7/11 Minor League Report! CARSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buffalo 2, Scranton 1

Coming off a 5 hit complete game shutout, Jon Niese wasn't on top of his game tonight, giving up a run while scattering 8 hits (3 in the first, when he escaped a bases loaded one out jam without giving up a run). Over his last 7 starts, Niese is 4-1 with a 1.09 era, spanning 49.1 innings, he's allowed 38 hits, while walking 11 and striking out 44.

Nick Evans' return to Buffalo began much the way his last stint in Buffalo began, he was 0 for 3, dropping his AAA average to .090

cf Cory Sullivan 2 for 4, run, K, .295
lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 3, run, 2b, .304
rf Chip Ambres 1 for 4, RBI, K, .232
3b Javier Castillo 1 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .281
dh Mike Lamb 1 for 3, BB, .232
ss Angel Berroa 1 for 4, K, .311
1b Nick Evans 0 for 3, K, .090
c(?) 0 for 3, K, .301
2b Wilson Valdez 0 for 3, K, .206
Jon Niese 6 IP, 8 H, ER, 1/5 BB/K, 4.12 era, 106:67:39, 6:7:5
Tim McNab 2 IP, H, K, 2.29 era, W (3-2), 22:14:8, 2:3:1
Brandon Knight IP, H, K, 5.23 era, SV (2), 15:10:5, 1:1:1

Binghamton 0, New Britain 5

Eric Brown had another poor start tonight, giving up 5 runs (4 earned) in 5.2 innings for his 10th loss of the season. Jose De La Torre made his AA debut with 1.1 scoreless innings, Emary Frederick, who pitched 1 game for the BMets in late June, finished off the game with a perfect 8th.

The Mets offense had just 7 hits and a walk in being shutout, they went 0 for 5 with RISP and left 10 men on baqse. Lucas Duda (3 for 4, K, .276), DJ Wabick (3 for 4, K, .290) and Mike Nickeas (1 for 3, BB, .140) were the only 3 players to have hits for the Mets.

cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 5, .270
3b Jon Malo 0 for 4, .264
1b Ike Davis 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .254
rf Caleb Stewart 0 for 4, 4 Ks, .176
2b Jose Coronado 0 for 3, K, .242
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .264
Eric Brown 5.2 IP, 8 H, 5/4 R/ER, 1/2 BB/K, 2 HR, 5.87 era, L (4-10), 9:6:2
Jose De La Torre 1.1 IP, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, 1:1:2
Emary Frederick IP, 0.00 era, 1:2

St. Lucie 7, Jupiter 6 in 12 innings.

The Mets had a second straight good offensive game, hammering out 13 hits and drawing 3 walks en route to a 12 inning, 7-6 victory. 5 players had multi hit games, while Greg Veloz (0 for 5, K, .244), Carlos Guzman (0 for 6, 3 Ks, .258), and Jake Eigsti (0 for 4, K, .208) took 0-fers. The Mets went 4 for 13 (.308) with RISP and left 10 men on base. Francisco Pena hit the game winning HR for the Mets in the top of the 12th, part of a 3 hit outburst for the 19 year old catcher.

Jeff Kaplan started and was very good, giving up just 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings, and would've gotten the win, if not for horrific bullpen work from Nick Waechter, who gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and a walk in 0.2 innings. Manuel Alvarez blew the save by allowing both of Waechter's runs to score, plus his own. Edgar Ramirez got the win with 2 scoreless innings, and Stephen Clyne picked up the save (both had been demoted earlier in the day from Binghamton)

2b Hector Pellot 2 for 5, run, BB, .278
dh Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 5, 2 runs, RBI (35), BB, K, .245
1b Stefan Welch 3 for 6, run, 2 RBI (8), .478 (10 for 21)
c Francisco Pena 3 for 6, 2 runs, 3b, HR (4), 2 RBI (24), K, .226
cf Seth Williams 2 for 5, run, HR, 2 RBI, BB, K, .299
lf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 6, 3 Ks, .240
Jeff Kaplan 7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2/6 BB/K, 3.68 era, 8:7:6
Nick Waechter 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 7.43 era
Manuel Alvarez 1.1 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 Ks, 2.35 era, BS (3), 3:0:2 (how do you get 5 outs in 1.1 innings without a WP/PB?)
Edgar Ramirez 2 IP, 2 H, K, 0.0) era, W (2-0), 2:2:1
Stephen Clyne IP, 1.26 era, SV (2), 2:1

Savannah 8, Lexington 0

Robert Carson had his best professional outing with a 3 hit complete game shutout tonight, lowering his ERA to 2.02 and earning his 7th win of the season. Carson struck out 8, and faced just 3 over the minimum in his gem.

