Press Release:
BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton and Harrisburg each earned a victory in Saturday’s twin bill at NYSEG Stadium. The Rumble Ponies came from behind in the opener to nab a 3-2 win, before the teams combined for just six hits in the Senators 1-0 nightcap win. The doubleheader served as Binghamton’s 10th this season and second in the last five days.
Game One – Binghamton 3, Harrisburg 2
Trailing 2-0 after the first inning, the Rumble Ponies offense picked up starting pitcher Franklyn Kilome. In his NYSEG Stadium debut, Kilome tossed 43 pitches in the opening frame, allowing two runs on two hits. His throwing error to first base helped kickstart the rally, which was furthered by Raudy Reed’s two-run double. Kilome stranded a pair to escape the inning with just the two runs allowed.
Facing Cesar Vargas for the first time this season, the Binghamton bats started their comeback in the third inning. An Andres Gimenez single and Levi Michael walk, set up Joey Terdoslavich with two aboard and one out. The Ponies first basemen singled, bringing home Gimenez to make it 2-1. Later in the frame, with two outs, Patrick Mazeika provided the Ponies with a base hit, scoring Michael to tie the game 2-2.
Vargas tossed four innings in his second Eastern League start of the season. He gave up the two third-inning runs on five total hits.
Kilome would outlast Vargas, hurling 4-2/3 frames in his second Binghamton start. He struck out five and walked two, coughing up just one earned run.
After two scoreless frames from James Bourque, the Senators relied on Roman Mendez to try and push the 2-2 game into extra innings. Patrick Biondi began the home half of the seventh with a walk, before a throwing error by Reed allowed Biondi to reach third, and Gimenez second. A walk to Michael loaded the bases with no one out for Terdoslavich. He launced Mendez’ 3-2 offer into left-center field, propelling Biondi home for a 3-2 walk-off victory.
Mendez (5-4) failed to record an out in the seventh inning.
Corey Taylor (2-1), despite allowing a leadoff seventh inning hit, earned the victory by tossing one scoreless inning.
Game Two – Harrisburg 1, Binghamton 0
The Rumble Ponies and Senators were locked in a pitchers’ duel in Saturday’s nightcap. Justin Dunn tossed five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts before giving up what would be the game’s only run.
Carter Kieboom broke the scoreless tie as the first batter of the sixth inning. He sent Dunn’s offer over the left-center field wall, his third home run of the season.
Dunn (5-4) tossed six innings, giving up the lone sixth inning tally. He struck out nine and walked two in his 10thEastern League start of the season.
Long (4-7) worked into the seventh and final inning, totaling 6/1-3 frames in the win. He tossed just 69 pitches, giving up three hits, with five strikeouts and no walks.
Will Toffey served as the tying run in the bottom of the seventh after a leadoff single, but was left stranded by Ronald Pena. The Senators reliever earned his fourth save of the season by retiring Nido and Taylor to preserve the 1-0 lead.
POSTGAME NOTES:Binghamton’s fifth doubleheader split this season…Joey Terdoslavich has six multi-hit games over the last 12 games…Rumble Ponies eight shutout loss of the season…Tomas Nido’s 10-game hitting streak came to an end in game two
Gimenez hitting well. He will warrant a serious look in spring training at this rate...and, who knows, a Sept call up?
ReplyDeleteKilome was OK, but 96 pitches in 4.2 IP.
Justin Dunn was outstanding. Good to see. Rotation in mid-2019?
ReplyDeleteKaplan's Thoughts with Matz
ReplyDeleteOn Reese Kaplan's post regarding Steven Matz. My take is simply this one, why not make Steven Matz a reliever? I know that it sounds absurd at first, but hera me out. The Mets have almost no lefty relievers on their roster and Matz can throw hard, has more than one pitch, and he could channel his energy perhaps better in one or two innings of work. Also, maybe he could be used in this way and stay healthier, plus become more effective in smaller but much needed doses from the bullpen. Trying to keep him healthy as a starter for the NY Mets is not working so far. So why not use him in in a role that this team needs filled anyway, a really effective lefty set-up.
The Mets have Corey Oswalt pitching pretty well here and at Vegas, he has definitely has promise going forward. However, right now in the Mets MiLB I would probably not rush either starter J. Dunn or N. Crismatt the team's top two young starters. Let them have the remainder of 2018 in Vegas to complete their development. In Steven Matz's place in the rotation, after he would theoretically go to the pen with this suggestion, maybe either veterans Regnault or Copeland.
Food for thought.
Trying to Attempt to Solve the 2018 NY Mets Bullpen
ReplyDelete(Understand this, this is just my opinion below. So anything that I may write here, please take with a big fat grain of salt.)
There are pitchers here right now in the NY Mets bullpen that I like a lot. I am very impressed with both Anthony Swarzak and Bobby Wahl. Anthony looks healthy again, and Wahl has have very good stuff too. And Robert Gsellman has been very impressive all year really, as has Seth Lugo.
But it does not stop there.
The NY Mets have some very worthwhile and interesting arms down at AAA (and even AA) working in their bullpen for here soon. Newcomer to the Mets Tyler Bashlor is one and we have seen him pitch for these Mets. He's young and only needs to develop a second awesome outpitch to be major successful at the MLB level. Then there is the pistol, righty reliever Gerson Bautista. Raw, but so impressive with that 105 mph heater that I can barely see. Again, he too just needs a little more location control down at Vegas first. But man, what an arm.
After these, there are several others as well. Namely, Harry J. Callahan (once healed up), Drew Smith, The Ryder Ryan Express Dos, Mr. Blackman, and Eric Hanhold. That's five good ones right there I think for Spring Training 2019.
May want to choose a few for Winter Ball.
The July 31st Trade Deadline
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of almost fictitious I think, July 31st, because any MLB team can still make a trade after this "deadline" and write that player acquired (or players acquired) into their Playoff 25 man roster too. At least up until a certain time constraint established by MLB.
So...
Why should the Mets not really take full advantage of this and make a few trades more optimally. They have the pieces that other Playoff contending teams may want and need to shore up their own rosters, and some veteran players here that could take the places of currently injured players on those contending teams.
Not a bad idea maybe.
The Team Building Concept of Anonymous
ReplyDelete(Oh Lordie)
Okay. Simply two to three veteran players in the field, the rest of the eight mainly being first, second, or third year players. This strategy does not always work perfectly, but a good concept (I think) to try and follow unless one becomes a true star player. The team should always be getting younger and better each season. A good example here may be the 1990's Atlanta Braves, the 1970's LA Dodgers.
The bench.
No one stays on the bench "too long" unless named Eddie Kranepool or Rusty Staub. If a player resides on the bench, maybe there is a reason why and a team's manager should start charging that player for rent. The MiLB system should be able to send up to ST each season, three to four strong MiLB possibilities to replenish or improve upon what was either lost during the off season, or to make better a team.
Now pitching is not so simple.
The best example of a team whom I felt knew intuitively how to build a successful rotation each season, was again the 1990's Atlanta Braves under Bobby Cox. Almost every season, there would be one new starter coming up from their AAA team. Usually, they would be made a fifth starter with the hope of that pitcher being upgraded to the one thru four starter spot in time. But there needs to be an infusion of youth each season, and with the Braves there usually was, even though they had four great starters in their rotation for several years.