Ten consecutive Binghamton hitters reached in a season-high, nine-run third inning, which proved to be the difference in the B-Mets 11-9 win over Reading Saturday night at NYSEG Stadium. Robert Carson picked up his first Double-A win as result, despite allowing five runs on 11 hits over five innings. Reading (57-61) struck first with two runs off Carson in the second inning. With runners at the corners and one out, R-Phils starter Drew Naylor laid down a safety squeeze bunt, which plated Cody Overbeck from third, putting Reading on the board, 1-0. Harold Garcia followed with an RBI double to left-center, advancing the lead to 2-0. Binghamton (58-61) answered in the bottom of the frame with a blast from Josh Satin, who led off the inning with a solo shot to deep left-center, cutting the deficit in half, 2-1. Three of his four homers with the B-Mets have come in last four games. Overbeck responded with a solo bomb for the Phillies in the third, sending a 3-2 pitch from Carson out of the yard to left for his seventh home run of the season, pushing the R-Phils lead back to two, 3-1. After two reasonable innings of work, Naylor fell apart in the third. With one out, he loaded the bases on a pair of singles and a hit by pitch. Marshall Hubbard was the first to punish the Australian right-hander, slapping a two-run single to center, tying the score. It was the first two of what would be nine runs in the inning. Raul Reyes, who singled and scored on Hubbard’s single, put the cap on the inning with a two-run triple to right off reliever Matt German, ending a streak of 10 consecutive hitters who reached. Binghamton exited the inning with a 10-3 lead. Naylor was charged for a season-worst nine runs on seven hits over 2 1/3 innings and was eventually hung with the loss. Carson battled through five innings to qualify for the win. Cody Overbeck struck the final blow against the southpaw with a two-run homer to left, his second of the night, drawing Reading within five runs, 10-5. The B-Mets added its final run in the fifth against German on an RBI single from Satin, who smacked two hits in four trips to the plate. He has now hit in 16 of his last 17 games. Dylan Owen replaced Carson and took the game into the eighth where he would depart after loading the bases on three singles with one out. Edgar Ramirez spelled Owen and allowed his inherited runners to score, trimming Binghamton’s lead to 11-8. In the end, Roy Merritt was able to get the B-Mets out of the inning with a two-run lead, 11-9. Merritt worked the ninth in 1-2-3 fashion to nail down his seventh save in nine chances. Brahiam Maldonado managed a 3-for-4 game with an RBI to extend his season-long hitting streak to seven games. Reading outhit the B-Mets 18-14.
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