The Gnats hammered out 13 hits and drew 5 walks, while going 5 for 16 (.313) with RISP, leaving 9 on base. 5 players had multi hit games, while Raul Reyes (0 for 4, run, BB, 3 Ks, .260), and Kai Gronauer (0 for 5, run, .235) took 0-fers.

3b Jefry Marte 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR (5), 2 RBI (32), BB, K, .235 (6 for his last 16)
2b Josh Satin 3 for 4, BB, .301
cf Sean Ratliff 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .270
dh Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 5, run, .313
1b Eric Campbell 1 for 3, 2 BBs, .271
lf Evan LeBlanc 2 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, K, .156
ss Imbewer Alvarez 2 for 2, run, 2b, 2 RBI, .211
Robert Carson 9 IP, 3 H, 1/8 BB/K, 2.02 era, W (7-6), 11:6:8

Brooklyn 0, Staten Island 6

Collin McHugh got hit very hard, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits in 4 innings, taking his first loss of the season. The Cyclones had just 8 hits on the day, and went 0 for 10 with RISP, leaving 8 on base. Dock Doyle (0 for 4, K, .231), Robbie Shields (0 for 3, .000), Juan Centeno (0 for 4, K, .212) and John Servidio (0 for 3, K, .193) took 0-fers. Rehabbing Andy Green, along with Luis Rivera and Alex Gregory, had multi hit games.

2b Andy Green 2 for 4
3b Nick Giarraputo 1 for 3, .198
rf Luis Rivera 2 for 4, K, .364
lf Nick Santomauro 1 for 4, .189
1b Alex Gregory 2 for 4, 2 2b, 2 Ks, .290
Collin McHugh 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/4 BB/K, 4.74 era, L (3-1), 5:3:4
Mike Johnson 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks, HR, 5.40 era, 2:2:2
Sam Martinez 2 IP, H, 4 Ks, 5.79 era, 1:1:4
Erik Turgeon IP, H, 0.00 era, 2:1

Kingsport 5, Bristol 11

Another night of just flat out awful pitching for the KMets, as they surrendered 16 hits, 7 walks and 11 runs. It got so bad, Tyler Howe had to pitch (he's a catcher). Eduardo Aldama was staked to a 4-0 lead after 4, but gave it all back in the top of the 5th, giving up 5. The Mets got him off the hook, but then Brian Needham gave up 7 hits, 3 walks and 6 runs in 2.2 innings for the loss.

The Mets offense had 8 hits and 6 walks, while going 5 for 12 (.417) with RISP, leaving 8 on base. Darrell Ceciliani (0 for 4, K, .189) and Gerad Mochizuki (0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .255) took 0-fers, while RJ Harris had the only multi hit game for the Mets.

2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 5, run, .256
>>ph Justin Garber 0 for 1
cf RJ Harris 2 for 3, run, BB, .250
>>ph Tyler Vaughn 0 for 1, K
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 3, run, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .389
>>ph Juan Torres 0 for 1, K
3b Ryan Mollica 1 for 2, run, RBI, 2 BBs, .320
c, p Tyler Howe 1 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .250
dh Pedro Zapata 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .350
>>c John Freeman
lf Kurt Steinhauer 1 for 3, RBI, BB, .167
Eduardo Aldama 4.1 IP, 8 H, 5/4 R/ER, 2/2 BB/K, HR, 4.66 era, 7:3:2
Tom Chism 1.2 IP, H, 2/1 BB/K, 3.52 era, 1:3:1
Brian Needham 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3/2 BB/K, HR, 5.65 era, L (1-1), 4:2:2
Tyler Howe 0.1 IP, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, WP

GCL
Mets 1, Nationals 0

3 Mets pitchers combined on a no hitter.

ss Wilfredo Tovar 2 for 4, 3b, RBI, .339
cf ZeErika Hall 0 for 3, BB, K, .318
2b Ray Van Gurp 0 for 4, K, .283
c Nelfi Zapata 0 for 3, BB, K, .366
3b Richard Lucas 1 for 3
>>ph, 3b Josh Dunn 0 for 1, .111
lf Julio Concepcion 1 for 4, K, .294
dh Charles Hinojosa 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .368
1b Marinus Vernooij 0 for 4, K, .217
rf Cody Holliday 1 for 2, run, BB, K, .176
Salvador Aguilar IP, 0.00 era, 3:
Jhonathan Torres 6 IP, 2/8 BB/K, 0.82 era, W (4-0), 6:4:8
Marcos Tabata 2 IP, 2 Ks, 0.96 era, 3:1:2