7/21 Minor League Report! Veloz, Lutz, TORRES, Van Gurp!

Buffalo 2, Louisville 5

cf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .313
2b Andy Green 1 for 4, 2b, K, .179
rf Chip Ambres 1 for 4, K, .242
3b Javier Castillo 1 for 4, K, .267
c Rene Rivera 0 for 4, .244
1b Nick Evans 1 for 4, run, HR (4), RBI (9), K, .129
lf Josh Petersen 2 for 4, run, 2 2b
ss Wilson Valdez 1 for 3, .208
>>ph Mike Lamb 0 for 1, .228
Tobi Stoner 0 for 3, K; 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1/6 BB/K, 5.13 era, L (2-4), 103:69:34, 6:6:6 (HAHAHAH)
Adam Bostick 2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, HR, 1.06 era, 38:22:16, 3:3

Binghamton 5, Connecticut 4

Despite giving up 3 runs on 11 hits in 5 innings, Dylan Owen picked up the win tonight, thanks to a 5 run outburst by the Mets in the first inning. Connor Robertson picked up his 5th save with a perfect 9th.

The Mets had 7 hits and 2 walks, while going 3 for 8 (.375) with RISP, leaving 6 on base. Josh Thole (2) had the only multi-hit game, while Emmanuel Garcia (0 for 3, run, BB, 2 Ks, .266) and Ruben Tejada (0 for 3, run, K, .276) took 0-fers.

c Josh Thole 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI, K, .342
1b Ike Davis 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .284
lf Lucas Duda 1 for 4, K, .282
rf DJ Wabick 1 for 4, run, K, .290
3b Jon Malo 1 for 4, RBI, .261
2b Jose Coronado 1 for 3, RBI, BB, .250
Dylan Owen 5 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 3 Ks, 5.55 era, W (3-6), 6:6:3
Edgar Alfonzo 1.1 IP, 2/1 BB/K, 3.19 era, 2:1:1
Emary Frederick 0.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 1.80 era, 0:2
Roy Merritt IP, 3.80 era, 3:
Connor Robertson IP, K, 3.18 era, SV (5), 1:1:1

St. Lucie 8, Daytona 2

Jeff Kaplan had a good outing tonight, giving up 2 runs on 9 hits in 6 innings for his 2nd FSL victory. The Mets offense had 11 hits and drew 8 walks, while going 3 for 12 (.250) with RISP and leaving 10 on base. Greg Veloz, Zach Lutz and Seth Williams had multi hit games, while Carlos Guzman (0 for 3, 2 RBI, K, .258), Stefan Welch (0 for 3, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, .375) and Hector Pellot (0 for 4, run, .259) took 0-fers.

dh Greg Veloz 3 for 5, 3 runs, 2 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .250
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 2, 2 runs, 3b, RBI, 3 BBs, .245
ss Reese Havens 1 for 3, RBI, 2 BBs, K, .230
c Francisco Pena 1 for 5, run, 3 Ks, .229
3b Zach Lutz 3 for 4, run, HR (6), RBI (31), .274
lf Seth Williams 2 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, .298
Jeff Kaplan 6 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 3.70 era, W (2-4), 10:3:4
Stephen Clyne 2 IP, H, K, 1.66 era, 3:2:1
Josh Stinson IP, 3.18 era, 3:

Kingsport 6, Pulaski 8

The Mets get a pass tonight, as it was 19 year old Yohan Almonte's Kingsport debut tonight, and he fired 4 innings of 3 hit shutout ball before the roof caved in on him in the 5th, he allowed 5 hits and a walk in that inning, leading to 6 runs, all against him, for the loss.

The Mets hammered out 14 hits, but were just 3 for 16 (.188) with RISP, leaving 10 on base. Darrell Ceciliani (2), Alonzo Harris (2), RJ Harris (2), Richard Lucas (2) and Juan Torres (4) all had multi hit games, Torres had a perfect game going 4 for 4. Ryan Mollica (0 for 5, 2 RBI, K, .264) and John Freeman (0 for 5, 2 Ks, .159) took 0-fers.

cf Darrell Ceciliani 2 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, K, .265
2b Alonzo Harris 2 for 5, run, RBI, K, .301
dh RJ Harris 2 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .257
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 4, run, 3 Ks, .284
3b Richard Lucas 2 for 5, 2 2b, 2 Ks, .438
lf Pedro Zapata 1 for 4, run, K, .357
1b Juan Torres 4 for 4, run, 3b, RBI, .500
Yohan Almonte 4.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, BB, K, 2 HR, 11.57 era, L (0-1), 7:6:1
Zach Rosenbaum 1.1 IP, H, 2 R, K, 5.27 era, 0:3:1
Sam Taveras IP, 3 Ks, 5.73 era
Brian Needham IP, 2 H, BB, 5.19 era, 3:

GCL
Mets 10, Nationals 13

lf ZeErika Hall 1 for 5, run, 2b, K, .313
ss Wilfredo Tovar 2 for 5, run, 2b, 2 RBI, .333 (boxscore says Orlando Tovar, but he's a pitcher. I'm gonna go with Wilfredo)
2b Ray Van Gurp 3 for 5, 2 RBI, K, .274
rf Scott Grimes 2 for 5, run, HR, RBI, K, .333
>>rf Cody Holliday .175
dh Julio Concepcion 0 for 2, .288
>>ph, dh Travis Ozga 0 for 2, .114
1b Marinus Vernooij 0 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .205
3b Mark Kiger 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, .067
c Atuaro Valdez 0 for 3, 2 runs, BB, K, .333
cf Javier Rodriguez 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, 4 RBI, K, .200
Salvador Aguilar 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 3 Ks, 1.50 era, 4:2:3
Daniel Carela 2 IP, H, 1/3 BB/K, 3.12 era, 0:2:3
Adam O'Neill IP, 3 H, 5/4 R/ER, 2/1 BB/K, 6.57 era, 2:0:1
Luis Rojas 0.1 IP, 2 ER, 2 BBs, K, 8.10 era
William Rackle 1.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1/3 BB/K, 10.80 era, BS (1), L (0-1), 2:0:3