4/21 Minor League Report! Veloz, Havens!

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Buffalo 7, Scranton 3

The Bisons used a 4 run 8th to erase a 3-2 deficit and hand the Yankees their first loss of the season. Nick Evans nightmare season, however, continued, as he went 0 for 4 with another pair of Ks, he's now struck out 15 times in 45 ABs, and is rocking a .111 average and a sub .640 OPS. Ouch. Buffalo had just 5 hits on the game, but drew 6 walks, and were 3 for 8 with RISP. Andy Green (0 for 2, run, RBI, 2 BBs, K, .000), Nick Evans, Argenis Reyes (0 for 2, 2 runs, 2 BBs, K, .233) and Jose Coronado (0 for 3, run, K, .089) took 0-fers.

Dillon Gee started for the Bisons, and he was decent, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits over 5.1 innings. He did strike out 7, and both of his IHR were allowed to score by Ken Takahashi, on a hit, a WP and 2 walks. Elmer Dessens worked 2.1 innings for the win, and Carlos Muniz pitched a scoreless 9th.

cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 3, run, 2 BBs, .216
rf Fernando Martinez 1 for 4, 3 RBI, K, .275
lf, 1b Nick Evans 0 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .111
1b Michel Abreu 1 for 4, run, RBI, K, .200
dh Jason Cooper 1 for 4, RBI, K, .273
c Robinson Cancel 1 for 4, run, K, .316
Dillon Gee 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 7 Ks, 4.80 era, 86:56:30, 1:8:7
Ken Takahashi 0.1 IP, H, 2 BBs, 0.84 era, 17:7:10, 1:0:0, BS (1)
Elmer Dessens 2.1 IP, H, BB, K, 1.13 era, W (1-1), 38:23:15, 5:1:1
Carlos Muniz IP, H, BB, 4.50 era, 26:13:13, 0:3:0

Binghamton 8, Trenton 5 in 6 innings (wain)

Michael Antonini winded his way through 5 innings, allowing 7 hits and 4 runs, en route to a sloppy 8-5 victory. Eric Brown pitched the final inning, allowing a run on 2 hits.

The Mets offense had 5 hits and 3 walks, and also benefitted from 2 errors by the Thunder. They were 2 for 6 with RISP, and didn't leave any runners on base. Carl Loadenthal (0 for 2, run, .306), Caleb Stewart (0 for 2, run, BB, .130), Lucas Duda (0 for 1, run, RBI, BB, .321), and DJ Wabick (0 for 2, run, RBI, .143) took 0-fers.

cf Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 2, run, RBI, .317
c Josh Thole 1 for 3, run, RBI, .364
3b Shawn Bowman 1 for 3, K, .310
2b Matt Bouchard 1 for 2, run, RBI, K, .179
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 1, run, 2b, 2 RBI, BB, .219
Michael Antonini 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/3 BB/K, HR, 4.30 era, W (2-0), 8:3:3
Eric Brown IP, 2 H, ER, 3.12 era, 2:1:0

St. Lucie 7, Jupiter 1

The Mets offense pounded out 12 hits and drew 4 walks en route to a 7-1 drubbing of Jupiter, but despite the 7 runs, they were just 2 for 12 with RISP, and left 9 men on base. Greg Veloz and Reese Havens were a combined 5 for 9 at the top of the order, and the 345 hitters did their job, driving in 5 of the 7 runs for the Mets. Carlos Guzman (0 for 5, K, .341), and Brahiam Maldonado (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .286) took 0-fers.

Nick Waechter (starting in place of Brad Holt, no news as of now about why), was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst, he worked 5 innings, allowing just a run and striking out 6 for his first win. Edgar Ramirez worked 3 innings of shutout relief, and Stephen Clyne pitched a scoreless 9th.

2b Greg Veloz 2 for 4, run, 2b (3), BB, .340
ss Reese Havens 3 for 5, 3 runs, HR (3), RBI (7), .333
1b Ike Davis 2 for 4, run, 2b (4), RBI (3), BB, K, .277
3b Zach Lutz 2 for 4, run, HR (2), 3 RBI (8), BB, .342
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 5, RBI (2), K, .256
c Rafael Arroyo 1 for 5, run, 2b (2), K, .214
dh Hector Pellot 1 for 3, RBI (4), BB, K, .136
Nick Waecther 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 Ks, 5.19 era, W (1-0), 6:3:6
Edgar Ramirez 3 IP, H, 3 Ks, 0.00 era, 2:4:3
Stephen Clyne IP, 1/2 BB/K, 1.29 era, 0:1:2

Savannah 4, Charleston 5

Josh Stinson got a start today, and it was a rough one, he surrendered 4 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks in 3 innings, to pick up the loss as Savannah lost an early morning game 5-4. However, it was Manuel Olivares who allowed the deciding run of the game, in the 5th inning, and also allowed all 3 of Stinson's IHR to score.

The Gnats had 7 hits and a walk, parlaying them into 4 runs, and they went 3 for 9 with RISP, and left just 3 men on base, but the pitching side let them down yesterday morning. Jordany Valdespin (0 for 3, run, BB, K, .341), Josh Satin (0 for 3, .371) and Raul Reyes (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .188) took 0-fers, while Jefry Marte had a multi hit game for the Gnats.

cf Rafael Fernandez 1 for 4, 2b, 3 RBI, 2 Ks, .297
ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 4, 2b (3), K, .340
lf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .300
1b Eric Campbell 1 for 4, K, .250
3b Jefry Marte 2 for 4, run, RBI, K, .306
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 4, run, K, .154
Josh Stinson 3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2/1 BB/K, 5 era, L (0-1), 3:4:1
Manuel Olivares 3 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, K, 3.24 era, 3:5:1
Rhiner Cruz 2 IP, H, 3 Ks, 0.00 era, 1:2:3
Wendy Rosa IP, BB, 7.94 era, 0:2:0