THUNDER BEAT B-METS 6-3

B-Mets Dropped by Thunder, 6-3

BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Mets managed only five hits and were bested by the Trenton Thunder, 6-3, Saturday night at NYSEG Stadium. Major League rehabber Wilmer Flores went 1-for-2 with a single, a sacrifice fly and an RBI while logging seven innings defensively at second base.
Trenton plated a pair in the top of the first inning. Tyler Wade led off with a single, stole second, took third on a groundout and came in to score on a passed ball. Later, Lane Adams drove in Tyler Austin with a double to put Trenton up 2-0.
Binghamton answered with two in the third. Stefan Sabol led off with a walk and L.J. Mazzilli doubled him to third. Derrik Gibson then grounded out to first, scoring Sabol. Flores later drove a ball to the warning track in center, a sacrifice fly that scored Mazzilli and tied the game at two.
The Thunder regained the lead in the fifth when Wade tripled and scored on a Dustin Fowler sacrifice fly. In the sixth with Adams at third base, Billy Fleming scalded a grounder to third. Mazzilli chased him home and threw to Xorge Carrillo who attempted a tag. Adams evaded the tag and B-Mets manager Pedro Lopez was ejected after arguing that Adams left the baseline and should have been called out. It was the third time Lopez had been ejected this season as Trenton took a 4-2 lead.
Binghamton got one back in the bottom of the sixth on a Maikis De La Cruz RBI double. Trenton extended its lead on a two RBI double from Dan Fiorito in the eighth, making it 6-3.
Mickey Jannis (1-4) took the loss with four runs, three earned, allowed on five hits in five innings. Jordan Montgomery (5-1) went 5 2/3 for the win with three runs allowed on three hits and four strikeouts.
Mazzilli went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. Gibson was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI.
Game three of the series is set for 6:35 P.M. on Sunday. RHP Tyler Pill will start for the B-Mets and Trenton has not announced its starter. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pregame Show can be heard starting at 6:20 P.M. on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and the Binghamton Mets channel on TuneIn.
POSTGAME NOTES: Mickey Jannis is now winless in his last eight starts…Dale Burdick played two innings as a defensive replacement for Wilmer Flores at second base, his first innings in the field at Double-A…L.J. Mazzilli has now hit safely in his last six games.
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