7/18 Minor League Report! NIESE, Holt, Beaulac, HONECK, HARRIS, LUCAS

Buffalo 1, Toledo 0

Jon Niese is a straight up PIMP. He fired another complete game shutout (OK, so this one was of the 7 inning variety), allowing just 2 hits and 2 walks, and lowering his season's ERA underneath 4. Over his last 8 starts, Niese has gone 5-1, with a 0.96 era. Spanning 56.1 innings, Niese has allowed just 40 hits, with 12 walks and 46 strikeouts.

2b Argenis Reyes 0 for 3, .300
lf Jesus Feliciano 0 for 3, .305
cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 3, run, .290
ss Javier Castillo 1 for 3, 2b, K, .277
dh Emil Brown 1 for 2, BB, .256
1b Nick Evans 1 for 2, RBI, .126 (4 for 12 since returning to Buffalo)
3b Mike Lamb 0 for 2, K, .230
rf Chip Ambres 0 for 2, .231
c Rene Rivera 0 for 2, K, .242
Jon Niese 7 IP, 2 H, 2/2 BB/K, 3.82 era, W (5-6), 87:56:29, 15:4:2

Buffalo 2, Toledo 0

Two CG shutouts today for Buffalo, Nelson Figueroa does the honors in the night game.

2b Argenis Reyes 0 for 3, .294
lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 3, .309
cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 3, .291
dh Javier Castillo 0 for 3, K, .274
rf Emil Brown 1 for 3, run, .258
1b Nick Evans 0 for 2, K, .124 (4 for 14)
3b Mike Lamb 2 for 2, run, 2 2b, RBI, .237
c Robinson Cancel 0 for 2, K, .217
ss Wilson Valdez 0 for 1, RBI, .206
Nelson Figueroa 7 IP, 7 H, 5 Ks, 2.32 era, W (6-4), 92:69:23, 6:10:5

Binghamton 4, Erie 2

Brad Holt had a very good outing today, giving up just 2 runs on 6 hits with 7 strikeouts in 6.2 innings for his second EL victory. Connor Robertson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 4th save in Binghamton.

The Mets offense had 11 hits and 2 walks, while going just 2 for 10 with RISP, leaving 6 on base. Ike Davis (2), Caleb Stewart (2), and Jon Malo (2) had multi hit games, while Josh Thole (0 for 3, BB, .342) took the only 0-fer, in his first game off the DL (he's been out since 6/30).

cf Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 4, .272
1b Ike Davis 2 for 4, run, HR (4), RBI (18), .278
dh Lucas Duda 1 for 4, run, HR (6), RBI (43), K, .284
rf Caleb Stewart 2 for 4, run, 2b, .212
lf DJ Wabick 1 for 3, BB, .291
3b Jon Malo 2 for 4, run, RBI, .261
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 3, .272
2b Jose Coronado 1 for 2, RBI, .247
Brad Holt 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2/7 BB/K, HR, 5.02 era, W (2-3), 3:8:7
Edgar Alfonzo 1.1 IP, 2 H, K, 3.28 era, 1:2:1
Connor Robertson IP, H, 3 Ks, 3.38 era, SV (4)

St. Lucie 0, Daytona 3

St. Lucie was 2 hit tonight, and despite a decent outing from Scott Moviel, 3 runs in 6 innings, he took the loss, his 3rd without a win. Zach Lutz (1 for 3, K, .275) and Rafael Arroyo (1 for 3, 2 Ks, .098) had the only hits for the Mets, who struck out 14 times tonight, and were 0 for 10 with RISP, leaving 8 on base (4 walks, 2 errors, 2 hits account for the runners).

2b Hector Pellot 0 for 3, BB, K, .272
3b Greg Veloz 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .249
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .240
rf Carlos Guzman 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .263
1b Stefan Welch 0 for 3, BB, K, .422 (snapped an 11 game hitting streak)
lf Brahiam Maldonado 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .243
ss Jake Eigsti 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .227
Scott Moviel 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 5 HBP, 6.05 era, L (0-3), 9:8:0
Stephen Clyne 2 IP, 2 H, 1/3 BB/K, 1.83 era, 2:1:3
Manuel Alvarez IP, H, 2.25 era, 0:3

Savannah 5, Hickory 2

Eric Beaulac was in command today, allowing just a hit and 2 UER (Rafael Fernandez, Jefry Marte, Jean Luc Blaquiere errors, Marte's 35th) over 5.2 innings for his 6th win of the season. Rhiner Cruz worked 1.2 innings to pick up his 18th save of the season.

