8/19 Minor League Report! WILMER!

New Orleans 9, Iowa 5

Jon Niese, much like many pitchers in the Mets system, is in uncharted territory when it comes to IP. However, until his last 2 starts, he hasn't shown many signs of faltering. In his last 2 starts, he's gone 13 innings, allowing 16 hits, 8 runs, and a 3/9 BB/K. That would be an ERA of 5.54, but he's 1-1 over those 2 starts. Niese is now up to 156.1 innings in 27 starts, 5.79 ip/gs (6.40 in AAA). He went 6 tonight, allowing 6 hits and 4 runs, but that was enough to get him a win, as the Zs put up a 6 spot in the 2nd. Eddie Kunz worked a scoreless 9th.

cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .310
2b Andy Green 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, HR, 5 RBI, K, .309
RF RYAN CHURCH 1 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB
1b Michel Abreu 0 for 3, run, BB, .273
lf Trot Nixon 0 for 3, run, BB, 2 Ks, .299
ss Ramon Martinez 1 for 4, run, .272
c Mike Nickeas 0 for 3, RBI, K, .220
3b Abraham Nunez 1 for 3, 2 runs, HR, RBI, BB, K, .214
Jon Niese 1 for 3, run, RBI, K, .200; 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1/3 BB/K, HR, 3.66 era, W (4-1), 90:64:26, 8:7:3
Eddie Camacho 1.2 IP, 3 H, R, BB, 3.18 era
Carlos Muniz 0.1 IP, 3.48 era
Eddie Kunz IP, H, 0.00 era, 11:5:6, 2:1:0

Binghamton 3, New Hampshire 2

Hey, I've seen this script before! Score early (2 in the 4th, 1 in the 5th), give up 2 in the 9th and hang on by the narrowest thread to win. The last 3 weeks of Mets baseball! So tonight it was Binghamton's turn. After Jose Sanchez went 8 scoreless, allowing 4 hits, Tim LaVigne came in and gave up 2 runs (1 earned) on a walk, error, and WP. Tej nitpick: You really shouldn't get a save if you enter a game up 3-0 and close it out at 3-2.

The offense had 8 hits and 2 walks, but struck out 9 times, left 6 on base, and grounded into 2 DPs (both by Mike Carp). Luis Castillo and Caleb Stewart had multi hit games, while Fernando, Carp, and Saloman Manriquez (0 for 2, K, .280) took 0-fers.

cf Fernando Martinez 0 for 3, BB, K, .277
2b Luis Castillo 2 for 4, RBI, .250 (3 for 12 in AAA; 4 for 32 on rehab)
1b Mike Carp 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .293
lf Caleb Stewart 2 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, K, .282
dh Josh Petersen 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .313
rf Ambi Concepcion 1 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .250
3b Shawn Bowman 1 for 3, K, .250
ss Jose Coronado 1 for 3, run, 2b, .258
Jose Sanchez 8 IP, 4 H, 5 Ks, 3.77 era, W (13-6)
Tim LaVigne IP, 2 R, ER, BB, 4.97 era, SV (9)

NYPL All Star Game

AL 3, NL 4

Brad Holt IP, BB, 2 Ks, 12:8:4, 0:0:2
Yury Santana IP, 7:4:3, 1:2:0

Kingsport 7, Burlington 10

The Mets held a 5-1 lead after 5, but Oscar Melendez got hammered in relief (much the same way he was getting hammered starting) for 5 hits and 6 runs (2 earned) over 3 innings to blow that lead, and very briefly allow the Bees to go ahead 6-5, before the Mets put up 2 in the 7th to regain the lead, 7-6. However, Michael Powers blew his second save, getting touched up for 3 hits and 4 runs in the 9th.

The offense had 7 hits and 3 walks, along with 3 Bees errors, leading to 7 runs. Kyle Suire and Wilmer Flores had multi hit games, while the bottom 5 in the order were a combined 0 for 18 with 11 Ks (Welch, Zapata, Blaquiere, Zavala, Imbewer Alvarez).

lf Rafael Fernandez 1 for 5, run, K, .267
2b Kyle Suire 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, HR, 2 RBI, .290
ss Wilmer Flores 3 for 4, run, 2b (12), 2 RBI (40), .332
dh Dock Doyle 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .311
1b Stefan Welch 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .275
Brandon Moore 4 IP, 2 H, 2/4 BB/K, 0.00 era
Oscar Melendez 3 IP, 5 H, 6/2 R/ER, 1/5 BB/K, HR, 6.46 era
Jorge Rodriguez IP, H, 4.39 era
Michael Powers IP, 3 H, 4 ER, BB, 3.15 era, BS (2), L (2-1)