Stars of the Night:
AAA – Lucas Duda (3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R)
AA – Kirk Nieuwenhuis (4-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB)
HiA – Wilmer Flores (4-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R)
LoA – Alonzo Harris (1-for-2, RBI, 2 R, 2 SB, 2 BB, K, E)
SSA – Joseph Bonfe (2-for-4, HR, RBI, R)
RK – Justin Schafer (3-for-5, 2 RBI, E)

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

BATTING
2B: Cervenak, M (14, Mandel), Duda (6, Mandel).
TB: Adams, R; Padilla, J; Jacobs; Cervenak, M 3; Duda 4; House; Turner.
RBI: House 2 (14), Duda 2 (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Martinez, F; Hernandez, Lu; Padilla, J 2.
GIDP: Jacobs.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Adams, R-Hernandez, Lu-Jacobs, Hernandez, Lu-Adams, R-Jacobs).

a-Walked for Lujan in the 7th. b-Struck out for Alvarez, Ma in the 9th.

Lucas Duda continued his hot stretch with 3 more hits, but a closer look at his numbers are a little concerning.  His lefty/righty splits  are ridiculous hitting nearly .200 points higher against righties.  The only positives are that he has maintained decent patience against lefties so he isn’t getting himself out and he is still showing power against them.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis (24, Alderson), Cohoon (1, Alderson), Hubbard (11, Watson, T).
HR: Ratliff (7, 2nd inning off Alderson, 2 on, 1 out), Evans, N (14, 2nd inning off Alderson, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 5; Ratliff 6; Evans, N 4; Hubbard 3; Satin 3; Manriquez, S 3; Cohoon 2.
RBI: Hubbard 3 (28), Ratliff 4 (19), Evans, N (44), Nieuwenhuis 3 (49).
2-out RBI: Nieuwenhuis 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coronado 2; Satin; Ratliff 2.
S: Cohoon.
SF: Nieuwenhuis.
GIDP: Hubbard.
Team RISP: 7-for-17.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Ratliff (1, fielding).
DP: (Coronado-Satin-Hubbard).

a-Flied out for Ramirez, Ed in the 8th.

Mark Cohoon had a decent, but only went 4 innings and I am still trying to figure out why it was such a short outing.  The offense kicked things into gear off a pretty good pitching prospect in Tim Alderson.  The pitcher Cohoon even chipped in offensively with a double of his own and was helped by huge games out of Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Sean Ratliff.  Ratliff has seem to cut down on the strikeouts and improve his power since being promoted to Double-A which is a pretty impressive feet.  Now if he can just learn to take a walk we are in business.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
2B: Flores, W (1, Andujar), Beltran (4, Andujar), Welch, S (22, Andujar).
TB: Valdespin; Flores, W 5; Beltran 3; Welch, S 2; Gronauer; Lagares.
RBI: Welch, S (49), Lucas, R (37), Valdespin (24), Flores, W 2 (8), Gronauer (6).
2-out RBI: Lucas, R; Valdespin; Flores, W 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Barrett 4; Flores, W; Beltran; Welch, S 2.
Team RISP: 5-for-19.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: August (7, 2nd base off Andujar/Jefferies), Lagares (3, 2nd base off Garcia, J/Jefferies).

FIELDING
PB: Gronauer (3).

Oliver Perez was shockingly very good today.  While his command wasn’t great it was respectable and his stuff was good with just 2 hits and 7 K’s.  He did get in trouble in the 6th by walking the leadoff batter and giving up a run on a single.  Scott Moviel came in and gave up a hit, walk, and walk to allow one of Perez’s inherited runners to score.  Right now Wilmer Flores is honestly on another planet with the bat.  He just can’t be stopped.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

BATTING
3B: Zapata, P (6, Estevez, Wi).
HR: Ozga (1, 3rd inning off Brewer, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Zapata, P 3; Harris, R.J.; Puello, C; Marte, J 2; Ozga 4; Harris, A; Tovar, W.
RBI: Puello, C (22), Ozga (3), Tovar, W (4), Marte, J (32), Harris, A (33).
2-out RBI: Tovar, W; Marte, J; Harris, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Doyle 2; Marte, J; Puello, C 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Zapata, P 2 (23, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt), Harris, R.J. (2, 2nd base off Lorick, J/Bethancourt), Harris, A 2 (12, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt, home off Brewer/Bethancourt), Puello, C (25, 2nd base off Brewer/Bethancourt).
CS: Tovar, W (1, 2nd base by Brewer/Bethancourt), Marte, J (3, 2nd base by Estevez, Wi/Bethancourt).

FIELDING
E: Marte, J (21, throw), Harris, A (19, throw).

The Sand Gnats actually scored some runs today by doing the only thing they can do, steal bases.  They swapped 6 bases in total including a steal of home plate by Alonzo Harris.  Collin McHugh had a good game today giving his team a 4-run lead going into the eighth inning, but then that’s when the collapse happened.  The bullpen got into 1-out trouble and then Jefry Marte commited his 21st error of the season to allow the runner to score and everyone else to reach base safe.  Then after getting the second out the batter hit a triple, but wound up scoring on the play thanks to an Alonzo Harris error.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Ceciliani, D (7, Chirinos, Lu), Flagg (6, Chirinos, Lu).
HR: Bonfe (1, 7th inning off Toves, 0 on, 0 out), Steinhauer, K (1, 9th inning off Conley, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Ceciliani, D 2; Vaughn; Flagg 2; Bonfe 5; Brown 2; Schroeder; Steinhauer, K 4.
RBI: Cherry (12), Bonfe (6), Steinhauer, K 3 (5).
2-out RBI: Steinhauer, K 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freeman; Flagg.
SF: Cherry.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Vaughn (4, 2nd base off Chirinos, Lu/Hord, D).

FIELDING
E: Vaughn (2, throw), Cherry (1, fielding).
DP: (Brown-Sandoval-Flagg).

a-Grounded out for Brown in the 7th.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, A (3, Batista, R), Greene (2, Streilein).
TB: Greene 2; Schafer 3; Stewart; Rodriguez, A 3; Cordero 2; Zapata, N 2.
RBI: Schafer 2 (8), Rodriguez, Ja (11), Greene 2 (2), McQueen (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, Ja 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Cordero (1, 2nd base by Batista, R/Wallace), Schafer (3, 2nd base by Batista, R/Wallace).

FIELDING
E: Schafer (1, fielding).
DP: (Van Gurp-Schafer-Stewart).

I really like Bret Mitchell.  He had sleeper pick written all over him and is doing pretty well so far in his first minor league stint.