5/8 Minor League Report! FERNANDOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Orleans 1, Fresno 0

Claudio Vargas was in command tonight, firing 7 innings of 4 hit ball, striking out 7. Nate Field (miraculously) and Carlos Muniz finished off the 4 hitter with perfect innings. Muniz is now unscored upon in his first 16 innings (between AAA and MLB). The lone run of the game was a 7th inning homer by Val Pascucci, 1 of only 3 hits for the Zs.

Brady Clark (cf, lf) 1 for 4, .304
Val Pascucci (rf) 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, .333
Fernando Tatis (3b) 1 for 2, BB, .245
Claudio Vargas 7 IP, 4 H, 7 Ks, 4.91 era, W (1-1)
Carlos Muniz IP, 0.00 era, SV (5)

Binghamton 6, Reading 1

Fernando Martinez had a breakout game with 2 solo homers and 3 hits, and Salvador Aguilar made a spot start, going 5 innings of 4 hit shutout ball, to give the Mets their second win in a row, moving them to 13-21. In addition to Fernando, 2 others (Ambi Concepcion, Jon Malo) had multi hit games for the Mets, while 3 took 0-fers (Jose Coronado (0 for 5, 3 Ks, .252), Dan Murphy (0 for 4, K, .338) and Mike Carp (0 for 4, K, .328).

Fernando Martinez (cf) 3 for 4, 3 runs, 2 HR (3), 2 RBI (14), BB, K, .264
Nick Evans (1b) 1 for 4, run, HR (7), RBI (25), 2 Ks, .303
Ambi Concepcion (rf) 2 for 4, .252
Jonathan Malo (2b) 2 for 4, run, .226
Saloman Manriquez (c) 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, K, .218
Salvador Aguilar 5 IP, 4 H, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 3.58 era
Joe Hietpas 2 IP, H, ER, 7.85 era
German Marte 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 6.48 era

St. Lucie 2, Fort Myers 7

The Mets faced Deolis Guerra tonight, and he was good, not great (6 ip, 5 h, 2 er, k, 4.32 era, W (3-1)). Dillon Gee for the Mets also went 6, but his line was worse, he gave up 8 hits and 4 runs, 3 earned. The Mets offense was stimied for most of the game, outside of back to back RBI hits (Duda 2b, Petersen 1b) in the first. 5 players took 0-fers, Ezequiel Carrera (0 for 4, K, .259), Josh Thole (0 for 2, .237), Ruben Tejada (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .205), Jamar Hill (0 for 2, BB, .243) and Leivi Ventura (0 for 3, K, .260). The Mets are now 8-25.

Luis Rivera (2b) 2 for 4, run, 2b, 3b, .278
DJ Wabick (dh) 1 for 4, 2b, .288
Lucas Duda (1b) 2 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .321
Josh Petersen (lf) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .333
Dillon Gee 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 Ks, 4.54 era, L (2-3)
Edgar Alfonzo IP, ER, K, 15 era
Brandon Nall IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 HR, 6.89 era
John Wesley IP, H, 13.50 era

Savannah 2, Hickory 5

Elvin Ramirez got bombed for 7 hits (including a homer) and 5 runs (3 earned) in 5 innings, and the Gnats only managed 4 hits and 2 runs, losing 5-2 and dropping them to 13-21. The 4 hits went to Casey Craig, Francisco Pena, Jose Jimenez and Dan Stegall, while the RBI went to Greg Veloz and Casey Craig. 5 players took 0-fers, Greg Veloz (0 for 3, RBI, K, .236), Matt Bouchard (0 for 4, K, .219), Jordan Abruzzo (0 for 4, K, .330), Richard Pena (0 for 3, K, .237) and Richard Lucas (0 for 2, run, BB, 2 Ks, .189).

Casey Craig (rf) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .522
Francisco Pena (c) 1 for 3, K, .298
Jose Jimenez (1b) 1 for 2, run, .216
Dan Stegall (lf) 1 for 3, K, .200
Elvin Ramirez 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, HR, 3.90 era, L (3-2), 11:1:3
Wendy Rosa IP, 2 Ks, 6.75 era
Jose Bierd 2 IP, 2 H, BB, K, 1.20 era