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.

Eastern League
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Binghamton
.469/.472/.844, 15-for-32, 6 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 SB
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who was twice a Florida State League Player of the Week last year, successfully brought his act to Double-A this season. He enters the week of July 12 with an Eastern League-leading 44 extra-base hits, and his performance over the last seven games has been a shot in the arm to the B-Mets, who won four of those contests. Nieuwenhuis was 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs on Tuesday, doubled twice during a 3-for-5 Wednesday and homered on Thursday. He was 3-for-7 between Friday and Saturday, and he homered and doubled on Sunday.

Appalachian League
Aderlin Rodriguez, Kingsport
.429/.452/.929, 12-for-28, 5 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 9 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 SB
The second consecutive Mets prospects to take Appalachian League honors — Javier Rodriguez was Player of the Week last week — Aderlin Rodriguez (no relation) has busted out over his last eight games. Coming into the season, the 18-year-old Dominican had just 17 Gulf Coast League games worth of pro experience under his belt, and on Monday morning he woke up with a .208 batting average through his first 12 Appy League games. He homered for his second time in as many games that night, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. He doubled in each of his next three games, and he added two homers to Thursday’s game, driving in five runs with five trips to the plate. He doubled twice more, knocking in a run and scoring, on Sunday.

Congrats to the two of them they really deserved it they were insane this week.  Rodriguez is having a season in Kingsport similar to that of Wilmer Flores (with more power) except that Flores was roughly two years younger at the time.  i am still happy that the Mets are being more conservative with him and it appears to be paying off right now. Hopefully it continues to pay and this is a sign that the Mets have learned from their mistakes with Jefry Marte, Francisco Pena, among others.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis (29, Boone), Nickeas (13, Boone).
HR: Fisher (2, 6th inning off Everts, 0 on, 0 out), Ratliff (8, 8th inning off Martin, A, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 3; Ratliff 5; Hubbard; Satin; Nickeas 2; Coronado; Malo; Fisher 5.
RBI: Nickeas 2 (26), Fisher (3), Ratliff (22).
2-out RBI: Nickeas 2; Ratliff.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reyes, R; Malo 2; Satin; Fisher.
GIDP: Reyes, R.
Team RISP: 1-for-11.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Coronado (2, 2nd base off Boone/Jeroloman).

FIELDING
DP: (Satin-Malo-Hubbard).

The pitching was poor today with bad performances from Chris Schwinden and Roy Merritt.  Only because of the perfect extended outing from Edgar Ramirez was the game even close.  Clint Everts, who was released by the Mets earlier this year, gave up a home run to Michael Fisher who has now gone  deep for back to back days.  After sitting out for two games Sean Ratliff was back in the line up today and hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to tie the game up before it was blown in the ninth. Another great game from Kirk Nieuwenhuis.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
2B: Fernandez, R (1, Andujar).
HR: Fernandez, R 2 (2, 5th inning off Dyer, 0 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Jarman, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Valdespin 2; Fernandez, R 11; Lagares 2; Gronauer; Barrett; Lucas, R 2; Mollica.
RBI: Fernandez, R 3 (5), Mollica (7), Valdespin 2 (28).
2-out RBI: Fernandez, R; Mollica; Valdespin 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Flores, W; Valdespin; Gronauer 2.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lagares (5, 2nd base off Fleming/Vogt).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Flores, W-Valdespin-Lucas, R, Flores, W-Lucas, R).
Pickoffs: Allen, K (Fronk at 2nd base).

1-Ran for Barrett in the 8th.

Kyle Allen might wanna take Rafael Fernandez out to dinner tonight.  Allen pitched an extremely poor game tonight getting smacked around, but Fernandez got him the W by going yard twice and giving him a lead before leaving the game and handing the ball off to Ryota Igarashi who was fantastic.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gants

BATTING
2B: Tovar, W 2 (5, Musick, Musick), Ozga (3, Ballard).
TB: Tovar, W 4; Harris, R.J. 2; Puello, C; Marte, J 2; Ozga 3; Torres, Ju; Butler.
RBI: Ozga 3 (15), Santomauro (9).
2-out RBI: Ozga.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ozga 2; Santomauro; Tovar, W.
SF: Santomauro.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Torres, Ju (1, 2nd base by Rose/Tarleton).

FIELDING
E: Tovar, W (5, fielding).
DP: (Ozga-Torres, Ju-Ozga).

