8/16 Minor League Report! NIEUWENHUIS!

Tonight's Song: Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

New Orleans 2, Iowa 4

Bobby Parnell was perfect through the first 4.1 innings with 9 Ks, and then fell apart in the 5th, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits, to take his first loss in AAA.

cf Jesus Feliciano 0 for 4, BB, K, .312
2b Andy Green 0 for 2, RBI, BB, .289
lf Chris Aguila 0 for 4, K, .281
rf Val Pascucci 1 for 3, run, BB, .283
1b, lf Ramon Martinez 2 for 3, BB, K, .271
ss Anderson Hernandez 0 for 4, .203
c Mike Nickeas 1 for 4, RBI, .231
3b Abraham Nunez 1 for 4, run, 2b, 3 Ks, .212
Bobby Freakin Parnell 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 10 Ks, 4.91 era, L (1-1), 91:58:33, 3:2:10
Eude Brito 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 4.95 era
Ivan Maldonado IP, H, BB, K, 4.37 era
Carlos Muniz IP, BB, 2 Ks, 3.62 era

Binghamton 0, Bowie 4

The Mets were held to just 3 hits tonight, en route to getting blanked by the Baysox. Luis Castillo doubled his rehab hit today with a whopping 1 for 4, and is now hitting a blistering .074 (2 for 27) on his rehab assignment. Caleb Stewart (1 for 4, .280) and Ambi Concepcion (1 for 4, 3 Ks, .248) had the other 2 hits. Tobi Stoner got jacked up for 4 runs on 9 hits in 6 innings to take his 5th EL loss.

cf Fernando Martinez 0 for 3, BB, K, .284
1b Mike Carp 0 for 2, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, .295 (.295/.392)
3b Shawn Bowman 0 for 3, K, .258
c Salomon Manriquez 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .282
ss Jose Coronado 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .257
Tobi Stoner 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 3.96 era, L (4-5)
Edgar Alfonzo IP, H, K, 4.64 era
Brian Rogers IP, H, K, 0.56 era (signed today)

St. Lucie 2, Brevard County 1 - Game 1

Nick Carr excised a Bigfoot sized monkey tonight, earning his first FSL victory of the season, giving up just 3 hits and a run in 5.1 innings. Emary Frederick worked the final 1.2 innings to pick up his 7th save. Ezequiel Carrera's 5th inning HR tied it, Jason Jacobs doubled in Josh Thole with the game winner in the 6th. Carrera had the lone multi hit game, while Brahiam Maldonado (0 for 3, K, .240), DJ Wabick (0 for 3, K, .286) and Joe Holden (0 for 3, K, .236) took 0-fers.

2b Greg Veloz 1 for 4, K, .250
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 4, 3b, .226
dh Ezequiel Carrera 2 for 4, run, HR (7), RBI (29), K, .278
1b Lucas Duda 1 for 3, 2b, K, .263
c Josh Thole 0 for 0, run, 3 BBs, .297/.378 (42/34 BB/K)
3b Jason Jacobs 1 for 2, 2b, RBI, K, .224
Nick Carr 5.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 3/1 BB/K, 6.81 era, W (1-10)
Emary Frederick 1.2 IP, K, 4.22 era, SV (7)

St. Lucie 7, Brevard County 1 - Game 2

Greg Veloz had 2 more hits in the nightcap, collecting his 2nd FSL RBI. Ruben Tejada (0 for 4, K, .224) took the only 0-fer, while Brahiam Maldonado, DJ Wabick, Luis Rivera and Joe Holden joined Veloz in the multi hit club.

Nick Waechter got his first FSL victory with 5 solid innings tonight, allowing a run on 4 hits. Jose Bierd and Nick Abel each pitched an inning in garbage time.

2b Greg Veloz 2 for 5, RBI, 2 Ks, .276
dh Ezequiel Carrera 1 for 4, .278
lf Brahiam Maldonado 2 for 4, run, 2b, .244
1b Lucas Duda 1 for 2, 3 runs, 2 BBs, K, .264
c Jason Jacobs 1 for 4, run, K, .225
rf DJ Wabick 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, .291
3b Luis Rivera 2 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .230
cf Joe Holden 2 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .247
Nick Waechter 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 Ks, 2.45 era, W (1-0)
Jose Bierd IP, BB, 19.29 era
Nick Abel IP, H, BB, 10.45 era

Savannah 2, Delmarva 3

Brant Rustich started and pitched very well for his 5 innings, allowing just 2 hits, striking out 6, but when you can only pitch so deep into games, you expose your bullpen (as we've seen throughout the system, including with the big club). And tonight, it was Junior Guerra and Jason LaVorgna who were exposed, combining to give up 2 runs (1 earned) in 1.1 innings. Guerra was charged with the BS, LaVorgan took the L.

