BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies fell to the Somerset Patriots 4-2 on Saturday night at TD Bank Ballpark, snapping their four-game winning streak.
Somerset (17-14, 61-39) scored two in the bottom of the seventh, with Max Burt's go-ahead RBI single making the difference. Rodolfo Duran and Chad Bell each singled off Jose Chacin (0-8) to begin the frame before Burt's single to center drove home Duran. The next batter Anthony Volpe added a sacrifice fly to left that drove home Bell to give the Patriots a two-run lead.
Down 1-0 in the fourth, the Rumble Ponies got on the board on a two out RBI Double from Brandon McIlwain that drove home Ronny Mauricio to tie the game at 1. Somerset would respond with an RBI double from Blake Perkins in the bottom half of the inning to take a 2-1 lead.
Still down one in the seventh, Luke Ritter belted a homer over the left field wall to tie the game at two. The two-out hit by Ritter extended his hitting streak to five and he also has an RBI in all five games of this series.
Jordan Yamamoto made the start for Binghamton (11-20, 39-61) and allowed two runs and four hits over five innings with one walk and six strikeouts in the no decision.
Somerset starter Sean Boyle (8-4), just named MiLB Pitcher of the Month for July in the Eastern League, allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits over seven innings with no walks and seven strikeouts.
The two teams conclude their series on Sunday with first pitch at 5:05 PM and pregame coverage getting underway on Newsradio 1290 WNBF and 92.1 FM at 4:50 PM.
Postgame Notes: Wyatt Young extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single to left in the eighth…Ritter's home run was his 10th of the season…McIlwain finished 2-4 with an RBI.
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