4/26 Minor League Report!

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AAA International League: Buffalo 1/6/0, Pawtucket 5/6/1

Bobby Livingston had a very bad outing today, giving up 4 runs on 5 hits and 5 walks in 5 innings to take the loss, his second of the season. The Bisons also didn't hit, getting just 6 hits and a walk, while going 1 for 5 with RISP and leaving 6 on base. Mike Hessman (0 for 4, K, .274), Omir Santos (0 for 4, .125), and Andy Green (0 for 2, RBI, BB, .417) took 0-fers, no Bison had a multi hit game.

cf Jason Pridie 1 for 4, K, .303, SB (6)
rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, K, .357
1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, K, .400
dh Chris Carter 1 for 4, run, K, .303
lf Mike Cervanek 1 for 4, .243
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 3, .224
Bobby Livingston 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 5/1 BB/K, HR, 4.96 era, L (0-2), 90:52:38, 5:9:1
Travis Blackley 2 IP, H, ER, K, HR, 5.40 era, 22:14:8, 2:3:1
Mike O'Connor IP, K, 3.68 era, 16:10:6, 1:1:1

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 1/4/0, Bradenton 2/9/2

Robert Carson had a decent outing today, his best of the season, surrendering 8 hits and 2 runs in 5 innings, but he got the loss as the Mets managed just a run on 4 hits against 3 pitchers. Jose Bierd and Elvin Ramirez both pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief. The Mets were 1 for 7 (.143) with RISP and left 4 on base, while striking out 10 times and walking none. Richard Lucas, Josh Satin (0 for 3, K, .305), Eric Campbell (0 for 4, K, .231), Jean Luc Blaquiere (0 for 3, K, .209) and Luis Nieves (0 for 3, K, .000) all took 0-fers.

rf Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 4, K, .269
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, run, 2b, K, .258
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 3, 2b (3), RBI (13), K, .317
dh Raul Reyes 1 for 3, K, .189
Robert Carson 5 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2/7 BB/K, 7.07 era, L (0-3), 4:2:7, WP
Jose Bierd 2 IP, H, 1/3 BB/K, 1.35 era, 2:1:3
Elvin Ramirez 2 IP, 3 Ks, 6.91 era, 3:1:3, WP

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 2/11/6, Hickory 11/18/2

Six Gnat errors led to 4 unearned runs tonight, not that that mattered much, as the pitching staff gave up plenty on their own (mostly the first two pitchers). Brandon Moore took the loss after giving up 6 hits and 6 runs (4 earned) in 3 innings. After Lance Hoge was equally terrible (4 runs, 2 earned on 7 hits in 2 innings), Collin McHugh came in and pitched very well, giving up just a run on 5 hits in 4 innings, but it was way too little, way too late (he should've tried hitting a pair of grand slams, lol).

The Gnats offense had 11 hits and drew a pair of walks, but were a woeful 1 for 16 (.056) with RISP and left a dozen on base, while striking out 10 times, including 3 by Wilmer, which raised his K total by 50% (from 6 to 9). Juan Lagares, Cesar Puello and Alex Gregory had multi hit games, while Wilmer took the only 0-fer.

cf Pedro Zapata 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .274, SB (7)
lf Juan Lagares 2 for 5, 2 2b (5), RBI, K, .280
ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 5, 3 Ks, .338
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, 2 BBs, K, .222
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 5, .340
3b Jefry Marte 1 for 4, .087
rf Cesar Puello 2 for 4, K, .277
dh Alex Gregory 2 for 4, run, 2b, K, .320
2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 4, 2b (4), K, .269
Brandon Moore 3 IP, 6 H, 6/4 R/ER, 1/5 BB/K, 2 HR, 2.87 era, L (0-1), 3:0:5
Lance Hoge 2 IP, 7 H, 4/2 R/ER, HR, 6.30 era, 3:2:0
Collin McHugh 4 IP, 5 H, ER, 2/1 BB/K, 3.60 era, 7:3:1

E: Marte, J (2, throw), Moore, B (2, throw), Harris, A 2 (4, fielding, missed catch), Flores, W (5, fielding), Lagares (3, throw).