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

AA – Binghamton Mets

Jenrry Mejia left the game in the 2nd inning with right shoulder stiffness after facing just two batters in the 2nd inning and throwing 44 pitches.  This could turn out to be a blessing in disguise if it turns to the Mariners off from asking for Mejia in any trade talks and letting them settle for Fernando Martinez+.  What has been impressive about Sean Ratliff since being promoted is that he has hit 3 of his 4 home runs off lefties including the one today.  He still needs to improve on his plate discipline though.  Chris Schwinden deserves a pat on the back for coming in earlier then expected and not only keeping his team in the game, but also picking up the win.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

It only took until his last start in June, but Jeurys Familia finally got his first win of the season!  Take a quick look at how bad Richard Lucas’ season has been after being a ‘sleeper’ before the season .208/.286/.346 with a 19:78 K:BB ratio!! That is some of the worst plate discipline of anyone in the whole minor league system not to mention he has just 14 extra base hits all season.  Wilmer Flores has been trying to break out of his slump lately with 2 hits yesterday and 4 more today and hey he made no errors today!  The offense on a whole was just locked in today.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Game suspended in 3rd inning

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

I like the power and patience Cory Vaughn is showing at the plate.  If he can start getting some more hits he will have a really solid first season.  Think about it this way he already has 2 more home runs in Brooklyn than Ike Davis ever hit.  Darrell Ceciliani continues to put up great numbers and showing good pop for a younger guy in the league.

RK – Kingsport Mets

Nothing to speak of here everyone sucked.

GCL – GCL Mets

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Dillon Gee had good control tonight, but absolutely no command of his pitches. He didn’t walk anybody yet still gave up 7 runs in just 3 innings on 9 hits. He wasn’t getting hit hard, but the other team was just peppering hits all over the field.

AA – Binghamton Mets

Eric Niesen had arguably his best start of the season today. Now outside of 1 bad start in June he has gone 18.1 innings over 3 starts pitching to an 0.49 ERA. Over that time he has given up 11 hits and 6 walks while striking out 14. A pretty impressive month for Niesen after missing most of May with a concussion. All the BMets offense came in the 7th innings. After the first four batters reached base a pitching changed was made to face Brahiam Maldonado. It turned out to be a bad move as Maldonado hit a grand small to put the game out of reach.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Errors opened the doors in the early part of this game. In the first inning with a man on first the Mets made 2 errors on one play allowing the batter to reach first base and the other man to advance to third base safely. Kyle Allen appeared to get flustered throwing a wild pitch to the very next batter and then again two batters later. The inning ended with 2 runs scoring. Allen got in trouble again in the next inning thanks to a Richard Lucas error to lead off the inning. Again it seemed to get to Allen who hit the next batter before giving up a 3-run homer. He settled in after that even striking out the side in his final inning of work. The rehabbing Carlos Beltran went 0-for-2 with a walk.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

The new Sand Gnats roster didn’t fair well against top pitching prospect Tyler Matzek. Matzek no-hit the Gnats, but had to be taking out early as he ran into a high pitch count with control problems and after walking the bases loaded in the 6th. Armando Rodriguez was pitching a great game, but in the 5th with runners on first and second and no outs the batter tried to lay down a suicide bunt, however, Doc Doyle made a bad throw to first that allowed all the runners to advance and the Tourists to take the lead.

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Rylan Sandoval, who actually looks smaller than his listed 5’10, had himself a nice day collecting 2 extra base hits and 3 RBI’s. The offense was connecting on all cylinders tonight as every starter except Kurt Steinhauer reached base at least 2 times.

