Binghamton 10, Portland 4

Evans Rakes Four Hits, B-Mets Take Series from Portland with 10-4 Win


Reigning Eastern League Hitter of the Week Nick Evans ripped four hits to lead the B-Mets past Portland 10-4 at Hadlock Field Wednesday afternoon to take the series two games to one. Evans went 4-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBI to pace the offense and starter Mike Antonini notched his second straight win with 5 2/3 innings of three-run work.

Evans got Binghamton (8-6) on the board in the first inning with an RBI double to straightaway center, which plated Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Nieuwenhuis opened the frame with a double. Lucas Duda joined Evans on base by drawing a one-out walk off starter Kyle Weiland. The next hitter, D.J. Wabick, smashed a Weiland offering over the wall in right-center for a three-run homer, his first of the season vaulting the B-Mets to a 4-0 advantage.

Ryan Kalish provided an answer for Portland (6-7) in the bottom of the first with a leadoff homer off Antonini to right, cutting the deficit to three.

In the third, Zach Lutz added to his Eastern League lead with his fifth home run of the year, a solo shot over the Maine Monster in left. Four of his five long balls have been solo jobs.

The B-Mets put the game away in the fourth thanks to Weiland’s control issues. With one out, the righty issued a pair of walks. Jonathan Malo then came up and smacked a two-run double that rattled around in the left-field corner, allowing both walks to score. Malo came home to touch with two outs in the inning courtesy of an Evan’s RBI single through the hole on the left side, which made the lead 8-2.

Binghamton would score its final two runs in the seventh on a two-run jack from Luke Montz, his second of the season, making it 10-4.Wabick went 2-5 with a homer and three RBI and Malo roped two hits, both doubles, and drove in two.

Antonini allowed three runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings to improve his record to 2-1. The lefty walked two and struck out four. Weiland was hung with the loss. He allowed eight earned runs in four innings to lose for the second time in 2010.