When he’s good, he’s very, very good; and when he’s not, well, not so much.  The Binghamton Mets were happy, Hansel Robles was very, very, good Saturday night in the night cap of their double header with Erie.  Robles was stellar for the B-Mets pitching five innings of two-hit ball, leaving the game with a foot issue after surrendering a lead-off double in the sixth.

Prior to the sixth inning double, Robles faced only one batter above the minimum.  The B-Met right hander allowed the first two batters of the game to reach base.  Erie centerfielder Jamie Johnson opened the game with a five-pitch walk followed by a Corey Jones single.  But, Robles got Devon Travis to hit into a 6-4-3 double play then caught Steven Moya looking at a called third strike to get out of the jam.

From there it was clear sailing ahead, as Robles worked perfect 1-2-3 innings from the second through the fifth inning striking out five more Sea Wolves along the way.  During that four inning span, Robles retired every Erie batter on a fly ball or strike out except one, designated hitter Dean Green, who grounded out to second base to end the fifth inning.

Robles was a strike machine throwing two-thirds of his 69 pitches for strikes.  He relied heavily on his fastball throwing 47 pitches to the single finger command ranging between 88 and 95 mph.  Saturday’s victory evened Robles evened at 6-6, tying his career high in wins and lowered his ERA to 5.05.

(Photo: Brooklyn Eagle)