7/5 Minor League Report! NIESE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buffalo 5, Rochester 9, Game 1

Tobi Stoner's had 4 starts in AAA since posting a 2.68 era in AA, and of them, 2 have been quality, and only one has been really good. Today, he had an awful outing, getting raked around for 8 hits and 6 runs in 5.2 innings for his second loss. Jon Switzer came in with 2 on in the 6th inning, and allowed both runners to score, giving Stoner the loss, and taking his 2nd BS.

cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .293
lf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, K, .304
dh Chip Ambres 0 for 4, .236
rf Emil Brown 1 for 4, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .301
3b Mike Lamb 1 for 4, run, RBI, .226
ss Javier Castillo 2 for 4, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, K, .278
1b Michel Abreu 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .241
c Robinson Cancel 1 for 3, RBI, .237
2b Wilson Valdez 0 for 3, run, BB, .194
Tobi Stoner 5.2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 2/6 BB/K, HR, 5.75 era, L (1-2), 99:67:32, 2:9:6
Jon Switzer 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 3.03 era, BS (2), 25:14:11, 0:2:2
Tim McNab IP, H, BB, 2.61 era, 17:9:8, 2:1
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dh Justin Huber 0 for 4, BB, K, .278
cf, rf Dustin Martin 1 for 4, RBI, K, .254
c Drew Butera 1 for 4, run, RBI, .220
Phillip Humber 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1/6 BB/K, HR, 6.16 era, W (3-6), 95:61:34, 4:8:6

Buffalo 5, Rochester 0, Game 2

Jon. Niese.

First 9 inning complete game of the minor league season for the organization, and he did it in style, striking out 10, including the last batter to face him. He held the Red Wings to just 5 hits, and induced 10 groundball outs, including 2 GIDPs. He threw a career high 126 pitches, 84 of them (66.67%) for strikes. Over his last 6 starts, Niese has gone at least 7 innings in 4 of them, 8 innings or more twice, and has a 4-1 record with a 1.04 era, spanning 43.1 innings, he's given up just 30 hits, walked 10, and struck out 39.

cf Cory Sullivan 2 for 4, 2 RBI, .297
lf Jesus Feliciano 0 for 4, RBI, .299
rf Chip Ambres 0 for 4, K, .232
dh Emil Brown 1 for 4, 2b, K, .299
3b Mike Lamb 1 for 4, .226
ss Javier Castillo 2 for 4, run, K, .282
1b Michel Abreu 1 for 4, run, K, .241
c Rene Rivera 1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .241
2b Luis Rivera 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, .308
Jon Niese 9 IP, 5 H, 2/10 BB/K, 4.32 era, W (4-6), 126:84:42, 10:6:10

Binghamton 1, Erie 3

Eric Niesen had his second good outing in his last 3 starts, giving up just a run on 5 hits over 5 innings, but he took a ND. Edgar Ramirez took the loss, giving up the tiebreaking run in the 8th inning (actually an IHR Moy Merritt allowed to score). Merritt also allowed a run of his own, providing the final margin of defeat.

The Mets had just 6 hits and 4 walks, while going 0 for 5 with RISP and leaving 10 on base. The lone run came on Ike Davis' 2nd EL HR. Jon Malo (0 for 5, K, .275), Caleb Stewart (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .176) and Shawn Bowman (0 for 3, BB, 3 Ks, .288) took 0-fers.

cf Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .279
1b Ike Davis 1 for 2, run, HR (2), RBI (10), 2 BBs, K, .273
lf Lucas Duda 1 for 4, K, .269
dh DJ Wabick 1 for 3, BB, .287
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 3, .267
c Salvador Paniagua 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .206
Eric Niesen 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 2/9 BB/K, 6.35 era, 1:3:9
Edgar Ramirez 2.1 IP, 4 H, ER, 2/1 BB/K, 6.17 era, L (0-2), 5:0:1
Roy Merritt 0.2 IP, 3 H, ER, K, 3.43 era, 0:1:1
Jim Warden IP, 2 H, 0.87 era, 0:3

St. Lucie 4, Jupiter 8

Jeff Kaplan got hammered for 9 hits and 6 runs (4 earned; 4 Met errors) in 5 innings for his 3rd loss in the FSL, and 5th overall.

The Mets mounted a late charge with 3 in the 7th and 1 in the 8th, but were down 7-0 beforehand, so they came up well short. They had 7 hits and drew 4 walks, but were just 1 for 5 with RISP and left 4 on base. Kirk Nieuwenhuis (0 for 4, .240), Carlos Guzman (0 for 3, BB, .268), Richard Pena (0 for 2, .250, HBP) and Jake Eigsti (0 for 3, .193) took 0-fers. Richard Pena left the game in the 7th after getting hit by a pitch. Greg Veloz had the only multi hit game.

3b Greg Veloz 2 for 3, run, HR (2), RBI (17), BB, .250
1b Zach Lutz 1 for 4, run, 2b, K, .276 (14 game hitting streak)
lf, rf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 4, RBI, K, .235
pr, c Francisco Pena 1 for 1, run, .231
2b Hector Pellot 1 for 3, run, BB, K, .261
c, lf Rafael Arroyo 1 for 3, 2b, 2 RBI, BB, K, .096
Jeff Kaplan 5 IP, 9 H, 6/4 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 2 HR, 4.03 era, L (1-3), 4:7:3
Tim Stronach 2 IP, 4 H, R, 2 Ks, 6.97 era, 3:1:2
Jimmy Johnson 2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K, 5.52 era, 4:1:1

Savannah 4, Greenville 2

Chris Schwinden pitched well for 6 innings, allowing just 2 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks for his 5th win of the season. Rhiner Cruz pitched a perfect 9th for his 14th save.