BATTING
2B: Harris, R.J. (3, Schnaitmann), Tovar, W (6, Schnaitmann).
TB: Tovar, W 3; Harris, R.J. 2; Puello, C; Marte, J 2; Santomauro; Butler; Doyle; Harris, A.
RBI: Marte, J (40), Tovar, W (7).
2-out RBI: Tovar, W.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ozga; Harris, R.J..
GIDP: Doyle.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Marte, J (5, 2nd base by Vargas/Tarleton).
PO: Marte, J (1st base by Vargas).

FIELDING
E: Harris, A (20, fielding).
DP: (Tovar, W-Harris, A-Ozga).

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Sandoval (8, Couch), Brown (2, Couch), Harrison (1, Fox).
TB: Sandoval 3; Ceciliani, D 2; Bonfe 2; Harrison 2; Brown 3; Steinhauer, K; Freeman.
RBI: Freeman (5).
2-out RBI: Freeman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bonfe; Freeman; Sandoval.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Sandoval (3, home by Couch/Chen, Ch).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Bonfe-Brown-Flagg, Sandoval-Flagg).

1-Ran for Steinhauer, K in the 9th.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Cordero 2 (5, Copeland, Benes), McQueen 2 (9, Copeland, Patterson), Schafer 2 (7, Copeland, Revesz), Zapata, N (3, Benes), Semel (2, Guzman, Fr).
HR: Rodriguez, Ja (3, 6th inning off Hernandez, H, 2 on, 1 out), Zapata, N (1, 9th inning off Guzman, Fr, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: McQueen 4; Schafer 4; Stewart; Rodriguez, A 2; Rodriguez, Ja 4; Cordero 6; Zapata, N 8; Semel 3.
RBI: Zapata, N 5 (9), Schafer (11), Rodriguez, Ja 3 (15), Semel (2), Rodriguez, A (16), Cordero 2 (13).
2-out RBI: Zapata, N; Semel.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Brown, B; Rodriguez, A 2; Semel.
Team RISP: 7-for-16.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Zapata, N (1, 2nd base off Patterson/Tartamella).
CS: McQueen (3, 2nd base by Copeland/Tartamella).
PO: McQueen (1st base by Copeland).

FIELDING
E: Mitchell 2 (2, pickoff, pickoff).
PB: Zapata, N (8).
DP: (Schafer-Brown, B-Stewart).

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

BATTING
2B: Jacobs (21, Manship), Martinez, F (12, Manship), Adams, R (16, Waldrop).
3B: Hernandez, Lu (2, Manship).
HR: Duda (9, 6th inning off Hennessey, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Turner 2; Hernandez, Lu 4; Jacobs 3; Martinez, F 2; Cervenak, M 2; Duda 6; Adams, R 2; Blaquiere.
RBI: Jacobs (50), Martinez, F (25), Cervenak, M 2 (21), Hernandez, Lu (3), Duda 3 (26), Adams, R 2 (30), Blaquiere (5).
2-out RBI: Jacobs; Martinez, F; Cervenak, M 2; Duda 2; Adams, R 2; Blaquiere.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Adams, R; Jacobs; Cervenak, M; Martinez, F.
Team RISP: 7-for-14.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Padilla, J (4, 2nd base off Lugo/Morales, J), Hernandez, Lu (2, 2nd base off Manship/Morales, J).

FIELDING
E: Padilla, J (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Padilla, J (Morales, J at 2nd base).
DP: (Hernandez, Lu-Turner-Jacobs).

It is rare to see a guy with so many strikeouts give up 4 runs, but just like he has all season long Dillon Gee struggled with the long ball giving up 2 more home runs.  He has a very high HR/FB percentage, much higher than his career average, and you can take that two ways.  One he is getting a little unlucky and when it returns to normal his runs will start going down or the second way that in the upper levels his average stuff is getting hit harder by tougher competition.  Only time will tell, but I expect his ERA to go down a little and settle in the low 4′s.  Incase you forgot Lucas Duda is a beast.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Wabick 2 (16, Stewart, Z, Bongiovanni), Hubbard (13, Bongiovanni).
TB: Nieuwenhuis; Wabick 4; Hubbard 2; Satin 2; Reyes, R; Coronado; Fisher 3.
RBI: Wabick 2 (22), Hubbard (32), Satin (12).
2-out RBI: Wabick; Hubbard; Satin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Satin; Nieuwenhuis; Hubbard 2.
S: Fisher.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Reyes, R (Cooper, D at 2nd base).
DP: (Malo-Fisher-Hubbard).

