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

BATTING
2B: Hernandez, Lu (4, Jones, Jas), Cervenak, M (15, Jones, Jas).
HR: Jacobs 2 (13, 1st inning off Jones, Jas, 1 on, 2 out; 4th inning off Jones, Jas, 0 on, 0 out), Duda (8, 7th inning off Jones, Jas, 0 on, 0 out), Turner (2, 9th inning off Villone, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Turner 5; Hernandez, Lu 2; Padilla, J; Jacobs 8; Martinez, F; Cervenak, M 3; Duda 5; House 2.
RBI: Jacobs 3 (47), Duda (23), Cervenak, M (18), Turner (22).
2-out RBI: Jacobs 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: House; Hernandez, Lu; Misch 2; Cervenak, M.
S: Misch.
GIDP: Hernandez, Lu.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Padilla, J (3, 2nd base off Balester/Burke, J).

FIELDING
E: Jacobs (6, fielding), Cervenak, M (9, throw), Hernandez, Lu 2 (4, fielding, throw).
DP: 2 (Misch-Jacobs-Hernandez, Lu, Turner-Pascucci).
Pickoffs: Misch (Whiting at 1st base).

Wow a complete game on just 98 pitches.  That is an extremely rare accomplishment by Pat Misch.  If Takahashi doesn’t start picking it up and Oliver Perez doesn’t perform at Triple-A I would be willing to give him a shot as the #5.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis 2 (26, Owens, Owens), Satin 3 (9, Owens, Moreno, Aguero), Ratliff 2 (8, Owens, Moreno), Nickeas (12, Owens), Hubbard (12, Aguero).
HR: Evans, N (15, 5th inning off Owens, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 5; Malo; Hubbard 2; Evans, N 5; Satin 6; Ratliff 6; Nickeas 3; Reyes, R 2; Fisher.
RBI: Evans, N 2 (46), Ratliff 2 (21), Reyes, R (14), Nickeas (22), Hubbard 2 (30), Satin (11).
2-out RBI: Reyes, R; Satin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fisher 2; Schwinden 2; Reyes, R 2; Ratliff.
GIDP: Evans, N.
Team RISP: 9-for-24.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Malo (4, throw), Fisher (1, throw).

a-Doubled for Frederick in the 10th.

Does Kirk Nieuwenhuis stop?  Dude has 3 or more hits in 3 of his last 4 games and has gotten his average over the .300 mark.  His splits are great, the power is great, the speed is great, the defense is great so if plate discipline ever comes around man can be a serious force and during his recent hot streak the K:BB has been much better.  The same thing goes for Sean Ratliff.  He has been much better against the lefties this year and staying in longer on the pitches hitting them for hard line drives more often.  He already has 21 RBI’s in 23 games for Bingy after being an FSL All-Star so his stock is definitely way up this year.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Darin Gorski was decent, but not dominant tonight.  I’ll be interested in Mike Newman’s report on him to see if his stuff is still the same as last year or if he has made any improvements.  The only way this offense works when Jefry Marte and Cesar Puello are going like they were tonight.  Otherwise they will score no runs every game.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Schafer (5, Buch, R), Rodriguez, A (4, Marshall, R).
3B: Rodriguez, Ja (2, Marshall, R).
TB: Schafer 3; McQueen; Rodriguez, A 2; Rodriguez, Ja 3; Zapata, N.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (9), Rodriguez, Ja (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, Ja; Rodriguez, A; Semel.
S: Tijerina.
SF: Rodriguez, A.
GIDP: Semel.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Schafer (2, 2nd base off Buch, R/Blackwood).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Van Gurp-Lora, Van Gurp-Schafer-Lora).

a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Lora in the 9th.

Don’t know why the Mets are trying to use Jeff Walters as a starter he doesn’t have the command at all for a starting role and should be put in the bullpens where his stuff plays the best.  Eddie Lora is looking like a major bust. Just one hit five games.  That hit was a home run, but still disappointing and he has a ridiculous 10 strikeouts in 16 games.  Great return on Billy Wagner….

