8/4 Minor League Report! CARRERA! NIEUWENHUIS!

Jon Niese tonight:

New Orleans 3, Las Vegas 2

Jon Niese moved to 2-0 in AAA with 6 solid innings today, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits. As has been the case this season with Niese, it was one bad inning which befell him, the second, where he allowed 3 hits and 2 runs, throwing 18 pitches. The Zs got him on the long side of the game with 3 run bottom of the 4th, RBI singles by Michel Abreu, Raul Casanova, and Ramon Martinez plated the runs.

cf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, .323
2b Andy Green 0 for 3, BB, K, .292
lf Chris Aguila 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .292
rf Val Pascucci 0 for 3, run, BB, .283
1b Michel Abreu 2 for 3, run, RBI, .274
c,1b Raul Casanova 1 for 3, RBI, .277
ss Anderson Hernandez 0 for 3, K, .200
3b Ramon Martinez 1 for 2, RBI, K, .270
Jon Niese 6 ip, 6 h, 2 er, 2 bb, 2 k, 95:57:38, 11:4:2 (with a pickoff)
Ivan Maldonado ip, h, bb, k, 4 era
Eude Brito ip, bb, k, 6.10 era
Nate Field ip, 5.09 era

Breakdown of Niese's outing inning by inning:

ip, k, 17:11:6, 1:1:1 (pitches:strikes:balls, groundout:flyout:strikeout)
2 ip, 3 h, 2 er, k, 35:21:14, 3:2:1
3 ip, 3 h, 2 er, bb, k, 49:27:22, 4:4:1
4 ip, 5 h, 2 er, bb, k, 65:39:26, 7:4:1
5 ip, 6 h, 2 er, bb, k, 79:49:30, 10:4:1
6 ip, 6 h, 2 er, 2 bb, 2 k, 95:57:38, 11:4:2 (with a pickoff)

Binghamton 6, Bowie 3 in 12 innings

Caleb Stewart's RBI 2b in the top of the 8th inning tied the game at 3, where it remained until the Mets poured 3 runs across in the top of the 12th to take a 6-3 lead, winning by that same count. The top 3 in the order, (Coronado, Machado, Carp) were a combined 0 for 14 with 7 Ks, most of that done by Chris Tillman, who struck out 11 in 6 innings. The top of the order was picked up by the bottom, as Salomon Manriquez, Josh Petersen and Jon Malo each had 2 hits.

On the good guy's side, Michael Antonini worked 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits while striking out 5, getting an ND. Elvys Quezada pitched the 11th and 12 innings to pick up his 2nd AA win.

lf Mike Carp 0 for 5, BB, 3 Ks, .296
rf Caleb Stewart 2 for 5, run, 2b, HR, 2 RBI, .277
cf Ambi Concepcion 1 for 5, run, 3 Ks, .252
3b Shawn Bowman 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .360
c Salomon Manriquez 2 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .286
dh Josh Petersen 2 for 5, run, RBI, 2 Ks, .327
2b Jon Malo 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBI, K, .269
Michael Antonini 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, BB, 5 Ks, HR, 4.76 era
Casey Hoorelbeke 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 0.00 era
Tim LaVigne 2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 Ks, 4.58 era
Elvys Quezada 2 IP, BB, K, 3.38 era, W (2-0)

St. Lucie 2, Vero Beach 1

Both of St. Lucie's run came via an unlikely source, a pair of solo homers from Ezequiel Carrera, #5 and #6 on the season. Carrera since May 31st has been on fire, hitting .309/.377/.486/.864, 56 for 181, 34 runs, 2 2b, 6 3b, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 12/16 SBs, 16/38 BB/K. The rest of the offense was more muted, though Lucas Duda continued his August resurrection with 2 more hits, pushing his average back to .268. DJ Wabick (0 for 3, .283), Peeter Ramos (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .209) and Luis Rivera (0 for 3, .231) took 0-fers, while Carrera and Duda had multi hit games.

