Altoona Curve 6 @ Binghamton Mets (16-21) 1

BOX SCORE

The Binghamton Mets lost the second game of the series against the Altoona Curve 6-1.

Andrew Barbosa got the start and allowed a first inning run. He went three innings allowing that first inning run on three hits and three walks, with no strikeouts. Unfortunately, he would leave the game after throwing only two pitches in the fourth inning with tightness in his lat. He is currently listed as day-to-day.

In the bottom of the fourth, Binghamton tied the game at one after a Victor Cruzado sac fly scored Dominic Smith. The first baseman went 0 for 3 with a walk and the run scored.

Kelly Secrest pitched two good innings before losing it in the sixth. He allowed three runs (two earned) in 2.1 innings total. Mike Hepple came in after Secrest, who got just one out in the sixth. Hepple allowed an inherited runner to score and one run of his own in the sixth. He allowed another run in the seventh and saw his ERA jump to 4.76 on the season.  He has allowed a run in four of his last five outings.

Beck Wheeler and Akeel Morris both had scoreless innings. Morris has not allowed a run in his last seven games.

On the offensive side, Binghamton had only four hits. Maikis De La Cruz had two hit while Jared King and Xorge Carrillo each had one.

Injury Note: B-Mets ace Robert Gsellman is expected to come off the disabled list and his next start on Saturday. Infielder Phillip Evans hasn’t played since suffering a leg injury on Sunday. The B-Mets bench is already playing short because infielder Niuman Romero was officially promoted to the Las Vegas 51s on Wednesday.

St. Lucie Mets 3 (21-17), Clearwater Threshers 0 G1

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The St. Lucie Mets won the first game of the doubleheader against the Clearwater Threshers 3-0 behind a tremendous start by Ricky Knapp. He went the full seven innings for a complete game shutout. He allowed just three hits, two of them to Zach Green. He walked none and struck out four. Knapp improved to 4-2 with a 1.96 ERA for the season.

St. Lucie scored one in the first, one in the second and one in the sixth. In the first Champ Stuart hit a double to lead off the inning. Luis Guillorme bunted him over and Amed Rosario drove in Stuart with a RBI single. It was Rosario’s 27th RBI of the season which is the second most in the Florida State League.

In the second, Tomas Nido hit his 11th double of the season to lead off the inning. Two batters later Patrick Biondi, hit a RBI single to stretch the lead to 2-0.

With two outs in the sixth, Nido walked, John Mora doubled moving Nido to third and Jhoan Urena hit a RBI single to make it 3-0. On that base hit, Mora tried to score but was thrown out at the plate.

That was more than what Knapp needed as he worked out of a bases loaded gem in the seventh to get the complete game shutout. He got 11 ground outs to only one fly out.

Clearwater Threshers 4 @ St. Lucie Mets (21-18) 2 F/7 G2

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The St. Lucie Mets lost the second game of the doubleheader against the Clearwater Threshers 4-2. The Threshers got two first inning runs against Scarlyn Reyes with Andrew Pullin hitting a two-run home run. Champ Stuart got a run back in the bottom of the first with a lead off home run for his third of the season.

In the second Reyes allowed another two runs. Reyes was wild in the second walking two and let a run cross the plate after a wild pitch. The second run scored on a RBI fielder’s choice.

Reyes only went three innings allowing four runs on three hits, walking four and striking out just one. He dropped to 2-5 on the year with a 7.22 ERA which is the second highest for any qualified start in the league.

The St. Lucie bullpen was outstanding, Kevin McGowan pitched 1.1 scoreless innings allowing three hits and no walks, while striking out three. McGowan was ejected in the fifth together with pitching coach Marc Valdez after arguing balls and strikes. McGowan lowered his ERA to 1.29 and has allowed only one run in his last 19.1 innings pitched.

After McGowan was ejected, Cory Taylor came in to pitch 1.2 scoreless innings. He allowed just one hit lowering his ERA to 1.15, as he allowed just two earned runs in his last 13.2 innings.

Tim Peterson pitched the seventh for St. Lucie and he got another scoreless outing while striking out two, his ERA is now 0.52. This righty has allowed just one earned run in 17.1 innings. He has struck out 30 in those 17.1 innings.

In the bottom of the 7th St. Lucie tried to mount a come back. Wuilmer Becerra singled to lead off the inning and scored on a passed ball but Lednier Ricardo struck out swinging to end the game. The Mets offense had just four hits in the loss. Becerra, Stuart, Kevin Taylor and Jonathan Johnson had the hits for St. Lucie. Becerra still leads the league with his .371 average while Taylor is third with his at .348 after 1 for 6 day.

Rome Braves 8 @ Colombia Fireflies (20-19) 5

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The Fireflies lost the rubber game of the series against the Rome Braves 8-5. After a perfect first for Thomas McIlraith he got roughed up in the second allowing six runs on seven hits and a walk. He could not finish the second as he only went 1.1 innings. He dropped to 1-4 with a 6.23 ERA for the season.

Craig Missigman followed with 3.2 scoreless innings allowing just two hits and no walks, while striking out three. Seth Davis allowed two runs in three innings in relief after Missigman. Davis allowed four hits and two walks, while striking out three. Johnny Magliozzi pitched a scoreless ninth for the Fireflies in what was a much needed positive outing for the righty, he had allowed eight runs in his previous four appearances combined.

On the offensive side the Fireflies collected eleven hits but were just 3 for 14 with runners in scoring position. After a 6-0 deficit the FireFlies came back to 6-3 with one run in the third, fourth and sixth. In the third David Thompson drove in his 39th run with his 14th double scoring Vicente Lupo.

In the fourth Milton Ramos drove in Patrick Mazeika who walked to start the inning with a double. Mazeika was making his first appearance of the year after being activating earlier in the day from the disabled list.

In the sixth, Kevin Kaczmarski drove in Joe Tuschak with his sixth double of the year to make it 6-3. After Rome scored a run in the seventh and eighth, the Fireflies scored two in the eight on RBI from Thompson and Lupo. Thompson finished the game 2 for 4 with two RBI making him the second player in baseball to reach 40 RBI for the season. Kaczmarski has now gone 10 for 32 in his eight games since returning from the disabled list and has risen his batting average from .180 to .232 in that span.

Injury Note: With Mazeika being activated the Fireflies sent catcher Tyler Moore to the Brooklyn Cyclones roster.

Las Vegas had the day off, they return to action Thursday night against Colorado Springs with Sean Gilmartin making the start.