B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME: In game two of the seven-game homestand, the
B-Mets fell 8-4 to the Sea Dogs, who knocked seven extra
base hits on the way to an 8-4 win. RHP Dylan Owen made the
start for Binghamton and was roughed up coming out in the
fourth inning before getting an out. He gave up six of Portland’s
eight runs. The B-Mets bats were not quiet in the game
finding the double-digit hit mark for the fifth time this year
with 12 hits. Binghamton was as close as 3-2 after two innings,
but Portland quickly expanded the lead to as many as
five. Carl Loadenthal had his second consecutive three-hit
game, going 3-5 to raise his average to .423.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Jose Sanchez will take
the hill for the B-Mets tomorrow. Sanchez was Binghamton’s
Most Valuable Pitcher in 2008 tallying 13 wins and a 3.83
ERA. He set a career-high with 118 strikeouts in 152.2 IP.
Sanchez was the first B-Met starter to pick up a win this season
when he beat Trenton last Friday with a quality start of six
innings giving up three runs. Sanchez is in his third season in
a Binghamton uniform.

Portland counters with LHP Felix Doubront who will be making
his second start of 2009. Monday, Doubront got a no-decision
in 4.1 innings against New Britain at Hadlock Field. He is
considered the No. 27 prospect in the Red Sox system by
Baseball America. The 21-year old Venezulan notched 13
wins in 2009.

RULE FIVE ROCKING: OF Carl Loadenthal is off to a scorching
start at the plate, recording hits in six of Binghamton’s seven
games, including back-to-back three-hit games. Loadenthal’s
.423 average is third best in the Eastern League entering
play today. He was a Rule V pick by the Mets in the offseason
coming over from the Atlanta Braves organization.

TAKE ME OUT WITH THE CROWD: The crowd of 5,148 that
witnessed the B-Mets home-opening win over the Sea Dogs
was the second largest in Binghamton home-opener history.
The total bested the inaugural crowd for Opening Day in 1992,
5,126, but was short of the record crowd from 1993 when
6,282 fans came out to watch the B-Mets take on Reading
April 8, 1993.

WORTHY OF “MERRITT”: B-Met closer Roy Merritt has been a
tough man to solve on the mound so far this season. After
spending much of the past two seasons in rookie ball with
Kingsport (Rookie) and Brooklyn (SS-A), he has blended right
in at AA with four scoreless appearances recording saves. In
4.2 innings, he has given up just one hit.