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.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

BATTING
HR: Duda (7, 7th inning off Chico, 2 on, 0 out), Martinez, F (7, 7th inning off Garate, 0 on, 1 out), Jacobs (11, 8th inning off Villone, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Turner; Padilla, J; Jacobs 4; Pascucci; Cervenak, M 3; Duda 4; Martinez, F 4.
RBI: Cervenak, M (17), Duda 3 (20), Martinez, F (23), Jacobs (44).
2-out RBI: Cervenak, M.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hernandez, Lu.
S: Green, A.
GIDP: House.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Cervenak, M (8, throw).
PB: House 2 (5).

a-Homered for O’Connor in the 7th. b-Hit a sacrifice bunt for De La Torre in the 9th.

Fernando Martinez’s pinch hit home run gives him a home run in two consecutive games and 3 in his last 4 games to go along with 6 RBI’s.  After a gigantic 2 games homerless streak Lucas Duda cracked a 3-run in the 7th to help spark the comeback.  Look at his stats from the last 8 days.  The power/patience is just ridiculous.

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Nieuwenhuis (23, Duke).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 2; Evans, N 2; Satin 2; Fisher; Coronado.
RBI: Evans, N (43).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fisher.
GIDP: Ratliff; Reyes, R; Malo.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 5.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

BATTING
TB: Flores, W; Beltran; Welch, S; Fernandez, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lagares.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
PO: Lucas, R (1st base by Jefferies).

FIELDING
E: Carson 2 (3, fielding, pickoff).
DP: (Valdespin-Flores, W-Welch, S).
Pickoffs: Carson 2 (Murrill at 1st base, Velasquez, I at 2nd base).

BATTING
TB: Beltran 2; Flores, W; Gronauer; Lucas, R; Pellot.
RBI: Gronauer (5), Beltran (5).
2-out RBI: Beltran.
GIDP: Barrett 2; Lagares; Flores, W.
Team RISP: 2-for-3.
Team LOB: 1.

FIELDING
E: Gronauer (1, throw).

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Cherry 2 (5, Gonzalez, Sa, Morales, I), Flagg (5, Heatley).
3B: Flagg (4, Gonzalez, Sa).
HR: Sandoval (2, 1st inning off Gonzalez, Sa, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Sandoval 6; Flagg 5; Brown; Cherry 4.
RBI: Sandoval 3 (10).
2-out RBI: Sandoval.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bonfe; Vaughn; Ceciliani, D 2; Brown; Schroeder; Flagg 2.
S: Centeno.
Team RISP: 2-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ceciliani, D (4, 2nd base off Gonzalez, Sa/Gimenez, W).

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Sandoval-Flagg, Sandoval-Brown-Flagg 2).

a-Struck out for Brown in the 8th. b-Intentionally walked for Holliday, C in the 9th.

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Schafer (4, Cole), McQueen (6, Hagen).
3B: Van Gurp (1, Alaniz), Schafer (1, Hagen).
HR: Rodriguez, A (5, 4th inning off Alaniz, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Van Gurp 3; Schafer 7; McQueen 3; Stewart 2; Rodriguez, A 6.
RBI: Rodriguez, A 2 (8), Schafer (6), Hinojosa (1), McQueen (3), Stewart (3).
2-out RBI: Schafer.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schafer; Zapata, N; McQueen; Semel.
S: Cordero.
SF: Stewart.
GIDP: Rodriguez, A.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Schafer (2, 2nd base by Alaniz/McCurdy).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Schafer-Van Gurp-Stewart, Taveras-Schafer-Stewart).

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

RK – Kingsport Mets

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Dilllon Gee pitched a stellar game today it is to bad he couldn’t have pitched this well all season because then we could have tried to swing him in a Lee trade. Boy has Lucas Duda been raking since being promoted to AAA.