RK – Kingsport Mets

2. Steven Matz, lhp – Not signed
3. Robbie Shields, ss (Brooklyn) – 8 AB, .125/.300/.125, 2 SO
4. Darrell Ceciliani, cf (Kingsport) – 48 AB, .208/.356/.313, 13 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 10 BB, 8 SO, 5 SB,1 CS
5. Damien Magnifico, rhp – Not signed
6. David Buchanan, rhp – Not signed
7. Darin Gorski, lhp (Brooklyn) – 0-1, 4.24 era, 17 IP, 12 H, 18 SO, 5 BB, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 HR
8. John Freeman, c (Kingsport) – 55 AB, .164/.207/.200, 4 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 14 SO
9. Jeff Glenn, c – Signed, but yet to report
10. Nick Santomauro, of (Brooklyn) – 43 AB, .163/.365/.209, 6 R, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 11 BB, 13 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS
11. Sam Honeck, 1b (Brooklyn) – 82 AB, .317/.367/.341, 8 R, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 7 BB, 14 SO
12. James Ewing, 2b (Brooklyn) – 14 AB, .143/.200/.286, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 BB, 2 SO
13. Zach Dotson, lhp – Not signed
14. Ronald Harris, cf (Kingsport) – 67 AB, .254/.405/.343, 18 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 15 BB, 25 SO
15. Casey Schmidt, rhp – Not signed
16. Chase Greene, 2b/cf (GCL Mets) – 4 AB, .000/.286/.000, 2 BB, 1 SO
17. Alex Gregory, of/1b (Brooklyn) – 73 AB, .288/.329/.411, 11 R, 7 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI, 4 BB, 13 SO, 1 SB
18. Cody Holliday, of (GCL Mets) – 38 AB, .158/.304/.263, 7 R, 4 2B, 8 BB, 14 SO, 1 SB
19. Nelfi Zapata, c (GCL Mets) – 49 AB, .367/.439/.592, 4 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 4 BB, 7 SO
20. Joey August, lf (Savannah) – 32 AB, .125/.222/.125, 3 R, 3 BB, 9 SO, 1 CS
21. Joseph Bonfe, 3b (Brooklyn) – 75 AB, .320/.427/.480, 19 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 11 BB, 13 SO, 1 SB, 1 CS
22. Zach Von Tersch, rhp (Kingsport) – 0-0, 6.35 era, 1 SV, 11.1 IP, 16 H, 12 R, 8 ER, 1 HR, 5 BB, 9 SO
23. John Church, rhp (Savannah) – 0-0, 4.05 era, 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 8 SO
24. Michael Johnson, rhp (Brooklyn) – 0-0, 4.50 era, 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 6 SO
25. Josh Dunn, 3b (GCL Mets) – .077/.143/.077, 13 AB, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
26. John Semel, of (Kingsport) – 58 AB, .259/.377/.259, 5 R, 6 RBI, 11 BB, 8 SO, 5 SB, 1 BB
27. Kurt Steinhauer, lf/cf (Kingsport) – 52 AB, .269/.387/.346, 9 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 8 BB, 8 SO, 2 SB, 1 CS
28. Brian Needham, rhp (Kingsport) – 1-1, 5.51 era, 16.1 IP, 22 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 2 HR, 5 BB, 11 SO
29. ZeErika Hall, of (GCL Mets) – 34 AB, .265/.419/.324, 10 R, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 8 BB, 7 SO, 2 SB
30. Jordan Harrison, lhp – Not signed
31. Mitchell Haniger, of – Not signed
32. Thomas Chism, rhp (Kingsport) – 0-1, 3.12 era, 8.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 10 SO
33. James Schroeder, 3b (Brooklyn) – —
34. Camden Marron, c (GCL Mets) – 6 AB, .333/.556/.333, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SO
35. Wesley Wrenn, rhp (Brooklyn) – 0-0, 4.24 era, 17 IP, 17 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 15 SO
36. Lance Hoge, lhp (Brooklyn) – 0-0, 2.53 era, 10.2 IP, 10 H, 3R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO
37. Brandon Sage, lhp (Brooklyn) – 0-0, 0.00 era, 8 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 SO
38. William Cherry, of (Brooklyn) – Placed on 60-day DL
39. Anthony Whitenton, rhp – Not signed.
40. Jerome Pena, 2b – Not signed
41. Travis Ozga, 1b (GCL Mets) – 33 AB, .121/.216/.152, 1 2B, 4 R, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 12 SO, 1 CS
42. Ryan Gunhouse, c – Not signed.
43. Bobby Rinard, of – Will not signed.
44. James Wooster, lhp – Not signed.
45. Jacob Johansen, rhp – Not signed.
46. John Pilkington, rhp – Not signed.
47. Ryan Mollica, 2b – 58 AB, .276/.400/.310, 12 R, 2 2B, 10 RBI, 9 BB, 10 SO, 4 SB, 2 CS
48. Joseph Mantiply, lhp – Not signed.
49. Joshua Easley, rhp – Not signed.
50. Zachary Godley, rhp – Not signed.

As you can see there aren’t too many draftees putting up good numbers. Right now the only one I am really excited about is Nelfi Zapata. Hopefully we can one (or both) of Steven Matz or Damien Magnifico signed soon to see what they have.

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Buffalo 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 8 1 Rochester 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 X 9 12 0 Recap | Box | W: Humber (3-6, 6.16); L: Stoner (1-2, 5.75); SV: Morillo (3) HR: BUF: Castillo, Ja (5). ROC: Pridie (3), Tolleson (3).

Game 2

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Buffalo 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Recap | Box | W: Niese (4-6, 4.32); L: Jones, J (2-8, 6.23) HR: BUF: Rivera, Re (3).

Jon Niese was absolutely masterful.  126pitches, 10 strikeouts, 10 groundball outs, nothing else you could ask for from the young Niese.

