BINGHAMTON, NY – The Rumble Ponies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Reading Fightin Phils on Thursday night at Mirabito Stadium. Wagner Lagrange and Carlos Rincon each had three hits, Jake Mangum drove in two runs, and Manny Rodriguez was 2-3 with a run scored and an RBI.
The Ponies got on the board in the bottom of the first as Rincon drove in Antoine Duplantis with an RBI double to give Binghamton a 1-0 lead. Reading scored runs in the second and third to take a 2-1 lead. In the fourth, the Ponies retook the lead for good as Rodriguez hit an RBI double that drove home Matt Winaker and tied the game at two. Later in the frame with second and third and two out Mangum lined a go-ahead two-run single to left that scored Luis Carpio and Rodriguez and put the Ponies up 4-2 capping off a three-run inning.
In the eighth, the Ponies got some insurance as Wagner Lagrange hit a two-run single to score Ronny Mauricio and Rincon.
Alex Sanabia (1-1) gets the win as he allowed two runs on five hits over five innings. Akeem Bostick was superb in relief allowing just two hits over four scoreless frames with no walks and four strikeouts to earn the save. Bostick at one point retired eight Reading hitters in a row. Fightins starter James McArthur (2-6) took the loss allowing three earned runs over five.
The Ponies have split the first two games of the series and continue their homestand on Friday night. First pitch is at 7:05 PM with fireworks presented by Miller Auto Team immediately follow the game.
POSTGAME NOTES: Lagrange finished 3-4 with 2 RBI…Rincon finished 3-4 with a run scored and an RBI…Reading LF Josh Stephen hit a solo shot in the second for his eighth home run of the year.
3 comments:
LaGrange and Rincon have both made real progress in 2021
Lagrange is a little old.
Mack, I always try to remind myself they lost a full year, when considering effectiveness vs. age. But he isn’t young.
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