6.25 Minor League Report! NIESE, FERNANDEZ, ALDAMA!

Buffalo 5, Gwinnett 1

Jon Niese's run of dominance continued tonight, he allowed a run (after he left) on 6 hits in 6+ innings for his 3rd win of the season, and over his last 4 outings, he has been outstanding. Spanning 26.1 innings, he's allowed 3 runs (1.03 era), on 20 hits and 7 walks, with 25 strikeouts. His June numbers will end up being depressed due to his one horrid outing this month (6 runs on 7 hits in 6.1 innings on the 1st), but he should get one more start on the 30th. Eddie Kunz continued his own resurrection with a scoreless 9th, his ERA stands at 2.48, and he has a ridiculous 2.74 GO/FO this season, and in June, his ERA is a scant 0.93, with an utterly stupid 9.00 GO/FO, to go along with 9 Ks in 9.2 innings. He's thrown up a zero in 7 of his last 8 outings.

cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, 2 BBs, .271
lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, run, RBI, BB, .314
rf Chip Ambres 1 for 5, RBI, .252
1b Michel Abreu 0 for 5, 2 Ks, .245
c Robinson Cancel 1 for 4, BB, .230
ss Javier Castillo 0 for 4, BB, K, .257
3b Rene Rivera 2 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .232
2b Luis Rivera 3 for 3, 2 BBs, .327
Jon Niese 6+ IP, 6 H, ER, 2/6 BB/K, 5.18 era, W (3-6), 105:68:37, 6:5:6
Tim McNab 2 IP, BB, K, 1.29 era, 21:13:8, 1:4:1
Eddie Kunz IP, K, 2.48 era, 13:9:4, 2:0:1

Binghamton 0, Bowie 2

The Mets were 5 hit tonight, with Radhames Liz and company doing the honors. Eric Niesen pitched very well tonight, but took the tough luck loss.

Emmanuel Garcia (1 for 4, .284), Josh Thole (2 for 4, 2 2b, K, .349), DJ Wabick (1 for 4, K, .304) and Jon Malo (1 for 3, .312) had the hits for the Mets, everyone else took 0-fers.

1b Ike Davis 0 for 4, K, .400
lf Lucas Duda 0 for 3, BB, .270
c Mike Nickeas 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .100
2b Jose Coronado 0 for 3, .254
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 3, .283
Eric Niesen 6 IP, 6 H, ER, 1/6 BB/K, 7.20 era, L (0-3), 7:3:6
Edgar Ramirez 2 IP, H, R, 3 Ks, 7.04 era, 1:1:3
Connor Robertson IP, H, 1/2 BB/K, 0.00 era, 0:1:2

St. Lucie 3, Tampa 5

Brant Rustich started this game, but left after 2.2 innings (dunno why yet). Jimmy Johnson replaced him and was awful, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits in 3.1 innings to pick up the loss. Johnson, a fringe LOOGY prospect at best, is holding lefties in the FSL to a .176 average (he's faced 17 lefties and allowed 3 hits), and while it's early, righties are teeing off at a .355 clip (11 for 31).

The Mets had 9 hits and 3 walks, and were 3 for 12 with RISP, but left 9 on base. Hector Pellot and Brahiam Maldonado had multi hit games, while Kirk Nieuwenhuis (0 for 5, 2 Ks, .256) and Reese Havens (0 for 5, .226) took 0-fers.

2b Hector Pellot 2 for 4, run, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .274
3b Zach Lutz 1 for 4, RBI, .260
c Francisco Pena 1 for 4, K, .220
rf Carlos Guzman 1 for 4, run, 2b, K, .266
dh Brahiam Maldonado 2 for 4, run, 2b, K, .237
lf Richard Pena 1 for 2, BB, .237
ph Greg Veloz 0 for 1, K, .251
1b Jake Eigsti 1 for 3, K, .237
ph Jordan Abruzzo BB
Brant Rustich 2.2 IP, 3 H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, 2.66 era, 6:0:2
Jimmy Johnson 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, K, 6 era, L (1-1), 5:3:1
Jose De La Torre 2 IP, 2 Ks, 3.06 era, 1:3:2

Savannah 5, Charleston 4

Chris Schwinden survived his way through 5 innings, despite allowing 10 hits and 3 runs, to pick up his 4th win of the season. Josh Stinson pitched 2 perfect innings for his 2nd save. None of the pitchers tonight for Savannah are prospects, with the slight exception of Stinson, who may be a fringe relief prospect.

