8/24 Minor League Report! RATLIFF, Cohoon, MEJIA, Maldonado, DEN DEKKER, NIEVES!

AAA International League: Buffalo 3/9/0, Pawtucket 7/13/0

The Clippers lost tonight as well, so the Bisons remain 2 out of the wildcard. Michael Antonini had a decent outing, giving up 4 runs on 8 hits in 8 innings, but he took the loss tonight. Lucas Duda had 2 doubles, Nick Evans and Kirk Nieuwenhuis each had one.

ss Luis Hernandez 1 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .273
2b Andy Green 1 for 4, run, 3b, BB, K, .257
lf Lucas Duda 2 for 4, 2 2b (21), .325
1b Nick Evans 1 for 4, run, 2b (10), 2 RBI (21), .308
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, 2b (5), RBI (12), 2 Ks, .233
dh Val Pascucci 0 for 3, BB, K, .263
rf Russ Adams 2 for 2, BB, .274
3b Mike Cervanek 1 for 4, .255
c JR House 0 for 3, BB, .246
Michael Antonini 8 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 6 Ks, HR, 4.50 era, L (1-2), 107:67:40, 11:4:6
Yhency Brazoban IP, 5 H, 3 ER, K, 8.31 era, 24:15:9, 0:1:1

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 8/13/0, New Britain 1/5/0

Mark Cohoon fired a CG 5 hitter in Game 1 of the Mets twinight doubleheader, leading the Mets to a convincing 8-1 thrashing of the Rock Cats in the opener. The Mets offense had 13 hits and a 4/4 BB/K ratio, while going 7 for 13 (.538) with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Jose Coronado, Jordany Valdespin, Josh Satin and Zach Lutz had multi hit games, while Marshall Hubbard (0 for 2, RBI, BB, K, .248) took the only 0-fer.

ss Jose Coronado 2 for 4, run, .249
2b Jordany Valdespin 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b (4), .286
1b Josh Satin 3 for 4, run, K, .332
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 2, 2 runs, HR (16), 3 RBI (47), 2 BBs, .333
3b Zach Lutz 3 for 4, run, 2b (13), RBI (37), K, .286
lf Eric Campbell 1 for 4, run, RBI (24), .283
rf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 2, RBI (29), BB, .275
Mark Cohoon 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 1/8 BB/K, 4.97 era, 7:6:8 (last 3 starts, 3-0, 1.80 era, 20 ip, 15 h, 4 er, hr, 2/18 bb/k)

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 7/9/0, New Britian 0/3/0

Jenrry. Mejia (yeah, again). This time a 3 hit CGSO with 4 strikeouts as the Mets swept the doubleheader, taking the nightcap 7 to 0. The Mets offense came to play again, with 9 hits and a 2/4 BB/K, while going 4 for 8 with RISP and leaving 5 on base. Sean Ratliff and Jon Malo had multi hit games in the nightcap, while Valdespin and Saloman Manriquez (0 for 3, .258) took the only 0-fers.

3b Jose Coronado 1 for 3, 3b, 2 RBI, BB, K, .249
2b Jordany Valdespin 0 for 4, .264
1b Josh Satin 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b (23), 2 Ks, .331
cf Sean Ratliff 2 for 3, 2 runs, 2 2b (20), 2 RBI (49), .338
c Mike Nickeas 1 for 3, RBI, .283
lf Eric Campbell 1 for 3, 2b (10), RBI, .284
rf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 2, 2 runs, HR (11), RBI (30), BB, .277
ss Jon Malo 2 for 3, run, K, .211
Jenrry Mejia 7 IP, 3 H, 3/4 BB/K, 1.32 era, W (2-0), 10:6:4 (last 2 starts, 2-0, 0.00 era, 14 ip, 4 h, 5/12 bb/k, 2.50 GOFO)

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 16/19/3, Asheville 8/14/1

Well that was fun, the Gnats scored 3+ runs in 3 innings (4 in the 3rd, 3 in the 6th and 6 in the 9th, crusing to a 16-8 victory, despite Darin Gorski getting his brains battered in for a third straight outing. The Gnats had 19 hits and a 5/6 BB/K, while going 10 for 20 with RISP and leaving 10 on base. Travis Ozga, Juan Torres, Jet Butler and Luis Nieves had multi hit games, Matt den Dekker had a 5 hit game. Somehow Nick Santomauro took an 0-fer, his performance is a massive disappointment this season.

2b Alonzo Harris 1 for 5, run, 2b (18), 2 RBI (42), K, .226
cf Matt den Dekker 5 for 6, 4 runs, 2b (8), 3 RBI (12), K, .426
dh Robbie Shields 1 for 5, run, RBI (16), BB, .269
1b Travis Ozga 3 for 4, run, 2b, RBI, 2 BBs, .285
lf RJ Harris 1 for 5, run, RBI, BB, K, .211
c Juan Torres 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, BB, .197
3b Jet Butler 2 for 5, 2 runs, HR, 2 RBI, K, .239
rf Nick Santomauro 0 for 5, 2 runs, K, .189 (.189/.)
ss Luis Nieves 4 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (1), 3 RBI (4), K, .333
Darin Gorki 3.2 IP, 8 H, 7/6 R/ER, 3/5 BB/K, 4.76 era, 1:5:5 (last 3 outings for the terrific 7th round pick: 0-2, 13.85 era, 13 ip, 24 h, 22/20 r/er, 2 hr, 9/15 bb/k)
Luis Rojas 1.1 IP, 2/1 BB/K, 3.94 era, W (2-0), 1:0:1
Marcos Tabata 2.2 IP, 3 H, ER, 2 Ks, 3.77 era, 3:3:2
Brandon Sage 1.1 IP, 3 H, BB, K, 3.17 era, SV (5), 2:0:1

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 1/4/1, Danville 8/12/1

Chase Huchingson’s first start of the season was terrible, and there were no offensive highlights. All that needs to be said.

2b Ray Van Gurp 1 for 4, K, .269
ss Brandon Brown 0 for 3, BB, .229
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .298
1b Lucas Stewart 0 for 4, K, .280
cf ZeErika McQueen 0 for 3, run, .272
dh Nelfi Zapata 1 for 3, BB, K, .238
rf John Semel 1 for 2, RBI, BB, .288
>>ph Amauris Valdez 0 for 1, K, .333
c Taylor Freeman 1 for 3, 2 Ks, .158
lf Charlie Hinojosa 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .153
Chase Huchingson 3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, BB, K, HR 5.63 era, L (0-1), 6:2:1
Zach Von Tersch 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2/3 BB/K, HR, 9.28 era, 2:6:3
Tony Feliz IP, 2 H, ER, 2 Ks, 6.75 era

R Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets