I try to see every home game that Darin Gorski pitches in and it’s well worth the trip.  He is a great thinking pitcher who uses a terrific change-up and on Monday he was masterful and just keeps getting better.

Gorski capped off a brilliant month of May pitching a two-hit, complete game, Memorial Day masterpiece to help Binghamton past New Britain, 5-0, at NYSEG Stadium. Gorski faced just three batters over the minimum.

The outing didn’t start smoothly for the B-Met ace, when Corey Wimberly ripped Gorski’s first pitch of the game into the left field corner for a double. That pitch, an 89 mph fastball arrived at the plate too high and too tight; a perfect pitch for a batter hitting from the right side, to pull.

But, Gorski is a fast learner. The tall lefthander retired the next 14 batters in succession. Gorski, noted for inducing batters to hit the ball in the air, was in almost perfect form on Monday. Thirteen New Britain batters hit fly balls to the outfield, three to B-Met left fielder Kyle Johnson, four to right fielder Cory Vaughn and six to center fielder Darrell Ceciliani. Ceciliani made an outstanding running grab to almost straightaway centerfield, with with his back to home plate in the second inning.

Gorski got some sparkling defensive help from other teammates, as well. Wilfredo Tovar stabbed a backhand deep in the hole between shortstop and third base and gunned down Tony Thomas in the fifth. After Gorski surrendered a one out walk in the eighth, his only free pass of the contest, Dustin Lawley made a dazzling play moving from third base toward short. With his momentum spinning him off balance, Lawley somehow flipped the ball from his glove hand for the force at second with second baseman Rylan Sandoval completing an acrobatic double play.

Binghamton skipper Pedro Lopez allowed Gorski to finish what he started with the B-Met ace turning in a rare complete game and finished with 112 pitches. 

Unlike many of the Met pitching prospects, Gorski does not have a fire-balling power arm. He threw one pitch today that reached 90 mph, but, Gorski is a thinking pitcher who spots his fastball where he wants it and uses a resourceful pitching mix. Gorski’s change-up is his signature pitch, and he uses it liberally.

Here’s a statistical breakdown of Gorski’s stellar performance.

Plawecki, part of a two catcher showcase hitting behind rehabbing Travis d’Arnaud, continued his torrid bat work going 2-for 4 with a double.Two New Britain errors helped Binghamton get on the board in the first inning. Kyle Johnson walked to lead off the frame and advanced to second when Rock Cat second baseman Tony Thomas booted Kevin Plawecki’s ground ball. Matt Clark singled to right plating Johnson with Plawecki scoring when New Britain’s catcher threw the ball into center field trying to nab Clark, who was advancing on the throw to the plate.

Binghamton went to the long ball the rest of the way. Darrell Ceciliani led off the 4th with a double, followed by Dustin Lawley’s towering shot to left field, launching his fourth home run of the year.

Wilfredo Tovar doubled to lead off the B-Met seventh, then used a Kyle Johnson fly ball to tag and advance to third and scored on a d’Arnaud sacrifice fly.

Binghamton had only six hits in the game but most were timely. The victory completed a B-Met four game sweep over New Britain.