The Gnats had 9 hits and drew 4 walks, and were a decent 3 for 11 with RISP (.273), leaving 7 on base. Rafael Fernandez, Jefry Marte, Sean Ratliff and Raul Reyes had multi hit games, while Wilmer Flores, Josh Satin (0 for 3, run, BB, .298), Stefan Welch (0 for 3, BB, .190) and Jose Jimenez (0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .059) took 0-fers.

cf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 3, run, 2 2b, BB, K, .252
3b Jefry Marte 2 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, K, .222
ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 4, K, .268
lf Sean Ratliff 2 for 4, run, 2b, 2 RBI, .298
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .236
rf Raul Reyes 2 for 3, run, RBI, K, .248
Chris Schwinden 5 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 1/3 BB/K, HR, 3.67 era, W (4-3), 5:7:3
Manuel Olivares 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 Ks, HR, 3.13 era, 2:2:2
Josh Stinson 2 IP, 4 Ks, 3.76 era, 1:1:4

Brooklyn 8, Aberdeen 2

The Cyclones exploded for 10 hits and 2 walks, en route to 8 runs off Aberdeen. Matt Bouchard, Luis Rivera and Nick Santomauro had multi hit games, while Nick Giarraputo (0 for 3, run, RBI, .190), Alex Gregory (0 for 3, 2 runs, K, .353), and Luis Nieves (0 for 4, .125) took 0-fers.

Collin McHugh was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst, but he pitched very well tonight, giving up just 3 hits and a walk over 6 innings for the win.

cf John Servidio 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .208
2b Matt Bouchard 3 for 5, 2 runs, 3b, K, .440
1b Sam Honeck 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, .286
rf Luis Rivera 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, 2 RBI, .400
dh Nick Santomauro 2 for 4, 3b, 3 RBI, K, .500
c Dock Doyle 1 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .111
Collin McHugh 6 IP, 3 H, 1/6 BB/K, 1.64 era, W (2-0), 4:7:6
Matias Carrillo IP, H, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, 1:0:2
Darin Gorski 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 9 era, 1:1:4

Kingsport 11, Johnson City 12

The KMets bullpen imploded in a spectacularly epic fashion tonight, as Luis Rojas and Tim Smith combined to take a 9-0 lead and turn it into an 11-9 deficit. Rojas did not retire a single batter in the 7th, this after allowing 2 runs in the 6th. He allowed 5 more in the 7th, then Smith came in and poured 4 runs of gasoline on the fire, and after the Mets actually rallied to tie in the bottom of the 8th, Smith allowed another run in the 9th, and the Mets went down in order in the bottom of the 9th. Pretty sure it's too early, but I'd get rid of both Rojas and Smith, two guys off the street could've done better then that.

Lost in the epic implosion was the outstanding start from Eduardo Aldama, who had struck out 8 of his first 10 batters, and allowed just one hit over 5 innings, striking out 9. He allowed just one ball out of the infield, that was a pop fly single in the first inning. He's just 19 years old, by the way.

The KMets offense certainly wasn't an issue, they hammered out 16 hits and drew 3 walks, and were a great 8 for 17 (.471), leaving 7 on base. Every regular for the Mets had a hit, 6 players had multi hit games, including the 4567 hitters, who went a combined 9 for 19 with 6 runs and 3 RBI.

2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 5, 2b, 3 RBI, 2 Ks, .333
ss Ryan Mollica 2 for 5, run, K, .231
cf RJ Harris 1 for 3, run, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, .286
3b Joe Bonfe 2 for 5, run, K, .364
c Mike Moras 3 for 5, run, 2b, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .500
rf Cesar Puello 2 for 5, 2 runs, RBI, K, .154
1b Jeff Flagg 2 for 4, 2 runs, BB, .308
lf Jon Semel 1 for 5, run, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .200
dh Pedro Zapata 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2 RBI, K, .333
Eduardo Aldama 5 IP, H, BB, 9 Ks, 0.00 era, 6:0:9
Luis Rojas IP+, 4 H, 7 ER, 5/1 BB/K, 63 era, SUCKS COCK, 0:2:1
Tim Smith 3 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 2/5 BB/K, 2 HR, 15 era, BS (1), L (0-1), SUCKS MORE COCK, 4:0:5