8/29 Minor League Report! COHOON!

AAA International League: Buffalo 1/2/0, Scranton 5/8/0

All four prospects had rough days today, with the three offensive ones (Duda, Evans, Nieuwenhuis) taking 0-fers, and Michael Antonini (semi-prospect), getting crushed for 5 runs on 7 hits (3 homers) in 6 innings.

rf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, .344
ss Andy Green 1 for 3, run, BB, .249
lf Lucas Duda 0 for 3, BB, K, .307
1b Nick Evans 0 for 3, BB, K, .310
2b Russ Adams 0 for 2, RBI, BB, .269
dh Val Pascucci 0 for 3, BB, 3 Ks, .256
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 2, BB, K, .190
3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 4, .259
c JR House 0 for 3, .246
Michael Antonini 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1/6 BB/K, 3 HR, 5.06 era, L (1-3), 109:70:39, 3:7:6
Chad Cordero IP, H, 2.02 era, 12:7:5, 1:1:0
Adam Pettyjohn IP, K, 4.98 era, 13:8:5, 2:0:1

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 4/7/1, Reading 2/6/0

Mark Cohoon’s excellent string of starts in Binghamton reached 4 in a row, he’s got 7 or more in 3 of those 4, and finishes off his month of August 4-0, with a 1.60 era. Over his last 4 outings, he’s 4-0 with a 1.29 era in 28 innings, with 20 hits, 4 walks, and 23 strikeouts. Today, he went 8 innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 UER with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Manuel Alvarez worked a scoreless 9th for his 7th save.

The Mets offense had 7 hits and a 3/8 BB/K, while going 2 for 5 with RISP and leaving 4 on base. Jose Coronado and Zach Lutz had multi hit games, while Josh Satin, Brahiam Maldonado and Luke Montz (0 for 3, run, BB, .206) took 0-fers.

ss Jose Coronado 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, .255
2b Jordany Valdespin 1 for 4, 3 Ks, .234
1b Josh Satin 0 for 3, BB, K, .319
cf Sean Ratliff 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2b (21), BB, K, .328
3b Zach Lutz 2 for 4, run, HR (17), 2 RBI (41), .289
lf Eric Campbell 1 for 4, RBI (27), K, .278
rf, lf Brahiam Maldonado 0 for 4, K, .269
Mark Cohoon 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2/5 BB/K, 4.36 era, W (5-3), 8:9:5
Manuel Alvarez IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.98 era, SV (7), 0:1:2

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 10/16/0, Fort Myers 2/4/1

The Mets offense exploded for 16 hits and a 5/11 BB/K, while going 10 for 20 with RISP and leaving 11 on base, en route to a 10-2 blowout of the Miracle. Each of the top 7 in the order had at least one hit, six had 2, and two had 3. Richard Lucas took the only 0-fer. Jim Fuller threw 5 shutout innings for his 2nd FSL victory.

cf Pedro Zapata 3 for 5, run, BB, K, .245
1b Michael Fisher 2 for 5, 3 runs, 2 2b, BB, 3 Ks, .276
ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 4, 3 runs, 2b (16), 2 RBI (36), 2 BBs, K, .298
c Kai Gronauer 2 for 5, 3 runs, 2 RBI (19), .333
rf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 5, RBI (19), K, .301
dh Francisco Pena 2 for 5, 2b (1), RBI (2), 2 Ks, .400
lf Joey August 3 for 5, 2b, 3 RBI, .260
3b Richard Lucas 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .206
2b Ryan Mollica 1 for 5, K, .298
Jim Fuller 5 IP, 2 H, 1/5 BB/K, 3.79 era, W (2-2), 2:8:5
Sam Martinez 2 IP, H, 2 ER, 2/2 BB/K, 9 era, 1:1:2
Michael Powers 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.77 era, 3:0:2

