7/15 Minor League Report! Guzman, WELCH, Pena, STRONACH, Familia!

St. Lucie 10, Palm Beach 0

Tim Stronach had the game of his life this afternoon, taking a perfect game into the 8th, and a no hitter into the 9th, losing the perfecto on a HBP in the 8th, and losing the no hitter with 1 down in the 9th on a triple. Stronach only struck out 1, getting his other 24 outs via groundball (14), and flyball (10). Stronach is a fringy prospect at 23 1/2 years old, but that doesn't take away from his masterpiece today. He lowered his ERA by 2.9 runs with his effort, and earned his first win of the season.

The Mets scored early and often, with 4 in the first getting them off on the right foot. They hammered out 15 hits and drew 3 walks, while going 6 for 12 with RISP, leaving 7 on base. The 456 hitters (Guzman, Welch, Pena) each had a homer and 3 hits in the game, every regular had at least one hit.

2b Hector Pellot 1 for 5, run, K, .277
3b Greg Veloz 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .247
dh Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, run, .245
rf Carlos Guzman 3 for 5, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, .263
1b Stefan Welch 3 for 4, 3 runs, HR, 2 RBI, BB, .471 (16 for 34)
c Francisco Pena 3 for 5, 2 runs, HR, 4 RBI, K, .237 (12 for 38 in July 2 2b, 3b, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 3/5 BB/K, .316/.366/.737)
cf Seth Williams 1 for 4, BB, K, .280
lf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 5, RBI, K, .243
ss Jake Eigsti 1 for 4, run, 2b, .230
Tim Stronach 8.1 IP, H, BB, K, 4.09 era, W (1-1), 14:10:1
Edgar Ramirez 0.2 IP, 0.00 era, 0:2

Savannah 3, Kannapolis 1

Jeurys Familia carried a no hitter into the 6th, before allowing a run in the inning, but he picked up his 7th win of the season, despite not receiving much offensive support (4 hits, 2 walks, 3 runs, 1 earned). Familia allowed just a run on 1 hit and a walk in 6 innings. Rhiner Cruz pitched around 2 hits in the 9th for save #17. The Gnats were just 1 for 7 (.149) with RISP, and left 6 men on base. Jefry Marte (1 for 3, run, K, .239 - left the game after tripping over a bat (more funny then concerning...), Wilmer Flores (1 for 4, run, 3b, .281) and Sean Ratliff (2 for 4, run, 2b, 3b, 2 RBI, .270) had the only hits for the Gnats.

rf Raul Reyes 0 for 4, .261
>>lf Evan LeBlanc 0 for 1, .163
lf, 3b Eric Campbell 0 for 2, BB, .271
dh Jordan Abruzzo 0 for 3, RBI, K, .269
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 0 for 3, K, .212
1b Jose Jimenez 0 for 2, BB, K, .098
>>1b Luis Alen
2b Imbewer Alvarez 0 for 3, K, .174
Jeurys Familia 6 IP, H, ER, 1/4 BB/K, 3.09 era, W (7-6), 8:6:4
John Church IP, H, K, 3.18 era, 1:1:1
Jacob Goldberg IP, BB, 3.13 era, 2:1
Rhiner Cruz IP, 2 H, 2.03 era, SV (17), 2:1

Brooklyn 4, Williamsport 3

Brandon Moore had another fantastic outing tonight, giving up just 2 runs on 4 hits with 9 strikeouts in 8 innings for his 4th win, and despite putting a scare into people, Michael Powers picked up his 4th save, allowing a run on 2 hits in the 9th.

The Cyclones offense had 9 hits and 2 walks, while going 4 for 13 (.308) with RISP, leaving 8 on base. Sam Honeck returned to the lineup after missing the last 5 days with the Cyclones only multi hit game. Luis Rivera (0 for 3, BB, K, .342) took the only 0-fer.

cf Justin Garber 1 for 3
2b Andy Green 1 for 3, run, BB, .250
ss Angel Berroa 1 for 4, run, RBI, K, .250
1b Sam Honeck 2 for 4, K, .333
dh Ralph Henriquez 1 for 4, run, 2b, 3 Ks, .209
c Dock Doyle 1 for 4, K, .270
lf Alex Gregory 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .288
3b Nick Giarraputo 1 for 4, run, RBI, K, .191
Brandon Moore 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 9 Ks, 0.97 era, W (4-0), 8:7:9
Michael Powers IP, 2 H, ER, K, 1.74 era, SV (4), 1:1:1

Kingsport 4, Princeton 10

Damn those smart kids can hit! Or it could be that Mets pitching is just deplorable. Actually, it's probably the latter. Guillaume LeDuc took up that mantle tonight, getting absolutely oblierated, giving up 9 hits (including a homer) and 9 runs (8 earned) in 4 innings for his 2nd loss of the season.

The Mets offense had 7 hits, including 2 homers, but it wasn't close to enough, as they went 1 for 4 with RISP and left 5 on base. Tyler Vaughn had the only multi hit game (2) while Jeff Flagg (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .369), Ryan Mollica (0 for 4, K, .276), RJ Harris (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .250), Juan Torres (0 for 3, run, K, .222) and Gerad Mochizuki (0 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .237) all took 0-fers.

2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 4, run, HR (6), 3 RBI (19), K, .286
cf Darrell Ceciliani 1 for 4, .186
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 4, run, HR (2), RBI (6), 3 Ks, .304
>>1b Tyler Howe 1 for 1, .273
3b Tyler Vaughn 2 for 4, .385
Guillaume LeDuc 4 IP, 9 H, 9/8 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, HR, 8.10 era, L (2-2), 4:4:3
Zach Rosenbaum 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 2/1 BB/K, 5.84 era, 5:3:1
Travis Babin IP, H, 2.61 era, 1:2

GCL
Mets 3, Cardinals 4

ss Wilfredo Tovar 1 for 4, run, K, .299
rf Chase Greene 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .000
2b Mark Kiger 0 for 3, run, 2 Ks
>>2b Marshal Davis 0 for 1, K, .200
rb Richard Lucas 1 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .333
c Nelfi Zapata 1 for 4, .367
cf Javier Rodriguez 1 for 4, RBI, K, .125
dh Orlando Rodriguez 0 for 2, 2 BBs, K, .250
1b Marinus Vernooij 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .192
lf ZeErika Hall 0 for 3, .273
Yohan Almonte 6 IP, 7 H, 3/2 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 1.37 era, 11:4:3
Luis Rojas IP, 2 H, K, 0.00 era, 0:2:1
Marcos Tabata IP, H, ER, BB, 1.74 era, L (0-1), 0:3