B-METS WIN 4-1

B-Mets Go Wire-to-Wire to Take Finale, 5-1

BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Mets grabbed an early lead and never looked back in a 5-1 win over the Harrisburg Senators on Wednesday night at NYSEG Stadium. Kyle Johnson collected two hits, an RBI and two runs scored to lead the B-Mets to solidify the two-game series split.
Xorge Carrillo started a brief two-out rally in the second inning with a double to right. Maikis De La Cruz followed with a double of his own, scoring Carrillo to put the B-Mets on top 1-0.
The lead swelled in the third beginning with Johnson led off with a single. L.J. Mazzilli then singled, advancing Johnson to third. In the ensuing at bat, Niuman Romero bounced into a double play that allowed Johnson to score for a 2-0 Binghamton advantage.
It remained 2-0 until the seventh when Harrisburg reliever Robert Fish issued back-to-back walks to De La Cruz and Matt Oberste. Johnson then deposited a double into shallow left, scoring De La Cruz and pushing Oberste to third. Oberste then came in to score on a Mazzilli sacrifice fly that advanced Johnson to third. Romero followed with a weak grounder to short that Wilmer Difo threw over the head of Spencer Kieboom, allowing Johnson to score from third and the B-Mets led 5-0.
The Senators loaded the bases with two singles and a walk against David Roseboom in the eighth. Kieboom squirted a weak grounder towards Roseboom that was bobbled as Shawn Pleffner came in to score to put Harrisburg on the board in a 5-1 game.
Rainy Lara (1-0) picked up the win for Binghamton with five shutout innings in which he allowed seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Austen Williams (0-1) took the loss in his Double-A debut with eight hits and two runs in six innings.
The B-Mets (2-2) will hit the road for a seven-game road trip, beginning with a four-game set in Erie against the Seawolves on Thursday at 6:35 P.M. RHP Mickey Jannis will make his first appearance of 2016 for Binghamton while Erie counters with RHP Myles Jaye. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pregame Show can be heard starting at 6:20 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and the Binghamton Mets channel on TuneIn.
POSTGAME NOTES: David Roseboom worked a four-pitch walk in his first career plate appearance in the eighth…Dom Smith went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk…Rainy Lara won his fourth consecutive start dating back to August 24, 2015.
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