8/9 Minor League Report! NIEUWENHUIS, WILMER, Santomauro, Tovar, ALMONTE, ADERLIN,e

Apologies for yesterday…I was out very late and neither D nor I were near a computer.

AAA International League: Buffalo 8/15/1, Lehigh Valley 1/6/3

The middle of the Bison order (Duda, Evans, Nieuwenhuis) were a combined 6 for 12 with 6 RBI, leading the Bisons 15 hit attack. Michael Antonini made his 2010 Buffalo debut and fired 6 innings of 1 UER ball for the win.

lf Jesus Feliciano 3 for 4, 4 runs, BB, .352
2b Justin Turner 2 for 5, run, K, .303
1b Lucas Duda 2 for 4, 2 runs, 3 RBI (43), BB, K, .317
3b Nick Evans 1 for 4, BB, .289
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 3 for 4, 3 RBI (3), BB, .333
rf Jorge Padilla 0 for 4, RBI, 3 Ks, .305
ss Luis Hernandez 2 for 5, .2 89
c JR House 1 for 4, run, .230
Michael Antonini 6 IP, 5 H, R, 5 Ks, 0.00 era, W (1-0), 93:61:32, 5:7:5
Chad Cordero IP, K, 1.69 era, 8:7:1, 1:1:1
Adam Pettyjohn 2 IP, H, BB, 5.29 era, 37:21:16

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 6/10/1, Charlotte 7/10/1

Brad Holt got RIPPED again, giving up 7 runs on 6 hits and 6 walks in 4.1 innings for his 6th FSL loss. He’s now 3-11 with an 8.11 era. I didn’t like the pick when it happened, but clearly he’s not this bad.

The Met offense did well tonight with 10 hits and a 2/8 BB/K, while going 3 for 14 (.214) with RISP and leaving 6 on base. Wilmer Flores and Michael Fisher had multi hit games, while Eric Campbell, Jean Luc Blaquiere (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .192) and Ryan Mollica (0 for 3, 3 Ks, .294) took 0-fers.

cf Pedro Zapata 1 for 5, run, .266, SB (4)
ss Wilmer Flores 3 for 5, run, 2b (10), RBI (26), .321
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 4, run, BB, .263
3b Eric Campbell 0 for 3, run, BB, K, .329 (remember, he was promoted to Binghamton mid May)
rf Rafael Fernandez 2 for 4, run, 3b (3), 2 RBI (12), .317
2b Michael Fisher 2 for 4, 2 2b, 2 RBI, .219
lf Joey August 1 for 3, run, 2b, K, .263
>>ph, lf Hector Pellot 0 for 1, .259
Brad Holt 4.1 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 6/1 BB/K, HR, 6.70 era, L (2-6), 4:8:1
Scott Moviel 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 5.84 era, 0:1:3
Elvin Ramirez 2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 3.92 era, 3:1:2
Rhiner Cruz IP, H, 2 Ks, 3.94 era, 0:1:2

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 7/15/1, Charleston 4/8/2

The Gnats offense has been sparked by the arrival of Matt Den Dekker, they’ve scored 17 runs in the two games he’s been up in Savannah. Tonight, he had 2 hits and 2 RBI, sparking a 15 hit attack. The Gnats went 6 for 23 (.261) with RISP and left 9 on base. After a LONG 2 1/2 month red hot streak, Cesar Puello is now 3 for his last 16. Den Dekker, Nick Santomauro, Jet Butler and Wilfredo Tovar had multi hit games, no Gnat took an 0-fer. John Church gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in the first inning, then gave up nothing but 2 walks over the next 4 innings for his 6th win of the season. First hand account from a poster on NYFS have Church pinging the mid 90s with regularity, so keep that name in the back of your mind.

cf Matt Den Dekker 2 for 5, run, 2b (1), 2 RBI (3), .444 (4 for 9)
dh Robbie Shields 1 for 5, K, .246
rf Cesar Puello 1 for 5, run, 2 Ks, .294
lf Nick Santomauro 3 for 5, RBI (12), 2 Ks, .194
1b Travis Ozga 1 for 5, K, .264
c Juan Torres 1 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, .211
2b Jet Butler 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, RBI, BB, K, .244
3b James Schroeder 1 for 3, run, .368
ss Wilfredo Tovar 3 for 4, RBI (13), K, .283 (6 for his last 9)
John Church 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2/7 BB/K, 2.26 era, W (6-1), 4:4:7
Guillaume LeDuc 3 IP, 2 H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, HR, 2.92 era, 5:1:2
Brandon Sage IP, H, K, 3.56 era, 1:1:1

