6/25 Minor League Report! PARNELL, GEE, Flores, MARTE!

Binghamton 5, Altoona 2

The Mets fell behind 1-0 after a half inning, and then did something about it, pouring across 5 in the bottom of the first, which would be enough on this night, they won 5-2 behind 7 terrific innings from Bobby Freakin Parnell. Parnell went 7, allowing a run on 5 hits, striking out 6, picking up his 7th win of the season. Eddie Kunz worked a hitless 9th for his 19th save of the season.

The offense had 10 hits and 5 walks, led by 2 hits apiece from Jon Malo and Nick Evans. All of a sudden, with Carp's slump and Evans' heating up, they're just 18 points apart in average. Carp (0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .332), and Mike Nickeas (0 for 2, RBI, BB, .214) took 0-fers.

Eric Reed (cf) 1 for 4, run, BB, K, .229
Jon Malo (ss) 2 for 4, run, K, .236
Nick Evans (1b) 2 for 4, run, RBI, .314
Mike Carp (lf) 0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .332
Caleb Stewart (rf) 1 for 3, run, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .295
Josh Petersen (3b) 1 for 3, RBI, .331
Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, .221
Bobby Parnell (sp) 2 for 3, .167; 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 3 BBs, 6 Ks, 4.14 era, W (7-4), 11:4:6
Tim LaVigne IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 3.26 era
Eddie Kunz IP, BB, K, 3.93 era, SV (19)

St. Lucie 3, Sarasota 0

Ruben Tejada continues to torch the FSL in June. 2 more hits today, he's now got 31 hits in June, and discounting an 0 for 4 he took on June 1st, he's batting .403/.452/.494 for the month, and has his season average up at .259. Outside of Tejada, DJ Wabick had the only other multi hit game, while Ezequiel Carrera (0 for 3, 2 runs, .261, SB (16)), Josh Thole (0 for 4, K, .288) and Jason Jacobs (0 for 2, BB, K, .241) took 0-fers.

Dillon Gee also continues to put on one hellova show in June, he's 3-0 in 4 GS, in 29.1 innings, he's allowed 18 hits and 3 runs (a ridiculous 0.92 era), with just ONE walk and 17 Ks. Wow. He has not failed to pitch into the 7th, and has failed to finish 7 innings just once this month.

Ezequiel Carrera (cf) 0 for 3, 2 runs, .261, SB (16)
Ruben Tejada (ss) 2 for 4, 2b, .259
Lucas Duda (1b) 1 for 4, RBI, 3 Ks, .270
Victor Mendez (rf) 1 for 4, RBI, K, .290
DJ Wabick (lf) 2 for 3, run, .279
Shawn Bowman (3b) 1 for 3, .348
Luis Rivera (2b) 1 for 3, RBI, .235
Dillon Gee 7 IP, 3 H, 3 Ks, 3.19 era, W (6-5)
Stephen Clyne 2 IP, 3 Ks, 6.89 era, SV (1)

Savannah 5, Rome 8

Tony Maccani, making his first pitching appearance in his career (he's a catcher) gave up 3 runs in the 13th to take the loss, as Savannah fell 8-5. Not really sure why the Gnats decided to basically throw the game away, but whatever. This game was actually lost in the 8th and 9th innings when Jose Bierd (2) and Nick Abel (1 - tying run) allowed 3 runs to turn a 5-2 lead into a 5-5 tie. Brant Rustich's 2nd start was much better then his first, he went 4 innings and allowed just 2 hits and an UER. Bradley Burns pitched 3 innings of 1 run relief, and was in line for the win until the bullpen meltdown.

The Gnats had 15 hits in 13 innings, and drew 6 walks, but left an army on base, 18 left on in 15 innings. Only one unlucky soul played the whole game and took an 0-fer, Casey Craig went 0 for 5, run, RBI, BB, K, dropping his average to .313. Carlos Guzman was 0 for 2 with 2 Ks, .240, and Francisco Pena was 0 for 2, K, .246.

