AA – Eastern League

Binghamton 2 | Bowie 6

BATTING
2B: Ratliff (14, Cooney).
HR: Evans, N (16, 1st inning off Gamboa, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Evans, N 5; Ratliff 2; Manriquez, S; Coronado 2.
RBI: Evans, N (47), Ratliff (25).
2-out RBI: Ratliff.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coronado; Satin; Fisher.
GIDP: Evans, N 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
PO: Nieuwenhuis (1st base by Gamboa).

FIELDING
E: Schwinden (1, pickoff).
Outfield assists: Nieuwenhuis (Adams at 3rd base).
DP: 3 (Manriquez, S-Coronado, Coronado-Fisher-Satin, Nieuwenhuis-Fisher-Evans, N).

HiA – Florida State League

St. Lucie 4 | Clearwater 3

2B: Lagares (3, Sandoval, J).
HR: Welch, S (5, 4th inning off Aumont, 0 on, 0 out), Pellot (3, 7th inning off Loop, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Welch, S 4; Lagares 2; Barrett; Pellot 5.
RBI: Fernandez, R (8), Welch, S (52), Pellot 2 (11).
2-out RBI: Pellot.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Flores, W 2; Valdespin.
SF: Fernandez, R.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lagares (7, 2nd base off Aumont/Langley).
CS: Mollica (1, 2nd base by Loop/Langley).

FIELDING
E: Moviel (4, pickoff).
DP: (Flores, W-Valdespin-Welch, S).
1-Ran for Barrett in the 9th.

St. Lucie 9 | Clearwater 4

BATTING
2B: Fernandez, R (2, Diekman), Pellot (3, Diekman), Lagares (4, Diekman).
HR: Lagares (2, 3rd inning off Cloyd, 0 on, 0 out), Flores, W (2, 6th inning off Diekman, 3 on, 2 out).
TB: Valdespin; Lagares 6; Flores, W 5; Fernandez, R 2; Barrett; August; Pellot 2.
RBI: August (10), Lagares 3 (16), Pellot (12), Flores, W 4 (19).
2-out RBI: Pellot; Lagares 2; Flores, W 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Valdespin 2; Mollica.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 5.

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

a-Walked for Mollica in the 6th.

SSA – New York-Penn League

Brooklyn 4 | Tri-City 7

BATTING
2B: Brown (4, Quevedo), Centeno (3, Quevedo).
HR: Sandoval (6, 1st inning off Quevedo, 0 on, 0 out), Vaughn (9, 3rd inning off Quevedo, 1 on, 1 out), Flagg (5, 9th inning off Ness, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Sandoval 4; Vaughn 5; Flagg 4; Bonfe 2; Brown 2; Centeno 3.
RBI: Sandoval (19), Vaughn 2 (27), Flagg (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Harrison; Cherry.
Team RISP: 1-for-3.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
CS: Cherry (4, 2nd base by Blankenship/Heath).
PO: Cherry (1st base by Blankenship).

FIELDING
E: Sandoval (5, fielding), Almonte, Y (3, pickoff).
Outfield assists: Vaughn 2 (Infante at 3rd base, Bailey, A at 2nd base).
DP: (Vaughn-Harrison).

RK – Appalachian League

Kingsport 5 | Johnson City 9

BATTING
2B: Semel (3, Daugherty).
HR: Cordero (4, 4th inning off Daugherty, 0 on, 2 out), Schafer (1, 5th inning off Daugherty, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Schafer 4; Cordero 4; Zapata, N; Van Gurp; Semel 2.
RBI: Cordero (19), Semel (3), Schafer 2 (13).
2-out RBI: Cordero; Schafer 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, Ja; Cordero.
GIDP: Van Gurp.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Schafer (4, 2nd base off Daugherty/Tartamella).
CS: Brown, B (1, 2nd base by De Jesus/Tartamella).

FIELDING
DP: (Van Gurp-Stewart).

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.

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

BATTING
2B: Adams, R (15, McAllister).
HR: Turner (3, 1st inning off McAllister, 0 on, 0 out), Jacobs (14, 1st inning off McAllister, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Turner 6; Hernandez, Lu 3; Padilla, J 3; Jacobs 4; Martinez, F; Cervenak, M; Duda; Adams, R 3.
RBI: Turner (23), Jacobs 2 (49), Padilla, J (12), Martinez, F (24), Cervenak, M (19).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Turner; Duda 2; Padilla, J.
GIDP: Jacobs.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Martinez, F (2, fielding).
DP: (Cervenak, M-Turner-Jacobs).

This Ramon Ortiz signing is looking like pure genius….

