8/29 Minor League Report! GEE, WILMER!

This report is dedicated to Chad Ocho Cinco.

New Orleans 11, Nashville 10 in 11 innings

Jon Niese was victimized by a couple of long Tony Gwynn Jr ABs tonight, he accounted for 22 of Niese's 65 pitches in 2.2 innings, otherwise, Niese was sharp in his tuneup start. He's on track to pitch for the Mets on September 2nd in Milwaukee. Good luck Jon!

Bobby Parnell, pitching in relief for the first time this season, was anything but sharp, he allowed 3 hits and 2 runs to blow the save. He threw 24 pitches in his inning of work, 15 of them for strikes. Carlos Muniz got crushed in 0.1 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits (including a homer) and a walk.

The insane game saw Nashville come back from 6-2 down to take a 9-6 lead, only for New Orleans to tie it at 9 in the bottom of the 9th. Nashville took a 10-9 lead in the 11th, but the Zs rallied for 2 in the bottom half to win the damn game 11-10 on Chris Aguila's walkoff 2 run HR.

2b Argenis Reyes 0 for 5, run, BB, K, .283
3b Andy Green 2 for 5, run, 3b, BB, .331
lf Trot Nixon 2 for 6, run, 2b, HR, 4 RBI, K, .306
rf Val Pascucci 2 for 6, 2 runs, 2 Ks, .290
1b Michel Abreu 1 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .285
cf Chris Aguila 4 for 5, 3 runs, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, .295
c Raul Casanova 1 for 4, run, 2b, BB, .295
ss Ramon Martinez 2 for 3, BB, .289
Jon Niese 2.2 IP, H, 2/1 BB/K, 3.40 era, 65:41:24, 6:1:1
Tim McNab 0.1 IP, K, 5.55 era
Brandon Knight 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2/6 BB/K, 2 HR, 2.28 era
Bobby Parnell IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, K, 6.64 era, BS (1)
Carlos Muniz 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, HR, 3.93 era
Eddie Camacho 0.2 IP, 5 era
Eddie Kunz IP, H, 7.94 era
Ivan Maldonado IP, ER, 2/1 BB/K, 4.07 era, W (4-5)
Binghamton 3, New Britain 1

Salvador Paniagua's 2 run homer in the 9th was the difference, as the Mets beat the RockCats 3-1 in their final series of the season. Dillon Gee was fantastic yet again, allowing just 4 hits and a run in 7 innings to run his ERA to 1.33. He walked 1 and struck out 4. Gee's allowed just 23 baserunners in 27 AA innings, and is averaging 6.75 innings per start. Absolutely amazing from the 22 year old. Edgar Alfonzo picked up the win with a perfect 8th, Al Reyes loaded the bases in the 9th but tiptoed around trouble to pick up his first AA save.

Emmanuel Garcia was 2 for 5 out of the leadoff spot, the only Met with a multi hit game. Jose Coronado (0 for 4, run, BB, .256) and Shawn Bowman (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .257) took 0-fers.

2b Emmanuel Garcia 2 for 5, K, .246
cf Fernando Martinez 1 for 3, 2b, BB, K, .286
lf Mike Carp 1 for 4, 2b, K, .298
dh Caleb Stewart 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .285
rf Ambi Concepcion 1 for 4, run, K, .241
c Salvador Paniagua 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, K, .248
1b Josh Petersen 1 for 3, .301
Dillon Gee 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 1/4 BB/K, 1.33 era
Edgar Alfonzo IP, 4.38 era
Al Reyes IP, 2 H, BB, K, 0.00 era, SV (1)

St. Lucie 1, Brevard County 10 - Game 1

Ugly ugly game for the Mets pitching staff. It was a bullpen game, and exhibits A, B and C were on display as to why the Mets won't be making the playoffs. Ambi Burgos got another inning in on his rehab, and it wasn't a good one, he allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 walks. Ryan Coultas worked a scoreless 2nd, then all hell broke loose. Eric Niesen allowed 2 runs in his innings, Tim Stronach allowed 5 in his 2.1 innings, and for good measure IFer Jacob Elgsti allowed a run in the 7th.

