Binghamton Mets Game Highlights and Box Score - AA, Eastern League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - New Britain Rock Cats - 7  Binghamton Mets - 4  Box Score attached. - Nick Evans had two hits and scored three times, but the New Britain Rock Cats came from behind to beat the Binghamton Mets 7-4 at NYSEG Stadium Thursday, sweeping the three-game series. The B-Mets have lost six in a row.

New Britain (13-12) went ahead in the first when Luke Hughes led off with a triple and scored on a Jose Sanchez wild pitch. However, the B-Mets (10-17) rallied to tie in the second. Nick Evans hit a leadoff triple off Ryan Mullins before Caleb Stewart’s sacrifice fly brought him in. Evans scored the go-ahead run in the fourth, when he singled off Mullins (2-2), moved to second on Mike Carp’s base hit and scored on a ground ball through the left side by Ambiorix Concepcion for a 2-1 B-Mets lead.

The Rock Cats chased Sanchez (2-2) from the game in the fifth, with Brock Peterson driving in a run with a fielder’s choice before Matt Moses and Felix Molina followed with RBI doubles for a 4-2 advantage. Dustin Martin’s RBI single and a Moses double-play groundout tallied two more for New Britain in the sixth, increasing their lead to 6-2.

Binghamton rallied to pull closer in the sixth. Mullins departed after walking Evans, Stewart and Concepcion to load the bases. Reliever Jason Miller then issued a free pass to Jose Coronado, forcing in Evans. Rafael Arroyo followed with a sacrifice fly, bringing in Stewart and cutting New Britain’s lead to 6-4.

Hughes led off the eighth with a homer for the game’s final run. Armando Gabino tossed a 1-2-3 ninth for New Britain, earning his first save in as many chances.

Notes: Arroyo didn’t have an RBI this season coming into tonight’s game…B-Mets pitchers walked 21 over the three-game series…Stewart was playing in his first game with the B-Mets this season after beginning the year with AAA New Orleans. He was an EL All-Star with Binghamton in 2007.

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