Michael Antonini started the season off rough, but ever since mid May he has been outstanding.  Out of his last 10 starts 9 of them are quality starts, he is striking out a batter per innings, and keeping the walks way way down while holding the opponents to a 3.26 ERA.  He is restoring his prospect status this year.  Michael Fisher is quietly continuing to hit with 3 more hits tonight in Bingy raising his season average to .360.   He hasn’t showed any since leaving Savannah so that is something he will need to start demonstrating.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
2B: Flores, W (5, De Los Santos, F), Welch, S (23, De Los Santos, F), Valdespin (13, De Los Santos, F), Lagares (2, De Los Santos, F), Lucas, R (6, De Los Santos, F), Barrett (1, Schenk).
TB: Valdespin 2; Pellot; Flores, W 2; Lagares 3; Gronauer; Welch, S 2; Barrett 3; Lucas, R 2; Fernandez, R.
RBI: Lucas, R (38).
2-out RBI: Lucas, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lucas, R; Flores, W; Fernandez, R 2; Gronauer.
GIDP: Welch, S.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Welch, S (6, pickoff), Fernandez, R (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Fernandez, R (Fronk at 3rd base), Lagares (Vogt at 2nd base).
DP: (Lagares-Valdespin).
1-Ran for Barrett in the 9th.

Robert Carson continued to be ‘Steady Eddie’ for the St. Lucie rotation while everyone else has been inconsistent at best.  Angel Calero got into a lot of trouble in relief, but was bailed out by Erik Turgeon to preserve the lead.  I still don’t think enough can be said about Wilmer Flores he has just been jaw dropping.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

BATTING
2B: Harris, R.J. (2, Perkins), Doyle (3, Perkins).
3B: Marte, J (3, Bargas, P).
HR: Marte, J 2 (6, 3rd inning off Perkins, 1 on, 0 out; 5th inning off Perkins, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Harris, R.J. 2; Puello, C; Marte, J 11; Ozga 2; Doyle 3.
RBI: Marte, J 4 (39), Ozga (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Santomauro 2; Harris, R.J. 3; Gregory; Doyle.
S: Tovar, W.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Puello, C (27, 2nd base off Perkins/Gonzalez, J), Ozga (1, 2nd base off Perkins/Gonzalez, J).
CS: Marte, J (4, 2nd base by Gomez, L/Gonzalez, J).

FIELDING
E: Marte, J (23, fielding).

Armando Rodriguez was pretty good striking out 8 in just 5 innings, but the real star of the game was Jefry Marte.  Marte missed a cycle by just a double so he gets a pass on his error and a caught stealing.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Sandoval (7, Dodson), Schroeder 3 (5, Dodson, Beckman, R, Beckman, R), Freeman (2, Dodson), Flagg (7, Beckman, R).
HR: Vaughn 2 (6, 1st inning off Dodson, 1 on, 1 out; 7th inning off Pounders, 0 on, 0 out), Sandoval (3, 6th inning off Beckman, R, 1 on, 2 out), Steinhauer, K (2, 8th inning off Pounders, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Sandoval 6; Vaughn 8; Flagg 2; Bonfe; Harrison; Steinhauer, K 4; Schroeder 6; Freeman 3.
RBI: Vaughn 4 (21), Schroeder (2), Sandoval 2 (13), Steinhauer, K (6).
2-out RBI: Sandoval 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Harrison.
GIDP: Harrison; Sandoval.
Team RISP: 5-for-13.
Team LOB: 4.

After faltering for a few games Cory Vaughn came back with vengeance hitting two home runs and driving in 4 runs.  Luis Nieves and shockingly Darrell Ceciliani were the only batters without a hit.  After one bad outing while in Kingsport, Adam Kolarek has been lights out and just racking up the K’s.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Semel (1, Jimenez, Ch), Brown, B (4, Rosenthal, T), Tijerina (3, Nazario).
TB: Rodriguez, A; Zapata, N; Brown, B 2; Semel 3; Tijerina 3.
RBI: McQueen (7), Brown, B (3), Cordero (8).
2-out RBI: Brown, B.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, A; Tijerina 2; Semel; Brown, B.
SF: McQueen; Cordero.
GIDP: McQueen.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Tijerina 2 (3, fielding, fielding).
PB: Zapata, N (7).
Outfield assists: Semel (Garcia at home).
DP: 2 (Semel-Zapata, N, Brown, B-Stewart).