AA – Binghamton Mets

The same old story continued today with Eric Niesen.  He got decent results, but continued to struggle with his command.  If he doesn’t start attacking hitters soon with his plus stuff then he is never going to be able to make it further in his development and become a starter in the bigs.  Emary Frederick did a great job coming in and stranding two of Eddie Kunz’s inherited runners.  In the third inning the BMets got a coupe of bloops followed by a walk which allowed Raul Reyes to come up and strike again, this time with a grand salami.  This is the second straight game Sean Ratliff has taken a walk with no strikeouts.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Mets pitching gave up 3 runs on just 6 hits thanks to an incredible 8 walks! They did strike out 7 batters, but just wow 8 walks.  It was a bitter sweet start for Brad Holt who only gave up 1 run and 2 hits while striking out 5 in 5 inning, however, is control was still an issue also delivering 5 walks.  Something tells me the success was more due to the level of competition than Holt actually getting things straightened out.  Nothing looked noticeably different in the videos from last year to this year so it is really odd how big of a 180 he has undergone.  It is amazing that the offense had 15 hits yet just 1 went for extra bases (double from Richard Lucas).  Wilmer Flores was at it again today with 3 more hits and now has 13 hits in just 6 games for St. Lucie.  Because it was a day game Carlos Beltran DHed and picked up a hit now reaching base in every rehab game so far.  He will play center field tomorrow.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

John Church was reportedly hitting 93-94 mph tonight on the gun which would be a tick above previous velocity reports.  Church had put up good numbers the last couple of years so if the velocity sticks he could make some noise as a legitimate prospect.  Nick Santomauro continued the climb back up to .200 with another hit today.  You know you are in the low minors when a game has 7 errors in it.  Alonzo Harris had the biggest blow of the night hitting a 3-run jack in the sixth inning.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

How can you not love what Cory Vaughn is doing right now?  He now has 3 home runs in his last 3 games and has hit 4 more home runs in Brooklyn than Ike Davis.  Not only that, but his biggest flaw was supposed to be plate discipline and he is currently rocking a 7:5 K:BB. It is a small sample size, but a very encouraging one.

RK – Kingsport Mets

I still think it was a terrible draft pick, but hey at least Javier Rodriguez is actually doing something now.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

Josh Stinson had his first bad start since moving into the rotation today.  He just gave up way to many hits and left the game with a 4- run deficit, but luckily for him the offense had an outburst in the ninth inning to save him.  The BMets entered the ninth down by 5 runs, however, thanks to the heroics of Luis Hernandez they were able win the game in the inning.  Hernandez led the inning of with a walk and leadoff walks ALWAYS come back to haunt you.  Another runner reached base with one out and then Sean Ratliff stepped to the plate and cracked a 3-run homer.  After the next two batters reached it appears their comeback was going to fall short when Josh Satin struck out.  Everyone put on their rally caps with two outs and the next two guys got on base and the man who started everything, Luis Hernandez, came up with two outs and men on first and second and delivered with a walk off double to win the game.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Robert Carson, who has been pretty much the lone non disappointment in the St. Lucie rotation had a good start today caring a shutout all the way into the eighth inning.  He gave up 4 runs in the inning, but 2 of the runs were inherited runners Erik Turgeon let score with two outs so Carson really should be to blame as Turgeon has to be able to do a better job at getting 1 out. The biggest blow of the night; a 2-out grand slam off the bat of nine hole hitter Hector Pellot.  Wilmer Flores had another three hits, but has yet to get an extra base hit (10 singles).  Carlos Beltran went 1-for-5 and played 9 innings in the field.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

The Sand Gnats will probably make the playoffs, but they are going to get an early exit because after making all those moves they just have absolutely no offense left and pitchers are going to have to be perfect if they want to win.  Nothing else to say it is that bad.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

After seeing those depressing Sand Gnats box scores seeing games like this from Darrell Ceciliani and Cory Vaughn helps a lot.  Now make that 3 more home runs Vaughn has hit as a Cyclone than Ike Davis. Will Cherry is currently rocking the golden sombrero.