The offense was stymied for a run on 4 hits, getting very little done. Greg Veloz (1 for 3, run, K, .239), Ezequiel Carrera (1 for 3, .260), Lucas Duda (1 for 3, 2b, RBI, .264) and Jason Jacobs (1 for 2, K, .226) had the hits, everyone else took 0-fers.

lf Marlon Anderson 0 for 3, K, .100
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 3, .233
c Josh Thole 0 for 3, .299
rf Brahiam Maldonado 0 for 2, 2 Ks, .229
DH DJ Wabick 0 for 2, K, .288
Ambi Burgos IP, 2/1 R/ER, 2 BBs, 3 era, L (0-1)
Ryan Coultas IP, BB, K, 4.24 era
Eric Niesen IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.64 era
Tim Stronach 2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, BB, 2 Ks, 2 HR, 5.98 era
Junior Guerra 0.2 IP, K, 0.00 era
Jacob Elgsti IP, 2 H, ER, 9 era

St. Lucie 2, Brevard County 5 - Game 2

Maikel Cleto's first and only high A start of the season went about as badly as it could have. He surrendered 5 runs on 5 hits, including a homer, and 2 walks in 5 innings. Nick Abel closed it out with 2 shutout innings in relief.

The offense had 5 hits and 3 walks, but left 7 on base. Still, just 4 players had hits, while 5 took 0-fers. Ezequiel Carrera (1 for 4, .260, SB (27)), DJ Wabick (1 for 3, run, .288), Jacob Elgsti (2 for 3, run, .219) and Luis Rivera (1 for 3, K, .226).

2b Greg Veloz 0 for 3, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .229
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 3, K, .231
1b Lucas Duda 0 for 3, K, .262
lf Brahiam Maldonado 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .226
c Luis Alen 0 for 1, RBI, 2 BBs, .118
Maikel Cleto 5 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2/1 BB/K, HR, 9 era, L (0-1)
Nick Abel 2 IP, 2 H, 1/2 BB/K 6.87 era

Savannah 4, Columbus 9

The Gnats offense pounded out 11 hits and drew 6 walks, but scored just 4, leaving 13 men on base, including NINE with 2 out RISP, falling to Columbus 9-4. Richard Pena, Carlos Guzman, Ralph Henriquez and Nick Giarraputo had multi hit games, while Jefferies Tatford (0 for 2, 3 BBs, K, .287), Stefan Welch (0 for 4, K, .250) and Luis Nieves (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .250) took 0-fers.

Eric Beaulac got pummeled for 5 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in just 4 innings to take the loss. Mitch Houck made his A debut and was charged with 2 runs (1 earned) in 2 innings.

cf Richard Pena 2 for 5, 2 Ks, .204
2b Michael Parker 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2b, 2 BBs, K, .201
rf Carlos Guzman 3 for 5, 2 runs, .277
c Ralph Henriquez 2 for 5, 2 RBI, .240
3b Nick Giarraputo 2 for 4, 2b, 2 RBI, BB, K, .240
lf Darren Clark 1 for 5, 2b, 3 Ks, .250
Eric Beaulac 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4/3 BB/K, HR, 3.55 era, L (1-2)
Mitch Houck 2 IP, 4 H, 2/1 R/ER, BB, 4.50 era
Rhiner Cruz IP, 2 H, ER, 2 Ks, HR, 4.18 era
Stephen Puhl IP, H, ER, K, HR, 4.58 era

Brooklyn 3, Oneonta 2

Wilmer. Flores.

Moving on, the Cyclones scored 3 in the 2nd, watched the Tigers answer back with 2, and then hung on by the skin on their chinny chin chins, winning 3-2. Jeff Kaplan got the win with 4.2 innings of scoreless relief in back of an ineffective Pedro P Martinez, and Yury Santana got the final out to pick up his 11th save.

That Flores guy I mentioned earlier? 3 for 4 again tonight, he's pretty good, eh? Now batting 8 for 13 outside of Kingsport. Seth Williams also had a multi hit games, while Eric Campbell (0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .267), Jordan Abruzzo (0 for 3, BB, .256), Juan Lagares (0 for 3, BB, K, .279) - the 345 hitters, as well as JR Voyles (0 for 3, run, .227), all took 0-fers.

rf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 3, run, 2b, BB, 2 Ks, .285
lf Seth Williams 2 for 4, 2b, 2 RBI, .267
1b Ike Davis 1 for 4, 2b, 2 Ks, .239
ss Wilmer Flores 3 for 4, run, K, .750
cf Sean Ratliff 2 for 3, 2b, RBI, K, .229
Pedro P Martinez 3.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, K, 3.29 era
Jeff Kaplan 4.2 IP, H, 4 Ks, 3.59 era, W (3-2)
Jimmy Johnson 0.2 IP, H, 1.21 era
Yury Santana 0.1 IP, K, 2.70 era, SV (11)