6/20 Minor League Report! NIESE!!

Buffalo 5 Charlotte 1
You know what's awesome? Jon Niese not sucking! Not because I have any faith in him becoming even a decent major league starter, but every good outing helps raise that trade value. Niese didn't just have a good outing tonight, he had a great outing, going 7 scoreless innings allowing 6 hits and just 1 walk while tying a season high with 8 k's in Buffalo's 5-1 win. Niese has now had 3 straight good starts in which he has thrown 20.1 innings, allowing just 2 runs (none in his last two starts), while striking out 19 batters.

As for the offense, Fernando Martinez made it known he was back, going 2-4 with a 2B and an RBI, and the legend of Chip Ambres continued, as he hit an early sac fly and a 2-run bomb in the 3rd inning in support of Niese.

Buffalo
Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Reyes, Ar 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.293
Feliciano, J RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.301
Martinez, F LF	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296
Brown, E DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286
Ambres CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	.265
Abreu 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.252
Rivera, R C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.217
Castillo, J 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.262
Rivera, L SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268
Niese P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
McNab P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dessens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
2B: Martinez, F (16, Whisler), Rivera, R (8, Whisler), Abreu (7, Whisler).
3B: Reyes, Ar (2, Whisler).
HR: Ambres (4, 3rd inning off Whisler, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Reyes, Ar 3; Feliciano, J; Martinez, F 3; Brown, E; Ambres 4; Abreu 2; Rivera, R 2.
RBI: Feliciano, J (21), Brown, E (4), Ambres 3 (23).
2-out RBI: Ambres 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reyes, Ar; Rivera, R; Ambres.
SF: Ambres.
GIDP: Abreu.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
DP: (Castillo, J-Reyes, Ar-Abreu).

Buffalo
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Niese (W, 2-6)	7.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	5.55
McNab	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38
Dessens	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.83

Binghamton and Brooklyn rained out.

Savannah 3 Charleston 7
Only interesting thing in this game was that Jefry Marte, according to the boxscore, played SS tonight. Marte had been playing, and I use that term lightly, 3B all year, but got his first start at SS tonight. Again, this could be a huge mistake, and it's possible that it was actually Flores playing SS, but you never know.

As for the actual game El Ramirez got bombed giving up 5 runs and 8 hits in just 3.2 innings of work putting Savannah in a hole they couldn't climb out of. Nothing exciting on the offensive side as Savannah was limited to just 5 hits.

Savannah
Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Fernandez, R CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.252
Marte SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.221
Ratliff LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.291
Satin 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.302
Reyes, R RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.239
Gronauer C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Welch, S 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.196
Blaquiere DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205
Alvarez, I 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143
Ramirez, El P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Olivares P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Orta P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
3B: Fernandez, R (3, Noesi).
HR: Welch, S (2, 2nd inning off Noesi, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Fernandez, R 3; Gronauer; Welch, S 4; Blaquiere; Alvarez, I.
RBI: Welch, S 2 (6), Marte (28).
2-out RBI: Welch, S 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Marte 2.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Reyes, R (2, fielding).
DP: (Marte-Welch, S).

avannah
Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ramirez, El (L, 3-6)	3.2	8	5	5	4	1	0	3.89
Olivares	2.1	2	2	2	2	2	0	3.06
Orta	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.00