6/22 Minor League Report! HENRIQUEZ! KINGSPORT!

Pre-empting for breaking news: Fernando Martinez was 1 for 3 in the GCL today, but was PH for in the 9th by Valentin Ramos. That can't be a good sign, one would think. While I have the boxscore in front of me...

Fernando Martinez (dh) 1 for 3, K
Brahiam Maldonado (lf) 1 for 3, 2b, 2 RBI, .364
Darren Clark (lf) 2 for 2, .500
Cesar Peullo (rf) 1 for 5, RBI, 2 Ks, .353
Jefry Marte (3b) 3 for 4, 2 2b, 3b, BB, K, .364
Miguel Tejada (ss) 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .214
Juan Centena (c) 1 for 1, 2 runs, BB, .333

ZOMG! It's a Minor League Report that's actually posted the day of the games! What. The. Hell!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? LOL.

New Orleans 0, Omaha 3

Nelson Figueroa had another very good game for the Zs, but the offense was a no show, getting just 5 hits. Figueroa allowed 4 hits and 2 runs (1 earned) in 7 innings, which earned him his 2nd loss of the season. The hits went to Argenis Reyes, Raul Casanova, Raul Gonzalez, Jesus Feliciano and Anderson Hernandez, who all had one apiece. Abraham Nunez (0 for 3, K, .199), Chris Aguila (0 for 4, K, .298), Val Pascucci (0 for 4, .301) and John Rodriguez (0 for 2, BB, K, .286) took 0-fers.

Argenis Reyes (2b) 1 for 4, .285
Raul Casanova (c) 1 for 4, 2b, K, .368
Raul Gonzalez (dh) 1 for 4, .326
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 1 for 3, BB, .298
Anderson Hernandez (ss) 1 for 3, .185
Nelson Figueroa 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, 4 Ks, 2.89 era, L (3-2), 103:76:27, 8:9:4
Tim McNab 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2.92 era, 18:9:9, 2:3

Binghamton 7, Trenton 3

I listened to this game via stream, and also charted Niese's pitch count, so here goes a detailed recap. Jon Niese had a very rough first two innings, throwing 44 pitches through 2, 20 in the first (14 strikes, 6 balls), and 24 in the second (11 strikes, 13 balls). The second inning was the only one in which Trenton scored, taking advantage of Niese's wildness. His line through 2 was 3 h, 3 er, 2 bb, k. After that, however, Niese settled down very nicely, throwing just 44 pitches over the next 4 innings (29 strikes, 15 balls), and allowing just one hit. He ended up throwing 88 pitches in the game over 6 innings, 54 of them for strikes, 34 balls. He left this game trailing 3-2 (as did I, to go watch Big Pelf).

Eude Brito pitched a scoreless 7th, and the Mets rallied for 3 in the top of the 8th to take Niese off the hook. They added a pair in the 9th and won 7-3, Tim LaVigne pitched 2 scoreless innings for the save.

Every regular got at least one hit, except for Salvador Paniagua, who was 0 for 3 with 2 Ks (.286). Nick Evans, Ambi Concepcion, Josh Petersen and Emmanuel Garcia each had 2 hits.

Jose Coronado (ss) 1 for 5, .259
Nick Evans (1b) 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, HR, RBI, .303
Mike Carp (lf) 1 for 5, .341
Caleb Stewart (rf) 1 for 3, run, RBI, BB, .280
Ambi Concepcion (cf) 2 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, .252
Josh Petersen (3b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR, RBI, .333
Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .225
Mike Nickeas (c) 1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .375
Jon Niese 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 3.05 era, 88:54:34, 8:7:3
Eude Brito IP, 2 H, 2.68 era, W (4-1)
Tim LaVigne 2 IP, 2 Ks, 2.95 era, SV (6)

St. Lucie was wained out
Savannah 3, Rome 7

It was a very rough game for Elvin Ramirez, he didn't survive the first inning, giving up 4 hits and 3 runs in just 0.2 innings of work. Nick Waechter did a great job in long relief, going 6 innings allowing just a run on 3 hits, but the offense couldn't get over the hump, pulling within 1 and 4-3 before Jose Bierd game in to give up 3 runs in the 8th.

