Game Recap and Highlights: Scott’s Seven Shutout Frames Leads Ponies to 3-0 win

 

For Immediate Release

Date: June 28, 2023 by Matt Levine

Box Score

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Behind Christian Scott’s dominant start, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (1-0, 36-34) shutout the Hartford Yard Goats 3-0 on Wednesday night at Mirabito Stadium. The Ponies opened the second half of the season and the series with a win.

Scott (3-0) threw a career-high seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts. He allowed just two hits and two walks. The 24-year-old faced the minimum in six of his seven innings of work.

In three starts at the Double-A level for Binghamton, Scott is 3-0 and has combined for 23 strikeouts over 18.2 innings. He has allowed just three runs on eight hits and four walks over that span.

Daison Acosta pitched a perfect eighth inning with two strikeouts and William Woods struck out two batters over a scoreless ninth inning. Woods earned his first save of the year with Binghamton.

Hartford’s (0-1, 29-39) starter Case Williams held the Ponies in check with four scoreless frames, until they were able to break through in the fifth inning. Hayden Senger delivered a sacrifice fly that scored Agustin Ruiz and Wyatt Young hit an RBI single that scored Jose Mena to give Binghamton a 2-0 lead.

The Ponies added another run in the eighth inning on Ruiz’s RBI single that scored Young. The left-handed batter had just four hits this season against left-handed pitchers up until that point, but delivered in a big spot to give Binghamton a 3-0 lead.

The Rumble Ponies will continue their series with the Yard Goats on Thursday night. First pitch is set for 6:35 PM and pregame coverage gets underway at 6:20 PM on the WNBF Rumble Ponies Radio Network.

Postgame Notes: Scott, Acosta, and Woods combined to toss a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts…Branden Fryman extended his hitting streak to six games…Jaylen Palmer made his Double-A debut and made a diving catch in his first chance in left field.

Scott is great again for @RumblePoniesBB as they win 3-0. 7 scoreless, 2 hits, 2 walks, 6 Ks - Scott is now 3-0 in AA with a 1.37 ERA - 23 Ks in 19.2 AA innings, 53 Ks in 45.1 innings overall #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadness @bkfan09 @WexlerRules pic.twitter.com/9QFah8V9Ni

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) June 29, 2023

Former top 30 @mets prospect Daison Acosta with a 1-2-3 scoreless 8th with 2 Ks in the @RumblePoniesBB 3-0 win. 2nd straight, multi-K scoreless outing for Daison #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadness @bkfan09 pic.twitter.com/p2aPbePEcA

— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) June 29, 2023