Press Release:
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Rumble Ponies topped the Fisher Cats, 6-5, before dropping the nightcap 3-0, Saturday at NYSEG Stadium. Jeff McNeil finished off Binghamton’s two-out seventh-inning rally in game one, before New Hampshire starting pitcher T.J. Zeuch stole the show in game two. Binghamton and New Hampshire have split their 16 meetings this season.
Game 1 – Rumble Ponies 6, Fisher Cats 5
Trailing 5-4 entering the ninth inning, the Ponies completed a comeback by having four straight batters reach with two outs. After Kevin Taylor and Jhoan Urena popped out to begin the frame, Matt Oberste pinch hit for John Mora, drawing a two-out walk.
Following a Levi Michael single, Joey Wong drew a walk against Kirby Snead, allowing McNeil to the plate with the bases loaded. His seeing-eye single through the left side plated a pair, sending Binghamton to a 6-5 walk-off win.
New Hampshire was first on the board in game one, scoring two runs off of Josh Prevost in his Double-A debut. The 6-foot-7 right-hander settled in, though, tossing 4.2 innings of three-run baseball in his first-ever Eastern League start.
Fisher Cats starter Jordan Romano had his nine-start winning streak snapped with a no decision. He lasted five innings, allowing four runs (two earned) with four strikeouts.
Joshua Torres (5-0) helped preserve Binghamton’s one-run deficit by tossing 1-1/3 scoreless innings.
Snead (2-2) recorded only two outs before giving up the game-winning hit.
Game 2 –Fisher Cats 3, Rumble Ponies 0
New Hampshire wasted no time getting on the scoreboard again, doing so in the opening frame. After Jonathan Davis started the game with a single, Bo Bichette followed by doubling, giving the Fisher Cats a quick 1-0 edge. Bichette was thrown out at third attempting to stretch his double into a triple.
The Fisher Cats continued to batter Marcos Molina, scoring twice more in the fourth inning. Connor Panas made it 2-0 by singling home Harold Ramirez, before Parker Cantwell’s sacrifice fly scored Juan Kelly from third to make it 3-0.
Molina (1-5) coughed up three earned runs in his 4-1/3 frames, walking five with just one strikeout
The three runs proved plenty for T.J. Zeuch. In just his sixth Double-A start, the 22-year-old tossed a seven-inning complete game, allowing just three hits with four strikeouts. After the first inning, Zeuch (3-2) did not allow more than one baserunner to reach in any frame.
POSTGAME NOTES:Daniel Zamora has tossed 11.0 consecutive innings scoreless (8 appearances)…its Binghamton’s fourth doubleheader split…McNeil’s walk-off hit is Binghamton’s third this season…neither team hit a home run in either game
1 comment:
Jeff McNeil went 4 for 7 last night.
The Mets scored 1 run in 14 innings, and the "far superior Jose Reyes" went 0-1, and is now 10-71 with 3 RBIs. This organization is so stupid to keep deadwood like this.
Mystifying - how can anyone justify it - because they still owe him a little over a million $$?
Todd Frazier was on base 4 times - get him and Swarzak (who could have pitched the 14th inning last night instead of the latest retread Baumann) on a plane back here immediately.
And Cespedes, get your ass back here now.
Can Jake win the Cy Young if he goes 240 innings, has a 1.25 ERA, fans 300, and goes 4-0 for the season?
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