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 3/4/1, Connecticut 6/9/1

dh Darrell Ceciliani 1 for 3, run, 2b (19), BB, K, .351
2b JB Brown 1 for 3, run, 2b (12), K, .298
cf Cory Vaughn 1 for 4, run, HR (13), 3 RBI (49), K, .304
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .258
3b Joe Bonfe 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .317
lf Will Cherry 0 for 3, BB, K, .224
rf Kurt Steinhauer 0 for 3, K, .125
c Patrick Farrell 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .167
ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 3, .237
Angel Cuan 5 IP, 6 H, 4/3 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 2.14 era, L (5-1), 6:5:3
Wes Wrenn 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 Ks, 3.22 era, 1:2:3
Hamilton Bennett IP, 3.20 era, 1:2

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 3/6/2, Bristol 4/6/0, Game 1

Steve Winnick was awful in relief of Chase Huchingston and Tony Feliz, Winnick gave up 4 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks in 2 innings (all 4 runs in the 7th) as Winnick lost the game, 4-3. The Mets offense did their job with 6 hits and a 3/5 BB/K, despite going just 1 for 5 with RISP and leaving 6 on base.

cf Chase Greene 0 for 3, BB, K, .215
2b Ray Van Gurp 1 for 4, run, .272
lf ZeErika McQueen 1 for 4, run, K, .269
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 1 for 2, run, HR (13), 3 RBI (48), BB, K, .312 (.312/.352/.555/.907, 77 for 247, 44 runs, 21 2b, 13 HR, 48 RBI, 15/43 BB/K)
dh Albert Cordero 0 for 3, .276
rf John Semel 1 for 2, BB, .302
1b Brandon Brown 0 for 3, K, .217
c Taylor Freeman 1 for 3, K, .182
ss Ismael Tijernia 1 for 3, .261
Chase Huchingson 3 IP, 3/4 BB/K, 4.09 era, 2:1:4
Tony Feliz 2 IP, 3 H, BB, 4.50 era, 3:3
Steve Winnick 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 3 BBs, 4.57 era, BS (1), L (1-2), 3:2:0

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 1/3/1, Bristol 3/7/0, Game 2

Eduardo Aldama had a decent outing tonight, but that wasn’t good enough as the Mets dropped the backhalf of the twinight doubleheader, 3 to 1. Aldama gave up 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings for his 3rd loss of the season. The Met offense had just 3 hits and a 2/5 BB/K, while going hitless in 8 ABs with RISP and leaving 5 on base.

cf Chase Greene 1 for 3, K, .217
2b Ray Van Gurp 0 for 3, .267
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 1 for 3, 2b (22), .312
1b Lucas Stewart 1 for 3, K, .264
lf ZeErika McQueen 0 for 2, run, BB, K, .267
c Nelfi Zapata 0 for 2, BB, K, .240
ss Brandon Brown 0 for 2, .214
dh Amauris Valdez 0 for 3, RBI (3), .278
rf Charlie Hinojosa 0 for 2, K, .158
>>ph Taylor Freeman 0 for 1, .174
Eduardo Aldama 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2/4 BB/K, 4.95 era, L (2-3), 4:5:4
Hunter Carnevale 2 IP, 2 H, ER, 3 Ks, 3.86 era, 3:0:3

R Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets 6/8/3, Astros 1/6/1

2b Donnie Tabb 1 for 3, run, 2 RBI (6), 2 Ks, .217, SB (2)
>>ph, 2b Miguel Tejada 1 for 2, 2b (8), .230
ss Yucarybert De La Cruz 0 for 5, 2 Ks, .210
1b Nestor Moreno 1 for 4, RBI, BB, K, .314
lf Julio Concepcion 1 for 5, K, .282
cf Dylan Brown 0 for 2, run, K, .173
>>cf Tillman Pugh 0 for 1, .230
c Camden Maron 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .313
rf Gilbert Gomez 1 for 3, run, 3b (2), K, .229
3b Marinus Vernooij 1 for 2, run, 2 RBI (9), K, .214
>>ph, 3b Alexander Sanchez 2 for 2, .269
dh Jecykol De Leon 0 for 3, run, K, .204
Ernesto Yanez 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 1/4 BB/K, 3.86 era, W (1-2), 5:6:
Adam O’Neill IP, K, 3.52 era, 1:1:1
David Frias 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 2.84 era, 3:1:2
Jeremy Gould IP, H, K, 3.12 era, 0:2:1