Eastern League
New Britain Rock Cats at Binghamton Mets
3-Aug-1997 at Binghamton, NY (Municipal Stadium)
New Britain Rock Cats 3 (54-59) Binghamton Mets 0 (53-61)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Torii Hunter cf............ 3 0 0 0 Carlos Mendoza dh.......... 4 0 0 0
Chad Allen lf.............. 3 1 0 0 Fletcher Bates rf.......... 4 0 0 0
Corey Koskie 3b............ 3 0 0 0 Chris Saunders 1b.......... 4 0 0 0
David Ortiz dh............. 3 1 1 2 Preston Wilson cf.......... 3 0 3 0
J.J. Johnson dh........... 1 0 0 0 Ramon Espinosa lf.......... 4 0 1 0
Doug Mientkiewicz 1b....... 2 1 1 0 Jose Lopez 3b.............. 4 0 0 0
Keith Legree rf............ 4 0 1 0 Pedro Grifol c............. 4 0 1 0
Jeff Smith c............... 3 0 0 0 John Mahalik 2b............ 3 0 0 0
Ryan Lane 2b............... 3 0 0 1 Enohel Polanco ss.......... 3 0 1 0
Mike Moriarty ss........... 4 0 0 0
Totals..................... 29 3 3 3 Totals..................... 33 0 6 0
Score by Innings R H E
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New Britain Rock Cats 200 100 000 - 3 3 0
Binghamton Mets...... 000 000 000 - 0 6 1
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E - Saunders. DP - Mets 1. LOB - Rock Cats 6; Mets 7. 2B - Legree. HR - Ortiz(10).
New Britain Rock Cats IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Benj Sampson W,7-6........ 7.1 5 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 27 27 5 7
Fred Rath S,12............ 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 3 1
Binghamton Mets IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Nelson Figueroa L,5-9..... 6.0 2 3 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 19 25 6 6
Jason Pierson ............. 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 5
Sean Fesh ................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3
WP - Figueroa. BK - Sampson.
Strikeouts - Hunter; Koskie; Ortiz 2; Lane; Mendoza; Bates 2; Saunders 3; Espinosa;
Lopez 2; Mahalik 2. Walks - Hunter; Allen; Koskie; Mientkiewicz 2; Smith; Lane;
Wilson.
Umpires - HP: Paul Emmel 1B: Mike Fichter 3B: Mike Van Vleet
Start: 13:55 Time: 2:27 Attendance: 2,557
Weather: 77°, m. cloudy
Game notes:
Turn Back the Clock game (Eastern League 75th anniversary), uniforms were
of Hartford Chiefs and Binghamton Triplets
Rain delay :20 at start
New Britain dh Ortiz ejected top 5th, argued balls and strikes
Game: 0803-1
New Britain Rock Cats starters: 12/cf Hunter; 9/lf Allen; 19/3b Koskie; 24/dh
Ortiz; 17/1b Mientkiewicz; 23/rf Legree; 27/c Smith; 1/2b Lane; 2/ss Moriarty;
20/p Sampson
New Britain Rock Cats 1st - Hunter flied out to rf. Allen walked. Allen
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Koskie struck out swinging. Ortiz homered
to right field, 2 RBI; Allen scored. Ortiz HR struck scoreboard in right field,
bounced back onto field. Mientkiewicz flied out to cf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 1st - Mendoza struck out swinging. Bates struck out
swinging. Saunders struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 2nd - Legree grounded out to 2b. Smith out at first
1b to p. Lane struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 2nd - Wilson singled to center field. Wilson advanced to
second on a balk. Espinosa struck out looking. Lopez struck out swinging.
Grifol fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 3rd - Moriarty grounded out to 3b. Hunter struck
out looking. Allen flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 3rd - Mahalik struck out swinging. Polanco grounded out
to ss. Mendoza grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 4th - Koskie out at first 1b to p. Ortiz struck out
swinging. Mientkiewicz walked. Legree doubled to left center; Mientkiewicz
advanced to third. Smith walked. Lane walked, RBI; Smith advanced to second;
Legree advanced to third; Mientkiewicz scored. Moriarty grounded out to 2b.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 4th - Bates struck out looking. Saunders struck out
looking. Wilson singled to right field. Espinosa grounded out to ss. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 5th - Hunter flied out to lf. Allen popped up to
2b. Koskie walked. Ortiz struck out looking. Ortiz ejected for arguing strike
three, tossed water jugs out of dugout. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 5th - Lopez struck out swinging. Grifol flied out to cf.
Mahalik grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 6th - Mientkiewicz walked. Legree grounded into
double play 2b to ss to 1b; Mientkiewicz out on the play. Smith flied out to
rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 6th - Polanco grounded out to p. Mendoza lined out to
3b. Bates grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 7th - Pierson to p for Figueroa. Lane flied out to
lf. Moriarty grounded out to 3b. Hunter walked. Allen grounded out to 2b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 7th - Saunders flied out to cf. Wilson singled to third
base. Espinosa reached on a fielder's choice; Wilson out at second ss to 2b.
Lopez flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 8th - Koskie grounded out to 1b unassisted. Johnson
to dh. Johnson grounded out to 3b. Mientkiewicz singled to first
base, advanced to second on an error by 1b. Legree grounded out to 3b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 8th - Grifol singled to right field. Mahalik struck out
swinging. Polanco singled through the right side; Grifol advanced to second.
Rath to p for Sampson. Mendoza grounded out to p; Polanco advanced to second;
Grifol advanced to third. Bates flied out to cf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
New Britain Rock Cats 9th - Fesh to p for Pierson. Smith grounded out to
2b. Lane grounded out to 3b. Moriarty grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Binghamton Mets 9th - Saunders struck out swinging. Wilson walked.
Espinosa singled to right field; Wilson advanced to second. Lopez flied out to
rf. Grifol lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Binghamton Mets starters: 8/dh Mendoza; 10/rf Bates; 5/1b Saunders; 1/cf
Wilson; 30/lf Espinosa; 37/3b Lopez; 7/c Grifol; 11/2b Mahalik; 19/ss Polanco;
20/p Figueroa