B-Mets Game Notes

LAST GAME: The Erie SeaWolves teed off on B-Mets starter Tobi Stoner for ten hits and eight runs in an 8-2 win at NYSEG Stadium yesterday. Stoner surrendered six extra-base hits, including five doubles and one home run. He walked two and did not strike any batters out. After Erie scored two in the sec-ond, the B-Mets cut the deficit in half on Jose Coronado’s RBI single to centerfield. The one-run margin would be short-lived. The SeaWolves hung a three-spot in the third, capped by Mi-chael Betram’s run-scoring double. Binghamton scored their second and final run on Jean Luc Blaquiere’s double down the left field line. Erie added three more off Stoner in the fifth. The B-Mets bullpen was the lone bright spot. Ricky Brooks supplied two perfect innings and Rhiner Cruz tossed a scoreless eight and ninth.



STARTING PITCHING MATCHUP: RHP Brandon Moore makes his tenth start of the season. He snapped a three-game losing streak in his last start against the Altoona Curve on May 29. The right-hander allowed just one run on four hits and struck out six in six innings of the work. The Indiana native started against Akron on April 30. He earned his second win of the year by allowing just two hits and striking out a season-high nine in seven shutout innings of work.


RHP Joe Gardner will make his ninth start of the season and third against the B-Mets. Gardner comes off his longest outing of the season. He allowed just one earned run on six hits over eight innings in a no-decision against the Richmond Flying Squirrels on May 29. Gardner earned the win against Bingham-ton in the second game of the season on April 8. He lost to the B-Mets 22 days later. Overall, he has a 4.15 ERA against Bing-hamton and the B-Mets are hitting .324 against him.


HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON: Including yesterday’s loss, the B-Mets are 0-3 in games that start before noon. Binghamton has one morning game left on their schedule; a 10:35am start against the Harrisburg Senators on June 9.


THE GORY DETAILS: The B-Mets have lost 15 of their last 18 games. They have not put up back-to-back victories since May 7 & 8 against New Hampshire. Binghamton has lost seven consecutive series and are winless in their last eight. As a team, they are second-to-last with a .227 batting average.

from team press releaseSETTING THE WRONG RECORDS: Tobi Stoner set a new season-high for B-Mets starters by allowing eight earned runs yester-day to the SeaWolves. He also became the second starter this season to fail to record a strike out (Last: Brad Holt, 4/27 at Portland).