Ouch.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Malo (9, Drabek), Wabick 2 (14, Drabek, Martin, A), Nieuwenhuis (27, Drabek), Reyes, R (3, Martin, A).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 3; Malo 2; Hubbard; Reyes, R 2; Wabick 5.
RBI: Wabick (20), Nieuwenhuis (51).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hubbard; Nickeas; Ratliff 2; Malo 2; Wabick.
SF: Nieuwenhuis.
GIDP: Satin.
Team RISP: 0-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Nickeas (7, throw).

Does anyone else think that Scott Shaw is pitching himself into a pink slip? I think he is. Probably won’t be around to much longer with how poorly he has pitched this season.  He has always had marginal stuff at best so this could be the final straw.  The offense doesn’t do much, but of course Captain Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a good game.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
2B: Flores, W (4, Osterbrock).
HR: Pellot (2, 8th inning off Testa, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Valdespin; Flores, W 3; Pellot 4.
RBI: Pellot (9).
2-out RBI: Pellot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lagares.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Valdespin 2 (11, 2nd base off Osterbrock/Herrmann, 3rd base off Osterbrock/Herrmann).
CS: Valdespin (8, 2nd base by Osterbrock/Herrmann).
PO: Valdespin (1st base by Osterbrock).

FIELDING
DP: (Valdespin-Welch, S-Lucas, R-Flores, W).

Honestly what Wilmer Flores is doing right now is just ridiculous and makes me glad he was not traded for a couple months of Cliff Lee.  He is currently riding a 13-game hit streak and has a hit in all but 1 game in St. Lucie.  Brandon Moore is actually doing better than I thought he would since the promotion.  Keeping hits reasonable and strikeouts up.  He just needs to get the walks down a little bit.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

BATTING
2B: Marte, J 2 (17, Matzek, Matzek), Harris, R.J. (1, Ballard).
HR: Ozga (2, 7th inning off Matzek, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Harris, A 2; Harris, R.J. 2; Marte, J 4; Ozga 5; Santomauro; Torres, Ju; Gregory; Tovar, W 2.
RBI: Marte, J (35), Ozga 2 (11), Torres, Ju (2), Harris, A (36).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Marte, J 2; Puello, C.
SF: Torres, Ju.
GIDP: Puello, C.
Team RISP: 3-for-7.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Tovar, W (3, 2nd base by Matzek/Tarleton), Santomauro (1, 2nd base by Matzek/Tarleton).
PO: Tovar, W (1st base by Matzek).

FIELDING
E: Tovar, W (4, throw), Ozga (1, throw), Marte, J (22, throw).
DP: (Tovar, W-Ozga).

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Bonfe (5, Sadler).
TB: Sandoval 2; Vaughn; Bonfe 3; Brown; Schroeder; Centeno.
RBI: Brown (5), Sandoval (11), Vaughn (17).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sandoval; Cherry; Flagg.
S: Cherry.
GIDP: Schroeder; Ceciliani, D.
Team RISP: 3-for-6.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Sandoval (2, 2nd base off Sadler/Marquez), Ceciliani, D (8, 2nd base off Sadler/Marquez).

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
TB: McQueen; Stewart; Cordero.
RBI: Cordero 2 (7).
2-out RBI: Cordero 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hinojosa.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
CS: McQueen (2, 2nd base by Arroyo/Blackwood).
PO: McQueen (1st base by Arroyo).

FIELDING
E: Germen (2, pickoff), Schafer (2, fielding).

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Dylan Owen had one of his worst games in AAA in terms of his peripherals yet he somehow picked up his third win since his promotion. Owen labored through 5 innings throwing over 100 pitches giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks. Luckily for Owen the offense was able to put up a 4 spot in the fifth inning thanks to a series of of singles, errors, and a 2-run triple from Lucas Duda. The bullpen was also fantastic throwing up zeroes for 4 innings.

AA – Binghamton Mets

Not a good start from Michael Antonini who struggled with his command throughout the game, but great bullpen performances from Scott Shaw and Emary Frederick (not so good from Eddie Kunz) kept the BMets in the game. The BMets tried to battle back in the 8th getting the tying runs on and the go ahead run at the palte with 2 outs, but the pinch hitting Jose Coronado flied out to end the end threat.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