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 5/10/1, Connecticut 2/8/0

Yohan Almonte had a TERRIFIC outing tonight, his best of the season, as the Cyclones downed Connecticut (my home state) 5 to 2. Almonte fired 8 innings of 1 run ball, allowing 7 hits with 9 Ks. Ryan Fraser came in to face the tying run and induced a flyout for his 8th save.

Amongst the hitting prospects, Cory Vaughn had a hit and RBI, Brian Harrison and Blake Forsythe both took 0-fers.

ss Justin Schafer 3 for 5, 2 RBI, .235
2b JB Brown 1 for 3, RBI, BB, .284
cf, rf Cory Vaughn 1 for 3, RBI (44), .309
1b Jeff Flagg 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .283
dh Joe Bonfe 1 for 4, run, K, .324
3b Brian Harrison 0 for 3, .272
c Blake Forstyhe 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .250
rf, lf Will Cherry 2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI, .227
lf Cody Holliday 2 for 2, 2 runs, 2 BBs, .224
>>cf Darrell Ceciliani

Yohan Almonte 8 IP, 7 H, ER, 9 Ks, 1.92 era, W (6-3), 10:6:9, 2 WP
Adam Kolarek 0.2 IP, H, ER, BB, 1.20 era
Ryan Fraser 0.1 IP, 0.40 era, SV (8), 0:1

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 8/10/2, Princeton 6/10/3

The Mets were ahead 4-3 after 3, behind 6-4 after 6, then rallied for 2 in the 7th to tie and 2 in the 8th to pull ahead 8 to 6 on an Aderlin Rodriguez 2 run double. The Mets overall had 10 hits and a 5/5 BB/K ratio, while going 6 for 17 (.353) with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Aderlin had the only multi hit game, while Ray Van Gurp and John Semel (0 for 4, K, .282) took the only 0-fers.

cf Chase Greene 1 for 4, 2 runs, BB, K, .286, SB (3)
lf, rf ZeErika McQueen 1 for 3, 2 runs, 2 BBs, .281
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 3 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (15), HR (11), 3 RBI (34), K, .291, E (16)
1b Lucas Stewart 1 for 4, run, 2 RBI, BB, .264
rf Javier Rodriguez 1 for 2, 2b (15), .327
>>ss Ismael Tijernia 1 for 2, RBI (5), K, .300
c Albert Cordero 1 for 3, RBI (25), BB, .284
2b Ray Van Gurp 0 for 4, run, K, .252
ss, lf Brandon Brown 1 for 4, 2b, RBI, .196
Bret Mitchel 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5/4 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 5.94 era, 6:4:3
Peter Birdwell 1.2 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, K, 4.43 era, 4:0:1
Hunter Carvenale 2 IP, H, K, 4.70 era, W (3-1), 2:2:1
Michael Weldon IP, H, K, 1.02 era, SV (6)

R Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets 9/11/0, Astros 4/9/3

ss Randoll Santana 1 for 4, run, BB, K, .252, SB (13)
cf Tillman Pugh 0 for 3, 2 runs, 2 BBs, 3 Ks, .190
dh Jordan Abruzzo 4 for 5, 2 runs, 2b, 2 HR, 5 RBI, .250
1b Alexander Sanchez 1 for 5, 2b (11), .248
lf Dylan Brown 1 for 5, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .189
rf Gilbert Gomez 1 for 5, 2 runs, 3b (1), 2 Ks, .220
c Jeff Glenn 1 for 4, RBI, BB, K, .236
3b Miguel Tejada 2 for 5, 2 2b (7), RBI (9), 2 Ks, .237
2b Yucarybert De La Cruz 0 for 4, run, .184
Marcos Camarena 7.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1/2 BB/K, 3.03 era, W (2-2), 8:13:2
Ramiro Peralta 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2.92 era, 3:1:0