, 2012.
NEW MONTH, SAME LAWLEY: B-Mets INF/OF Dustin Lawley picked up in July where he left off in June. The slugger hit two home runs in Tuesday’s loss to New Britain. This comes after Lawley hit seven in June. The 25-year-old has three long balls through the first two games of this series. He’s tied for the team lead in that category with 13.
RUN, DON’T WALK: This series is a matchup of two of the least likely pitching staffs to walk a batter in the Eastern League. Binghamton ranks tenth in the league in free passes issued with 212. That’s two more than New Britain’s allowed this season. The teams have each walked six batters through the first two games of this series.
SCRATCHING AND CLAWING BACK: After the B-Mets won the first four meetings with the Rock Cats in 2014, they’ve gone just 2-6 since. That includes a 1-4 mark at New Britain Stadium. The team has been outscored 40-31 during the eight game stretch and has been held to three runs or fewer four times.
NEW MONTH, SAME LAWLEY: B-Mets INF/OF Dustin Lawley picked up in July where he left off in June. The slugger hit two home runs in Tuesday’s loss to New Britain. This comes after Lawley hit seven in June. The 25-year-old has three long balls through the first two games of this series. He’s tied for the team lead in that category with 13.
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