The Gnats offense had 11 hits and drew a pair of walks, while going a putrid 1 for 13 with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Raul Reyes, Sean Ratliff, Stefan Welch and Jefry Marte had multi hit games, while Wilmer, Eric Campbell (0 for 5, K, .273), and Evan LeBlanc took 0-fers.

lf Raul Reyes 2 for 4, 2b, 2 RBI, .250
ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 4, BB, 3 Ks, .280
cf Sean Ratliff 2 for 4, run, .274
2b Josh Satin 1 for 4, run, 3 Ks, .291
dh Stefan Welch 3 for 4, 2b, 3b, K, .239
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 4, run, RBI, K, .240
3b Jefry Marte 2 for 4, K, .229
Chris Schwinden 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2/6 BB/K, HR, 3.77 era, W (5-4), 7:4:6
Manuel Olivares 2 IP, H, BB, K, 3.07 era, 2:3:1
Rhiner Cruz IP, K, 1.99 era, SV (14), 1:1:1

Brooklyn 3, TriCity 0

Jim Fuller has yet to allow an earned run in the 2009 season, he's gone 19 innings, allowing just 2 unearned runs, with a 1.00 WHIP and 18 Ks. Tonight he went 6 innings, allowing 6 hits and striking out 5. Mike Lynn picked up the save with 3 innings of 1 hit relief.

The Cones offense had 7 hits and 5 walks in the game, while going just 2 for 10 with RISP and leaving 7 on base. They also hit into 3 DPs. Sam Honeck had a multi hit game, as did Dock Doyle, while John Servidio (0 for 3, run, BB, K, .190), James Ewing (0 for 4, K, .143, E (2)), Nick Giarraputo (0 for 4, K, .218), Nick Santomauro (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .200) and Juan Centeno (0 for 2, 2 BBs, .278, E (2)) all took 0-fers.

1b Sam Honeck 3 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, .309
rf Luis Rivera 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .409
dh Dock Doyle 2 for 4, 3b, 2 RBI, .259
ss Luis Nieves 1 for 4, K, .196
Jim Fuller 6 IP, 6 H, 5 Ks, 0.00 era, W (3-0), 9:3:5
Mike Lynn 3 IP, H, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, SV (1), 6:1:2

Kingsport 7, Greeneville 9

Yet another late game bullpen malfunction bedeviled the Mets tonight, as Luis Rojas and Julio Bello combined to give up 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks in the 6th inning, forcing Samuel Taveras to be pushed into 3 innings of work (he is typically a 1 inning closer). Naturally, Taveras, unused to throwing so much in a single outing, gave up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk in his 3rd inning (the 9th), sending the Mets to the loss.

The offense certainly did it's part with 8 hits, 3 walks and 7 runs. However, they were a beyond putrid 1 for 13 (.077) with RISP and left 7 on base. Joe Bonfe and John Semel had multi hit games, while RJ Harris (0 for 5, RBI, 2 Ks, .171), John Freeman (0 for 3, BB, K, .212) and Tyler Howe (0 for 3, run, 2 Ks, .227) took 0-fers.

2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 4, 2 runs, HR, RBI, BB, K, .260
rf Darrell Ceciliani 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, 2 Ks, .220
3b Joe Bonfe 2 for 4, run, 2b, .362
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 5, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .375
lf John Semel 2 for 4, run, .281
s Gerad Mochizuki 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .219
Armando Rodriguez 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3/1 R/ER, 3/3 BB/K, 3.38 era, 3:5:3
Travis Babin 1.1 IP, H, 5.40 era, 2:2
Luis Rojas 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, K, 24.75 era
Julio Bello 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BBs, 4.82 era, BS (1), 2:
Samuel Taveras 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 8.44 era, L (0-2), 2:3:4

GCL

Mets 9, Cardinals 6

ss Wilfredo Tovar 3 for 5, run, 3 RBI, .325
2b Ray Van Gurp 2 for 3, run, RBI, 2 BBs, .324
cf Kurt Steinhauer 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, K, .278
lf Julio Concepcion 1 for 4, K, .297
>>ph, lf Ruben Martinez 0 for 1, K, .100
c Neifi Zapata 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, K, .414
>>c Orlando Rodriguez 0 for 1, .125
3b Charles Hinojosa 1 for 3, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .391
pr, 3b Marinus Vernooij 0 for 1, run, .133
dh Giovanni Ortiz 2 for 2, 2 RBI, BB, .455
>>pr, dh Zeerika Hall 1 for 2, 2 runs, .111
cf Cody Holliday 1 for 3, run, 2b, BB, K, .158
1b Travis Ozga 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .115
Yohan Almonte 4 IP, 4 H, 2/1 R/ER, 4 Ks, 1.17 era, 7:1:4
Adam O Neill 3 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 6.14 era, W (1-2), 5:4
Daniel Carela IP, H, BB, K, 4.50 era, 0:2:1
William Rackel IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks, HR, 27 era, 0:1:2