8/31 Minor League Report! CARR!

Binghamton 6, New Britain 9

Dylan Owen was not good in his final start of the season, but he ended his year in AA, which already gives him more success then some people had expected from the short righty. Owen's first full season in the pros cannot be described as anything other then a complete success. Though he gave up 6 hits and 6 runs in 5 innings today, he ended his year with a 13-7 record and a 3.66 era in 27 GS, over 150 innings. He walked just 42 and struck out 131. Owen is on track to begin the 2009 season in AA and split his age 22/23 season there. Eric Brown gave up 3 runs in 2 innings, and Al Reyes pitched a perfect 8th. Reyes is slated to come up and help a beleaguered Mets bullpen.

Fernando Martinez is rallying to end his season, he had 2 more hits today, and heading into the Mets final game, is batting .287. Mike Carp went 1 for 2 with a HBP and walk, and is squarely at .300. Barring a 20 inning 0 for 10 (or something equally wacky), he should set a career high for AVG and OBP this season. Jose Coronado also had a multi hit game, while Caleb Stewart (0 for 4, .279), Josh Petersen (0 for 3, BB, .293) and Jon Malo (0 for 4, K, .261) took 0-fers.

On a scary note, Ambi Concepcion left this game in the first inning with a head injury. As we've seen (unfortunately) this season, head injuries are nothing to take lightly. All the best to Ambi.

2b Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 5, 2 runs, RBI, K, .242
ss Jose Coronado 2 for 5, run, .257
cf Fernando Martinez 2 for 5, run, 2b, 3 RBI, K, .287
1b Mike Carp 1 for 2, run, 2b, RBI, BB, .300 (.289/.435/.567/1.002 August)
3b Shawn Bowman 1 for 4, RBI, .257
c Salvador Paniagua 1 for 4, run, 2b, K, .248
Dylan Owen 5 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3/3 BB/K, 2 HR, 5.51 era, L (1-1)
Eric Brown 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3/2 BB/K, 5.05 era
Al Reyes IP, 0.00 era

St. Lucie 4, Brevard County 0

Nick Carr's suffered through a complete wasted season, but his last 4 outings provide a lot to be excited about for 2009. His final start today may've been his best of the year. He fired 6 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits and striking out 8. In his last 4 outings, he's gone 21 innings, allowing 11 hits, 2 runs, with a 10/18 BB/K, a 2-0 record and a sparkling 0.86 era. His overall numbers aren't even worth mentioning in light of his late season turnaround (3-12, 5.22 in 26 games, 119 innings).

Greg Veloz and Ezequiel Carrera had multi hit games in the 1-2 spots in the order, Carrera getting his 12th triple (second in the system to Jose Reyes' 17). Lucas Duda hit his 11th homer of the season, he's bookended the season with very good months (but struggled big time from May to July). The bottom third of the order (Jason Jacobs, Jacob Elgsti, Luis Rivera) went 0 for 10 with 7 Ks.

2b Greg Veloz 2 for 4, run, .234
cf Ezequiel Carrera 2 for 3, run, 3b, K, .263
1b Lucas Duda 1 for 3, run, HR (11), 2 RBI (66), 2 Ks, .263
dh DJ Wabick 1 for 4, run, .289
lf Brahiam Maldonado 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, .232
rf Joe Holden 1 for 4, 2b, K, .259
Nick Carr 6 IP, 5 H, 2/8 BB/K, 5.70 era, W (2-10)
Ryan Coultas IP, H, BB, K, 4.17 era
Junior Guerra IP, 0.00 era
Josh Stinson IP, 6.14 era

Savannah 2, Charleston 10

More then anything else, tonight was a bullpen failure from the Gnats, as Samuel Martinez and Rhiner Cruz combined to turn a 5th inning 2-0 deficit into a 10-1 deficit by the end of the 8th. Phillips Orta didn't pitch particularly well in his final outing of the season, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in 4 innings, but he took his first SAL loss. He ends his season with a 4-5 record and a 2.17 era over 54 innings split between Kingsport (44 ip) and Savannah (10 ip).

The top third of the order (Luis Nieves, Carlos Guzman, Francisco Pena) went a combined 0 for 14 with 5 Ks. Stephen Welch had the other 0-fer for Savannah, he went 0 for 4 with 2 Ks to drop his Gnats average to .250. Joaquin Rodriguez had the lone multi hit game for the Gnats.

c Francisco Pena 0 for 4, .264
dh Ralph Henriquez 1 for 4, 3b, .241
3b Nick Giarraputo 1 for 3, 2 runs, BB, K, .241
2b Joaquin Rodriguez 3 for 4, RBI, .239
rf Brad Hubbert 1 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, .200
Phillips Orta 4 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4/3 BB/K, 2.70 era, L (0-1)
Sam Martinez 1.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 Ks, 14.73 era
Rhiner Cruz 2.1 IP, 2 H, 5/4 R/ER, 3/4 BB/K, HR, 5.04 era
Stephen Puhl IP, 1/2 BB/K, 4.35 era
Brooklyn 3, Hudson Valley 1

The Cyclones won their 8th in a row Sunday, 3-1 over the Renegades, closing to within 3 games of the Yankees (5-1 loss) for first in the division, and staying a game back of Batavia (5-3 win) for the wildcard.

Scott Shaw danced in and out of trouble all afternoon, surrendering 10 hits and a walk in 5.1 innings, but just one run. Jimmy Johnson picked up his 5th win in relief with 3.2 shutout innings.

Wilmer Flores had his first rough game outside of Kingsport, going 0 for 3 to drop his AVG in Brooklyn to .438, and his average outside of Kingsport to 9 for 21 (.429). Kirk Nieuwenhuis (0 for 4, .275), Eric Campbell (0 for 4, run, .269) and Sean Ratliff (0 for 3, .226) also took 0-fers. Jordan Abruzzo, Ike Davis and Josh Satin had multi hit games.

3b Juan Lagares 1 for 4, 2b, K, .269
c Jordan Abruzzo 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2 HR, 2 RBI, .268
dh Dock Doyle 1 for 3, K, .125
1b Ike Davis 2 for 4, .254
2b Josh Satin 2 for 3, 2b, .266
Scott Shaw 5.1 IP, 10 H, ER, 1/4 BB/K, 2.70 era
Jimmy Johnson 3.2 IP, H, 3 Ks, 1.08 era, W (5-0)