B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME: Rain prevented Trenton and Binghamton from
playing a full game, but the B-Mets took advantage of the time
given in a rain-shortened six-inning 8-5 win over Trenton. Mike
Antonini picked up his second straight win with five innings
giving up four runs. Binghamton’s offense backed up Antonini
scoring seven runs in the fourth inning off of starter Eric
Hacker. 10 men came to the plate in the inning allowing the B
-Mets to strike for seven runs with only three hits. Two walks
and two Thunder errors contributed to the frame. Ruben Tejada
provided the big hit with a two-run double down the right
field line to make it a 6-3 B-Met lead. Hacker was hung with
the loss, giving up eight runs in four innings, five of which
were earned.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Dylan Owen takes the hill
tonight trying to right the ship. Owen was tagged for six runs in
three innings against Portland last Friday taking the loss. In
eight innings of work this season, Owen has given up eight
runs and has walked eight men. Entering the 2009 campaign,
Owen had walked just 54 men in 222.1 innings. He led the
Florida State League (High-A) in wins with 12 in 2008 while
carrying a 3.43 ERA in 133.2 innings. Owen was the Mets’
20th round selection in the 2007 draft out of Francis Marion
University (SC).

RHP George Kontos will make his third start of 2009 tonight
for Trenton. He is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA spanning 9.1 innings. In
his last time out, Kontos took the loss at Connecticut giving up
three runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings. In his first outing, he
struck out eight Binghamton hitters in five innings to get a nodecision
on 4/9. This is Kontos second season with the Thunder.
In 2008, he tallied a 6-11 record and a 3.68 ERA in a
career-high 151.2 innings. He was the Yankees fifth round
pick in 2006 out of Northwestern. Rated the No. 23 prospect
in the New York (AL) system by Baseball America.