The Gnats offense had 9 hits and drew 5 walks (3 of them off our old farmhand Corey Ragsdale, who's pitching now), while going 4 for 13 with RISP (.308), leaving 10 on base. Jefry Marte (2) and Wilmer Flores (2) had multi hit games, while Rafael Fernandez (0 for 5, 3 Ks, .254) and Raul Reyes (0 for 4, .257) took 0-fers. It was Fernandez' first game since 6/28.

3b Jefry Marte 2 for 4, run, 2b, BB, .239
dh Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 5, run, 2b, .211
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, .278
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, .271
1b Eric Campbell 1 for 3, RBI, .266
2b Josh Satin 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 2 BBs, .291
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 4, .212
Eric Beaulac 5.2 IP, H, 2 R, 2/7 BB/K, 2.44 era, W (6-5), 4:7:7
Manuel Olivares 1.2 IP, 1/2 BB/K, 3.17 era, 2:1:2
Rhiner Cruz 1.2 IP, H, K, 1.96 era, SV (18), 1:3:1

Brooklyn 11, Auburn 3

The Cyclones hammered out 11 hits and drew 4 walks en route to an 11-3 pasting of Auburn tonight. The Conies were just 4 for 8 with RISP, and left 4 on base, but blasted 4 homers, 2 by John Servidio, accounting for 5 of their 11 runs. Sam Honeck, Tyler Vaughn and Sevidio had multi hit games, while Luis Rivera (0 for 3, BB, .310), Robbie Shields (0 for 4, .071) and Juan Centeno (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .194) took 0-fers.

Mark Cohoon was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst, he picked up the win, his 5th, going

cf Justin Garber 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2 Ks, .357
2b Andy Green 1 for 2, 3 runs, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BBs, .304
1b Sam Honeck 3 for 5, run, 2b, 3 RBI, .337
dh Dock Doyle 1 for 4, RBI, .261
3b Tyler Vaughn 3 for 4, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, .500
rf John Servidio 2 for 3, 3 runs, 2 HR, 3 RBI, K, .218
Mark Cohoon 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1/5 BB/K, 2.48 era, W (5-1), 7:4:5
Brandon Sage 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 Ks, 0.90 era, 1:3:2
Lance Hoge IP, BB, 2.31 era, 2:1

Kingsport 15, Greeneville 5

The Mets overwhelmed Greeneville tonight, scoring in 6 consecutive innings (2 to 7, 2-3-3-4-1-1), and adding 1 in the 9th for good measure. Darrell Ceciliani (2), Richard Lucas (1), and Kurt Steinhauer (1) all homered and had multi hit games. For Steinhauer, it was his first professional homer. Alonzo Harris (3) also had a multi hit game, as every regular contributed with a hit. The Mets were 5 for 14 (.357) with RISP, and left 6 men on base. Eduardo Aldama picked up a cheap win, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings.

cf Darrell Ceciliani 2 for 6, 2 runs, 2b, HR, 3 RBI (6), K, .222
2b Alonzo Harris 3 for 4, 3 runs, 3b (3), RBI (20), 2 BBs, .290
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 5, run, RBI, K, .351
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 5, run, 2b, 2 RBI (9), K, .291
ss Ryan Mollica 1 for 4, run, RBI, .274
3b Richard Lucas 3 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, HR, 2 RBI, 2 Ks (season debut)
lf John Semel 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, .258
c Tyler Howe 1 for 2, 2 ru ns, 2 BBs, .286
dh Kurt Steinhauer 3 for 5, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, .417
Eduardo Aldama 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/1 BB/K, 5.18 era, W (2-0), 8:4:1
Jonathan White 2 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks, 7.71 era, 3:1:2
Sam Taveras IP, H, ER, BB, 6.30 era, 1:2
Bobby Gagg IP, 3 Ks, 0.00 era

GCL
Mets 1, Astros 4

ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 4, .267
2b Ray Van Gurp 1 for 4, .255
3b Mark Kiger 0 for 2, 2 BBs, .000
lf Julio Concepcion 2 for 4, K, .294
c Nelfi Zapata 0 for 4, K, .340 (Zapatawwwwwww)
cf Javier Rodriguez 0 for 4, K, .063
dh Charlie Hinojosa 2 for 3, 2b, .405
pr, dh Chase Greene run, BB, .000
1b Marinus Vernooij 2 for 4, K, .233
rf ZeErika Hall 3 for 4, RBI, K, .316
Orlando Tovar 6.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1/5 BB/K, 3.80 era, L (1-1), 10:3:5
Daniel Peralta H, 2 BBs, 3.46 era
William Rackel 1.2 IP, BB, 5.40 era, 4:1