B-Mets Pre-Game Notes

LAST GAME: B-Mets starter Brad Holt was perfect through four innings, but unraveled in the fifth in an 8-0 loss to the Altoona Curve yesterday at NYSEG Stadium. Holt walked the lead off man and gave up a single to Jeremy Farrell before Kris Watts took him deep for a three-run home run to put Altoona on the board. Brad Chalk reached on Jose Coronado throwing error and came home to score the fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch. The Curve put up another four-run frame in the sixth, this time against reliever Roy Merritt. The left-hander allowed the first six batters he faced to reach safely, with Chalk’s two-run single capping the rally. The Binghamton offense was nearly non-existent against Curve starter Mike Colla. The right-hander allowed just four hits over six shutout innings in his fourth win of the year. Reliever Bryan Morris picked up right where Colla left off and threw three perfect innings to earn his second save of the year.



STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP, GAME ONE: LHP Robert Car-son makes his tenth start of the season and second against Erie. Carson has lost his last five decisions after picking up his first win on April 17. He dropped his most recent start to the New Britain Rock Cats on May 26. Carson allowed three runs on six hits in six innings of work.


LHP Jay Voss will make his second start of the season with Erie. He gave up three earned runs and struck out six in a loss to the Richmond Flying Squirrels on May 26. Voss started the year with the Lakeland Flying Tigers (High-A). He went 3-0 with a 3.21 ERA in eight games (six starts) before his promotion. Voss made 30 relief appearances with the SeaWolves last year, including four games against the B-Mets. The Tigers se-lected Voss in the 8th round of the 2007 draft out of Kaskaskia CC in Arcola, Illinois.


STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP, GAME TWO: RHP Collin McHugh will make his Double-A debut. McHugh started the season with the St. Lucie Mets (High-A) and pitched in nine games (six starts). The right-hander from Georgia went 1-2 with a 6.31 ERA and one save. He racked up 39 strike outs in 35.2 innings of work. McHugh was selected by the Mets in the 18th round of the 2008 draft.


RHP Rob Waite will make his first start since he got the nod with the West Michigan Whitecaps (Low-A) on 9/6/09. This season, the California native has made 13 relief appearances with the SeaWolves. He tossed four innings in a no-decision against the Reading Phillies on April 27 in his longest outing of the year. Waite was selected by the Tigers in the 17th round of the 2008 draft out of the University of California, Riverside