Greg Veloz (2b) 1 for 5, run, RBI, BB, .253
Juan Lagares (ss) 3 for 6, K, .333
Jose Jimenez (1b) 2 for 6, BB, 2 Ks, .246
Nick Giarraputo (dh) 1 for 7, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .294
Richard Pena (cf, rf) 1 for 5, BB, 3 Ks, .232
Sean McCraw (c) 2 for 4, 3b, BB, .364
Bradley Hubbert (lf) 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .154
Jacob Elgsti (3b) 4 for 6, run, 2b, RBI, .247
Brant Rustich 4 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, 5.91 era
Bradley Burns 3 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 BBs, 1.59 era
Jose Bierd IP, 4 H, 2 ER, HR, 2.61 era
Nick Abel 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BBs, K, 2.25 era, BS (2)
Steven Cheney IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.45 era
Tony Maccani IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BBs, K, 27 era, L (0-1)

Brooklyn 0, Hudson Valley 1 in 12 innings

Wow. Even on Gameday, this was like watching a slow moving train wreck. Brooklyn managed just SIX hits tonight, and after the game, just one regular is batting over .230. That's right, one regular is batting over .230, 6 players are hitting under .200. What a godawful baseball team. John Servidio had the only multi hit game, he's hitting .300. 5 players took 0-fers, Michael Parker (0 for 3, 3 Ks, .071), Brandon Kawal (0 for 2, K, .143), Luis Alen (0 for 5, .000), Jefferies Tatford (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .222) and Will Vogl (0 for 4, .158).

The pitching held up it's end of the bargain, holding Hudson Valley to just 10 hits in 12 innings, and 1 run, but that was 1 run too many. Brooklyn pitching struck out 13 and walked only 2.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis (dh) 1 for 4, BB, 2 Ks, .188
John Servidio (rf) 2 for 5, K, .300
Eric Campbell (3b) 1 for 4, .185
Josh Satin (2b) 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .095
Matt Bouchard (ss) 1 for 4, K, .219
Scott Shaw 5 IP, 3 H, 6 Ks, 0.00 era
Chris Schwinden 4 IP, 5 H, BB, 3 Ks, 2.84 era
Wendy Rosa 2.1 IP, H, ER, BB, 4 Ks, 1.59 era, L (0-1)
Jimmy Johnson 0.1 IP, H, 0.00 era (allowed 1 of Rosa's IHR to score)

Kingsport 4, Bristol 5

Tough game for Zach Rosenbaum, he gave up all of Bristol's runs in just 2.2 innings, taking his second loss. Jorge Rodriguez pitched excellent long relief, and Manuel Alvarez finished out the game with a scoreless 8th, but the Mets offense fell a run shy.

It was another good night for the two teens in the Met lineup, as Wilmer Flores and Stefan Welch combined to go 4 for 8. 3 players took 0-fers, Dock Doule (0 for 3, 2 RBI, BB, .263), Pedro Zapata (0 for 4, .081) and Justin Garber (0 for 3, BB, .111).

Dan Stegall (lf) 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, BB, .400
Wilmer Flores (ss) 2 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, .350
Jean Luc Blaquiere (c) 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .294
Stefan Welch (3b) 2 for 5, .321
Doug McNulty (1b) 1 for 3, 3b, K, .111
Kyle Suire (2b) 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .286
Zach Rosenbaum 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, 18.69 era, L (0-2)
Jorge Rodriguez 4.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 7 Ks, 0.93 era
Manuel Alvarez IP, H, 8.10 era

GCL Mets 8, GCL Marlins 3

Fernando Martinez (cf) 2 for 5, run, 3b, K, .400
Miguel Tejada (ss) 1 for 5, run, RBI, 2 Ks, .083
Cesar Peullo (rf) 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .259
Brahiam Maldonado (lf) 0 for 3, 2 runs, 2 BBs, .333
Jefry Marte (3b) 3 for 5, run, 2 2b, 2 RBI, .381
Alonzo Harris (39th round 2007, 2b) 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, .375
Jenrry Mejia 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 6 Ks, 0.90 era, W (1-0)
Michael Hebert IP, 2 R, 3 BBs, 0.00 era (7th rounder)
Jacob Goldberg 3 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 5.40 era