BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton outfielder Tim Tebow belted a three-run homer on the first pitch of his Double-A career to send the Rumble Ponies to a 6-0 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs on Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium. Peter Alonso and Jeff McNeil each added home runs and four Rumble Ponies pitchers combined for a shutout in the Opening Night victory.
Before an Opening Night crowd of 5,247 could settle into their seats, Alonso put the Rumble Ponies on the board by ripping a two-run homer over the wall in left-center in the first inning.
Portland starter Teddy Stankiewicz issued a pair of two-out walks later in the inning and paid the price. With two aboard, Tebow launched the first pitch he saw over the right-field wall, pelting the batting cage to give Binghamton a five-run lead. Jeff McNeil added a solo blast in the second.
The offensive fireworks gave the Rumble Ponies pitching staff all they needed. Drew Gagnon (1-0) allowed two hits over six scoreless innings to earn the win in his Rumble Ponies debut. Austin McGeorge, Adonis Uceta and Gerson Bautista each fired blank frames in relief.
Binghamton (1-0) continues their four-game series against Portland on Friday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Andrew Church takes the mound against RHP Dedgar Jimenez
5 comments:
All due respect I can care less about tebow and you guys should stop building him up and writing about him and focus on players like Alonso who are actual prospects. Screw tebow
McNeil's homer to me is another sign that he has added power to his repertoire. Maybe for him it will be a career-changer.
Slayne -
We have lots of different writers here with different opinions on Tebow. Tom Brennan loves him. I agree with you. But what makes this site great is we have different strokes for different folks...
Keep reading and please, keep commenting.
It was, though, a majestic and highly dramatic homer. Watching the replay, the word "Titanic" in fact comes to my mind...and, of course, we all know what happened to the Titanic.
Baseball is a heckuva sport.
Slipped on a banana peel?
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