5/1 Minor League Report! FERNANDO, NIESE, HAVENS, RAMIREZ!

Buffalol 3, Louisville 4 in 7 innings

*in that scary announcer dudes voice* Just when you thought it was going to end differently, it's CARLOSSSSS MUNIZZZ! OH NO!!!!!

LOL. Jon Niese has his first outstanding effort of the season, a 6 inning 3 hit gem, Carlos Muniz comes in and blows the save, giving up 3 in the 7th, sending Buffalo to their 400th loss of the season.

The Bisons pounded out 10 hits and drew 2 walks, but were just 2 for 12 with RISP, and left 9 men on base. Jesus Feliciano, Argenis Reyes and Fernando Martinez had multi hit games, while Mike Lamb (0 for 4, .091), Nick Evans and Mike Nickeas (0 for 2, BB, 2 Ks, .000) took 0-fers.

cf, lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, run, .297
2b Andy Green 1 for 2, .182
2b Argenis Reyes 2 for 2, .279
rf Fernando Martinez 3 for 4, run, .260
1b Willy Mo Pena 1 for 4, run, HR, 3 RBI, .375
lf Nick Evans 0 for 2, BB, 2 Ks, .098
cf Cory Sullivan 0 for 1, .211
ss Jose Coronado 1 for 2, .119
ph Jason Cooper 0 for 1, K, .211
Jon Niese 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 1/8 BB/K, 6.55 era, 81:60:21, 6:4:8
Carlos Muniz IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 5.73 era, BS (1), L (0-2), 34:20:14, 0:2:2, 2 WP

Binghamton 8, New Hampshire 2, in 6 innings

The Mets exploded for 10 hits and 8 runs in 6 innings to beat the Fisher Cats 8-2 tonight. Emmaneul Garcia had a second straight big game, Lucas Duda, Salvador Paniagua and Josh Petersen also had multi hit games. Shawn Bowman (0 for 3, RBI, 2 Ks, .253) had the only 0-fer.

Fernando Nieve started tonight and wasn't very effective, only going 3.2 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 runs. Eric Brown worked the final 2.1 innings to pick up the win.

cf Emmanuel Garcia 2 for 4, run, K, .280
2b Jon Malo 1 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, .400
dh Lucas Duda 2 for 4, 2 runs, 3b, 3 RBI, 2 Ks, .308
c Salvador Paniagua 2 for 4, run, 2b, RBI
lf DJ Wabick 0 for 1, K, .200
ph, rf Carl Loadenthal 0 for 1, BB, .266
rf, lf Josh Petersen 2 for 3, 2b, 2 RBI, K, .303
1b Mark Kiger 1 for 3, run, 2b, K, .257
ss Ruben Tejada run, 2 BBs, .222
Fernando Nieve 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/5 BB/K, HR, 6.75 era, 5:1:5
Eric Brown 2.1 IP, H, 3 Ks, 4.80 era, W (2-1), 2:2:3

St. Lucie 4, Sarasota 3

No extra innings tonight, but a win nonetheless for the Mets, 4-3 over the Reds tonight. Brad Holt was decent in his 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, but it was Nick Waechter who picked up the win with 2.2 innings of relief, allowing a run on a hit. Stephen Clyne picked up a 4 out save.

The Mets had 9 hits and drew 6 walks, but were a woeful 2 for 15 with RISP, and left 12 men on base. Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Reese Havens had multi hit games, while Carlos Guzman (0 for 4, K, .287) took the only 0-fer.

2b Greg Veloz 1 for 5, K, .227
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 4, run, 2b, 2 RBI, K, .244
ss Reese Havens 2 for 3, 2b, RBI, 2 BBs, K, .289
1b Ike Davis 1 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .298
c Rafael Arroyo run, 3 BBs, .150
lf Seth Williams 1 for 4, run, .263
3b Matt Bouchard 1 for 4, RBI, K, .176
dh Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 3, 2b, BB, K, .230
Brad Holt 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 5.79 era, WP, HBP, 5:6:4
Nick Waechter 2.2 IP, H, ER, 1/4 BB/K, 4.05 era, W (2-0), WP, HBP, 5:0:4
Stephen Clyne 1.1 IP, H, 1.59 era, SV (1), 4:0:0

Savannah 2, Greenville 1

It was an awful offensive showing by the Gnats tonight, as they pounded out 12 hits and drew 5 walks, but only had 2 runs to show for it, going a putrid 1 for 13 with RISP and leaving 12 runners on, in addition to hitting into 3 DPs, and having a runner thrown out at home. 5 players had multi hit games, while Wilmer Flores, and Jean Luc Blaquiere (0 for 2, 2 BBs, K, .250) took 0-fers.

Elvin Ramirez was brilliant tonight, firing 6 innings of 1 hit shutout ball, but getting a ND. Jimmy Johnson got the win, and Erik Turgeon the save.

cf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 4, run, BB, .263
3b Jefry Marte 2 for 4, .278
ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 4, K, .280
1b Eric Campbell 2 for 4, BB, .279
lf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .297
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 4, .217
2b Josh Satin 2 for 4, RBI, K, .370
rf Juan Lagares 2 for 4, .278
Elvin Ramirez 6 IP, H, 2/6 BB/K, 2.96 era, 5:6:6
Manuel Olivares 1.2 IP, 2 H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.05 era, 2:1:2
Jimmy Johnson IP, 1.32 era, W (1-0), 1:1:0
Erik Turgeon 0.1 IP, BB, 2.35 era, SV (3), 0:1:0