Mark Cohoon, the Mets Pitcher of the Year in 2010, going 12-5 with a 2.57 ERA combined at Savannah and Binghamton, has shown he’s not just a one-hit wonder despite lacking an overpowering heater that has kept him from soaring up the prospect lists.
The 23-year-old lefthander fanned a career-high 11 batters and allowed just two runs – both unearned – on five hits over seven innings in a 5-2 win over Portland on Wednesday night.
The 12th-round pick in 2008 retired the first eight batters before a double, single and two errors allowed the Sea Dogs to get on the board in the third.
Cohoon escaped a runners on the corner, two-out jam in the fifth to improve to 1-0 with a 0.47 ERA in three starts this season. He’s yielded 16 hits and three walks with 20 strikeouts in 19 frames.
Cohoon struck out six straight batters between the first and third frames – four called strikeouts.
“I had good control tonight,” Cohoon told Milb.com. “I was able to command m...
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