6/6 Minor League Report! CARP, CARRERA!

New Orleans 8, Oklahoma 6

The Zs trailed 4-1 after 3.5, but rallied for 3 in the 6th and 4 in the 7th, and Carlos Muniz slammed the door after a horrible relief outing from Tim McNab, stranding the tying runs on base (in the 8th) to pick up his 6th save.

Chris Aguila struck the big blow, a 3 run homer in the 6th to tie at 4 and 4. Jesus Feliciano stroked an RBI single in the 7th, giving the Zs a 5-4 lead. Anderson Hernandez, Argenis Reyes and Jesus Feliciano had multi-hit games, while Pornstache (0 for 4, run, BB, .000) went hitless for a second straight game in AAA. Val Pascucci (0 for 3, run, BB, .297) and Mike Nickeas (0 for 4, K, .214) also went hitless.

Anderson Hernandez (ss) 2 for 5, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .189, E (10)
Argenis Reyes (2b) 3 for 5, run, .277
Jesus Feliciano (cf) 3 for 4, 3 runs, 2b, 2 RBI, .328
Chris Aguila (lf) 1 for 3, run, HR, 3 RBI, BB, .298
Michel Abreu (1b) 1 for 2, RBI, 2 BBs, .242
Anderson Machado (3b) 1 for 3, 2b, 2 RBI, .223, E (8)
Brian Stokes 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 Ks, HR, 4.56 era, W (6-5)
Tim McNab 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, HR, 2.90 era
Carlos Muniz 2 IP, BB, 2 Ks, 1.64 era, SV+ (6)

Binghamton 3, New Britain 2

Mike Carp had a HUGE day with 4 for 4, and the Mets bullpen stepped up after Jon Niese only went 5, leading the Mets to a 3-2 victory, moving them to 4 over .500 at 32-28.

Niese only lasted 5+ today, surrendering 7 hits and 2 runs, walking 3 and striking out 4. German Marte and Eude Brito kept it at 2-1 Rockcats, and after the Mets put up a 2 run 8th, Eddie Kunz came in and closed it out, despite not being on top of his game, he got his 15th save.

As I said, Mike Carp had a huge day with 4 hits, but he wasn't a part of the run scoring. Ambi Concepcion had the go ahead 2 run homer in the 8th, scoring Nick Evans who'd walked earlier in the inning. Eric Reed (0 for 3, BB, .259), Nick Evans (0 for 3, run, BB, K, .287), Emmanuel Garcia (0 for 2, run, BB, .216), and Rafael Arroyo (0 for 3, K, .185) took 0-fers.

Nick Evans (lf, 1b) 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .287
Dan Murphy (1b, 3b) 2 for 4, 2b, K, .328
Ambi Concepcion (rf) 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, K, .251
Mike Carp (dh) 4 for 4, 2b, .355
Josh Petersen (3b) 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .341
Emmanuel Garcia (2b) 0 for 2, run, BB, .216
Jon Niese 5+ IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 4 Ks, 3.48 era
German Marte 2 IP, 3 H, K, 5.79 era
Eude Brito 1.1 IP, 3.54 era, W (2-1)
Eddie Kunz 0.2 IP, H, BB, K, 3.62 era, SV (15)

St. Lucie 3, Clearwater 0

Ezequiel Carrera had a second straight big day since returning off the DL, leading the Mets offense to a 10 hit outburst, as they blanked Clearwater 3-0. Carrera, JR Voyles and Salvador Paniagua had multi hit games, while Josh Thole (0 for 5, .254), DJ Wabick (0 for 2, run, 2 BBs, .273) and Joe Holden (0 for 3, BB, .263) took 0-fers.

Eric Niesen had a fourth straight good start, totalling 23.1 innings, he's given up 19 hits, 5 earned runs, 8 walks and struck out 13 (1.93 era, 3-1 record). Elvys Quezada and Emary Frederick finished off the shutout, getting Niesen his 3rd win of the season, all of them in the last 4 starts.

Ezequiel Carrera (cf) 3 for 4, 2 RBI, BB, .256
JR Voyles (2b) 2 for 5, K, .237
Lucas Duda (1b) 1 for 4, run, 3b, 2 Ks, .287
Salvador Paniagua (dh) 2 for 4, RBI, K, .267
Ruben Tejada (ss) 1 for 4, run, .231
Eric Niesen 6 IP, 5 H, BB, 4 Ks, 4.42 era, W (3-6)
Elvys Quezada 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks, 5.87 era
Emary Frederick 1.1 IP, BB, K, 3.00 era, SV (3)

Savannah 0, Charleston 2

Greg Veloz committed 2 errors today, one of them proving costly in the 6th inning, when he booted a grounder. After Michael Antonini struck out the next batter (what should've been the third out), he allowed a line drive double to plate 2, providing all the offense of the game. It wasn't all Veloz' fault, the offense managed just 4 hits (2 of them by Veloz), the others by Casey Craig and Jacob Elgsti.

Greg Veloz (2b) 2 for 4, K, .253
Richard Pena (cf) 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .257
Casey Craig (rf) 1 for 4, K, .331
Jordan Abruzzo (dh) 0 for 4, .308
Francisco Pena (c) 0 for 3, BB, K, .256
Jacob Elgsti (3b) 1 for 3, K, .248
Michael Antonini 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 8 Ks, 2.71 era, L (4-4)
Nick Waechter 2.1 IP, H, K, 3.48 era
Jose Bierd IP, H, BB, 2 Ks, 1.14 era