CURVE DEFEAT B-METS 7-4

B-Mets Out-Muscled by Curve, 7-4

ALTOONA, PA – The Binghamton Mets collected 10 hits, but none for extra bases, in a 7-4 loss to the Altoona Curve on Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona trumped the B-Mets’ ten-single effort with three triples and a pair of doubles to grab the series opener.
Austin Meadows led the charge for the Curve with two RBI triples. The outfielder put Altoona on the board by launching a run-producing three-bagger to center in the first. He struck again, and plated Anderson Feliz from first, by pulling his team-leading seventh triple of the season into the right-field alley in the third.
Binghamton packed half their hits into the second inning. With two outs and two aboard, LJ Mazzilli laced an RBI single into center. Derrik Gibson pushed the B-Mets ahead, and extended his hitting streak to eight games, by pulling a two-run single into left.
In the third, Meadows erased the lead with his second triple and Jose Osuna put the Curve ahead for good with a sacrifice fly to center.
Trailing by two in the seventh, the B-Mets made one last push against Curve reliever Jhondaniel Medina. Phillip Evans pulled the B-Mets within a run by sending an RBI single to right, but was picked off first base as the trailing runner by catcher Reese McGuire to throw a wrench into the rally.
Montana DuRapau struck out five over two perfect innings to secure his 11^th save of the season.
The B-Mets (21-32) continue their weekend series in Altoona on Saturday at 6:00 PM. RHP Rainy Lara toes the rubber against RHP Tyler Eppler. The Horizons Federal Credit Union Pregame Show can be heard starting at 5:45 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and the Binghamton Mets channel on TuneIn.
POSTGAME NOTES: Altoona leads the Eastern League with 28 triples…it was the most hits the B-Mets have collected in a game without an extra-base hit since August 8, 2015 when they singled 10 times against Trenton…Tyler Pill has lost three straight Double-A starts for the first time since May 2014 (five straight)
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