Sea Dogs Bats Erupt, Down B-Mets 8-2

Tejada with a huge 3 run HR (Photo Jason endron/Maine Sports Network)

It was all pitching through the first 5 innings at Hadlock Field. In the 6th inning, however, Oscar Tejeda decided it was a good time for his first home run of the season. Tejeda's 3-run

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Maine Monster shot in the 6th, and Tim Federowicz' bases-clearing double in the 7th paced the Sea Dogs as they slammed the Binghamton Mets 8-2.

Michael Lee was on the mound for the Sea Dogs, looking for his first win of the season. He looked primed to get it after his best performance of the season. In 6 innings of work, he gave

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up no runs on 2 hits, no walks, and 6 strikeouts. He threw 48 strikes on 72 pitches, and showed good efficiency as he worked farther into the game.

Binghamton's Mark Cohoon was matching Lee for the first 5 innings. he scattered 4 hits over 5 innings while striking out 4 batters. The wheels fell of for him in the 6th inning, however. After inducing Federowicz into a ground out, He allowed a double to Ryan Lavarnway off the bottom of the wall in center field. Chih-Hsien Chiang hit a fly ball to center to make it two outs. Cohoon walked Will Middlebrooks to put 2 men on with 2 outs. Tejeda then sent a pitch off a sign on top of the tall left-field wall to put the Sea Dogs on top.

The Sea Dogs looked even better at the plate in the 7th inning. Edgar Ramirez came on in relief of Cohoon, but he didn't last long. He walk the #9 hitter, Jon Hee to lead off the inning. A single by Che-Hsuan Lin and a walk by Alex Hassan then loaded the bases for Federowicz. The DH sent a liner past the scurrying left fielder to bring home all 3 baserunners, making it 6-0 Sea Dogs. That chased Ramirez after allowing 4 men to reach base without recording an out.

Roy Merritt relieved Ramriez, and quickly got Lavarnway and Chiang out. Middlebrooks then dropped a hit just inside the 3rd base line to bring home Federowicz. Tejeda blooped a single over a leaping 2nd baseman to plate Middlebrooks, making it 8-0 Sea Dogs in a rout. Ramirez got Ryan Dent to fly out to finally end the inning, as all 9 Sea Dogs batters went to bat in the inning.

Binghamton ended the shutout with Santo Luis pitching in relief in the 8th inning. After striking out Brahiam Maldonado to lead off the inning, Luis allowed a single by Carlos Guzman before walking Kai Gronauer and Allan Dykstra back-to-back on 4 pitches. With the bases loaded, #9 hitter Jordany Valdespin singled to right to bring home Guzman. Luis struck out Raul Reyes to get back on track, but gave up an infield hit to Josh Satin which scored Gronauer. Luis then struck out Eric Campbell to end the inning, and end a Binghamton comeback.

In the 9th inning Blake Maxwell came on in relief of Luis, and proceeded to allow a lead-off double to Michael Fisher. Fisher moved to 3rd on a 1-out single by Guzman. The comeback would never blossom as Gronauer grounded into a double-play to end the ballgame.

Lee picked up his first win of the season, and his first win in Double-A, to improve his record to 1-1. He also lowered his ERA to 4.26 after keeping the Mets scoreless in 6 innings.

Cohoon recorded his first loss of the season, as 6 innings was 1 too many for the left-hander.

Tejeda went 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs, to give him 9 on the season, to go along with his first home run. Fedreowicz went 2 for 5 with 3 RBIs to give him 13 on the season and up his batting average to .345.

The two teams play game 3 of a 4-game series tomorrow at 6pm. Hopefully it will be a little drier than it was for the first two games of the series.


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