4/12 Minor League Report! Calero!

Buffalo 4, Pawtucket 2 in 15 innings

Boy, we’ve had some long games early this season. I believe a 14 inning affair for Savannah, now a 15 inning game in Buffalo, resulting in the Bisons first win. Nick Evans provided the heroics with his first hit of the season, a walkoff 2 run homer in the bottom of the 15th. Jesus Feliciano had the lone multi hit game, while Fernando Martinez (0 for 4, run, 3 BBs, .188) and Jose Coronado (0 for 6, run, K, .063) took 0-fers. Very good to see 3 walks out of Fernando, though. Despite the win, the Bisons went 2 for 16 with RISP, and left 12 men on base. Eddie Kunz worked the final 2 innings of the game for the win, allowing just a hit.

cf Cory Sullivan 1 for 7, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .235
3b Jon Malo 1 for 6, run, BB, .158
dh Fernando Martinez 0 for 4, run, 3 BBs, .188 (3/4 BB/K)
1b Nick Evans 1 for 7, run, HR (1), 2 RBI (2), 4 Ks, .063
rf Bobby Kielty 1 for 5, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .176
lf Jesus Feliciano 2 for 6, 2b, .214
c Omir Santos 1 for 5, K, .250
2b Argenis Reyes 1 for 4, 2 BBs, K, .143
Casey Fossum 5 IP, 2 H, 2/3 BB/K, 0.00 era, 65:44:21, 6:6:3
Kyle Snyder 3 IP, 2 H, 2/1 R/ER, 1/4 BB/K, HR, 1.50 era, BS (1), 46:32:14, 2:3:4
Carlos Muniz 2 IP, BB, 3 era, 23:14:9, 4:2:0
Ken Takahashi 3 IP, H, 3 Ks, 1.93 era, 36:22:14, 6:0:0
Eddie Kunz 2 IP, H, 0.00 era, W (1-0), 24:18:6, 4:2:0

St. Lucie 1, Sarasota 0

Carlos Guzman’s groundball to 3rd, which resulted in an error, scored the only run of the game for the Mets, as they won a thrilling 1-0 pitchers duel. Kirk Nieuwenhuis who had singled to start the 7th, scored on that grounder, making a winner out of Brant Rustich, who fired 2 shutout innings in relief of Angel Calero, who was very good in his season debut, striking out 7 in 5 innings, allowing 3 hits and a walk along the way. Jose De La Torre worked a perfect 9th for his first save.

Greg Veloz continued his hot start, with 2 more hits, he’s now hitting .368 (7 for 19), through his first 4 games. Carlos Guzman took the only 0-fer, 0 for 4, dropping his average a cool 205 points (I love the first two weeks of the season, lol).

dh Greg Veloz 2 for 5, .368
ss Reese Havens 1 for 4, BB, K, .267
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, run, K, .200
3b Zach Lutz 1 for 3, BB, .308
1b Ike Davis 1 for 4, .188
rf Carlos Guzman 0 for 4, .462
c Rafael Arroyo 1 for 3, BB, .333
lf Seth Williams 1 for 2, .400
2b Hector Pellot 1 for 4, K, .182
Angel Calero 5 IP, 3 H, 1/7 BB/K, 0.00 era, 4:3:7
Brant Rustich 2 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 0.00 era, W (1-0), 1:2:3
Emary Frederick IP, H, 0.00 era, 1:2:0
Jose De La Torre IP, 6.75 era, SV (1), 2:1:0

Savannah 4, Augusta 11

Robert Carson’s introduction to A ball went about as badly as Brad Holt’s high A debut did a few nights ago. Carson gave up 9 hits and 7 runs (only 3 earned, though 2 of the 3 errors committed behind him were his, the other was Sean Ratliff’s). Wendy Rosa didn’t fare any better in his inning and a third, surrendering 2 hits and 3 walks, along with 4 runs (2 earned, due to Jefry Marte’s FOURTH error of the season). After all that, Josh Stinson, Rhiner Cruz and Jimmy Johnson pitched 5 innings of shutout relief, but the Gnats were down 11-0 after 4, and couldn’t overcome that kind of deficit, losing 11-4.

Offensively, Wilmer Flores, Sean Ratliff and Josh Satin had multi hit games, while Juan Lagares took the only 0-fer. Eric Campbell had the only homer for the Gnats, a two run shot as part of a 3 run 6th.

cf Rafael Fernandez 1 for 5, K, .118
3b Jefry Marte 1 for 5, K, .278
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 5, run, 2b, .294
lf Sean Ratliff 2 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .375
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 3, run, RBI, .300
1b Eric Campbell 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, .313
2b Josh Satin 2 for 3, BB, .500
rf Raul Reyes 1 for 4, 2 Ks
dh Juan Lagares 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .143
Robert Carson 2.2 IP, 9 H, 7/3 R/ER, 2 Ks, 10.13 era, L (0-1), 4:1:2
Wendy Rosa 1.1 IP, 2 H, 4/2 R/ER, 3/2 BB/K, 13.50 era, 0:2:2
Josh Stinson 2 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 0.00 era, 2:1:3
Rhiner Cruz 2 IP, K, 0.00 era, 3:2:1
Jimmy Johnson IP, K, 0.00 era, 1:1:1