5/3 Minor League Report! Murphy!

Tonight's song: Wallflowers - One Headlight

New Orleans 1, Portland 6

Claudio Vargas made his AAA debut - and it was a bad one. 4 innings, 9 hits and 6 runs. Ivan Maldonado and Jose Santiago combined for 4 shutout innings in relief, but the offense was non-existant tonight, the Zs managed just 5 hits and an UER. 3 Zs took 0-fers, Argenis Reyes (0 for 4, .264), Brady Clark (0 for 4, .143), and Chris Aguila (0 for 4, .309), while 5 had one hit.

Michel Abreu (1b) 1 for 4, K, .259
Gustavo Molina (c) 1 for 2, BB, .296
Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 3, .203
Claudio Vargas 4 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, BB, 4 Ks, HR, 13.50 era, L (0-1), 87:51:36, 2:5:4
Ivan Maldonado 2 IP, 4 Ks, 6.19 era

Binghamton 5, Connecticut 19

LOL. That pretty much sums things up. The result was never in doubt, Connecticut jumped on top 3-0 after 1, and rolled, scoring 3 in the 3rd, 1 in the 4th, and 2 in the 5th, opening up a 9-2 lead after 5, before pouring it on with 10 in the 8th and 9th. The top 5 batters in the Connecticut order went 14 for 26 with 14 runs scored and 9 RBI. Eric Brown served up 9 runs on 11 hits in 4.2 innings, taking his 3rd loss in epic fashion. German Marte and Joe Hietpas gave up 10 runs in 2 innings, finishing off a putrid performance by the Mets pitching staff, which surrendered 4 homers and 8 doubles among 20 Connecticut hits.

For the Mets, Dan Murphy and Caleb Stewart had multi-hit games, both also had solo homers. Ambi Concepcion also homered, his only hit on the day. Nick Evans (0 for 4, .327), Salvador Paniagua (0 for 4, K, .214), and Jose Coronado (0 for 3, BB, K, .257) took 0-fers. The Mets are now 11-18.

Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 1 for 4, BB, .204, SB (7)
Ambi Concepcion (cf) 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 2 Ks, .236
Dan Murphy (3b) 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .351
Nick Evans (lf) 0 for 4, .327
Mike Carp (1b) 1 for 3, run, 2b, .360
Caleb Stewart (rf) 2 for 3, 2 runs, HR, RBI, BB, .500
Eric Brown 4.2 IP, 11 H, 9 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 2 HR, 6.90 era
German Marte 0.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, BB, K, HR, 8.31 era
Joe Hietpas 1.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, K, HR, 8.56 era

St. Lucie 0, Lakeland 5

St. Lucie was 1 hit today by 25 1/2 year old Matt O'Brien. Jamar Hill was the lone Met to get a hit, and he was on base twice (walk). Joshua Petersen was also on base via a walk, and those were the only 3 baserunners all day.

Nick Carr was having himself a great start, having given up 2 hits while striking out 6 thru 5, but he ran into trouble in the 6th, and his final line was 5.1 ip, 3 h, 2 er. Edgar Alfonzo gave up 3 in 2/3 of an inning, and John Wesley lowered his ERA by 6 full points, by giving up a solo homer. The Mets are 7-22.

Ezequiel Carrera (cf) 0 for 4, .270
Ramon Castro (c) 0 for 3, .385
Lucas Duda (1b) 0 for 3, .322
Ruben Tejada (ss) 0 for 3, K, .222
Nick Carr 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 7 Ks, 5.34 era, L (0-3)
****Matt Wise**** 2 IP, 3 Ks, 0.00 era

Savannah 8, Asheville 4

Elvin Ramirez was on top of his game, allowing just a run on 6 hits in 5 innings (more on that in a bit). He walked 2 and struck out 3. John "Napolean Dynamite" Holdzkom came in and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 2.2 innings, and Julio Polanco finished out the game with 1.1 scoreless.

Newly signed 23 year old OFer Casey Craig (more on him below, as well) went 3 for 5, sparking a 12 hit attack which saw the 2-3-4-5 in the order (Casey, Hernandez, Abruzzo, Pena, F) go 9 for 18 with 7 RBI. Richard Pena and Joaquin Rodriguez (0 for 4 each, .250;.256) took 0-fers.

Greg Veloz (2b) 1 for 5, run, 2b, 3 Ks, .227
Casey Craig (lf) 3 for 5, 3 runs, 2b, RBI, K
Michael Hernandez (rf) 2 for 5, run, RBI, .406
Jordan Abruzzo (dh) 2 for 5, run, HR, 4 RBI, .356
Francisco Pena (c) 2 for 4, RBI, .250
Richard Pena (cf) 0 for 4, K, .256
Richard Lucas (3b) 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .198
Elvin Ramirez 5 IP, 6 H, ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 3.62 era, W (3-1)
John Holdzkom 2.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 Ks, 8.25 era
Julio Polanco 1.1 IP, K, 5.82 era

Can I just say how much I freakin HATE LOATHE WITH A MAD PASSION pitch counts? Whoever started charting pitch counts should be shot. How in the hell is a pitcher supposed to learn to pitch deep into games IF YOU NEVER FREAKIN LET HIM?!?!?!?!? It drives me absoultely bonkers.

Elvin Ramirez was staked to an 8-1 lead and he went 5. 5 ip, 6 h, er, 2 bb, 3 k. That's a game you go 7, 8 innings, 100, 110, 120 pitches.
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Casey Craig info:

Take a peek at these numbers:

age 21 high A: .294/.359/.457/.816, 72 for 245, 28 runs, 7 2b, 3 3b, 9 HR, 41 RBI, 3/11 SBs, 22/50 BB/K

age 22 high A: .304/.391/.474/.865, 115 for 378, 83 runs, 23 2b, 4 3b, 11 HR, 49 RBI, 20/24 SBs, 52/67 BB/K

Combined: .300/.378/.467/.846, 187 for 623, 111 runs, 30 2b, 7 2b, 20 HR, 90 RBI, 23/35 SBs, 74/117 BB/K