5/26 Minor League Report! MURPHY!!!!! ANTONINI!!!!!!

New Orleans 8, Albuquerque 2

The Zs blew it open late with a 5 run 8th, and Brian Stokes had another good outing, as the Zs moved back to the .500 marker at 25-25.

Stokes went 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 runs, continuing his strong pitching over his last 4 starts (26.1 ip, 21 h, 7 er, 7 bb, 25 Ks, 2-2, 2.39 era). Jose Santiago and Tim McNab pitched 2 scoreless innings to keep it at 3-2 Zs, then the offense exploded for 5 in the 8th to ice it.

All the runs were driven in by 3 players: Val Pascucci and Michel Abreu with 3 a piece, and Anderson Machado with a 2 run homer. Argenis Reyes (0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, .255), Chris Aguila (0 for 2, 2 runs, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, .260), Jesus Feliciano (0 for 3, run, BB, .314) and Gustavo Molina (0 for 3, BB, K, .240) took 0-fers, while Abreu and Machado had multi hit games.

Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 5, run, K, .195
Val Pascucci (rf) 1 for 3, run, 2b, 3 RBI, BB, K, .303
Michel Abreu (1b) 2 for 4, run, 2b, 3 RBI, K, .229
Anderson Machado (3b) 2 for 3, run, HR, 2 RBI, BB, K, .231
Brian Stokes 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 Ks, 4.82 era, W (5-5)
Jose Santiago IP, H, K, 4.18 era
Tim McNab IP, 2 Ks, 1.86 era
Joselo Diaz IP, BB, K, 7.20 era

Binghamton 7, Reading 8

It was the Dan Murphy show today, Murphy blasted 3 homers and drove in 5, but it was in a losing cause as Jonathan Niese had yet another subpar outing (his 4th in his last 6 starts) and to compound matters, after Murphy's 2nd homer gave the Mets a 6-5 lead, Eddie Kunz blew the save in the 9th, surrendering 3 hits, 2 walks and 3 runs.

Outside of the almost heroics of Dan Murphy, 2 others had multi hit games (Caleb Stewart and Eric Reed), while Mike Carp (0 for 5, .333) and Rafael Arroyo (0 for 3, BB, .212) took 0-fers. The Mets fell back under .500 at 24-25.

Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 1 for 4, BB, .227
Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .258
Dan Murphy (3b) 3 for 4, 4 runs, 3 HR, 5 RBI, BB, .332
Caleb Stewart (rf) 2 for 5, run, HR, 2 RBI, .321
Mike Carp (1b) 0 for 5, .333
Ambi Concepcion (lf) 1 for 4, 2b, .256
Eric Reed (cf) 2 for 4, .182
Jon Niese 5 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 2 ER, BB, 7 Ks, 3.86 era
Eude Brito 2.2 IP, 2 H, BB, K, 3.57 era
Eddie Kunz 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 4.43 era, BS (1), L (1-2)

Savannah 7, Greenville 0

Michael Antonini was flat out dominant today, scattering 4 hits over 7 innings, walking just one and striking out 7, leading the Gnats to their 3rd win in 4 games, 7-0, and moving them to 22-29.

The top 3 in the Gnats order (Veloz, R Pena, Craig) went 7 for 14 with 4 runs, 4 2b, a homer, and 6 RBI, pacing the 10 hit attack. Carlos Guzman and Jacob Elgsti each went 0 for 4.

Greg Veloz (2b) 2 for 5 run, 2 2b, 3 RBI, .245
Richard Pena (cf) 3 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, 2 Ks, .246, SB (7)
Casey Craig (lf) 2 for 4, run, 2b, HR, 3 RBI, BB, .378
Tony Maccaani (c) 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .375
Matt Bouchard (ss) 0 for 2, 2 runs, 2 BBs, K, .211, SB (4)
Michael Antonini 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 7 Ks, 2.51 era, W (4-2)
Nick Waechter 2 IP, 4 Ks, 4.03 era