8/23 Minor League Report! Ar Rod, ALDAMA!

AAA International League: Buffalo 12/15/1, Pawtucket 4/8/2

Dillon Gee had a good outing tonight, giving 4 runs (3 on his own, 1 Sean Green IHR) on 6 hits and 2 walks (both in the 7th) in 6.2 innings for his 13th win of the season. Lucas Duda was on base 4 times with 2 hits and 2 walks, Nick Evans and Kirk Nieuwenhuis both doubled. Fernando Martinez did not play (much to my disappointment, I want to see Duda/Nieuwenhuis/Martinez in the outfield! /me whines)

ss Luis Hernandez 3 for 5, run, K, .275
2b Andy Green 1 for 5, run, 2b, K, .257
lf Lucas Duda 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2b (19), RBI (53), 2 BBs, .322
1b Nick Evans 1 for 4, run, 2b (9), RBI (19), BB, .310
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 5, 2b (4), 2 RBI (11), K, .232
dh Val Pascucci 1 for 5, run, 3 Ks, .268
3b Mike Cervanek 3 for 5, 3 runs, 2 2b, K, .255
rf Russ Adams 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB, .270
c JR House 1 for 4, run, RBI, K, .250
Dillon Gee 6.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2/6 BB/K, 3 HR, 4.87 era, W (13-7), 87:57:30, 9:4:6
Sean Green 1.1 IP, H, BB, K, 4.72 era, 29:16:13, 3:0:1
Yhency Brazoban IP, H, K, 2.70 era, 21:13:8, 2:0:1

Late: Columbus beat Toledo 4 to 3, the Bisons trail the Clippers by 2 games in the wild card chase, Louisville moved ahead of Columbus for that division’s lead.

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 2/11/1, Jupiter 6/10/1

Brandon Moore got ripped for 6 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits in 4+ innings to take the loss for the Mets, who, despite 11 hits and a 1/7 BB/K, scored on twice, due to hitting just .200 (1 for 5) with RISP and leaving 9 on base. Wilmer and Michael Fisher had multi hit games, while Richard Lucas took the only 0-fer.

cf Pedro Zapata 1 for 5, K, .235
2b Ryan Mollica 1 for 5, RBI, 2 Ks, .304
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 4, 2b (14), .297
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 3, BB, K, .327
rf Rafael Fernandez 1 for 4, K, .310
lf Raul Reyes 1 for 4, run, HR, RBI, K, .218
1b Michael Fisher 3 for 4, .264
3b Richard Lucas 0 for 3, .206
dh Hector Pellot 1 for 4, run, 2b, K, .253
Brandon Moore 4 IP, 7 H, 6/5 R/ER, 2/2 BB/K, HR, 4.05 era, L (2-4), 4:5:2
Michael Powers 2 IP, 2 H, BB, K, 3.86 era, 2:3:1
Elvin Ramirez 2 IP, H, 4 Ks, 4.17 era, 0:1:4

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 3/5/2, Asheville 7/15/0

Armando Rodriguez had a FANTASTIC outing tonight, giving up just a run on 8 hits in 6 innings with 12 strikeouts, but he got a ND after Gabriel Zavala had his first horrific outing as a pitcher, getting torched for 3 runs on 4 hits in 0.1 innings, and being bailed out by Sam Martinez, who stranded his 3 IHRs.

The Gnats offense had just 5 hits, but plated 3 runs, going 1 for 3 with RISP and leaving 2 on base.

2b Alonzo Harris 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .224
cf Matt den Dekker 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .356
dh Robbie Shields 1 for 4, run, 2b (9), 2 Ks, .274
lf RJ Harris 1 for 4, run, RBI, .213
1b Travis Ozga 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, .274
rf Nick Santomauro 1 for 3, .193
3b Jet Butler 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .224
c Juan Torres 0 for 3, K, .186
ss Luis Nieves 1 for 3, run, HR, RBI, K, .100
Armando Rodriguez 6 IP, 8 H, ER, 12 Ks, 3.31 era, 3:2:12
Gabriel Zavala 0.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 1.48 era, BS (1), L (0-1), WP
Sam Martinez 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2/1 BB/K, 5.95 era, 1:2:1

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 2/3/1, Hudson Valley  8/11/1

Prospect watch: Wilfredo Tovar single, Yohan Almonte got crushed, 6 runs (5 earned) in 4 innings.

2b Justin Scahfer 0 for 3, BB, K, .182
ss Wilfredo Tovar 1 for 4, run, K, .350
dh Cory Vaughn 0 for 4, 4 Ks, .300 (somewhere, Keith Law is smiling)
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 4, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .252
3b Joe Bonfe 1 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .323
lf Will Cherry 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .222
c Blake Forsythe 0 for 3, K, .232
rf Kurt Steinhauer 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .131
cf Cody Holliday 0 for 3, .200
Yohan Almonte 4 IP, 7 H, 6/5 R/ER, 1/2 BB/K, 2.23 era, L (7-4), 4:6:2
Brian Needham 2 IP, H, 3 Ks, 6.23 era, 2:1:3
Samuel Taveras 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 Ks, HR, 4.50 era, 2:1:3

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 7/8/0, Danville 1/3/1

Welcome to 2010, Mr. Aldama. 8 innings of 3 hit ball from Eduardo in his best outing of the season as the Mets crushed Danville, 7 to 1. The Mets had 8 hits and a 4/7 BB/K, while going 5 for 15 with RISP and leaving 7 on base. Brandon Brown and Aderlin Rodriguez had multi hit games, while Chase Greene, ZeErika McQueen (0 for 4, K, .276) and Taylor Freeman (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .125) took 0-fers. In my opinion, Freeman serves no purpose on the Mets except to take playing time away from Albert Cordero, Nelfi Zapata and Amauris Valdez, and so should be cut.

cf Chase Greene 0 for 4, RBI (7), K, .219
ss Brandon Brown 2 for 5, run, RBI, .234
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 2 for 4, RBI (40), BB, .304
1b Lucas Stewart 1 for 4, run, RBI, BB, .286
c Albert Cordero 1 for 3, 2 runs, HR (7), 2 RBI (30), BB, K, .271
rf John Semel 1 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, K, .285
2b Ray Van Gurp 1 for 3, 2 runs, BB, K, .270, 2 SB (5)
Eduardo Aldama 8 IP, 3 H, ER, 6 Ks, 5.17 era, W (2-2), 8:7:6
Peter Birdwell IP, BB, K, 3.54 era, 1:1:1