8/12 Minor League Report! GEE, FLORES, CARSON!

New Orleans 6, Iowa 15

Zs lead 5-3 before a 12 run Iowa 8th.

cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 5, .320
2b Andy Green 3 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .308
lf Chris Aguila 2 for 5, run, K, .290
1b, p Val Pascucci 1 for 4, 2b, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .279; 0.2 IP, 2 H, ER, 13.50 era
c, 1b Raul Casanova 1 for 4, run, .300
rf John Rodriguez 0 for 3, run, BB, 3 Ks, .290
ss Anderson Hernandez 1 for 4, run, K, .206
3b Ramon Martinez 0 for 2, run, RBI, 2 BBs, .262
Willie Collazo 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, 2/2 BB/K, 3.94 era
Eddie Camacho 0.2 IP, 2 H, ER, 3.72 era, BS (1)
Ivan Maldonado 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.45 era, L (3-5)
Tim McNab 0.0 IP, 3 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BBs, 4.89 era

Binghamton 2, Reading 3

Dillon Gee's first AA start was outstanding, he went 7 terrific innings, allowing just a run on 4 hits, but Elvys Quezada continued to be bad at pitching, giving up a pair in the 8th to take the loss.

Mike Carp continued his prolific slide with another 0 for 4, dropping his average under .290. Peeter Ramos was 2 for 4 in his AA debut, the only Met with multiple hits. Fernando Martinez also took an 0-fer.

cf Fernando Martinez 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .286
2b Peeter Ramos 2 for 4
1b Mike Carp 0 for 4, K, .289
lf Caleb Stewart 1 for 2, run, HR, RBI, 2 BBs, .280
rf Ambi Concepcion 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .244
3b Shawn Bowman 1 for 4, .280
c Salvador Paniagua 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .256
ss Jose Coronado 1 for 2, 2b, BB, .255
Dillon Gee 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 1/5 BB/K, HR, 1.29 era
Elvys Quezada 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, K, HR, 5.79 era, BS (1), L (2-1)

Savannah 0, Lakewood 4

Savannah was 1 hit. Hard to win that way. Jefferies Tatford (1 for 3, 2 Ks, .315) had the lone hit, a single. Eric Beaulac was the unfortunate soul on the mound to take the loss (not that he pitched well at all).

cf Richard Pena 0 for 4, K, .207
ss Juan Lagares 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .259
dh Sean McCraw 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .277
3b Nick Giarraputo 0 for 3, K, .248
Eric Beaulac 3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5/4 BB/K, 2.08 era, L (1-1)
Stephen Puhl 4 IP, 3 H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 3.86 era
Jason Lavorgna IP, H, 3.68 era

Brooklyn 6, Auburn 2

Chris Schwinden, coming off his best pro outing by far (7 ip, h, 1/12 bb/k), was slightly less effective tonight, he went 6, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits and 3 walks, striking out 5. Wendy Rosa and Roy Merritt finished off the game, Merritt earning his first save with 2 hitless innings in relief.

The offense scored all it would need in the first 3 innings with single runs in each. Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Sean Ratliff had multi hit games, while Jose Jimenez (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .282), Josh Satin (0 for 2, .253), Eric Campbell (0 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .255), and John Servidio (0 for 3, run, BB, K, .239) all took 0-fers.

rf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 4, run, 3b, 3 RBI, BB, .277
2b, 3b JR Voyles 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, .278
c Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 4, run, .248
1b Ike Davis 1 for 2, RBI, .235
cf Sean Ratliff 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR, RBI, 2 Ks, .212
ss Matt Smith 1 for 4, K, .198
Chris Schwinden 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, 3/5 BB/K, 1.09 era, W (3-1)
Wendy Rosa IP, K, 2.63 era
Roy Merritt 2 IP, 1/6 BB/K, 1.95 era, SV (1)

Kingsport 8, Danville 2

Wilmer Flores is taking his remaining weakness and eliminating it. He'd drawn 0 walks in his first 57 ABs (June). Since, he's draw 10, while striking out just 16 times. Um, wow. While he has not homered in 46 ABs, it hardly matters if he keeps displaying the newfound discipline.

The other outstanding performance of this game was by lefty Robert Carson, who set a career high for IP with 7, utterly dominating Danville, generating 14 of his 21 outs via groundball. He allowed 6 hits while lowering his ERA to a miniscule 0.41.

Kyle Suire and Pedro Zapata had multi hit games, in addition to Wilmers, while Dock Doyle (0 for 4, run, BB, K, .315) took the only 0-fer.

2b Kyle Suire 3 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, BB, .292
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 3, run, 2 BBs, .330
1b Doug McNulty 1 for 4, run, K, .204
3b Stefan Welch 1 for 5, 2b, RBI, K, .271
cf Pedro Zapata 2 for 5, run, 2 RBI, K, .225
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .253
lf Justin Garber 1 for 4, run, 3b, 2 Ks, .290
Robert Carson 7 IP, 6 H, 2/3 BB/K, 0.41 era, W (2-1), 14:2:3
Travis Babin IP, 3 H, K, 6.43 era
Manuel Alvarez IP, 3 H, 2 ER, HR, 7.97 era