4/16 Minor League Report! EVANS, MALDONADO, LAGARES!

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 9/12/1, New Hampshire 5/10/1

The Mets poured 9 runs across in the first 2 innings and cruised from there to a 9-5 victory behind 3 hits from Nick Evans and 6 RBI from Lucas Duda. Evans, Duda, Marshall Hubbard and Luis Hernandez had multi hit games for the Mets, who were 3 for 12 with RISP and left 9 on base. They drew 4 walks and struck out 5 times. Carlos Guzman and Jose Coronado (0 for 5, .286) took 0-fers. Michael Antonini picked up the win with 5 innings of 4 hit 2 run ball for his first victory of 2010.

cf Kirok Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, run, BB, K, .302
1b Nick Evans 3 for 5, 2 runs, .395
dh Marshall Hubbard 2 for 4, 2 runs, BB, .424
lf Lucas Duda 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (4), HR (3), 6 RBI (14), K, .265
3b Zach Lutz 1 for 4, run, HR (3), RBI (5), BB, K, .333
rf carlos Guzman 0 for 4, run, K, .207
ss Luis Hernandez 2 for 4, 2b, BB, .375
c Mike Nickeas 1 for 5, 2 RBI, K, .250
Michael Antonini 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2/5 BB/K, HR, 7.27 era, W (1-1), 1:8:5
Edgar Ramirez 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1/4 BB/K, 4.15 era, 4:1:4
John Lujan IP, H, BB, K, 3.24 era, 1:1:1

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 5/8/2, Bradenton 14/14/3

Scott Moviel got torched for 9 runs on 9 hits, 2 walks and 2 HBP in 4 innings to take the loss. Jose Bierd added 5 hits and 5 runs (1 earned) to the fire. The Mets offense had 8 hits and 2 walks while going 2 for 8 with RISP, leaving 7 on base and striking out 8 times. Brahiam Maldonado (3) had the only multi hit game for the Mets, while Eric Campbell (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .238), Richard Lucas, Josh Satin (0 for 2, BB, K, .346), and Emmanuel Garcia (0 for 3, .240) all took 0-fers.

ss Jordany Valdespin 1 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (1), K, .270
lf Brahiam Maldonado 3 for 5, run, 2b (3), HR (2), 2 RBI (5), K, .414
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 5, K, .233
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, .179
3b Richard Lucas 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .310, E (4)
c Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 3, .240
Scott Moviel 4 IP, 9 H, 9 ER, 2/2 BB/K, HR, 15.75 era, L (0-1), 2 HBP, WP, 4:3:2
Jose Bierd 3 IP, 5 H, 5/1 R/ER, 2 Ks, HR, 1.23 era, 3:3:2
Jimmy Johnson IP, K, 4.70 era, 2:0:1

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 4/7/2, Rome 1/8/0

Collin McHugh and Brandon Moore, two older pitchers, combined to hold the Braves to a run on 8 hits tonight. The former got the win, the latter, the save. The Gnats offense hd 7 hits and 3 walks, while going 2 for 11 (.182) with RISP, leaving 6 on base and striking out 6 times. Pedro Zapata, Jeff Flagg (0 for 3, BB, .287), Kai Gronauer (0 for 2, 2 BBs, .263) and Luis Rivera (0 for 3, .083) took 0-fers, while Juan Lagares (3) had the only multi hit game.

cf Pedro Zapata 0 for 5, 2 Ks, .129
dh Juan Lagares 3 for 4, 3 runs, 3b (1), .324
ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 4, run, K (1), .351
lf Rafael Fernandez 1 for 3, 3b (1), 3 RBI (7), 2 Ks, .257
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 4, RBI (2), .222
2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 4, K, .233
Collin McHugh 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 1/3 BB/K, 4.50 era, W (1-1), 11:1:3
Brandon Moore 4 IP, 4 H, 4 Ks, 0.00 era, SV (2), 4:1:4