The Flushing chorus clamoring for Binghamton leftfielder Michael Conforto to get the call to Citi Field will likely reach deafening decibel levels as Met fans learn the B-Met slugger’s two-run, fifth inning blast lifted the B-Mets past first place Trenton, 3-2, Saturday night.
Conforto got all of a Jose De La Cruz 86 mph off-speed offering muscling a long shot over the right field wall to give Binghamton a lead they would not surrender. The victory drew the B-Mets within 1.5 games of the Eastern League’s Eastern Division leading Thunder.
The 2014 first rounder had a great night at the plate beating out an infield single in the first inning, getting hit by a pitch in the third, blasting his game winning shot in the fifth and lofting a long fly ball to the warning track in centerfield in the home eighth.
A single and double in Friday night’s 6-3 win over Trenton makes Conforto 4-for-7 in Binghamton’s back-to-back victories over Trenton as the B-Mets scratch and claw to get back in the Eastern Division title chase.
Conforto’s home run shot secured a brilliant pitching effort by Binghamton’s Robert Gsellman. Gsellman worked an efficient and effective seven innings on the hill surrendering just two unearned runs while allowing only two hits.
