Binghamton Mets 2014 Game Notes

Binghamton Mets (64-46) vs.

Bowie Baysox (56-56)

(Double-A Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles)

RHP Matt Bowman (6-6, 3.48) vs. RHP Matt Bischoff (2-4, 4.59)

Thursday, July 31, 2014 • Game #111 • Home Game #57

NYSEG Stadium•  Binghamton, NY • 6:35 PM

LAST GAME: The Binghamton Mets gave up four runs in the first inning and never recovered in a 7-2 loss to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, on Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium. The B-Mets committed four errors and went1-for-12 with RISP. Dustin Lawley and Brandon Nimmo each tallied two hits. T.J. Rivera went 1-for-4 to extend his season-high hit streak to eight games. Greg Peavey allowed four runs on five hits in the first, but shutout the Fisher Cats on three hits over his final four frames. Hansel Robles and Jack Leathersich tossed the final free innings and allowed just three unearned runs.

BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Matt Bowman makes his 16^th start of the season and his second against Bowie. The righty is back with the B-Mets after making one appearance with Las Vegas (AAA). He tossed seven innings and allowed three runs (two earned) and took the loss in a 5-2 51’s defeat to the Salt Lake Bees on Saturday, July 26. In his one other start against the Baysox, the Chevy Chase, Maryland native gave up two runs in seven innings. Binghamton lost the game 2-0 on June 22. The 23-year-old has gone at least seven innings five times in 2014. Bowman was taken by the Mets in the 13^th round of the 2012 draft out of Princeton.

BOWIE STARTER: RHP Matt Bischoff toes the rubber for the 15^th time this season and his tenth start. The Fort Wayne, Indiana native took the loss in his last appearance. He went 2.1 innings and gave up seven runs on eight hits against the Altoona Curve on Saturday, July 26. The Baysox lost the game 11-0. The righty has started his last two outings after making three straight appearances out of the bull pen. He’s been held to less than five innings in his last three starts and hasn’t picked up a win since May 14. The Purdue product was signed by Baltimore as a minor league free agent on January, 28 2012

WELL, THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED: Binghamton committed four errors on Wednesday to bring their season total to 86. The team’s committed 29 infractions in July alone. That’s seven more than any other month. It was the B-Mets sixth multi-error game since July 11. Three of those outings have had four or more fielding blunders. That includes a season-high five error game on July 13 at Erie. The team still ranks fourth in the league in errors committed. They’ve tallied 14 more than first-place Akron.

WE’RE GOING STREAKING: T.J. Rivera and Brandon Nimmo are each riding season-high hitting streaks. Nimmo has had a base knock in his last six games, while Rivera has a hit in his last eight. The pair is a combined 20-for-55 (.364) during their respective streaks.

DON’T SAY IT’S OVER: Binghamton INF Jayce Boyd has had his best month of the season in July. He’s hit .333 so far in the month with two home runs, three doubles and 17 RBI.  He’s slugging .474 in July after putting up a .277 mark in June. He had his second five-game hitting streak of the season end on Wednesday

BESTING THE BAYSOX: Binghamton INF Dilson Herrera was 5-for-11 (.455) in the only other series of the season between these squads. The 20-year-old scored twice and knocked in two runs in the three games.

INTO THE WEST:  Wednesday starts Binghamton’s first series against a Western Division foe since before the All-Star break. The B-Mets are 30-17 against those teams in 2014 and 15-8 in the Southern Tier. They have a 2-1 mark against Bowie. The Baysox are the only team in the league that has not played at NYSEG Stadium.