B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME:

In unseasonably cool temperatures and rain last
night, the Portland Sea Dogs knocked off the B-Mets in both
ends of a doubleheader, winning Game 1 3-1 and Game 2 6-
2. Ike Davis hit his third homer in his last four game when he
roped a two-out homer off Junichi Tazawa in the first inning of
Game 1. That was all the run scoring Tazawa allowed as he
went five innings allowing just two hits for his eighth win of the
year. The B-Mets started righty Brad Holt in the opener and he
pitched well, striking out 10 men in five innings, but surrendered
three runs to lose his third consecutive start. Dustin
Richardson tossed the final two innings scoreless for Portland
to notch his second save in as many chances. The second
game saw the B-Mets outhit the Sea Dogs 10-8, but fall 6-2 in
the run column. Jake Ruckle gave up six runs in 1.2 innings to
take the loss in his first start of the season with Binghamton.
Jonathan Malo went 2-4 with a double and an RBI to lead the
offense.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP:

RHP Dylan Owen, the reigning
Eastern League Pitcher of the Week, will get the call for the BMets
tonight for his 14th start. Last time out, July 4 against
Erie, he went six scoreless innings allowing five hits to pick up
his first win of 2009. For the year, he is 1-5 with a 5.48 ERA in
69 innings. He has strung together 13.2 consecutive innings
without allowing a run. He tied for the Florida State Leaguelead
with 12 wins last season with St. Lucie. Owen was the
Mets’ 20th-round pick in 2007 out of Francis Marion University
(SC).

LHP Felix Doubront will make his 16th start of the season for
Portland tonight. His last start came July 3 at New Hampshire
when he picked up a win in Game 2 of a doubleheader with
five innings of five-run work. The five runs allowed tied a season-
worst and the nine hits he gave up set a new season high.
On the season, he is 5-2 with a 3.71 ERA in 63 innings. Tonight
is Doubront’s fifth start against the B-Mets. He is 1-2
with a 3.06 ERA in 17.2 innings, including 10 walks and 17
strikeouts. The Venezuelan-born lefty is a member of Boston’s
40-man roster at age 21. He made 23 starts for Greenville
(Low-A) with a 3.67 ERA in 115.1 innings striking out 118.
Doubront ended the season with Lancaster making three
starts. He was signed by the Red Sox as a 16-year old from
Carabobo, Venezuela.