AA – Binghamton Mets

BATTING
2B: Ratliff (9, Morris, B).
HR: Nieuwenhuis (13, 2nd inning off Morris, B, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Nieuwenhuis 5; Malo; Ratliff 2; Hubbard 2; Wabick 2; Nickeas; Coronado; Stinson.
RBI: Hubbard (31), Wabick (19), Nickeas (23), Nieuwenhuis (50).
2-out RBI: Wabick; Nickeas.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coronado; Satin 2; Nieuwenhuis; Reyes, R.
GIDP: Hubbard; Satin.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Nieuwenhuis (4, 2nd base by Claggett/Gimenez, H).

FIELDING
E: Malo (5, throw), Nickeas (6, throw).
DP: (Coronado-Satin-Hubbard).

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

Another okay performance from Josh Stinson.  Nothing spectacular, but also nothing to sneeze at.  Sean Ratliff continued to be a cog in the offense getting a ground rule double in the first to kick things off in a 3-run inning.  He also added 2 walks and Kirk Nieuwenhuis continued his crazy hot start.

HiA – St. Lucie Mets

Great combo start from Eric Beaulac and Scott Moviel.  They can’t the walks to a minimum and shockingly it allowed them to keep the runs to a minimum.

BATTING
2B: Flores, W (3, Allen, M).
3B: Mollica (1, Allen, M).
TB: Valdespin; Flores, W 2; Beltran; Lagares 2; Lucas, R; Moras; Pellot; Mollica 4.
RBI: Pellot (8), Moras (3), Welch, S (50), Mollica 2 (6), Flores, W (10), Lagares (9).
2-out RBI: Pellot; Moras; Lagares.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lucas, R 2.
Team RISP: 7-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Mollica (1, 2nd base off Lanigan/Rohlfing).

Juan Lagares appears to finally be settling into a groove in St. Lucie after early struggles.  Jeurys Familia had a Oliver Perez-esque bad start with 7 walks in just 3.2 innings.  He only gave up 2 hits, but when you walk 7 guys bad things will happen and that’s why he gave up 4 runs.

LoA – Savannah Sand Gnats

BATTING
HR: Harris, R.J. (2, 1st inning off Balcom-Miller, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Zapata, P 2; Harris, R.J. 5; Marte, J; Ozga 2; Santomauro; Butler 2; Doyle 2.
RBI: Harris, R.J. 2 (4), Zapata, P (40), Marte, J (34), Ozga 5 (9), Santomauro 2 (8).
2-out RBI: Ozga 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Puello, C 2; Doyle; Butler.
SF: Santomauro 2.
Team RISP: 5-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Zapata, P (25, 2nd base off Rose/Gonzalez, J).
PO: Butler (2nd base by Gonzalez, J).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Puello, C (Martinez, C at 3rd base), Zapata, P (Nina at 3rd base).
DP: 4 (Butler-Tovar, W-Ozga, Zapata, P-Marte, J, Whitenton-Ozga, Tovar, W-Butler-Ozga).

SSA – Brooklyn Cyclones

BATTING
2B: Sandoval (6, Waldron).
3B: Brown (1, Fuesser).
HR: Centeno (1, 2nd inning off Waldron, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Sandoval 2; Ceciliani, D 3; Flagg; Bonfe 3; Cherry; Brown 4; Centeno 5.
RBI: Centeno 3 (6), Flagg (19), Bonfe (7).
2-out RBI: Centeno 2; Flagg; Bonfe.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cherry; Sandoval; Ceciliani, D; Brown.
S: Centeno.
GIDP: Vaughn; Holliday, C.
Team RISP: 5-for-14.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Sandoval (1, 2nd base off Fuesser/Skirving), Ceciliani, D 3 (7, 2nd base off Waldron/Skirving, 2nd base off Waldron/Skirving, 3rd base off Waldron/Skirving), Cherry (1, 2nd base off Waldron/Skirving).
CS: Flagg (1, 3rd base by Stevenson/Skirving).

FIELDING
E: Brown (3, throw), Flagg (2, fielding).

RK – Kingsport Mets

BATTING
2B: Rodriguez, A (5, Heidenreich, M), Zapata, N (2, Rath).
HR: Rodriguez, A 2 (7, 8th inning off Rath, 1 on, 1 out; 9th inning off Hollis, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: McQueen 2; Schafer 2; Rodriguez, A 10; Rodriguez, Ja 3; Zapata, N 2; Hinojosa.
RBI: McQueen 2 (6), Rodriguez, A 5 (14).
2-out RBI: McQueen; Rodriguez, A 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Stewart; Cordero; Zapata, N; Hinojosa.
SF: McQueen.
GIDP: Stewart; Zapata, N.
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Tijerina (2, 2nd base off Rath/Black), McQueen (4, 2nd base off Hollis/Black).

FIELDING
E: McQueen (2, fielding), Stewart (2, fielding), Rodriguez, A (5, fielding).
DP: 2 (Tijerina-Schafer-Stewart, DeGrom-Schafer-Stewart).

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