Manchester, NH - Josh Palacios had three hits and scored twice, but the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays Double-A affiliate) fell to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) 6-3 on Tuesday at Delta Dental Stadium, completing the first half of the Eastern League season with a record
Manchester, NH - Josh Palacios had three hits and scored twice, but the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays Double-A affiliate) fell to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (New York Mets) 6-3 on Tuesday at Delta Dental Stadium, completing the first half of the Eastern League season with a record of 31-36.
Palacios singled and scored on a double by Riley Adams in the bottom of the first to stake New Hampshire to a 1-0 lead. Palacios doubled in the sixth and scored on a groundout by Brock Lundquist . Christian Williams hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning for the game's final run.
Binghamton, who finished the first half of the season at 34-29, erased the early deficit with a pair of runs in the top of the third inning. Patrick Mazeika knocked in three runs on the night for the Rumble Ponies, including one on a groundout in the third that tied the game at 1-1. Barrett Barnes followed with an RBI single off starter and losing pitcher Hector Perez (L, 4-3) to give Binghamton a lead it would not rescind.
Mazeika stroked a run-scoring single in the top of the fifth and Will Toffey homered off the left field foul pole to open up a 5-1 lead for Binghamton. Mazeika added a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning.
Binghamton received seven innings from southpaw David Peterson (W, 3-2) in a winning effort. He allowed two runs on nine hits and had six strikeouts. Adonis Uceta worked the final two innings for the Rumble Ponies.
Perez suffered his first loss since April 29, allowing five runs on eight hits in his five innings of work. He walked three and struck out four. Jake Fishman (2 IP, 1 H), Danny Young (1 IP, 1 R, 1 K) and Vinny Nittoli (1 IP, 1 H) finished up for New Hampshire.
Riley Adams, Chad Spanberger, Christian Williams and Santiago Espinal all had two hits for New Hampshire, part of a 12-hit attack. New Hampshire had at least one hit in each of the nine innings.
The Fisher Cats and Rumble Ponies meet again on Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. LHP Zach Logue (3-3, 3.33 ERA) starts for New Hampshire against Binghamton RHP Mickey Jannis (2-1, 3.41 ERA). For tickets and information, visit www.nhfishercats.com.
