Baysox Rally, but Fall Short in 6-4 Loss

BOWIE, Md.- The Bowie Baysox (22-24) rallied, but fell short in a 6-4 loss to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (24-22) in Friday's series opener at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton.

Bowie brought the potential tying run to the plate in both the eighth and ninth innings, but RHP Tyler Bashlor (2.0 IP, H, BB, 4 K) was able to keep the visitors off the scoreboard and notch his seventh save of the year.
The Baysox grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second as Aderlin Rodriguez drew a one-out walk, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on Martin Cervenka's two-out RBI single.
Matt Oberste's two-run blast in the home half of the frame off of Baysox starter Brian Gonzalez gave the Rumble Ponies a 2-1 advantage.
A four-run third courtesy of two home runs from Champ Stuart and Peter Alonso in the inning stretched the Binghamton lead to 6-1. Stuart delivered a solo home run to start the frame, while Alonso came through with a three-run shot later in the inning.
Gonzalez (0-2) surrendered the six runs on seven hits over three innings of work.
In the top of the fifth, a pair of singles started the inning before Cedric Mullins knocked in Anderson Feliz with an RBI single to bring the Baysox within 6-2.
Mullins' single extended his hitting streak to 10 games, a season-high by a Baysox hitter.
Ryan Mountcastle's solo homer in the sixth off of Rumble Ponies starter Mickey Jannis cut the lead to 6-3. The home run was Mountcastle's second of the season.
Mullins got on base with a two-out single in the seventh, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Armando Araiza's RBI double to cut the lead to a pair at 6-4.
Jannis (4-1) gave up four runs on eight hits while walking one and fanning three in 7.0 IP.
Cervenka (2-4, RBI) and Mullins (2-5, RBI, SB, R) both had multi-hit games for manager Gary Kendall's squad, while LHP Reid Love (3.0 IP, H, 2 K) and LHP Luis Ysla (2.0 IP, H, BB, K) combined to toss five shutout innings in relief.
The series continues on Saturday at 6:05 p.m. as RHP Hunter Harvey (1-1, 4.62) gets the start for the Baysox against Binghamton RHP Joseph Shaw (0-3, 6.10).