Mets Mash to 10-1 Win Over Dogs

The Binghamton Mets combined strong hitting and dominant pitching en route to a 10-1 thrashing of the Sea Dogs. Jeurys Familia allowed 1 hit over 6 innings, and Brahiam Maldonado blasted a grand slam over the monster as the Mets took game 1 of a 3-game series.

Familia took advantage of a Portland offense that was without arguably its best hitter, as Will Middlebrooks was called up to Triple-A Pawtucket earlier in the day. The righty only allowed a 2-out single to Jeremy Hazelbaker in the third inning, and struck out 7 batters to pick up his 4th win of the year.

The Mets got on the scoreboard in the second inning, thanks to some friendly bounces. Maldonado reached on a fielding error to lead off the inning. He would steal 2nd and later score on an RBI single by Eric Campbell. Campbell would score on a sacrifice fly by Niuman Romero to give Binghamton an early 2-0 lead.

That second inning was the only trouble Miguel Gonzalez dealt with through his first 4 innings. In the first, third, and fourth, he set the Mets down in order. The fifth inning was a different story. Dusty Ryan doubled to lead off the inning. After Romero struck out, Matt Den Dekker walked and Jonathan Malo singled to load the bases. Gonzalez got Juan Lagares to pop out to end his outing with 2 outs in the fifth. Eammon Portice came on in relief, and was anything but, as Maldonado unloaded a pitch into the netting on top of the monster for his 24th home run of the season.

The Mets would add 2 more runs in the eighth, as Campbell and Romero doubled, and Den Dekker hit a sacrifice fly, plating 2 more runs to make it 9-0.

The Sea Dogs would end the shut out in the bottom of the eighth, as Jack Egbert couldn't close the deal. Hazelbaker legged out an infield single to 3rd to lead off. Alex Hassan would follow with a single of his own. Mark Wagner would then ground into a double play, but Hazelbaker was able to make it to 3rd. Reynaldo Rodriguez then hit a bouncer to short for an infield single that scored Hazelbaker.

Allan Dykstra led off the top of the ninth with his 17th homer of the year, as Blake Maxwell had a forgettable relief appearance. The usually-solid Maxwell gave up 3 runs on 6 hits over 2 innings.

Familia improved to 4-3 on the season, as he made the whole Sea Dogs lineup look foolish. He needed only 81 pitches to get through his 6 innings of work.

Gonzalez is still looking for his first win in a Sea Dogs uniform, as he falls to 0-5. He gave up 5 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits, with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.

Den Dekker was the lone Met to not record a hit, but he did score a run and rive in a run as well.

Hazelbaker was the lone Sea Dogs to have a productive night at the plate. He went 2 for 4 with and scored Portland's only run of the game.

The two teams will head south tomorrow to play in the Futures at Fenway game at Fenway park. game time is 1:05. The Sea Dogs are 2-0 in their 2 previous trips to the Red Sox home park.




Sea Dogs Manager Kevin Boles