6/20 Minor League Report! LAGARES, MARTE, Cuan!

AAA International League: Buffalo 3/13/2, Indianapolis 7/12/2

cf Juan Padilla 2 for 6, .286
ss Justin Turner 2 for 5, 2 RBI, K, .273
1b Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2b, BB, K, .255
3b Mike Cervanek 1 for 5, .230
rf Fernando Martinez 0 for 5, 2 Ks, .254
lf Lucas Duda 1 for 5, 2b (3), .208
c JR House 4 for 4, run, 2b, .305
>>rf Val Pascucci 0 for 1, .220
2b Russ Adams 1 for 5, run, 2b, RBI, .232
>>ph, c Josh Thole 0 for 2, .282
TObi Stoner 5.1 IP, 7 H, 3/2 R/ER, 1/7 BB/K, 5.16 era, 100:68:32, 7:2:7
Mike O'Connor 1.2 IP, H, 1/3 BB/K, 3.54 era, 29:16:13, 1:1:3
Jose De La Torre IP, H, 4.24 era, 8:6:2, 2:1
Bobby Parnell IP, K, 4.14 era, 16:10:6, 2:0:1
Manny Acosta IP, BB, K, 3.91 era, 22:13:9, 1:1:1
Adam Pettyjohn 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 3/1 BB/K, 5.35 era, L (1-3), 40:24:16, 4:1:1

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 3/6/0, Trenton 4/5/1

The Mets bullpen has been flat awful the last two days, today it was Derrick Ellison, a 30 something journeyman who got roughed up for 2 runs on a hit and walk in 0.1 innings to blow the save and take his 2nd loss. Really, if he's going to put up a 5+ era in AA at 31 years of age, the Mets should just cut him and get someone who doesn't suck to take his place. Ellison's horrible outing ruined a very good one from Michael Antonini, who gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 7 innings and should've gotten his 5th win.

The Mets offense had 6 hits and 2 walks, but struck out 15 times, 10 of them against the Thunder starter David Phelps. The went 1 for 7 with RISP (.143) and left 7 on base. Luis Hernandez had the only multi hit game, while Marshall Hubbard (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .253), DJ Wabick (0 for 3, 2 Ks, .280), Josh Satin (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .320) and Brahiam Maldonado all took 0-fers.

ss Luis Hernandez 2 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .297
cf sean Ratliff 1 for 4, run, HR (1), RBI (3), 2 Ks, .269
1b Nick Evans 1 for 4, RBI (38), K, 285
3b, lf Eric Campbell 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .317
lf, rf Brahiam Maldonado 0 for 4, K, .259
Michael Antonini 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/6 BB/K, HR, 4.11 era, 4:9:6
Derrick Ellison 0.1 IP, H, 2 ER, BB, HR, 5.04 era, 1:
Manuel Alvarez 1.2 IP, K, 3.86 era, 2:2:1

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 5/13/2, Palm Beach 3/5/2

Eric Beaulac had a solid outing today, but was a bit wild in getting his 3rd FSL victory. He allowed 4 hits, 3 walks and 3 WP, but just 3 runs (2 earned). Rhiner Cruz picked up his 2nd save. The Mets offense had 13 hits and 2 walks against 6 strikeouts, and were 3 for 9 with RISP, and left 6 on base. Ryan Mollica, Jordany Valdespin, Joey August, Juan Torrees and Richard Lucas had multi hit games, while Wilfredo Tovar and Stefan Welch took 0-fers.

ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 5, K, .277
dh Ryan Mollica 2 for 4, run, BB, K
2b Jordany Valdespin 2 for 4, .305
1b Stefan Welch 0 for 2, run, BB, .301
lf Joey August 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, K, .317
c Juan Torres 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI (5), K, .462
3b Richard Lucas 2 for 2, RBI (28), .215 (ejected in 3rd)
>>3b Hector Pellot 1 for 2, .162
cf Raul Reyes 1 for 4, .200
rf John Semel 1 for 4, 2 Ks
Eric Beaulac 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3/2 R/ER, 3/4 BB/K, HR, 3.63 era, W (3-1), 8:8:4
Jose Bierd 1.1 IP, H, 2 BBs, 4.08 era, 1:2:0
Rhiner Cruz IP, 1/3 BB/K, 3.40 era, SV (2)

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 9/13/2, Augusta 5/10/3

The Gnats avoided a Detroit Tigers-esque collapse by winning today and clinching their division in the first half. The Gnats scored early and often, withstanding one powerful Augusta rally, a 4 run bottom of the 5th, to close the game to 6-5. The Gnats responded with 1 in the 7th and 2 in the 9th to ice it. Jim Fuller picked up the win, and Michael Powers pitched a scoreless 9th to end things. The Gnats had five players (3 through 7 in the order) with multi hit games, those five combined to go 12 for 22 with 5 RBI and 7 runs scored. Michael Fisher (0 for 3, run, 2 BBs, .354), Alex Gregory (0 for 3, run, RBI, BB, K, .252) and Cesar Puello took 0-fers.

dh Pedro Zapata 1 for 5, RBI (34), 2 Ks, .290, CS (5)
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 4, run, 2b (18), RBI (44), BB, K, .278
cf Juan Lagares 3 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (13), RBI (39), .300
lf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 5, run, RBI (14), .253
3b Jefry Marte 3 for 4, 2 runs, RBI (26), .253
c Kai Gronauer 2 for 4, run, RBI (23), .267
rf Cesar Puello 0 for 2, RBI (15), BB, K, .249
Jim Fuller 5 IP, 7 H, 5/1 R/ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 1.94 era, W (6-2), 8:4:2
Lance Hoge 3 IP, 2 H, K, 3.86 era, 7:1:1
Michael Powers IP, H, K, 2.01 era, 0:2:1

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 1/2/1, Staten Island 2/7/2

Brooklyn was held to a run on 2 hits, and despite Angel Cuan pitching brilliantly, it wasn't enough as the Yankees won 2-1.

lf Cody Holliday 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .143
cf Darrell Ceciliani 0 for 4, K, .286
dh Cory Vaughn 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .077
1b Jeff Flagg 0 for 4, .250
2b JB Brown 0 for 3, .100
3b Jet Butler 0 for 2, BB, K, .400
rf RJ Harris 1 for 3, 2b, K, .333
c Juan Centeno 0 for 3, .143
ss Luis Nieves 1 for 3, run, .333
Angel Cuan 6 IP, 5 H, ER, K, 1.50 era, 8:7:1
A. J. Pinera 2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K, 4.50 era, L (0-1), 4:1:1