B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME:

For the second straight day, Ike Davis homered,
unfortunately, his solo homer in the fourth inning was all the
run scoring for Binghamton in it 3-1 loss to Erie Sunday afternoon.
Eric Niesen avoided his fifth straight loss with five innings
of one-run work with a season-high nine strikeouts, the
highest total for any B-Mets pitcher this season. Erie tied the
score up with an RBI single from Danny Worth in the fifth
inning. Then in the eighth frame, Roy Merritt entered for Edgar
Ramirez who had allowed a single to lead off the inning before
striking out Ryan Strieby. Merritt proceeded to load the bases
with a pair of singles before giving up a two-run double to
Santo De Leon, which gave the SeaWolves the lead for good
at 3-1. Brett Jensen notched his eighth save of the season
with two scoreless innings the finish the game. Although,
Binghamton did have the tying runs on base with one out in
each of the last two innings, before Jensen picked up back-toback
strikeouts to end each frame. Ramirez was hung with
the loss by allowing a run in 2.1 innings.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:

RHP Eric Brown will make his
ninth start of the year this afternoon for Binghamton. He has
lost four straight starts including his last go around July 1
against New Hampshire when he allowed four runs in six
innings. Overall, he is 4-8 with a 5.57 ERA in 72.2 innings. His
eight losses rank in a tie for second with two others in the
Eastern League. He is 1-6 with a 6.29 ERA in eight starts.
Brown worked as both a starter and as a reliever in 2008 for
Binghamton as well and recorded a 5-8 record with a 5.46
ERA in 17 starts spanning 94 innings. He was the Mets’ 18thround
choice in 2005 out of Wingate University (NC).

LHP Jon Kibler will go for the SeaWolves in his 16th start of
the season. He leads the Eastern League with three complete
games, of which he has lost all three. In his last start, he went
7.2 innings allowing three runs, two earned, in a win over
Trenton July 1 at Jerry Uht Park. For the year, he is 4-5 with a
3.77 ERA in 88.1 innings. He has gone six innings or better in
each of his last five starts. He struck out three or fewer in all
but three starts. He was named the Tigers Minor League
Pitcher of the Year in 2008 for going 14-5 with a 1.75 ERA in
154.1 innings for West Michigan (Low-A) last season. He
ended the season on the DL with shoulder fatigue Kibler is
considered the No. 19 prospect in Detroit’s system and was
drafted in the 30th round out of Michigan State in 2007.