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Ponies with Furious Rally, but Fall to SeaWolves in Erie Saturday Night
ERIE, PA – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, down 9-0 after five innings, brought the potential go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth, but the comeback fell just short as the Ponies lost to the Erie Seawolves 9-7 on Saturday night at UPMC Park. Erie has taken four of the first five games in the series.
In the sixth, Zach Ashford hit an RBI double to make it a 9-1 game. Brett Baty then hit a three-run homer to left in the seventh to pull the Ponies to within 9-4. It was Baty's 13th homer of the year, second long ball of the series, and now has 34 RBI. Baty finished 2-2 with three walks, three runs scored, and three RBI.
After adding a run in the eighth on an RBI groundout from Matt Winaker, the Ponies (4-13, 32-54) came into the ninth down 9-5. With two on and one out, Jeremy Vasquez singled to drive home Baty and make it a 9-6 game. Two batters later Ashford hit an RBI single to center to bring home Ronny Mauricio to make it 9-7. That put runners on first and second with two out and brought Cody Bohanek to the plate as the potential go-ahead run, before he struck out swinging to end the game.
Erie (11-5, 50-35) raced off to a quick start for a second straight game, scoring six runs in the first inning, with all the runs coming with two out. Wenceel Perez started off the scoring with a two-run triple, with Dane Myers and Andrew Navigato hitting RBI singles that made it 4-0 and ended Jose Chacin's (0-7) outing after two thirds of an inning. Gage Workman would add an RBI double and Eduardo Valencia would drive home a run on a single to cap off the inning. Erie would add three more runs in the bottom of the fifth.
Erie starter Austin Bergner allowed just one run over four scoreless frames with three walks and six strikeouts. RHP Bubba Derby (2-0) picked up the win in relief.
The two teams play the final game before the all-star break on Sunday afternoon with first pitch at 1:35 PM and pregame coverage beginning at 1:20 PM on the WNBF Rumble Ponies Radio Network.
Postgame Notes: Ashford finished 3-5 with a run scored…Baty has at least one hit in each game of the series, including his third multi-hit game in five games…the two teams combined for 25 hits.
No. 2 @Mets prospect Brett Baty mashes a three-run homer for @RumblePoniesBB: pic.twitter.com/qYtjCtURJj
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) July 17, 2022
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