RK – Kingsport Mets

GCL – GCL Mets

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Recently demoted Raul Valdes got the start of Dylan Owen and pitched fairly well.  He only lasted 4 innings, but struck out 7 and only made one mistake, a home run to Stefan Gartell.  Owen still pitched in the game by piggy backing Valdes and got hit hard yet again giving up 3 hits, all doubles and 2 runs.  he pitching only gave up 3 runs, but the Bisons still got the L as the offense did absolutely nothing getting just one runner into scoring position and 8 base runners on all game.

AA – Binghamton Mets

Nerves got the best of Mark Cohoon in the first inning of his first Double-A start.  He was downright awful in the inning throwing a wild pitch and giving up 4 straight hits with two outs to allow 3 runs to score.  He settled down after that and was almost flawless from the second to fifth innings facing just one batter over the minimum.  Things got heated again in the sixth when he loaded the bases on 3 straight singles.  It appeared he would get out of the inning when he struck out the next batter, but yet another 2-out hit allowed two runs to score before Roy Merritt came in to bail him out.  Luckily for Cohoon the offense was cooking tonight allowing him to pick up the victory.  The number nine hitter, Raul Reyes had the best night of his career getting 3 hits and 2 home runs after hitting just 3 home runs all year in St. Lucie.  Nick Evans couldn’t be stopped today with 4 extra base hits (3 doubles and a home run) and 2 RBI’s.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Shocker. After making 3 errors in last night’s ball game Wilmer Flores responded by committing yet another today.  Flores was playing a fairly decent shortstop in Savannah with positive reports from Mike Newman about better D so I’ll cut him some slack that he just needs time to adjust to his new team.  Brandon Moore did fairly well in his first HiA start, but nothing spectacular.  Carlos Beltran played 7 innings tonight, making 2 putouts and continuing to feast on the young pitching with 3 more hits and 2 RBI’s.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Collin McHugh was cruising along through 5 innings giving up a hit in 4 of the 5 innings, but never letting the base runner get further then second base.  He was doing pretty well in the sixth inning allowing a run to score on a sac fly and it appeared he was going to strand a runner at second base when he got the batter to pop up to first baseman Alex Gregory.  Gregory missed the catch allowing the runners to reach safely.  The next batter singled on a bloop to center field and then the blast came for a 3-run homer before McHugh struck out the last batter.  The offense did nothing tonight but that is understandable with two guys batting in the .100′s in the lineup.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

A 7th inning play would come back to bite the Cyclones in the butt.  Only up by a run with a runner on first and two outs Cody Holliday hit a double into the gap, the third base coach sent Rylan Sandoval home, but on a perfectly executed relay throw Sandoval was thrown out to end the inning not giving the Cyclones best hitter, Darrell Ceciliani a chance to drive him in.  Then in the eighth Ryan Fraser came in with no outs and a runner on first to only walk the bases loaded.  He allowed one run to score on a sac fly with one out and then gave up a two out single to allow the winning run to score.  Two out RBI’s seem to be the theme tonight.

RK – Kingsport Mets

Jacob deGrom was a pitcher I was excited about so it is kind of upsetting to see him get shelled like this in his first start.  All but one hitter had a hit tonight, but none had more than 1 hit.

GCL – GCL Mets

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

AA – Binghamton Mets

Jenrry Mejia was on a 50-pitch pitch count so when he hit 45 pitches through 2.1 innings he was pulled. Expect the Mets to be very cautious with stretching his arm out.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

RK – Kingsport Mets

GCL – GCL Mets

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

I truly believe this is where Dyan Owen hits the wall at least as a starter. If he is going to want to succeed and possibly go to the majors a move to the bullpen might be in order because he is getting hit way too much and too hard giving up way to many line drives.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Game 2 was Postponed
Jeurys Familia was incredible in this game. He was a little wild (2 wild pitches and 2 hit batters), but extremely effective. He continued to be a ground ball machine picking up 10 outs via the GB and struck out a batter per inning and gave up just 4 hits. All very good signs for Familia moving forward. Had it not been for Wilfredo Tovar getting thrown out at home in the 6th inning Famiia would have gotten the W.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Welcome to the pros Cory.

GCL – GCL Mets