Michael Toglia cranked two home runs to lead the Hartford Yard Goats to their sixth consecutive victory, a 6-5 win Friday night in Binghamton, New York. Toglia’s first homer helped Hartford to a 5-0 lead in the fifth inning, and his second blast put the Yard Goats ahead 6-5 in the eighth. The Yard Goats first baseman leads the team with 19 home runs and has homered in each of his last three games.
The Yard Goats improved to a franchise-high 22 games above .500 with their overall record at 55-33, and have the longest active winning streak in the Eastern League. Aaron Schunk also homered for Hartford and PJ Poulin improved to 5-1 with a scoreless inning of relief.
Schunk gave the Yard Goats a 1-0 lead with a solo homer off Binghamton starter Garrison Bryant in the second inning. Hartford made it 2-0 on Hunter Stovall’s single in the third, scoring Isaac Collins. The Yard Goats added two more runs in the fourth for a 4-0 lead. Brenton Doyle led off with a double and eventually scored on Willie MacIver’s double. MacIver scored on a throwing error after stealing third base.
The Rumble Ponies scored a run in the fifth inning and added four runs in the sixth to tie it at 5-5. Brett Bady doubled home Matt Winaker for Binghamton’s first run in the fifth. The Mets affiliate rallied to tie on three hits, one walk and a fielding error in the sixth. Zach Ashford had a two-run single and Wyatt Young cracked an RBI double. Luke Ritter’s sacrifice fly scored Winaker to make it 5-5.