5/28 Minor League Report!

New Orleans 1, Round Rock 5

Tony Armas continues to throw excellent baseball down in AAA, and he keeps getting really tough luck losses. Tonight was no different, Armas gave up a run on 6 hits in 7 innings, good enough to pick up his 5th loss of the year. Jose Santiago came in to ignite a fire and throw gasoline onto it, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) in 2 innings (his error lead to the UER). The offense managed just 7 hits and a run themselves, that coming on a sac fly by Anderson Machado in the 9th. 7 different Zs had hits, with Val Pascucci the only one held hitless (0 for 4, K, .278).

Argenis Reyes (2b) 1 for 3, BB, K, .262
Abraham Nunez (3b) 1 for 4, K, .203
Chris Aguila (lf) 1 for 2, 2 BBs, .269
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 4, run, .315
Anderson Machado (ss) 1 for 3, RBI, K, .234
Tony Armas 7 IP, 6 H, ER, 7 Ks, 2.23 era, L (2-5)
Jose Santiago 2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, K, 4.80 era

Binghamton 1, Portland 3

Eric Brown didn't pitch badly at all, but the Mets offense was silenced, held to just 6 hits and a run. Brown allowed just 3 runs (2 earned) over 6.1 innings, while striking out 6. Tim LaVigne pitched a perfect 1.2 innings in relief, but the Mets just couldn't get anything mustered against the Sea Dogs bullpen.

Eric Reed (0 for 4, K, .200), Caleb Stewart (0 for 4, K, .303), Ambi Concepcion (0 for 3, BB, K, .253), and Emmanuel Garcia (0 for 4, run, K, .222) all took 0-fers, while Josh Petersen had the only multi hit game.

Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 4, K, .253
Mike Carp (1b) 1 for 3, BB, K, .325
Saloman Manriquez (c) 1 for 3, .238
Josh Petersen (dh) 2 for 4, K, .329
Jon Malo (3b) 1 for 3, 2b, RBI .188
Eric Brown 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 6 Ks, 5.88 era, L (2-4)
Tim LaVigne 1.2 IP, 2 Ks, 3.12 era

St. Lucie 0, Vero Beach 2

The past/present met the future in St. Lucie tonight, as Pedro Martinez made a rehab start for the Mets, opposed by DRay's future ace David Price, last year's first overall pick in the draft. Price proved to be better tonight (6 ip, 2 h, 9 ks), but more importantly for the big Mets, Pedro Martinez was on top of his game, allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings, throwing 63/82 pitches for strikes.

The Mets were 4 hit by Price and 2 relievers, with the 4 hits coming from 2 players, Lucas Duda (2 for 4, 2b, 2 Ks, .293) and Robinson Cancel (2 for 3, K, .286). Everyone else took 0-fers.

Ruben Tejada (ss) 0 for 4, K, .210
DJ Wabick (rf) 0 for 3, K, .277
Chris Fournier (lf) 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .308
Pedro Martinez 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6 Ks, 3 era, L (0-1), 82:63:19, 5:7:6, 23 BFs
Casey Hoorelbeke 2 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks, 4.97 era
Edgar Alfonzo IP, K, 5.11 era

Notes From Charlie's Blog (he's the guy who jinxed Stoner's no hitter by mentioning it on the chat box here yesterday)