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Binghamton Rumble Ponies

B-Mets Rout Altoona

July 23, 2007 - Eastern League (EL1)
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The Binghamton Mets picked up 15 hits and had three multi-run innings, cruising to a 10-2 win over the Altoona Curve at Blair County Ballpark Monday. The win ends Binghamton's losing streak at two games.

Binghamton (44-56) went ahead for good in the fourth. After Dewon Brazelton picked up an out, Mark Kiger and Mike Carp singled before Brett Harper singled in Kiger. Jamar Hill followed with a double that brought in Carp before J.E. Cruz was intentionally walked.

That loaded the bases for Ryan Coultas, who became the sixth straight B-Met to reach, thanks to a two-run single that scored Harper and Hill. After pitcher Jose Sanchez bunted Coultas into scoring position, Miguel Negron singled up the middle to bring in Cruz and Coultas, giving the B-Mets a 6-0 lead.

After Altoona (51-48) got a run back on Jason Delaney's leadoff homer off Sanchez in the fifth, the B-Mets went back to work against Brazelton (3-3) in the sixth. Kiger singled, Carp doubled and Harper was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out before Hill's infield single scored Kiger and Cruz's sacrifice fly brought in Carp to make it 7-1 B-Mets.

Sanchez (3-5) gave up an RBI single to Neil Walker in the fifth before retiring the last four he faced. The righthander struck out five over six innings of work.

Binghamton picked up two more against former B-Met Jason Roach in the sixth. After Sanchez opened the frame by reaching on an error, Negron and Drew Butera singled to load the bases for Kiger, who singled in Sanchez and Negron with the game's final runs.

Tuesday, the Binghamton Mets play the second game of their three-game series with the Altoona Curve. Kevin Mulvey (8-8, 3.12) will start for the B-Mets against Luis Muñoz (9-4, 3.52) of Altoona. Game time is 7:05 from Blair County Ballpark with the radio broadcast starting at 6:50 on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

Notes: Binghamton's 15 hits tie a season high (also 5/23 vs. CON, 5/13 vs. POR, 4/20 @ TRE)...after not doing so for 11 consecutive games, the B-Mets have scored five runs or more in their last three...Kiger and Harper, each of whom had four-hit games Sunday, picked up multi-hit games Monday as well.

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