B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME: Three Binghamton pitchers combined to hold Erie


to just three hits in the B-Mets 2-0 shutout win over the Sea-

Wolves. Starter Eric Niesen went 4.2 innings and allowed just

two hits and struck out five, however, he walked five to nab a

no-decision. Edgar Ramirez followed with three innings of onehit

work to pick up the win. At one point, Ramirez retired nine

straight Erie hitters. Righty John Lujan notched his first save of

the season with 1.1 innings of perfect work with a strikeout.

Binghamton plated its first run off SeaWolves starter Jon

Kibler in the fifth inning when Kirk Nieuwenhuis drove home

Jose Coronado, who had doubled ahead of him, making it 1-0.

Coronado reached on an error to start the seventh inning and

eventually scored when Lucas Duda roped a ground-rule double

that hopped over the right-centerfield wall. Kibler took the

loss for Erie, despite allowing just one run over six innings.

STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Dylan Owen will make a

second turn through the rotation filling in for injured starter

Brad Holt, who remains on the shelf with a right wrist injury.

He was unhittable in his last start April 9 versus Akron when

he tossed five, no-hit innings with three walks and six strikeouts

to pick up the win. Owen made 23 starts for Binghamton

last season, chewing up a team-best 123 innings with a 4-10

record and 5.93 ERA. He was the Mets 20th round selection

in the 2007 draft out of Francis Marion University in Florence,

SC.

RHP L.J. Gagnier will make his second start of the season for

Erie tonight in the series finale. The righty allowed five hits in

five, shutout innings April 9 at Trenton, but got a no-decision

in the SeaWolves 3-1 loss. Last season, Gagnier was the Tigers

Pitcher of the Year with Lakeland (High-A) where he went

9-10 with a 3.83 ERA in 23 appearances, 22 starts, over 134

innings. He was taken in the 10th round of the 2006 draft by

the Tigers out of Cal State Fullerton.

EVANS LEAVES TWICE: B-Mets first baseman hit a pair of

homers in Monday night’s 7-4 victory over Erie, a two-run shot

in the first and a solo job in the seventh. It was the first time

he had hit two long balls in a game since April 16, 2009 when

he hit two out against Scranton/Wilkes Barre at Coca Field for

the Buffalo Bisons (AAA).

BULLPEN BULLISH: After surrendering 14 earned runs in 19

innings (6.63 ERA) over the first four games of the season, the

bullpen has not allowed a run in its last 8.2 innings. During

that span, the men of the pen have allowed just two hits,

struck out nine and walked only two hitters. For the year, the

relievers have struck out 28 men over the course of 27.1

innings.