5/26 Minor League Report! Puello!

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 9/12/1, Richmond 1/2/3

Five Met players had multi hit games, as the Mets crushed Richmond 9-1 today. The Mets had 12 hits and a walk, while going 6 for 14 (.429) with RISP, leaving 6 on base, and striking out just 4 times. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a second straight multi hit-homer game. Luis Hernandez, Marshall Hubbard, Eric Campbell and DJ Wabick also had multi hit games. while Nick Evans, and Omir Santos (0 for 4, 2 RBI, .000) took 0-fers.

Eric Niesen made his first start off the DL (concussion), and was effective, going 3.1 innings allowing an UER on 3 walks. Edgar Ramirez went 3.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out a pair to pick up the win.

cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (13), HR (7), RBI (27), K, .302 (9/48 BB/K)
ss Luis Hernandez 3 for 5, run, 2b, HR, RBI, .318
1b Nick Evans 0 for 5, 2 runs, RBI (28), .273
lf Marshall Hubbard 2 for 2, BB, .282
>>lf Jon Malo 0 for 1, .229
3b Eric Campbell 2 for 4, run, 2 RBI (6), .350
rf DJ Wabick 2 for 4, run, K, .239
2b Jose Coronado 1 for 4, RBI, K, .236
rf Carlos Guzman 0 for 1, .260 (inserted in a double switch)
Eric Niesen 3.1 IP, R, 3/1 BB/K, 3.12 era, 3:5:1
Edgar Ramirez 3.2 IP, 2 H, 2 Ks, 2.51 era, W (2-0), 4:5:2
Emary Frederick IP, BB, K, 0.00 era, 2:0:1
Manuel Alvarez IP, K, 0.00 era, 0:2:1 (27.2 scoreless innings between A+/AA, 13 hits, 2 UER, 5/26 BB/K, 24 1/2 years old)

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 2/10/4, Jupiter 8/9/1

Jeurys Familia was victimized by 4 Met errors (Satin, Tovar, Welch, Raul Reyes) and gave up 4 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits and 2 walks in 4 innings for his 2nd loss of the season. Brian Needham made his high A debut and gave up 3 UER of his own (again due to the defense) in 2 innings. Combined with the horrible defense, the Mets had 10 hits and a walk, but struck out 14 times and were just 1 for 12 (.083) and left 10 on base. Brahiam Maldonado and Raul Reyes had multi hit games, while Sean Ratliff took the only 0-fer.

lf Joey August 1 for 5, RBI, K, 346
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .307
2b Josh Satin 1 for 5, run, HR, RBI, 3 Ks, .313
dh Brahiam Maldonado 2 for 4, 2 Ks, .250
cf Sean Ratliff 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .274
3b Richard Lucas 1 for 3, 3b (1), K, .220
rf Raul Reyes 2 for 4, K, .204
c Tony Maccani 1 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .235
ss Wilfredo Tobvar 1 for 4, .273
Jeurys Familia 4 IP, 5 H, 4/1 R/ER, 2/6 BB/K, HR, 5.58 era, L (0-2), 3:3:6
Brian Needham 2 IP, H, 3 R, 2 BBs, 0.00 era,
Rhiner Cruz 2 IP, 3 H, R, K, 4.88 era, 5:0:1
Jimmy Johnson IP, 6.56 era, 3:

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 5/11/1, Kannapolis 4/12/3 in 14 innings

By my count, this is the 4th Gnats game to go 13+ innings this season, and they’re 2-2 in such games, including 1-1 in 18 inning games (would that be 2-2?). Brandon Sage picked up the win with 2 scoreless innings, after Collin McHugh had an OUTSTANDING piggyback effort, with 6 innings of 4 hit 1 run ball. Armando Rodriguez started and was meh, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits in 5.1 innings, he took a ND.

The Gnats offense had 11 hits and 3 walks in 14 innings, and struck out just 10 times, while going 4 for 13 (.308) with RISP, and leaving 10 on base. Pedro Zapata (walkoff single) and Cesar Puello had multi hit games, while Nick Santomauro and Rafael Fernandez took 0-fers.

cf Pedro Zapata 2 for 7, run, HR (1), 2 RBI (20), K, .266
dh Juan Lagares 1 for 6, 2 Ks, .290
ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 6, 2 RBI (35), 2 Ks, .313
3b Jefry Marte 1 for 5, BB, K, .209
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 6, run, .263
lf Nick Santomauro 0 for 3, .117
>>ph, lf Rafael Fernandez 0 for 2, 2 Ks, .245
rf Cesar Puello 3 for 6, run, 2b (7), 2 Ks, .224
1b Luis Rivera 1 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, BB, .247
2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 5, BB, .247
Armando Rodriguez 5.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 Ks, HR, 3.44 era, 6:5:4
Erik Turgeon 0.2 IP, 2 Ks, 1.08 era
Collin McHugh 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 2/7 BB/K, 2.95 era, 11:0:7
Brandon Sage 2 IP, H, 1/3 BB/K, 1.69 era, W (2-2), 2:1:3