Binghamton Mets Beat Connecticut Defenders 5-3 - AA, Eastern League

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Binghamton - Bobby Parnell allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and Nick Evans finished a double shy of the cycle to help the Binghamton Mets beat the Connecticut Defenders 5-3 at NYSEG Stadium Friday.  The win ends Binghamton’s losing streak at six games.

      Binghamton (11-17) got to Connecticut starter Garrett Broshuis in the first two innings.  In the first, Fernando Martinez doubled with one out and scored on Evans’ two-out single.  Evans then stole second and scored on Mike Carp’s base hit up the middle for a 2-0 B-Mets lead.  The second began with a Jose Coronado single.  After two bunts moved him to third, Coronado scored on Martinez’s sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.

      Connecticut (12-15) scored a pair in the fifth on Dave Maroul’s homer and Ben Copeland’s RBI single off Parnell (1-2), cutting Binghamton’s lead to 3-2.  However, Daniel Murphy hit a solo homer off Broshuis (2-3) in the fifth to put Binghamton back up by two.

      Travis Ishikawa’s RBI groundout off Eude Brito in the eighth got Connecticut within a run once again before Evans homered leading off the bottom of the inning to provide Binghamton’s final run.

      Eddie Kunz struck out one in a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save in as many chances.

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