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Erie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 14 0 Binghamton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Recap | Box | W: Stanley (3-2, 4.30); L: Ramirez, Ed (0-2, 6.17); SV: Jensen (8)  HR: BIN: Davis, I (2).

Decent outing from Eric Niesen who is settling down in AA, love the amount of K’s that is a ridiculous k/9.  Again Ike Davis is the only offense for Bingy.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Jupiter 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 8 15 0 St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 7 4 Recap | Box | W: Sanabia (8-3, 3.23); L: Kaplan (1-3, 4.03) HR: JUP: Dominguez, M (8), Perez, S (2). STL: Veloz (2).

Greg Veloz hit his second homerun in as many days. Jeff Kaplan was awful.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Savannah 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 0 Greenville 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 Recap | Box | W: Schwinden (5-4, 3.77); L: Fife (0-3, 2.30); SV: Cruz, R (14)  HR: GVL: Weeden (1).

SSA – Brooklyn Cylones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 2 Tri-City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Recap | Box | W: Fuller, J (3-0, 0.00); L: Godfrey (0-1, 5.54); SV: Lynn (1)  HR: None.

Jim Fuller has been amazing not allowing an earned run this year.

RK1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Greeneville 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 9 14 3 Kingsport 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 8 3 Recap | Box | W: Sarisky, D (2-0, 3.86); L: Taveras (0-2, 8.44); SV: Pettus (3)  HR: KNG: Harris, A (2).

Alonzo Harris has his 2nd homerun of the week!

RK2 – GCL Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Mets 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 9 14 3 GCL Cardinals 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 10 0 Recap | Box W: O’Neill (1-2, 6.14); L: Munoz, Or (1-1, 4.76) HR: CAR: Hill (1).

AAA – Buffalo Bisons

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Buffalo 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 12 1 Rochester 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 2 Recap | Box | W: Figueroa, N (4-4, 2.63); L: Mulvey (3-5, 4.17) HR: BUF: Lamb (3).

AA – Binghamton Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Erie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Binghamton 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 X 4 8 1 Recap | Box | W: Owen (1-5, 5.48); L: Marte, L (5-8, 4.07); SV: Ruckle (1)  HR: BIN: Davis, I (1).

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Sarasota 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 1 St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Recap | Box | W: Beal (1-0, 2.63); L: Frederick (2-5, 3.35); SV: Freeman, J (1) HR: SAR: Soto (9), Sappelt (1). STL: Veloz (1).

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Savannah 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 8 1 Greenville 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1 Recap | Box | W: Familia (6-5, 2.75); L: Huntzinger (5-5, 3.61); SV: Cruz, R (13)

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 Tri-City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 Recap | Box | W: Powers (1-0, 0.00); L: Harper (0-1, 2.25)

RK1 – Kingsport Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kingsport 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 8 16 0 Burlington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 1 Recap | Box | W: Leduc (2-1, 6.91); L: De La Cruz, De (1-1, 4.35); SV: White, Jo (1)  HR: KNG: Ceciliani, D (1).

RK2 – GCL Mets

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Mets 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 GCL Marlins 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 X 7 15 0 Recap | Box W: Gonzalez, Sa (3-0, 2.00); L: Feliz, T (0-1, 6.00) HR: MTS: Zapata, N (1). MRL: Nunez (1).

Oliver Perez has rejoined the Mets in advance of his activation, for what’s confirmed as a start on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Here’s the lineup for Saturday’s matchup with the Phillies:

Amazin’ Stories – F-Mart is Out

Fernando Martinez is out of action with pain behind his right knee.  He said he experienced similar pain two years ago and it cost him six weeks. But he insisted this should just be a couple days. He will be examined by team doctors Monday in New York.

Metsblog – News: Redding Out of Rotation

Oliver Perez will make the start against the Dodgers at Citi Field on Wednesday, replacing Tim Redding in the starting rotation.Redding will be moved to the bullpen.

The Star Ledger - New York Mets’ David Wright won’t have much time to rest during All-Star break

David Wright is a virtual lock to be named the starting third baseman on the NL All-Star team Sunday, which is both good and bad for the Mets. Good because it reflects the fact that Wright has stayed healthy and played well during a first half of the season in which the Mets have lost most of their best players to injuries. Bad because, after playing in all but one of the Mets’ 79 games so far, Wright could use a few days’ rest as much as any player in baseball.

Mack’s Mets – Mets 2009 Draft Stats Update

Nefli Zapata – C – 18-yrs old – GCL – .391/.483/.565/1.046

Travis Ozga – 1B – 22-yrs old – GCL – .143/.217/.190/.408

Cody Hoiliday – LF – 21-yrs old – GCL – .125/.300/.188/.488

ZeErika Hall – OF – 21-yrs old – GCL – .000/.333/.000/.333

Daniel Carela – RP – 21-yrs old – GCL – 0-0, 6.00, 1.33