Binghamton Mets vs.
Portland Sea Dogs
(Double-A Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox)
Eastern Division Championship Series - Game One - Series Even 0-0
RHP Tyler Pill (0-0, ---) vs. LHP Brian Johnson (0-0, ---)
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 • Postseason Game #1 • Postseason Home Game #1
NYSEG Stadium • Binghamton, NY • 6:35 PM
LAST GAME: The Binghamton Mets fell behind 11-0 after four innings and never recovered in a 12-4 loss to the Richmond Flying Squirrels in the regular season finale, on Monday at The Diamond. Tim Peterson lasted just 1/3 of an inning in his season debut with Binghamton. He gave up five runs in the first inning. The game tied the largest margin of defeat for Binghamton this season and the seven pitchers used were the most used in a nine-inning game. Kyle Johnson went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Cam Maron picked up a single for his first Double-A hit. The B-Mets end the regular season on a season-long, six-game losing streak.
BINGHAMTON STARTER: RHP Tyler Pill takes the mound for the 23rd time this season and his 22nd start. The righty didn’t factor into the decision in his last outing. He tossed five innings, allowed just two runs on five hits and struck out seven in an 11-7 Binghamton loss to New Britain in 11 innings on Wednesday, August 27. Pill has not taken a loss since May 5 (17 appearances). He came out on the wrong end in his only other appearance against Portland in 2014. The Covina, California native gave up five runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings on April 21. Pill was taken by the Mets in the fourth round of the 2011 draft out of Cal State-Fullerton.
PORTLAND STARTER: LHP Brian Johnson is on the hill for the 21st season and the third against Binghamton. The southpaw didn’t factor into the decision in his last outing. He tossed five scoreless innings and surrendered just two hits in a 3-1 Portland loss to Reading on Thursday, August 28. In three outings against the B-Mets, Johnson is 2-1 and has allowed 10 runs (eight earned) in 13.2 innings. That includes allowing a season-high seven runs on July 7 at NYSEG Stadium. He hasn’t given up more than two earned runs in any other game this season. Johnson was taken by Boston in the first round (31st overall) of the 2012 draft out of the University of Florida.
TAIL SPIN: Binghamton lost their sixth straight game on Sunday and their seventh their last eight chances. The stretch is the team’s longest losing streak of the season and includes blowing three ninth inning advantages. The B-Mets have been held to three runs or less three times during the stretch. Their 12-4 loss on Monday tied the largest margin of defeat for the B-Mets in 2014.
B-METS/SEA DOGS SEASON SERIES: Portland was the only team in the Eastern League to beat Binghamton in their season series. The B-Mets dropped 12 of the 21 meetings. However, the boys from the Southern Tier have one five of the last seven meetings this season.
BACK, BACK, BACK...OH: The B-Mets finished the year with the second most home runs in the league at 122, but have hit just one since August 23. This comes after Binghamton smacked 11 long balls in their previous ten games.
HERE ONE MINUTE, GONE ANOTHER: Binghamton has said good-bye to three players in the last two weeks. First, INF Dilson Herrera had his contract selected by New York (NL) on Friday. Then, C Juan Centeno and LHP Dario Alvarez have been added by New York as rosters expand with the beginning of September. Centeno had a hit in 12 of his last 14 games, while Herrera was batting .340 with 30 extra-base hits. Alvarez had not allowed a run in five Double-A appearances.
NYSEG NOSTALGIA: The B-Mets finished the regular season with the second-best home record in the Eastern League at 45-26. That includes a 7-4 mark against Portland.
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