7/16 Minor League Report! KINGSPORT!

I'll be filling in for David tonight, he should be back tomorrow.

EL North 5, EL South 3

Dan Murphy (3b) 1 for 2
Mike Carp (1b) 0 for 3
Salvador Aguilar IP, H, ER, BB, K, HR, 26:15:11, 0:2:1
Bobby Parnell IP, H, ER, BB, K, HR, 17:10:7, 0:1:1

Savannah 1, Greensboro 8

Maikel Cleto got bombed for 7 runs (4 earned) in the first 2 innings, then settled down and allowed just a hit over his next 3 innings, but the damage had been done. Junior Guerra finished out the game for Savannah.

The Savannah offense was held to just 4 hits and a run, the run was courtesy Juan Lagares' (1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, .257) 2nd homer. Jose Jimenez (1 for 4, 2 Ks, .236), Francisco Pena (1 for 3, 2b, .255) and Carlos Guzman (1 for 3, .227) had the other hits.

Greg Veloz (2b) 0 for 4, K, .262
Casey Craig (lf) 0 for 4, .296
Sean McCraw (dh) 0 for 4, K, .271
Richard Pena (rf) 0 for 2, .205
Nick Giarraputo (3b) 0 for 3, .282
Maikel Cleto 5 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, HR, 3.70 era, L (3-8)
Junior Guerra 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 5 Ks, HR, 2.16 era

Brooklyn 1, Oneonta 4

Same old, same old for the Cyclones offense, either it's no hitting, or a bunch of hits and LOB. Tonight it was the latter, with 9 LOB, out of the 10 hits and 3 walks. John Servidio (0 for 2, K, .211), Ike Davis (0 for 3, BB, K, .263), and Sean Ratliff (0 for 3, K, .189) took 0-fers, while Angel Pagan, Zach Lutz, and Josh Satin had multi hit games.

Pedro P Martinez gave up 4 runs (3 earned) and 7 hits in 5 innings, taking his first loss of the season. Erik Turgeon and Jimmy Johnson finished off the game with 3 shutout innings.

Reese Havens (dh) 1 for 4, 2b, BB, K, .271
Angel Pagan (lf) 2 for 2, .308
Zach Lutz (3b) 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .343
Jordan Abruzzo (c) 1 for 4, .200
Josh Satin (2b) 2 for 4, 2b, 3b, .250
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (cf) 1 for 4, K, .284
Jacob Elgsti (ss) 1 for 3, 2b, BB, .118
Pedro P Martinez 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 Ks, 2.87 era, L (0-1)
Erik Turgeon 2 IP, 3 H, BB, K, 0.00 era
Jimmy Johnson IP, BB, 2.53 era

Kingsport 12, Johnson City 9

Well, this was going to be a writeup about how much Wilmer Flores was missed on a day off, but then the Mets put up a 10 spot in the bottom of the 9th. 12 men came to bat, 10 of them had hits, and the inning was capped off by a game winning walk off 3 run homer from Rogelio Del Campo. Dock Doyle's 2 out 3 run double tied it, then Stefan Welch and Pedro Zapata singled, setting the stage for Del Campo's walkoff.

Every regular had multi hit games, except for Kyle Suire, who was 0 for 5, run, K, .205 (he hit into a force out in the 9th). Stefan Welch, Del Campo, and Flores' replacement, Imbewer Alvarez, had 3 hits a piece.

The offensive outburst in the 9th turned the headlines away from another awful outing from Oscar Melendez, who gave up 5 runs (4 earned) in just 1.2 innings, on 4 hits and 4 walks. Stephen Puhl also had a bad outing in relief, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits (including a HR) in 2.1 innings. Zach Rosenbaum pitched effectively for his 4 innings, allowing just a run on 1 hit and a walk in 4 innings. Jason LaVorgna pitched the 9th, and he got the win after the theatrics from the offense.

Rafael Fernandez (rf) 2 for 5, run, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .345
Dan Stegall (lf) 2 for 6, run, 2 RBI, K, .300
Dock Doyle (dh) 2 for 5, run, 2b, 3 RBI, BB, .262 (game tying bases clearing 2b)
Stefan Welch (3b) 3 for 6, 2 runs, RBI, K, .305
Pedro Zapata (cf) 2 for 6, 2 runs, RBI, .237
Rogelio Del Campo (c) 3 for 6, run, HR, 3 RBI, .353 (walkoff 3 run HR)
Doug McNulty (1b) 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, K, .200
Imbewer Alvarez (ss) 3 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, .216
Oscar Melendez 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BBs, K, 5.64 era
Stephen Puhl 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, BB, 3 Ks, HR, 3 era
Zach Rosenbaum 4 IP, H, ER, BB, 5 Ks, 7.56 era
Jason LaVorgna IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.45 era, W (1-0)