Julio Polanco got a start for the Mets, and was good, giving up just 2 hits over 4 innings. Nick Waechter allowed aa homer in 2.2 innings, the lone run off him. Nick Abel picked up the win with 1.1 innings of relief, with German Marte picking up his 7th save with a scoreless 9th.

cf Ezequiel Carrera 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 HR (5,6), 2 RBI (26), .278
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 3, K, .234
1b Lucas Duda 2 for 4, 2b, 2 Ks, .268
lf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 4, 3 Ks, .239
c Josh Thole 1 for 2, BB, .305
dh Victor Mendez 1 for 3, .290
Julio Polanco 4 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 5.14 era
Nick Waechter 2.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 3 Ks, HR, 3.27 era
Nick Abel 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks, 14.54 era, W (1-2)
German Marte IP, 3.15 era, SV (7)

Savannah 1, Augusta 4

Despite pitching well, John Holdzkom took the loss for the Gnats, as they managed just a single run, despite 8 hits and 2 walks, leaving 7 on base and grounding into 2 DPs. Francisco Pena and Juan Lagares had multi hit games, with the lone RBI coming on a Carlos Guzman 5th inning homer. Rhiner Cruz finished out the game, with 3 innings of bad relief, allowing 2 runs, 1 earned.

2b Greg Veloz 0 for 3, BB, K, .287
rf Casey Craig 0 for 4, K, .283
c Francisco Pena 2 for 4, 2b, .258
dh Sean McCraw 1 for 4, K, .298
ss Juan Lagares 2 for 4, .260
1b Jefferies Tatford 1 for 3, BB, .222
cf Carlos Guzman 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, K, .294
lf Darren Clark 1 for 4, 2b, K, .250
3b Joaquin Rodriguez 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .246
John Holdzkom 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 7 Ks, HR, 7.47 era, L (2-2)
Rhiner Cruz 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, 3 Ks, 3.71 era

Brooklyn 4, Staten Island 9

A complete bullpen failure denied Jenrry Mejia his 3rd NYPL victory. After a very rough start to his NYPL career, over his last 4 GS, Mejia has allowed 13 hits over 21 innings, 4 earned runs (2.77 era), and 7 walks, while striking out 20. The bullpen failure started with Roy Merritt who allowed 2 UER, then Erik Turgeon allowed 2 runs, 1 UER to blow the save and take the loss. To cap the failure, Wendy Rosa and Jim Fuller allowed 3 runs in the final 2.1 innings.

The Conies pounded out 10 hits and 4 runs, also drawing 3 walks, with Kirk Nieuwenhuis having a huge game with 3 hits and a walk. Ike Davis continued his rough season with an 0 for 3, dropping his average to .237. Matt Smith was the only other 0-fer, going 0 for 4 with a K, he's hitting .194 now.

rf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 3 for 4, 2 runs, 3b, RBI, BB, .277
2b JR Voyles 1 for 3, run, RBI, BB, .240
lf Eric Campbell 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 3 Ks, .280
1b Ike Davis 0 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .237
3b Jose Jimenez 1 for 4, K, .267
dh Jordan Abruzzo 2 for 4, run, K, .265
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, 3 Ks, .207
c Cesar Cordido 1 for 4, K, .161
Jenrry Mejia 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 5 Ks, HR, 4.03 era
Roy Merritta 0.2 IP, 2 R, K, 1.48 era
Erik Turgeon 0.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, ER, 2.31 era, BS (1), L (0-1)
Wendy Rosa 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BBs, 2 Ks, 2.74 era
Jim Fuller IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K, 2.08 era

Kingsport 6, Elizabethon 5

Kingsport almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Almost - were it not for a walkoff homer from Jean Luc Blaquiere, his second such feat of heroism this season. Earlier, Zach Rosenbaum's nightmare season continued when he gave up 3 runs in the top of the 9th to blow a excellent outing from Raul Batis (6 ip, 6 h, 2 er). Michael Powers pitched the rest of the game to pick up the win (2.2 innings).

Rafael Fernandez, Wilmer Flores, Blaquiere and Justin Garber had multi hit games, while Gabriel Zavala was the only 0-fer victim, going 0 for 5 to drop his average to .270.

rf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 6, 2 runs, RBI, K, .308
2b Kyle Suire 1 for 6, K, .290
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 5, 2b, BB, K, .321
1b Doug McNulty 1 for 6, RBI, K, .217
3b Stefan Welch 1 for 6, run, HR, RBI, K, .272
cf Pedro Zapata 1 for 6, 2 Ks, .209
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 3 for 5, run, HR, RBI, BB, K, .247
lf Justin Garber 3 for 5, 2 runs, K, .250
Raul Batis 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 Ks, HR, 4.42 era
Zach Rosenbaum 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 Ks, HR, 5.97 era, BS (1)
Michael Powers 2.2 IP, 2 Ks, 1.06 era