B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME:

For the second time at Hadlock Field, the Portland
Sea Dogs came back to win in the ninth inning. On April
28, Binghamton allowed Portland to score three runs in the
ninth to win 9-8 in Roy Merritt’s first blown save. Well, Merritt
blew his third of the year yesterday when he came into a
bases-loaded one-out situation that Julio De La Cruz left him.
Merritt gave up a two-run single to Lars Anderson to tie it and
then with two outs, Ryan Kalish lined a single into the right
field corner to bring home the winning run. It spoiled another
strong outing from Ryan Coultas, who threw six innings allowing
two runs on nine hits. De La Cruz was charged with all
three runs and the loss, his second of the year. Emmanuel
Garcia output his first four-hit game of the season, going 4-5
with a double and two RBIs and Josh Thole pounded out a 2-5
evening with a double and a triple to score two as well.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:

RHP Eric Brown will make his
third start of the season for the B-Mets today. Brown is 0-2
with a 9.64 ERA in 9.1 innings as a starter in 2009 and has
allowed four runs in each of his last two relief appearances.
His last start came against Connecticut May 21, going 5.1
innings allowing five runs on nine hits to take the loss. For the
year, he is 3-4 with a 5.73 ERA in 37.2 innings. Brown worked
as both a starter and as a reliever in 2008 for Binghamton
and recorded a 5-8 record with a 5.46 ERA in 17 starts spanning
94 innings. He was the Mets’ 18th-round choice in 2005
out of Wingate University (NC).

RHP Adam Mills will make his ninth start of the season for the
Sea Dogs today. He has lost his last two outings, including
allowing four runs in 5.2 innings May 30 at Connecticut. He
faced Binghamton April 28 at Hadlock Field and allowed six
runs on 10 hits in a three-inning stint. For the year, Mills is 1-3
with an 8.92 ERA in 37.1 innings. Opposing hitters bat .388
against Mills, who has allowed 64 hits so far this season. He
made 26 starts last season between Lancaster (High-A) and
Portland (AA) going 7-9 in 144.1 innings. With the Sea Dogs,
he was 0-5 in 11 starts with an ERA of 4.00 in 63 innings.
Mills was Boston’s ninth round pick in 2007 out of UNCCharlotte
where he was named First-Team All-America by
Baseball America going 14-2 with a 1.01 ERA in 142.2 innings
as a 49er.

MANNY BEING MANNY:

B-Mets centerfielder Emmanuel Garcia
recorded his first four-hit day of 2009 yesterday with a 4-5
day. Garcia doubled, scored two runs and drove in two as part
of his most offensively productive game to date. After going 0-
14 from May 13-19, Garcia has recorded hits in 12 of 14,
raising his average from .232 to .282. He is hitting .391 (25-
64) with nine multi-hit performances.