Luis Nieves made his full season debut tonight, batting 9th and playing short, going 1 for 3. 4 of the top 5 in the order, however, took 0-fers, with a lone single by Carlos Guzman mixed in. Nick Giarraputo and Brad Hubbert had multi hit games hitting 6-7, generating a run between them (Nick scored on a Hubbert 2b). Richard Pena, Casey Craig, Sean McCraw and Joaquin Rodriguez were a combined 0 for 12, Pena drove in a run, walked and Kd twice, McCraw walked and Kd once, and Rodriguez Kd once. They're hitting .199, .284, .266 and .249 respectively.

cf Carlos Guzman 1 for 4, .287
3b Nick Giarraputo 2 for 4, run, K, .248
dh Bradley Hubbert 2 for 4, 2b, 3b, RBI, K, .195
2b Michael Parker 1 for 4, run, 2b, .194
ss Luis Nieves 1 for 3, K
Brant Rustich 5 IP, 2 H, 1/6 BB/K, 3.62 era
Rhiner Cruz 2 IP, ER, 3/1 BB/K, 3.43 era
Junior Guerra IP, 2 H, ER, 3 Ks, HR, 1.75 era, BS (2)
Jason LaVorgna 0.1 IP, H, R, K, 3.31 era, L (0-1)

Brooklyn 3, TriCity 4 - Game 1

Yury Santana gave up 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 walks in 0.1 innings, taking his second loss of the season, after Jenrry Mejia failed to make it out of the 5th. Stephen Clyne, however, allowed 2 IHR to score, blowing his 2nd save of the season (in Brooklyn). Santana, however, got out of the 5th unscathed, and then created his own mess by not retiring a batter in the 6th (2 walks and a Jose Jimenez error).

The Cyclones scored 3 runs on 9 hits in the first 3.2 innings, then did not get a hit over the final 3.1 innings (sound familiar?). Kirk Nieuwenhuis and JR Voyles had multi hit games, while Seth Williams (0 for 3, BB, K, .190), and Josh Satin (0 for 3, run, K, .243) took 0-fers.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .287
3b JR Voyles 2 for 4, run, K, .269
1b Jose Jimenez 1 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .293
lf Eric Campbell 1 for 3, K, .263
ss Juan Lagares 1 for 3, RBI, K
dh Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 3, K, .241
c Cesar Cordido 1 for 3, K, .206
Jenrry Mejia 4.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4/1 BB/K, 4.19 era
Yury Santana 0.1 IP, 2/1 R/ER, 2 BBs, 3.38 era, L (2-2)
Stephen Clyne 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.89 era, BS (2)

Brooklyn 6, TriCity 2 - Game 2

The Cyclones scored early and often in game 2, jumping out to a 4-0 lead after 2 innings, and cruising to a 6-2 victory. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had his 2nd multi hit game of the day. Eric Campbell and Juan Lagares also had multi hit games, while Seth Williams (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .174), Jose Jimenez (0 for 3, K, .282) and Ralph Henriquez (0 for 2, BB, 2 Ks, .210) took 0-fers. Pedro P Martinez got the victory with 5 solid innings, allowing 5 hits and a run.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 3, run, RBI, BB, .292
3b JR Voyles 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .271
lf Eric Campbell 2 for 3, run, 2b, HR, 3 RBI, .271
ss Juan Lagares 2 for 3, 2b, .500
dh Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 3, run, 2 Ks, .244
2b Josh Satin 1 for 2, run, 2b, BB, .248
Pedro P Martinez 5.2 IP, 5 H, ER, 1/6 BB/K, 2.93 era, W (3-2)
Erik Turgeon 1.1 IP, H, ER, BB, K, 3.21 era

Kingsport 6, Johnson City 7

The KMets trailed 7-1 after 7 innings, then rallied for 5 in the 8th, but Rafael Fernandez and Kyle Suire both struck out with the tying run on 3rd, Fernandez' K a doubly bad one, since a sac fly would've tied the game. Fernandez took an 0-fer, 0 for 5 with 2 Ks. Gabriel Zavala, who represented the tying run in that 8th inning, also took an 0-fer, going 0 for 2 with 2 walks and a K. Fernandez has cooled off significantly, and is now hitting just .270, Zavala's hitting .248. Stefan Welch and Mike Moras had multi hit games for the Mets.

Raul Batis got jacked up for 9 hits and 5 runs (4 earned) in 4.2 innings to take his 3rd loss. Zach Rosenbaum had another miserable outing in relief, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits in 2.1 innings.

2b Kyle Suire 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, K, .288
ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 5, run, 2b (11), .330
dh Dock Doyle 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .303
3b Stefan Welch 2 for 5, run, K, .279
c Mike Moras 2 for 4, run, 2b, 4 RBI, .346
1b Doug McNulty 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .196
lf Justin Garber 1 for 3, BB, .284
Raul Batis 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 Ks, HR, 4.28 era
Zach Rosenbaum 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 Ks, 6.19 era
Jorge Rodriguez IP, H, K, 4.56 era

GCL

Mets 3, Nationals 4

2b Alonzo Harris 2 for 3, RBI, BB, .329
DH RYAN CHURCH 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .167 (1 for 6)
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .276
cf Javier Rodriguez 1 for 4, run, K, .197
ss Miguel Tejada 2 for 3, run, K, .197
3b Charles Hinojosa 2 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, .167
c Juan Centeno 0 for 3, .214
Michael Hebert 4 IP, H, R, 3/4 BB/K, 4.71 era
Jacob Goldberg 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 Ks, 8.06 era, L (1-4)