6/8 Minor League Report! Havens, LUCAS, CARSON!

AAA International League: Buffalo 0/1/1, Durham 7/10/0

cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .195
ss Justin Turner 0 for 3, BB, .273
dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .280
rf Val Pascucci 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .241
3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 3, .220
2b Russ Adams 0 for 2, BB, K, .257
lf Andy Green 0 for 2, BB, .271
1b Saloman Manriquez 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .200
c JR House 0 for 3, K, .244
Dillon Gee 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4/4 BB/K, 2 HR, 4.37 era, L (6-3), 102:61:41, 5:3:4
Jose De La Torre 2.2 IP, BB, K, 2.70 era, 39:23:16, 3:4:1
John Lujan IP, 2 H, ER, K, 6.20 era, 19:11:8, 1:1:1

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 0/4/0, Bowie 5/8/0, Game 1

Scott Shaw got a spot start today and wasn't good at all, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings for his 5th loss. The Mets offense had just 4 hits and drew 5 walks, while going 0 for 8 with RISP, leaving 8 on base and striking out 7 times.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .282
2b Reese Havens 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .322
1b Nick Evans 0 for 2, BB, K, .281
lf Lucas Duda 0 for 3, K, .289
dh DJ Wabick 1 for 3, .267
ss Luis Hernandez 1 for 1, BB, .280
3b Eric Campbell 1 for 3, .338
rf Carlos Guzman 0 for 3, K, .255
c Mike Nickeas 0 for 1, 2 BBs, .287
Scott Shaw 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3/4 BB/K, 7.32 era, L (4-5), 5:5:4
Eddie Kunz 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 5.77 era, 6:

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

Brad Holt had another mediocre outing today, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits in 4.2 innings, but his offense got him off the hook, as did Manuel Alvarez, got got one big out for his 3rd AA victory. Roy Merritt worked 2 scoreless for his 5th save.

The Mets offense had 7 hits and drew 2 walks, while going 3 for 7 (.429) with RISP, leaving 3 on, and striking out just 3 times. Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Reese Havens had multi hit games, while Nick Evans, Jose Coronado (0 for 3, .235), Mike Nickeas (0 for 2, BB, K, .282) and Jon Malo (0 for 3, .237) took 0-fers.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2b (16), .286
dh Reese Havens 2 for 2, 2 runs, .344
1b Nick Evans 0 for 2, RBI (37), K, .279
lf Lucas Duda 1 for 2, run, 2b (16), RBI (34), BB, .292 (.143/.279/.229/.508 vs LHP)
rf DJ Wabick 1 for 2, run, 2 RBI, .272
3b Eric Campbell 1 for 3, RBI (13), K, .338
Brad Holt 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1/6 BB/K, 8.79 era, 3:5:6
Manuel Alvarez 0.1 IP, 2 H, K, 4.82 era, W (3-0)
Roy Merritt 2 IP, H, K, 3.73 era, SV (5), 4:1:1

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 4/8/3, Dunedin 3/8/0

Robert Carson pitched excellent baseball tonight, giving up just 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk in 7+ innings, but after Jose Bierd allowed his IHR to score, plus one of his own, Carson took a ND. Bierd blew the save and picked up a cheap win. Emary Frederick picked up his 2nd save.

Jordany Valdespin left in the 7th inning after striking out. He was HBP earlier in the game. The Mets offense had 8 hits and a walk, while going 2 for 5 with RISP, leaving 5 on base, and striking out 9 times. Since Valdespin was removed from the game, the Mets moved Josh Satin, the DH, into the field, thus losing the DH, and having the pitchers go into Valdespin's spot, the 2 hole (I think, it's so rare, and I've never seen it, lol). It doesn't matter, since none of the pitchers came up to bat, anyway.

rf, lf Fernando Martinez 0 for 4, K, .286
ss Jordany Valdespin 0 for 3, run, 3 Ks, .306, HBP (K total went from 7 to 10, lol)
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 4, .300
lf, rf Brahiam Maldonado 2 for 4, run, HR (7), 2 RBI (18), .292
dh, 2b Josh Satin 1 for 3, run, BB, .312
cf sean Ratliff 0 for 3, .274
3b Richard Lucas 3 for 4, run, HR (7), 2 RBI (26), K, .219
c Juan Torres 1 for 4, 2b (1), K
2b, ss Luis Nieves 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .143, 2 E (4)
Robert Carson 7+ IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1/7 BB/K, HR, 5.07 era
Jose Bierd IP, 2 H, ER, BB, K, 4.50 era, BS (3), W (3-3), 1:1:1
Emary Frederick IP, 2 Ks, 2.45 era, SV (2), 0:1:2

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 8/12/1, Kannapolis 7/9/4 in 10 innings

I'd wager at least HALF of the games between these two teams have gone extra innings. It's nutso. Today, it was the offense that was front and center, with the Gnats putting together 12 hits and 3 walks, while Kannpolis put up 9 hits and 7 walks. Kai Gronauer, Rafael Fernandez, Cesar Puello and Luis Rivera had multi hit games, while Wilmer took the only 0-fer. Wilmer is now 11 for his last 81.

Jim Fuller and Sam Martinez got ripped for 7 runs on 7 hits in a combined 5.1 innings, but John Church and Michael Powers worked a combined 4.2 scoreless, with Powers getting the win, his 3rd.

dh Pedro Zapata 1 for 4, RBI (27), K, .267
1b Michael Fisher 1 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, 2 BBs, K, .375
ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 4, RBI (40), BB, .284
cf Juan Lagares 1 for 4, run, .302, SB (14)
c Kai Gronauer 2 for 5, 2 rns, RBI (17), K, .255
lf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 4, run, 2b (6), RBI (12), K, .240
rf Cesar Puello 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI (11), K, .237 (6 for his last 16, 4 runs, 2 2b, RBI, 1/2 BB/K, .375/.412/.500)
3b Luis Rivera 2 for 4, run, RBI, K, .217
2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 3, RBI (23), 2 Ks, .246
Jim Fuller 3+ IP, 5 H, 5 /4 R/ER, 4/3 BB/K, 2.13 era, 2:3:3
Sam Martinez 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, K, 7.71 era, 2:4:1
John Church 1.2 IP, H, 1/2 BB/K, 1.57 era, 2:0:2
Michael Powers 3 IP, H, BB, K, 2.30 era, W (3-3), 5:2:1