Herron Extends Hit Streak to Eight Games in Loss to Rumble Ponies

Final: Binghamton 7, Hartford 1

WP: Justin Lasko (3-1)

LP: Karl Kauffmann (5-4)

T- 2:39

A- 6,850

Hartford, Conn - Jimmy Herron extended his hitting streak to eight games, and Hunter Stovall reached base three times but the Binghamton Rumble Ponies defeated the Hartford Yard Goats 7-1 in front of a third straight sellout crowd Sunday night at Dunkin' Donuts Park. Binghamton jumped out to an early five run lead highlighted by Ronny Mauricio's three run homer in the fourth inning. The Yard Goats split the six-game series with the Rumble Ponies and start the second half of the regular season with a 3-3 record.

Binghamton got on the board first in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Hayden Senger off Hartford's starter Karl Kauffmann. The Mets affiliate would add another run when Carlos Cortes scored on a wild pitch making the score 2-0. In the fourth, Ronny Mauricio blasted a three-run homer to right-center field putting the Rumble Ponies in front 5-0.

The Yard Goats responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jimmy Herron lined a two-out single to left off Binghamton's starter Justin Lasko scoring Daniel Montano cutting the Rumble Ponies lead to 5-1. With the single, Herron extended his hit streak to eight games, his second such streak of the season.

The Yard Goats head to New Hampshire to play a six-game series with the Blue Jays affiliate, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats starting Monday at 7:05. RHP Mitch Kilkenny will start for the Yard Goats and RHP Adam Kloffenstein will start for the Fisher Cats. The game will be broadcast on Newsradio 1410 WPOP. The Yard Goats return to Dunkin' Donuts Park on Tuesday, July 12 at 7:05 against the Nationals affiliate, the Harrisburg Senators.