4/18 Minor League Report

I apologize for the downtime on MPH last night, and the lack of the MLR on MetsMerized and NYFS, I was out helping a friend move, I thought I'd be done by 5pm, but I ended up getting home at 10 of 2 in the morning. At that point, I could barely keep my eyes open, let alone write up an article. As for the Gameday Links on MPH - I left home at 10am after waking up at 9:30am, so I didn't have time to throw them up. Sorry.

AAA International League: Buffalo 3/12/1, Scranton 4/11/0 in 10 innings

Not quite 20 innings (by the way, I'm pissed I missed that!), and it wasn't a win, but Buffalo played extras today and lost 4-3. Manny Acosta, who until today had been pitching brilliantly, gave up solo runs in the 9th and 10th to blow the save and take the loss, after Bobby Livingston gave up a run on 5 hits in 5 innings for a ND.

The Bisons had 12 hits and drew 3 walks, but were just 2 for 12 (.167) with RISP, left 11 on base and struck out 8 times. Jason Pridie, Ike Davis, Mike Hessman and Alex Cintron each had multi hit games for the Bisons, while Chris Carter, and Ruben Tejada took 0-fers.

cf Jason Pridie 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .250
c Josh Thole 1 for 4, BB, .071 (2 for 28, 3/5 BB/K)
rf Fernando Martinez 1 for 5, run, 2b, .256
1b Ike Davis 2 for 5, K, .364
3b Mike Hessman 3 for 5, 2b, RBI, K, .353
dh Chris Carter 0 for 5, 2 Ks, .273
lf Mike Cervanek 1 for 5, K, .189
2b Alex Cintron 2 for 5, run, 2b, HR, RBI, K, .353
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 3, BB, .080
Bobby Livingston 5 IP, 5 H, ER, 3/4 BB/K, 3.86 era, HBP, 91:57:34, 5:6:4
Kiko Calero 1.2 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 3 era, 32:18:14, 2:2:0
Mike O'Connor IP, 1.80 era, 9:6:3, 1:2
Manny Acosta 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 2.35 era, BS (1), L (0-1), 44:28:16, 4:1:2

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 1/1/1, New Hampshire 3/7/0

The BMets were 1 hit today, with the one being a homer from Luis Hernandez to account for their only run. Eric Niesen had another short, difficult outing, giving up 3 hits and 2 runs (1 earned), along with 3 walks while striking out 4. Josh Stinson, pitching for the first time since his tremendous long relief outing 4 days ago, gave up a run on 3 hits and 2 walks in 1.1 innings. Roy Merritt pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing just a hit.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 4, .277
ss Luis Hernandez 1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, .364
3b Zach Lutz 0 for 1, 3 BBs, K, .333
1b Lucas Duda 0 for 1, BB, .282
dh Marshall Hubbard 0 for 4, K, .333
c Luke Montz 0 for 3, BB, .154
2b Jose Coronado 0 for 3, .286
rf Carlos Guzman 0 for 1, K, .200
>>rf DJ Wabick 0 for 2, .056
lf Jon Malo 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .214
Eric Niesen 4 IP, 3 H, 2/1 R/ER, 3/4 BB/K, 2.84 era, L (0-2), HBP, 4:3:4
Josh Stinson 1.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 BBs, 4.66 era, HBP, 1:1:0
Roy Merritt 2.2 IP, H, 2/5 BB/K, 2.57 era, HBP, 3:0:5

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 2/6/1, Rome 3/7/2

Armando Rodriguez pitched well today but picked up the loss, surrendering just 2 runs on 5 hits with 7 strikeouts in 6 innings. Lance Hoge gave up the run that ended up being the difference in the game, in his inning of work. The Gnats had just 6 hits and 3 walks today, while going 1 for 6 (.167) with RISP, leaving 7 on base, along with 9 strikeouts. Juan Lagares (0 for 3, RBI, 2 Ks, .267), Dock Doyle (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .133), and Alonzo Harris (0 for 4, .205) took 0-fers, no Gnat had a multi-hit game.

cf Pedro Zapata 1 for 4, run, .154
dh Rafael Fernandez 1 for 3, run, 2b, BB, .286
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .243
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 3, BB, K, .235
3b Luis Rivera 1 for 4, .125
ss Rylan Sandoval 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .100
Armando Rodriguez 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7 Ks, 3.68 era, L (0-2), 3:7:7
Lance Hoge IP, 2 H, ER, 7.20 era, 2:1
Erik Turgeon IP, BB, 1.35 era, 1:1:0