5/31 Minor League Report! Thole, Nieuwenhuis, Zapata, Marte!

AAA International League: Buffalo 4/9/1, Syracuse 7/14/1

Jon Niese had a very good rehab outing today, despite giving up 8 hits (2 bunts and 3 bloops), he surrendered just 2 runs. Ruben Tejada had a good game out of the leadoff spot with 2 hits, and Josh Thole snapped a mini slump (2 for 13) with 2 hits and a walk. Jesus Feliciano DNP.

ss Ruben Tejada 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (8), .296
2b Justin Turner 1 for 3, run, BB, .270
1b Daniel Murphy 2 for 5, run, 2b (3), 3 RBI (8), .286
3b Mike Hessman 1 for 5, K, .298
lf Mike Cervanek 0 for 4, .241
rf Russ Adams 1 for 4, RBI, K, .275
c Josh Thole 2 for 3, BB, .252
cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 3, .258
Jon Niese 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3 Ks, HR, 3 era, 80:57:23, 8:7:3
Jose De La Torre 3 H, 2/1 R/ER, 9 era, 11:6:5
Adam Pettyjohn 2 IP, H, ER, 1/3 BB/K, HR, 5.79 era, BS (1), L (0-2), 24:18:6, 2:1:3
John Lujan IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2/2 BB/K, 5.50 era, 28:14:14, 1:0:2

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 6/8/3, Akron 7/10/1

Eric Niesen had a very very rough outing today, his second back off the DL, giving up 5 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 6 walks in 3.2 innings. However, it was Scott Shaw, who piggybacked Niesen today, who took the loss, despite his best outing of the season, giving up a run on 5 hits in 4 innings.

The Mets offense had 8 hits and drew 6 walks, while striking out just 3 times, and going 3 for 9 with RISP, and leaving 7 on base. Luis Hernandez had the only multi hit game, while Reese Havens, Omir Santos (0 for 4, .000), and Jose Coronado (0 for 3, K, .235) took 0-fers.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 3, 2 runs, HR (8), 2 RBI (30), 2 BBs, .292
ss Luis Hernandez 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2 2b, RBI, .295
1b Nick Evans 1 for 3, run, RBI (33), 2 BBs, .287
3b Eric Campbell 1 for 4, 2b (4), 2 RBI (12), BB, .415
2b Reese Havens 0 for 3, BB, .345
rf Carlos Guzman 1 for 4, K, .266
ph, dh Marshall Hubbard 1 for 1, .288
lf Jon Malo 1 for 3, .250
Eric Niesen 3.2 IP, 3 H, 5/2 R/ER, 6/1 BB/K, HR, 3.43 era, 6:4:1
Derrick Ellison 1.1 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 5.60 era, 0:4
Scott Shaw 4 IP, 5 H, ER, 1/3 BB/K, 7.77 era, L (4-4), 4:4:3

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 5/15/0, Rome 2/5/3

Armando Rodriguez had a very uneven outing today, giving up 3 hits and 4 walks, but only 2 runs (on a homer). Erik Turgeon picked up the win with 2.1 scoreless innings, Michael Powers nabbed his 6th save with a perfect 9th.

The Gnats offense had 15 hits, but were just 2 for 12 with RISP, left 10 on, but only struck out 4 times. Pedro Zapata, Juan Lagares, Jefry Marte, Nick Santomauro and Kai Gronauer had multi hit games, while Alonzo Harris took the only 0-fer.

cf Pedro Zapata 3 for 5, run, K, .262, 2 SB (17)
ss Michael Fisher 1 for 5, .222
lf Juan Lagares 2 for 5, run, RBI (33), .284, SB (12)
3b Jefry Marte 3 for 5, 2 runs, RBI (18), K, .234
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 4, RBI, .234
dh Nick Santomauro 2 for 5, run, .153, SB (1)
c Kai Gronauer 2 for 4, RBI, .257
1b Alex Gregory 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .255
2b Alonzo Harris 0 for 4, .245
Armando Rodriguez 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4/5 BB/K, HR, 3.42 era, 5:5:5
Erik Turgeon 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1.29 era, 5:2
Michael Powers IP, 2 Ks, 2.82 era, SV (6), 0:1:2