Britsox shut out By WILLIAM SCHUBERT Courant Staff Writer NEW BRITAIN - The next New Britain Red Sox loss or Albany-Colonie Yankees victory will eliminate the Britsox from Eastern League playoff contention. Realistically, it has been over for a while. Sunday, the Britsox were shut out for the 12th time, 3-0 by the Binghamton Mets before 2,971 at Beehive Field. The Britsox (41-78) got nine hits, but When they did string together hits stranded - eight in runners. as three consecutive first singles - a runner was thrown out at the plate. "This looked like a ballgame from the season," Britsox manager Jim Pankovits said. "We the beginning of get hits, but not with guys on base. You can't count on guys walking you or making errors at this level." The Britsox were at odds with the umpiring crew the entire four game series, which ended in a split. Satorday, Pankovits, pitcher Frank Rodriguez and infielder were ejected in the second game of Bethea a while doubleheader. Sunday, trainer Jim Stricek was ejected tending to catcher Alex Delgado, who was hit on the back of the right hand with a foul ball. Stricek accompanied Delgado to the hospital for X- rays and neither Pankovits nor the umpire would why Stricek was ejected. say "When you're [37] games under Pankovits said. "I just you wish we could be .500, should in a bad mood," take it out on the other team instead of the Mets righthander Joe Roa (10-5, 4.07 ERA) allowed umpires." eight hits and struck out five in seven innings. Jim McCready pitched the eighth and Pete Walker of East Lyme struck out two in the ninth for his 13th save." Binghamton (57-63) scored in each of the first three innings off righthander Brent Hansen (1-8, 6.03). Tim Howard and Javier Gonzalez drove in the first two runs and Butch Huskey hit his -leading 23rd home run in the third. the Britsox first, Bethea, Bill Norris and Jasoh Friedman hit one-out singles, but Bethea out at a throw from in