6/18 Minor League Report! Evans, FLORES!

New Orleans 3, Iowa 5

Tough outing for Tony Armas tonight, he allowed 7 hits and 4 runs in 6 innings, enough to be a loser on this night. Jose Santiago pitched 2 innings in relief, and allowed a run on a solo homer.

Anderson Hernandez (0 for 5, .185) and Val Pascucci (0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .314) took 0-fers, while Anderson Machado and John Rodriguez had multi hit games.

Anderson Machado (2b) 2 for 3, 2b, .223
Argenis Reyes (pr, 2b) 1 for 2, run, .291
Raul Gonzalez (rf) 1 for 5, run, .364
Raul Casanova (c) 1 for 4, 2b, .419
John Rodriguez (lf) 2 for 3, run, HR, 3 RBI, BB, .250
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 4, K, .293
Abraham Nunez (3b) 1 for 2, 2 BBs, .189
Tony Armas 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, 9 Ks, HR, 2.47 era, L (5-6)
Jose Santiago 2 IP, 2 H, ER, K, HR, 4.95 era

Binghamton 4, Erie 5

Eddie Kunz blew just his 3rd save of the season today, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk in the 9th, suffering his 4th loss, as the BMets fell 5-4. That negated a decent outing from Salvador Aguilar, he'd given up 3 runs on 8 hits in 6.1 innings, but took the ND.

A rare night off for Mike Carp, he went 0 for 4, but did drive in his 44th run of the season, and more importantly, he did not strike out in lowering his average to .356. Jon Malo, who's been raking in June, also had a rare night off, going 0 for 3, RBI, K, .248. Nick Evans continued his hot hitting with 2 more hits, he's 17 for his last 44 with 7 XBH, and has 4 straight multi hit games (9 for 18 in that span). Saloman Manriquez and Emmanuel Garcia also had multi hit games.

Eric Reed (cf) 1 for 5, .261
Nick Evans (1b) 2 for 4, RBI, K, .307
Mike Carp (dh) 0 for 4, RBI, .356
Caleb Stewart (lf) 1 for 3, RBI, .262
Ambi Concepcion (rf) 1 for 4, run, .251
Saloman Manriquez (c) 2 for 4, .274
Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 4, run, K, .262
Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, K, .216
Salvador Aguilar 6.1 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks, HR, 2.97 era
Eddie Camacho IP, 2 Ks, 2.18 era
Tim LaVigne 0.2 IP, 2 Ks, 3.07 era
Eddie Kunz IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 Ks, 4.31 era, BS (3), L (1-4)

St. Lucie was rained away
Savannah was off

Brooklyn 9, Staten Island 4

Tim Stronach made the start tonight for the Cyclones, he's made stops in both full season A ball leagues, having a miserable go of it in St. Lucie (3-2, 5.30 in 37.1 IP), and only making one start in Savannah. He pitched a good game for Brooklyn, going 5 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 UER, picking up his 4th win overall, obviously his first in Brooklyn. Roy Merritt, who also started the season in St. Lucie (only pitching 7.2 innings), appeared in relief and struck out 4 of the 8 batters to face him. Rhiner Cruz picked up the save.

Four players, John Servidio (0 for 3, run, RBI, K, .167), Josh Satin (0 for 4, K, .000), Michael Parker (0 for 4, K, .000) and Cesar Cordido (0 for 4, RBI, K, .286) took 0-fers, while Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Zach Lutz and Eric Campbell, trying to form their own Trinity (they're as old or older then the Binghamton Trinity, it ain't happening), went 6 for 11 batting 234 in the order. Jefferies Tatford also had a multi hit game.

Matthew Bouchard (ss) 1 for 5, run
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (cf) 2 for 4, 3 runs, BB, .375
Zach Lutz (3b) 2 for 3, 2 2b, 2 RBI, 2 BBs, .500
Eric Campbell (dh) 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, .250
Jefferies Tatford (1b) 2 for 3, RBI, BB, .286
Tim Stronach 5 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 4 Ks, 0.00 era, W (1-0)
Junior Guerra 0.1 IP, H, 2 ER, BB, 54 era
Roy Merritt 1.2 IP, H, BB, 4 Ks, 0.00 era
Rhiner Cruz 2 IP, H, R, 2 BBs, K, 0.00 era, SV (1)

Kingsport 6, Greeneville 4

Wilmer Flores had a second straight HUGE day, 3 more hits, 3 more RBI, he's 6 for 10 with 6 RBI in his first 2 games professionally. He doesn't turn 17 until early August! He was the only KMet with multi hits, and 3 Mets took 0-fers, Ignacio Medrano (0 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .111), Jean Luc Picard...Blaquiere (0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, .400) and Gabriel Zavala (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .125).

Rafael Fernandez (lf) 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .200
Wilmer Flores (ss) 3 for 5, run, 3 RBI, .600
Richard Lucas (3b) 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .100
Pedro Zapata (cf) 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .222
Dan Stegall (dh) 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .500
Stefan Welch (1b) 1 for 3, 2 runs, BB, .167
Oscar Melendez 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BBs, K, 3 era
Travis Babin IP, 2 Ks
Michael Powers IP, 2 Ks
Erik Turgeon IP, 3 H, ER, K, 9 era
Jorge Rodriguez 2 IP, 2 Ks
Manuel Alvarez IP, 3 H, 2 ER, K, 18 era