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HAPPEL STRUGGLES IN DEBUT, METS WIN EASILY ANYWAY

Akron, OH - It was the moment Binghamton Mets Right Fielder Brian Happel had been waiting for his whole life - his first professional at-bad. It didn't exactly turn out as well as he'd hoped. Happel struck out swinging on a low slider and walked back to the bench in disgust. No matter, his team picked him up. The Mets ended up with an easy 9-4 win over Akron thanks to a five-run explosion in the 7th inning that Happel actually played a part in.


Happel stands in for the first at-bat of his professional career, which turned out to be a strikeout

The Mets were able to jump out to an early 4-0 lead, scoring one run in the first and three more in the fourth. But, the Aeros came roaring back with 4 runs of their own in the fifth inning to tie things up. The score remained tied until the seventh inning. Happel led the top half of the inning off with a screaming grounder down the line to first. Diaz managed to dive and knock it down, but he could not get the ball to first in time, and Happel picked up his first hit of his professional career. "It felt good to at least get it out of the way," said Happel after the game, "Now I've got a lot of work to do, because the rest of my plate appearances were not good."


VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Happel picks up the first hit of his professional career.

The Mets loaded the bases, and a bases-clearing double gave Binghamton the lead for good. Frank McKinney picked up his first win of the season. The loss went to Gil Marquez. Binghamton continues its season-opening road trip with a three-game set at Erie beginning tonight.

BNG at AKR - Riverboat Field
Apr 10, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Binghamton Mets (2-2)	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	9	17	1
Akron Aeros (2-2)	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	13	0
W: Frank McKinney (1-0) L: Gil Marquez (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BNG	AKR
BNG	1	Baek grounded to center for a SINGLE, Harris scores	1	0
BNG	4	Nelson grounded to center for a SINGLE, Lima scores	2	0
BNG	4	Turner flied to center for a SINGLE, Maldonado scores	3	0
BNG	4	Barrera flied to left for a SINGLE, Nelson scores	4	0
AKR	5	Garland DOUBLED to center, Diaz and Guzman score	4	2
AKR	5	Carlin flied to center for a SINGLE, Garland scores	4	3
AKR	5	Pina HIT BY A PITCH, Carlin Scores	4	4
BNG	7	Nelson DOUBLED to left, Happel, Lima, Maldonado score	7	4
BNG	7	Hu chopped to center for a SINGLE, Nelson scores	8	4
BNG	7	Barrera grounded to left for a SINGLE, Hu scores	9	4

Binghamton Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Harris, DH	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	.412
Barrera, LF	5	0	3	2	1	0	0	.278
Baek, C	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	.167
HAPPEL, RF	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	.200
Lima, 3B	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	.357
Maldonado, CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	.267
Nelson, 1B	5	2	3	4	0	1	0	.600
Hu, SS	5	1	3	1	0	1	0	.600
Turner, 2B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.437
TEAM TOTALS	43	9	17	9	5	7	0
BATTING: 2B: A. Nelson (1) RBI: J. Turner (1), A. Barrera 2 (4), D. Baek (1), C. Hu (1), A. Nelson 4 (4) GIDP: M. Maldonado
BASERUNNING: SB: W. Harris (2)
FIELDING: E: C. Hu (1)

Akron Aeros
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Garland, LF	4	1	2	2	1	1	0	.333
Cummins, SS	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	.375
Carlin, C	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.200
Huffman, RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222
Carmichael, DH	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.389
Hernandez, 3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	.231
Pina, CF	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
Diaz, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.500
Guzman, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	40	4	13	4	1	8	0
BATTING: 2B: J. Garland (1) RBI: L. Carlin (1), J. Garland 2 (3), E. Pina (1) HBP: E. Pina
BASERUNNING: SB: C. Huffman (2)

Binghamton Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M. Fahey	5.0	8	4	2	1	5	0	3.60
F. McKinney (W, 1-0)	3.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
C. Clements	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	13	4	2	1	8	0

Akron Aeros
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Sanders	3.2	6	4	4	3	3	0	9.82
S. Beavers	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
G. Marquez (L, 0-1)	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	40.50
J. Todd	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	6.75
J. Matsui	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	6.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	17	9	9	5	7	0