9/7 Minor League Report! NIESEN!!!

Well, another minor league season has come to an end. Full of ups (the Savannah quartet, Davis, the late surge of Nieuwenhuis/Guzman/Maldonado/Havens) and downs (Kunz, Evans, more Rustich injuries). Those of you reading this on MMO and NYFS – this will be my final post to your respective eyes until I come back for 2010 (maybe, I actually haven’t decided if I want to post off MPH anymore). You can check in on MPH (http://metsprospecthub.blogspot.com) for daily updates of Cyclones playoff games, and for winter league updates, as well as final top prospect lists for 2009 and whatever else I feel like doing.

INT AAA: Buffalo 0/8/1, Lehigh Valley 3/7/0

ss Argenis Reyes 0 for 4, .282
3b Andy Green 2 for 3, BB, .259
cf Chip Ambres 1 for 4, .261
1b Mike Lamb 2 for 4, .261
lf Jason Dubois 0 for 4, .206
c Robinson Cancel 1 for 4, K, .248
rf Josh Petersen 0 for 4, .248
2b Luis Rivera 2 for 3, .316
Adam Pettyjohn 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1/6 BB/K, 4.09 era, L (4-11), 91:59:32, 9:6:6
Jose Sanchez IP, H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.91 era, 26:14:12, 0:1:2

EL AA: Binghamton 0/7/0, Altoona 3/9/0

The BMets season ends in a loss, despite a fine pitching performance from Eric Niesen, who finished his season on a hot streak. Niesen today fired 7 innings of 2 run ball, on 5 hits with 5 Ks, and over his last 8 starts, he’s 3-1, 2.53 era, 46.1 IP, 33 H, 13 ER, 17/48 BB/K. Connor Robertson and Julio De La Cruz each pitched an inning to finish off the season.

The Mets offense had 7 hits on the day, and were 0 for 8 with RISP, while leaving 6 on base. DJ Wabick (2) had the lone multi hit game, while Carlos Guzman (0 for 4, K, .130), and Rafael Arroyo (0 for 3, K, .000) took 0-fers.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, .406
ss Ruben Tejada 1 for 4, 2b (24), .289
1b DJ Wabick 2 for 4, 2b, K, .296
3b Zach Lutz 1 for 4, K, .207
2b Jose Coronado 1 for 4, .271
lf Emmanuel Garcia 1 for 2, 3b, .246
Eric Niesen 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 Ks, 4.66 era, L (4-7), 5:10:5
Connor Robertson IP, H, 3.19 era, 2:1
Julio De La Cruz IP, 3 H, ER, 5.17 era, 2:1

SAL A: Savannah 6/10/1, Charleston 7/13/1

Eric Beaulac’s final outing of the 2009 was only 1 inning long, but no reason was given for it, so whether it was planned or not…we don’t know yet. John Church concluded his miserable season by taking his 4th loss of the season, giving up 2 runs in 2.1 innings (7th and 9th).

The Gnats hammered out 10 hits and drew 3 walks, while going 4 for 11 (.364) with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Juan Lagares (2), Nick Giarraputo (2), and Kai Gronauer (2) had multi hit games, while Wilmer Flores and Raul Reyes (0 for 4, BB, K, .253) took 0-fers.

ss Wilmer Flores 0 for 5, run, K, .264
rf Juan Lagares 2 for 5, RBI (13), K, .274
3b Nick Giarraputo 2 for 5, 2b, RBI, K, .397
c Kai Gronauer 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2 Ks, .243
dh Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .237
lf Evan LeBlanc 1 for 4, 2b, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .174
2b Imbewer Alvarez 1 for 4, run, K, .190
Eric Beaulac IP, H, BB, K, 2.95 era, 1:0:1
Phillips Orta 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4/4 BB/K, 4.93 era, 3:2:4
Marcos Tabata 2 IP, 3 H, 3/1 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 3 era, 2:1:3
John Church 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 Ks, HR, 5.28 era, BS (2), L (1-4), 2:3:2
Sam Martinez 0.1 IP, H, K, 3.65 era