It seems like every game in the “pitcher friendly” Florida State League has the Mets starting pitcher getting beat up, especially with the big three of Carson, Allen, and Jeurys Familia. Familia got through the first two innings 1-2-3 and then a lead off walk in the third inning turned into a disaster. On the next pitch the Marauders attempted a sac bunt and Familia through the ball away which would actually allow for some of the 5 runs in the inning to be unearned. Familia threw 1 wild pitch before the end of the inning and another one in the next inning to just cap off his disaster. The Marauders just kept pouring on the runs, but it didn’t really matter as Brian Leach was shutting down the Mets lineup.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Why James Fuller is not getting moved up to the struggling St. Lucie rotation I do not know. He has been ridiculous pitching to a 23:77, BB:K in 78.1 innings and given up just 59 hits while maintaining a solid 40% ground ball percentage including 10 ground ball outs tonight. To sum it up he has been absolutely dominant and I want to see if he will be able to hold up at the upper levels of the minors. Jefry Marte has been red hot lately going 7-for-11 in the last three games with 3 doubles, a triple, and 4 RBI’s. While he made his 19th error (that is just a ridiculous amount of errors) tonight he seems locked in at the plate and he will have to be followed closely to see if he can keep it up. 2 hits from Juan Lagares has his average back up to .300.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Robert Carson’s pitchcount: 22 Balls – 70 strikes = 92 total pitches.
Carson threw mostly fastballs that he located with perfection that the Legends just simply could not hit. The fastball was mostly 88-90 and he did hit 92 once. He could throw the fastball up, down, in, out no matter what the pitch was just unhittable. He threw some sliders that went as high as 86 mph. He did a good job keeping it down getting grounders with it when he threw it. I saw only a handful of change ups that he didn’t really need to use, but threw a few and located them well. Nothing bad from Carson on the night.

1st inning:

• Jefry Marte jumped on a first pitch fastball that was high to clobber it into deep left field for a homerun.
• Robert Carson – GB to 2^nd (2 pitches), BB (6 pitches), GB  to 2^nd (3 pitches), GB to 2^nd (3 pitches) 5 balls – 9 strikes. Touched 90 mph.
• Poor turn of attempted double play by Imbewer Alvarez.
• Pelligrini looks like a house!

2^nd inning:

• Eric Campbell worked the count nice for a leadoff walk.
• Leblanc had a nice inside-out swing of a ball to right field.
• Robert Carson – K via fastball (3 pitches), GB  to SS (1 pitch), GB to 2^nd (1 pitch) 0 balls – 5 strikes (all fastballs)

3^rd inning:

• Marte attempted to bunt for a hit, but was barely thrown out.
• Sean Ratliff struck out looking on a nasty two-seam fastball
• K via fastball (4 pitches), GB 3^rd base (1 pitch), K looking via fastball (5 pitches),  3 balls-7 strikes. Slider came in at 86 mph.

4^th inning:

• Again Campbell showing great plate discipline
• Robert Carson – single into right field (2 pitches), GB to SS (2 pitches), K via changeup (5 pitches) 2 balls-7 strikes
• After 4 pickoff attempts Carson finally picked off his man.
• Great pick at first base by Campbell.

5^th inning:

• Evan LeBlanc another nice job taking it the opposite field this time high off the wall for a double.
• Robert Carson – GB to SS error (3 pitches), FO to center (4 pitches), GB to 2^nd (4 pitches), pickoff (1 pitch) 2balls -10 strikes
• Pickoff was all the batters fault he simply took off to early.

6h inning:

• Gnats get lucky run on a batched ground ball by the Legend’s shortstop.  Very routine play he messed up.
• Not showing from Leblanc time pulling a fastball into left field for an RBI.
• Leblanc showing nice speed scoring all the way from first.
• Robert Carson – FO to left field (1 pitch,  infield hit to SS (2 pitches), FO to center field (8 pitches), GB to 3^rd base (2 pitches) 2 balls-11 strikes

7^th inning:

• Marte had an 0-2 count and battled back to get a walk.
• Ratliff just missed a homerun hitting one HIGH off the wall in right field for a single.
• Josh Satin thrown out at home on a ball hit relatively shallow in right field.
• Robert Carson – GB to 3^rd base (4 pitches), K looking via slider (7 pitches), FO to left field (3 pitches) 7 balls- 7 strikes

8^th inning:

• Marte put a great swing on a ball off the wall into left for an RBI single.
• Robert Carson – K swinging via fastball (3 pitches), FO to left field (1 pitch), single on line drive to left field (1 pitch), K swinging via fastball (4 pitches) 1 ball-7 strikes

9^th inning:

• Robert Carson – GB to 2^nd (4 pitches), K swinging via fastball (3 pitches), linedrive out to 2^nd(4 pitches) 4 balls – 7 strikes