5/29 Minor League Report! R Pena!

Tonight's Song: Matchbox 20 - Back 2 Good

New Orleans 2, Round Rock 3, Game 1

Willie Collazo was decent in his 4th start of the season, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings, but the Zs offense was held to 2 runs and 8 hits, so he was tagged with his 2nd loss of the season.

The Zs offense came from a 2 run homer off the bat of who else, Valentino (he's not by a crystal blue Italian stream) Pascucci. Victor Mendez (0 for 3, K, .242) took the only 0-fer of the regulars, while Michel Abreu had the only multi-hit game.

Argenis Reyes (2b) 1 for 4, .262
Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 4, K, .191
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 2, run, BB, K, .317
Valentino Pascucci (rf) 1 for 2, run, HR, 2 RBI, BB, .283
Michel Abreu (1b) 2 for 3, 2b, .231
Willie Collazo 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BBs, K, HR, 2.96 era, L (2-2), 90:56:34, 10:7:1
Tim McNab IP, K, 1.80 era

New Orleans 1, Round Rock 2

The Zs were 4 hit in the nightcap of the twi-nighter, losing the game 2-1. Joselo Diaz went 4 innings allowing 2 hits, 5 walks, and 2 runs to take his 5th loss of the season. Ivan Maldonado and Nate Field pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief.

Val Pascucci scored the only run of the game for the Zs, in the 7th inning. He was driven in by a Jesus Feliciano triple. Chris Aguila and Victor Mendez had the other 2 hits for the Zs.

Chris Aguila (lf) 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .270
Val Pascucci (1b) 1 for 1, run, BB, .290
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 3, 3b, RBI, .317
Victor Menez (rf) 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .245
Joselo Diaz 4 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 5 BBs, 3 Ks, 6.92 era, L (1-5)
Ivan Maldonado 2 IP, H, 3 Ks, 4.18 era
Nate Field IP, K, 6.04 era

Binghamton 6, Portland 2

This was a scoreless game until the 8th inning, when the Mets exploded for 6 runs, the big blow being a bases clearing double by Dan Murphy. Eric Reed, Emmanuel Garcia and Mike Carp had multiple hits for the Mets, while Ambi Concepcion took the only 0-fer (0 for 4, RBI, K, .247).

Bobby Parnell continued his excellent May with 6.1 shutout innings, allowing just 5 hits and walks. His May has been outstanding (4-1, 3.28 era, 6 GS, 35.2 IP, 29 H, 16 R, 13 ER, 3 HR, 19/22 BB/K, 2.31 GO/FO, .223 BAA, 1.35 WHIP), but he is still walking way too many batters, over 5 per 9 innings. Eddie Camacho worked out of a 2 on 1 out jam in the 7th, then pitched a scoreless 8th, before allowing a couple in the 9th. Tim LaVigne finished out the game.

Eric Reed (cf) 2 for 4, run, BB, K, .235
Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 2 for 4, run, RBI, K, .228
Dan Murphy (3b) 1 for 4, run, 2b, 3 RBI, BB, .330
Caleb Stewart (dh) 1 for 4, run, RBI, .301
Mike Carp (1b) 2 for 4, 2b, .329
Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 3, run, BB, 2 Ks, .254
Bobby Parnell 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 BBs, 5 Ks, 4.78 era
Eddie Camacho 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, K, 2.27 era, W (3-2)
Tim LaVigne 0.2 IP, H, 2.89 era

St. Lucie 4, Vero Beach 6

Another night, another bullpen disaster for the St. Lucie Mets. Ryan Coultas blew his 5th save of the season (game 52!), after the Mets had rallied for 3 in the 8th, to take a 4-2 lead. Coultas gave those 3 right back, and Stephen Clyne allowed a run for good measure, as the Mets lost for the 41st time this year.

The bullpen meltdown overshadowed yet another very strong outing from Dylan Owen, who had his longest outing of the season, 6.2 innings. He allowed 4 hits and 2 runs (1 earned), while striking out 8. For the month of May, Owen has produced a 1-1 record, with a scintilating 2.41 era in 6 starts, spanning 33.2 innings. He's allowed 31 hits and 11 runs (9 earned), and 3 homers, while walking 7 and striking out 34. He's held FSL batters to a .244 average.

Lucas Duda had another 2 hit game, his 2nd in a row, as he fights his way out of a slump, while Ruben Tejada had a hit and RBI, struggling along at a .211 clip (remember, he's been insanely overrushed, he's 18 in high A after spending last season in the VSL/GCL). JR Voyles (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .230), Robinson Cancel (0 for 4, RBI, .182), Salvador Paniagua (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .261) and Leivi Ventura (0 for 2, .235) took 0-fers among the regulars.

Ruben Tejada (ss) 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, .211
Lucas Duda (1b) 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, .297
DJ Wabick (rf) 1 for 4, K, .276
Josh Thole (c) 1 for 2, BB, .270
Chris Fournier (lf) 0 for 1, .296
Bradley Hubbert (cf) 1 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, K, .244
Dylan Owen 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, BB, 8 Ks, HR, 3.28 era
Tim Stronach 0.2 IP, BB, 4.83 era
Edgar Alfonzo 0.2 IP, 4.85 era
Ryan Coultas 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, BB, 4.50 era, BS (5), L (0-4)
Stephen Clyne 0.2 IP, H, ER, 10.42 era

Savannah 6-9-5, Augusta 12-16-0

An ugly night defensively for the Gnats, as Augusta scored in 6 of the 9 innings, putting up 12 runs, 3 of them were UER due to 5 Gnats errors (Moviel 2 (6, throw, throw), Guzman (1, throw), Eigsti (5, fielding), Rodriguez (3, missed catch)). Scott Moviel started and was pitiful, allowing 4 hits to go along with 5 walks and 4 runs (3 earned - though he made 2 errors on his own). Julio Polanco followed with a more disasterous outing (1.1 ip, 7 h, 4 er). John Holdzkom (1.1 ip) and Jose Bierd (ip) both allowed 2 runs (1 earned). Sandwiched in between was Brant Rustich, who pitched a very solid 1.2 innings of perfect relief.

Greg Veloz seems to get 2 hits a night lately, in fact, 5 of his last 7 games, he's gotten 2 or more hits (he's hitting .349 over his last 10). He and Richard Pena have settled in pretty nicely at the top 2 spots in the order for the Gnats (Pena is hitting .324 over his last 10). Outside of those two, however, there has not been much consistency in the Gnats young lineup. Veloz and Pena combined to go 4 for 8 with a run, 3b, 4 RBI and walk tonight, the 3 through 7 hitters went 1 for 18, and the 3 thru 6 were 0 for 15 (Casey Craig, Jordan Abruzzo, Joaquin Rodriguez, Michael Parker). Jacob Elgsti and Matt Bouchard had multi hit games out of the 8-9 spots.

Greg Veloz (2b) 2 for 5, run, 3b, 3 RBI, .249
Richard Pena (cf) 2 for 3, RBI, BB, .256
Carlos Guzman (rf) 1 for 3, run, 2b, BB, K, .280
Jacob Elgsti (3b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, .238
Matt Bouchard (ss) 2 for 3, 2 runs, BB, K, .216
Scott Moviel 3.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 BBs, K, 6.24 era, L (3-7)
Julio Polanco 1.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, K, HR, 7.36 era
John Holdzkom 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, ER, BB, K, 9.68 era
Brant Rustich 1.2 IP, 2 Ks, 6.14 era
Jose Bierd IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, K, 1.31 era