Ponies’ Bats Explode Behind Santos’ Dominant Outing to Claim Series Opener in Altoona
ALTOONA, Pa. – Junior Santos tossed a career-high eight innings and the bats exploded for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (23-22) on Tuesday night in the series opener against the Altoona Curve, as the Ponies won 10-3 at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Ponies have won a season-high five-straight games. Santos
ALTOONA, Pa. – Junior Santos tossed a career-high eight innings and the bats exploded for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (23-22) on Tuesday night in the series opener against the Altoona Curve, as the Ponies won 10-3 at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Ponies have won a season-high five-straight games.
Santos went eight innings and struck out five batters, allowing just two runs without issuing a walk. The 21-year-old right-hander had gone seven innings four different times in his career prior to this season, but dominated and set a new career high in innings pitched on Tuesday.
Binghamton’s offense exploded, highlighted by Agustin Ruiz’s grand slam and Luke Ritter’s two homers.
Binghamton was ahead on Altoona (22-22) 2-1 heading into the fifth, before putting up a five-spot in the frame. The first six batters in the inning reached base, with Ruiz ripping a grand slam to right field to extend the Ponies’ lead to 7-1.
With the Ponies up 7-2 in the seventh inning, Ritter hit his first home run of the night to give Binghamton a 9-2 lead. Ritter homered again to lead off the ninth inning to put Binghamton up 10-2.
Quinn Brodey made his Double-A pitching debut for the Ponies in the ninth inning and struck out two batters, while allowing a solo homer.
The Rumble Ponies will continue their series with the Curve (Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates) on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 6:00 PM and pregame coverage gets underway at 5:45 PM on the WNBF Rumble Ponies Radio Network.
Postgame Notes: Santos’ eight-inning outing is tied with Mike Vasil for the longest of the season for Binghamton…Ruiz’s grand slam was Binghamton’s second of the season and first since Matt Rudick’s on April 6th…Brandon McIlwain extended his hitting streak to 13 games…Rudick reached base three times.
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