Mets Farm Report: July 17th, 2010

Stars of the Night:
AAA – Oliver Perez (6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 7 K)
AA – Sean Ratliff (3-for-4, 2B, RBI, K)
HiA – Wilmer Flores (3-for-4, 2B, 4 RBI, R)
LoA – Jefry Marte (3-for-4, RBI, R)
SSA – J.B. Brown (2-for-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, R)
RK – Patrick Farrell (2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, K)

AAA – International League

Gwinett 3 | Buffalo 4

BATTING
2B: Adams, R (19, Martinez, Cr), House (8, Martinez, Cr), Jacobs (22, Gearrin).
TB: Jacobs 3; Cervenak, M; Adams, R 2; House 2.
RBI: Adams, R 2 (33), Jacobs (53), Padilla, J (13).
2-out RBI: Jacobs.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perez, O 2; Adams, R.
S: Martinez, F.
SF: Padilla, J.
Team RISP: 2-for-12.
Team LOB: 6.
FIELDING
Pickoffs: House (Jones, M at 1st base).
a-Struck out for De La Torre in the 7th. b-Hit a sacrifice fly for Acosta in the 9th.

Shockingly Ollie P had a good game today.  He was able to go more than 6 innings, only walked 2 batters, and struck out a batter per inning.  He did give up a lot of hits, but the most important thing for Ollie is the walks. If he can ever manage to keep those down he will be more ‘successful’.

AA – Eastern League

Binghamton 5 | New Hampshire 1

BATTING
2B: Ratliff (11, Drabek).
HR: Satin (1, 1st inning off Drabek, 1 on, 1 out), Hubbard (7, 1st inning off Drabek, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 2; Ratliff 4; Satin 4; Hubbard 4; Reyes, R; Coronado 2.
RBI: Satin 2 (15), Hubbard (36), Ratliff (24), Coronado (29).
2-out RBI: Coronado.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coronado; Hubbard; Maldonado, B.
GIDP: Hubbard.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Reyes, R (1, 2nd base off Drabek/Jeroloman), Nieuwenhuis (13, 2nd base off Drabek/Jeroloman).
CS: Nieuwenhuis (5, 2nd base by Everts/Jeroloman), Ratliff (2, 2nd base by Drabek/Jeroloman).

FIELDING
E: Nickeas (8, throw).
DP: 4 (Coronado-Satin-Hubbard 2, Fisher-Hubbard, Lujan-Coronado-Hubbard).

I know people don’t like to look at a pitchers wins for his success, but Josh Stinson is now 7-1 and that is very impressive in my book.  The ability to win like that and not lose is very impressive in my book.  While I would like to the walks come down a little bit I am okay with the strikeouts because of his ability to get ground balls, which has improved since he moved to the rotation.  It took 31 games, but Josh Satin finally went deep for Bingy.  He has continued to with a high average to go along with a BABIP, but I am not too nervous of his average to drop that much or if at all because he has shown an ability to maintain a high BABIP throughout his career.

HiA – Florida State League

Dunedin 1 | St. Lucie 5

BATTING
2B: Castillo, L (1, Page), Flores, W (7, Page).
TB: Valdespin; Castillo, L 2; Flores, W 4; Welch, S; Gronauer; Lucas, R; Pellot 3.
RBI: Flores, W 4 (15), Gronauer (9).
2-out RBI: Gronauer; Flores, W 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fernandez, R; Castillo, L; Gronauer; Lagares; Flores, W.
GIDP: Fernandez, R.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Flores, W (1, 2nd base off Page/Talley).

FIELDING
E: Pellot (3, fielding).
DP: (Flores, W-Welch, S).

Ollie and Brad Holt with good games on the same day?  This wasn’t a great game by any means for Holt but it is more in the mold of his starts back when he was dominating.  A lot of strikeouts and fly balls while keeping the hits down.  Wilmer Flores must not have liked be giving Rafael Fernandez props as he came back today with 3 hits and 4 RBI’s while returning to having the highest batting average on the team.

LoA – South Atlantic League

Greenville 4 | Savannah 2

Cesar Puello hit the magic 30 steals mark today.  Now if only he could get on base or hit for some power he would be in good shape.  It is shocking how low his SLG% given that he is not that small of a guy and you would expect at least 5 home runs by now

SSA – New York-Penn League

Brooklyn 8 | Tri-City 0

BATTING
2B: Nieves (1, Martinez, Da), Harrison (3, Martinez, Da), Brown (3, Martinez, Da).
HR: Brown (1, 6th inning off Chowning, 0 on, 0 out), Flagg (4, 9th inning off Sogard, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Nieves 3; Ceciliani, D 3; Vaughn 2; Flagg 5; Bonfe; Harrison 3; Brown 6; Centeno.
RBI: Ceciliani, D 2 (14), Brown 2 (9), Bonfe (11), Flagg (22).
2-out RBI: Ceciliani, D; Flagg.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brown 2; Flagg; Holliday, C.
SF: Bonfe.
Team RISP: 4-for-11.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nieves (4, 2nd base off Martinez, Da/Heath), Bonfe (2, 2nd base off Chowning/Heath), Vaughn (5, 2nd base off Martinez, Da/Heath).

FIELDING
DP: (Flagg).

A.J. Pinera was much better in this start than in his first start an earned his first professional victory.  The offense was clicking on all cylinders tonight with the Cyclones scoring runs in five consecutive innings. J.B. Brown had a good game with 2 extra base hits (a home run and double) and every starter except Cody Holliday had a hit tonight.

RK – Appalachian League

Kingsport 6 | Johnson City 7

BATTING
2B: Lora (2, Whiting), Schafer (8, Whiting), Zapata, N (5, Whiting), Rodriguez, Ja (6, Benes), Van Gurp (3, Nadeau), Rodriguez, A (10, Patterson).
3B: Semel (2, Whiting).
HR: Farrell (1, 4th inning off Whiting, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Van Gurp 3; Schafer 2; McQueen; Rodriguez, A 2; Rodriguez, Ja 2; Zapata, N 2; Farrell 5; Lora 2; Semel 3.
RBI: Lora (3), Farrell 3 (3), Van Gurp (10).
2-out RBI: Lora.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Semel; Rodriguez, A; McQueen; Farrell; Schafer 2; Zapata, N 2; Van Gurp.
S: Semel.
GIDP: Rodriguez, A.
Team RISP: 2-for-18.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: McQueen (8, 2nd base off Nadeau/Stanley).

FIELDING
E: Zapata, N (4, fielding), Rodriguez, A (7, fielding), Schafer (5, fielding).
PB: Zapata, N (10).
Outfield assists: Semel (Ruiz, Ro at 3rd base).
DP: (Semel-Rodriguez, A-Van Gurp-Schafer).

a-Struck out for Van Gurp in the 11th.
1-Ran for Lora in the 11th. 2-Ran for Rodriguez, A in the 12th.

Everyday this offense puts up runs, but 3 errors and a passed ball helped contribute to 5 unearned runs scoring and allowing this game go into extras where the team lost in the 12th.  This team can sure hit, but their defense is awful, which is fully expected of kids at this level.

Related posts:

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2. Mets Farm Report: June 17th, 2010
3. Mets Farm Report: April 17th, 2010
4. Mets Farm Report: July 19th, 2010
5. Mets Farm Report: July 7th, 2010