4/24 Minor League Report! THOLE, VALDESPIN!

Buffalo 0-3-1, Syracuse 4-9-1

Nick Evans is truly having a disasterous season so far, after his 0 for 4 tonight, he is now 5 for 53 (.094) with 18 Ks and a nifty .509 OPS. The Bisons had just 3 hits on the night (Jesus Feliciano, Jon Malo and Brandon Knight). Everyone else took 0-fers in another ugly offensive showing. Knight took the loss despite giving up 3 runs in 7 innings, he fell to 0-2. Eddie Kunz gave up a run in his inning of work, and Jon Switzer finished off the game.

cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 4, .227
1b Nick Evans 0 for 4, K, .094
rf Fernando Martinez 0 for 4, K, .271
c Robinson Cancel 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .261
lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 3, .271
Jon Malo 1 for 3, .157
2b Argenis Reyes 0 for 3, .212
ss Jose Coronado 0 for 3, K, .098
Brandon Knight 1 for 2, 2b, K, .333; 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3/5 BB/K, 5.50 era, L (0-2), 105:60:45, 8:5:5
Eddie Kunz IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 2.89 era, 16:8:8, 2:0
Jon Switzer IP, H, 1/3 BB/K, 5.06 era, 25:16:9

Binghamton 411-1, New Hampshire 2-10-3 in 13 innings

Josh Thole went 4 for 6 and scored a run in the decisive 2 run 13th as the Mets outlasted the Fisher Cats 4-2. Emmanuel Garcia also had a multi hit game, while Shawn Bowman (0 for 6, 3 Ks, .250) and Mark Kiger (0 for 4, BB, 2 Ks, .250) took 0-fers.

Ryan Coultas started for the Mets, and worked into the 7th inning (faced one batter in the 7th), he was charged with 2 runs on 7 hits in 6+ innings, taking a ND. John Madden allowed Coultas' lone IHR to score in his inning of work, he was tagged with a BS. Edgar Alfonzo, Tim McNab, Nick Abel and Roy Merritt worked 6 shutout innings in relief, allowing 2 hits, striking out 5. Abel got the win, Merritt his 7th save.

cf Emmanuel Garcia 2 for 6, RBI, .286
rf Carl Loadenthal 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, K, .298
c Josh Thole 4 for 6, run, .386
dh Caleb Stewart 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .161
ph, dh, 1b Josh Petersen 0 for 1, .313
lf DJ Wabick 1 for 5, BB, 2 Ks, .139
ph Lucas Duda RBI, BB, .300
2b Matt Bouchard 1 for 6, run, K, .173
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 5, run, BB, .205
Ryan Coultas 6+ IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2/3 BB/K, 3.45 era
John Madden IP, H, BB, 0.00 era, BS (2)
Edgar Alfonzo 1.2 IP, H, BB, K, 0.00 era
Tim McNab 2.1 IP, H, 2 Ks, 3.72 era
Nick Abel IP, 1/2 BB/K, 2.16 era, W (1-1)
Roy Merritt IP, BB, 0.00 era

St. Lucie 1-7-2, Charlotte 3-7-1

Angel Calero pitched very well tonight, giving up just a run on 2 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings, but that was enough for him to be tagged with a loss, as the Mets offense generated just a run on 7 hits themselves. Brant Rustich gave up 2 runs (1 earned) in his 3 innings of work, as he works up his pitch count.

Greg Veloz (0 for 5, .288), Zach Lutz (0 for 4, K, .271), and Brahiam Maldonado (0 for 4, K, .256) all took 0-fers, while Carlos Guzman had the only multi hit game.

ss Reese Havens 1 for 5, 2b, .309
1b Ike Davis 1 for 4, 3b, BB, 2 Ks, .281
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, K, .226
c Francisco Pena 1 for 3, .205
rf Carlos Guzman 2 for 3, 2b, BB, .320
dh Hector Pellot 1 for 4, 2b, .156
Angel Calero 5 IP, 2 H, ER, 2/3 BB/K, 1.13 era, L (1-1), 3:7:3
Brant Rustich 3 IP, 5 H, 2/1 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 1.13 era, 4:2:3

Savannah 5-11-1, Rome 8-14-2

It was a tale of 2 starts for Robert Carson tonight. There was the first inning, in which he surrendered 6 runs (4 earned) on 6 hits (thanks to a Jordany Valdespin error (about the only thing he's done wrong this season, lol)). And then there was the rest of his outing, in which he allowed a run on 6 hits in 5 innings. So while his total line looks putrid, it was one awful inning compounded by an error which did him in.

The offense certainly came to play, pounding out 11 hits and 5 runs, but the Gnats were 3 for 12 with RISP and left 7 on base. Valdespin, Eric Campbell and Jean Luc Blaquiere had multi hit games, while Rafael Fernandez (0 for 5, run, 4 Ks, .240), Josh Satin (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .370), and Jose Jimenez (0 for 3, 3 Ks, .050) all took 0-fers.

ss Jordany Valdespin 3 for 5, K, .397
3b Jefry Marte 1 for 5, 2 runs, 3b, 2 RBI, .262
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .279
1b Eric Campbell 2 for 3, RBI, BB, .276
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 2 for 4, K, .200
lf Juan Lagares 2 for 4, 2 runs, .255
Robert Carson 6 IP, 12 H, 7/5 R/ER, 3 Ks, 4.91 era, L (1-2), 11:2:3
Jimmy Johnson 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 Ks, 1.93 era, 2:2:2
Erik Turgeon IP, 2 Ks, 1.69 era, 1:0:2