The offense managed just 7 hits and 3 runs, one a solo homer by Juan Lagares (his only hit in 5 trips), and then RBIs by Sean McCraw and Carlos Guzman. Greg Veloz (0 for 4, BB, K, .254), Jose Jimenez (0 for 5, .244) and Richard Pena (0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .239) took 0-fers.

Juan Lagares (ss) 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, K, .308
Casey Craig (lf) 1 for 5, 3 Ks, .329
Joaquin Rodriguez (dh) 2 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .247
Sean McCraw (c) 1 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .333
Nick Giarraputo (3b) 1 for 2, 2 BBs (A debut)
Carlos Guzman (rf) 1 for 3, RBI, BB, .264
Elvin Ramirez 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 3.80 era, L (5-6)
Nick Waechter 6 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 7 Ks, HR, 3.38 era
Jose Bierd 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks, 2 HR, 2.10 era (Bierd had surrendered just 2 homers in 28.2 innings before today)

Brooklyn 4, Aberdeen 2, 10 innings.

Pedro P Martinez over 2 starts has allowed 1 earned run in 10.1 innings, striking out 8. He is almost 23 years old, getting long in the tooth for the short season leagues. After Rhiner Cruz allowed a run in the 7th, Will Vogl hit a solo shot in the 9th to tie it, and the Cones scored 2 in the 10th (Tatford single, Satin sac fly) to take the lead, 4-2. Yury Santana pitched a hitless 10th to pick up his 3rd save.

The top 4 in the order (Matt Bouchard (.238, ss), Brandon Richey (.000, 3b), Kirk Nieuwenhuis (.217, cf) and Eric Campbell (.235, 1b) went a combined 0 for 19 with a run and 3 walks. Ouch. Brandon Kawal also took an 0-fer, he went 0 for 3, and is hitting .167 on the season. John Servidio and Ralph Henriquez had multi hit games.

John Servidio (rf) 2 for 4, run, 2b, .333
Jefferies Tatford (ph, dh) 1 for 2, RBI, K, .364
Josh Satin (2b) 1 for 2, run, RBI, 2 BBs, .063
Ralph Henriquez (c) 4 for 5, 2b, RBI, K, .444
Will Vogl (lf) 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, BB, K, .250
Pedro P Martinez 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 5 Ks, 0.87 era
Rhiner Cruz 2.1 IP, H, ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 2.08 era
Jimmy Johnson 0.2 IP, 0.00 era, W (2-0)
Yury Santana IP, BB, 3 Ks, 0.00 era, SV (3)

Kingsport 13, Johnson City 4

The Mets pounded out 16 hits and drew 4 walks on their way to a 13-4 dismantling of Johnson City today, 7 of the 9 regulars had multi hit games, shockingly, Pedro Zapata managed to take an 0-fer today, he went 0 for 5 with a run scored and 2 Ks, and is now batting .080 on the season. John Holdzkom got a surprise start and had the best outing of his pro career, with 5 tremendous innings, allowing just 3 hits, striking out 8. Raul Batis piggybacked behind Holdzkom, and pitched 3 perfect innings before being roughed up for 2 hits and 4 runs in the 9th, when the game was firmly out of reach.

Ignacio Medrano (2b) 2 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, K, .368
Dan Stegall (lf) 2 for 5, run, BB, 2 Ks, .458
Wilmer Flores (ss) 2 for 5, 2 runs, RBI, .345
Richard Lucas (3b) 2 for 6, 2 runs, 2b, HR, 3 RBI, 3 Ks, .192
Jean Luc Blaquiere (c) 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2b, 2 RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .308
Stefan Welch (1b) 2 for 2, 2 runs, 3b, 2 RBI, 2 BBs, .313
Gabriel Zavala (rf) 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, 3b, 2 RBI, .400
John Holdzkom 5 IP, 3 H, BB, 8 Ks, 5.14 era, W (1-1)
Raul Batis 4 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 6.43 era, SV (1)