Behind Dominant Pitching, Rumble Ponies Sweep Doubleheader Against Hartford
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (13-15) swept the Hartford Yard Goats (14-14) in a doubleheader at Mirabito Stadium on Wednesday night. The Ponies’ pitching staff was dominant, blanking the Yard Goats in the second game of the night. Game One: Rumble Ponies 6, Yard Goats 2 Binghamton’s starting
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (13-15) swept the Hartford Yard Goats (14-14) in a doubleheader at Mirabito Stadium on Wednesday night. The Ponies’ pitching staff was dominant, blanking the Yard Goats in the second game of the night.
Game One: Rumble Ponies 6, Yard Goats 2
Binghamton’s starting pitcher Junior Santos delivered his best outing of the season. He tied a season high going six innings and allowed just two runs with two strikeouts and no walks.
The Ponies used timely hitting to take the lead and extend it. Down 1-0 in the second, Agustin Ruiz drove in Brandon McIlwain with a sacrifice fly to tie the game. One inning later Matt Rudick belted his third home run of the season, which gave Binghamton a 2-1 lead.
With the game tied 2-2 in the fourth, Hayden Senger hit a two-run homer to extend the Ponies’ lead to 4-2. Binghamton added two more runs in the sixth inning on RBI doubles from Ruiz and Rowdey Jordan, putting the Ponies up 6-2.
New York Mets left-handed reliever Brooks Raley began a rehab assignment for Binghamton and closed the game out with three strikeouts in his one inning of work.
Game Two: Rumble Ponies 2, Yard Goats 0
Binghamton’s starting pitcher Alex Valverde cruised through 5.1 scoreless innings, as he allowed just one hit and one walk with five strikeouts. Valverde retired 14-straight batters at one point in his outing.
Daison Acosta made his first appearance of the season for Binghamton and tossed 1.2 scoreless frames with two strikeouts, earning his first save of the year.
The Ponies once again used timely hitting with two-out RBI doubles from Tanner Murphy and Jose Peroza in the second and third innings, respectively, to take a 2-0 lead.
The Rumble Ponies continue their series with the Yard Goats on Thursday at Mirabito Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:05 PM and pregame coverage will get underway at 5:50 PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM.
Postgame Notes: Senger hit his first homer of the year in the first game…Ruiz had multiple RBIs in the first game…Luke Ritter had a multi-hit game and reached base three times in the second game.