Aeros Top B-Mets in Series Opener, 10-2

BINGHAMTON,NY – The Binghamton Mets were held to one hit and dropped their sixth-straightseries opener, falling to the Akron Aeros by a 10-2 score Friday night at NYSEGStadium. Gonzalez Germen matched a season-high with nine strikeouts, butallowed six runs in the loss.

Afterboth starting pitchers breezed through the first three innings, the Aeros camealive in the fourth. Tim Fedroff and Chun Chen ripped singles off Germen tostart the rally and Adam Abraham capped it by hammering a 1-1 pitch to left forhis fifth home run of the season, giving Akron a 3-0 edge.

TheAeros added three more runs in the fifth using just one hit. Akron loaded thebases with a walk, a fielding error and a hit batsman. Tim Fedroff drove a pairhome with a single to right and Chun Chen brought one more run in by bouncinginto a fielder’s choice. It was the final inning for Germen (1-4). He allowedsix runs (four earned) on four hits and struck out nine in five innings.

Binghamtoncollected their lone hit in the fifth. Reese Havens launched a 1-2 offeringfrom Steven Wright over the right field fence for his second homer of the year.The B-Mets added their only other run in the sixth on an RBI groundout by RylanSandoval. Wright (4-2) allowed just two runs (one earned) on one hit and struckout six over six innings.

FourB-Mets relievers each added an inning of relief. Brandon Moore allowed two runsin his first appearance of the season, Edgar Ramirez posted a scoreless seventh,Erik Turgeon gave up an unearned run in the eighth and Armando Rodriguezallowed a solo home run in the ninth.

KyleLandis tossed two scoreless innings and Bryce Stowell posted a perfect ninth tocap the game for the Aeros.

TheB-Mets (25-27) continue their series against the Akron Aeros Saturday night at7:05 PM. LHP Darin Gorski takes the mound for Binghamton against RHP PaoloEspino. The Horizons Federal Credit Union pre-game show begins at 6:50 PM on Newsradio1290 WNBF

from team press release.