Harrisburg 2, Binghamton1

Matt Harvey enjoyed his finest Double-A start, but the Harrisburg Senators waited Binghamton out to win 2-1 in 14 innings Friday morning at Metro Bank Park. The game was delayed for 1 hour and 54 minutes due to rain before getting underway, and the game-winning run came home to score 4 hours and 14 minutes after the first pitch.


Harvey and Erik Arnesen were entangled in a pitcher’s duel from the outset of the game. The two threw up dueling scoreless frames for the first six innings of the contest. Arnesen had faced the minimum through six and Harvey had struck out nine in just five innings.



Binghamton (42-64) struck for its lone run in the seventh inning against Arnesen. With one out, Juan Lagares worked the count in his favor and smashed a 3-1 fastball over the wall in right for an opposite-field homer.



Harrisburg (60-46) endeavored to get that run back in the last of the seventh. Harvey issued a leadoff walk to Derek Norris, who promptly stole second. After Tyler Moore struck out, Bryce Harper rolled out to first, which moved Norris to third. Chris Rahl came up with the game-tying hit with an RBI single to left.



Harvey exited after seven innings. He allowed a run on four hits and tied a season-best with 10 strikeouts. The seven-inning outing also tied a season-high he set with St. Lucie before his promotion to Binghamton.



Arnesen did him one better by going eight innings. The Senators’ hurler allowed a run on three hits and struck out nine.

The bullpens took over from there and battled until the bottom of the 14th. Rhiner Cruz, who had retired all five hitters to face him, gave up a two-out triple to Rahl. Cruz then fell behind Tim Pahuta 3-1 and on the next pitch, the Harrisburg third baseman throttled a game-winning single to left.

Binghamton’s best scoring chance came in the 13th when Raul Reyes doubled to lead off the inning. He would be stranded at third, however, when pinch-hitter Jean Luc Blaquiere, the last position player on the bench, struck out swinging to end the threat.



Ricky Brooks, Josh Stinson and Erik Turgeon combined on five, scoreless innings before Cruz entered.



The extra-inning loss was the B-Mets fifth of the season. They are 2-5 in extra-inning affairs. Reyes was the only Binghamton hitter with two hits. He went 2-for-5 with a double.
 
from team press release