Songs of the night: Phoenix – 1901 and Muse – Knights of Cydonia
AAA International League: Buffalo 4/9/1, Pawtucket 2/6/0
RA Dickey had another really good outing today, giving up just 2 runs on 6 hits over 8 innings for his 2nd win. John Lujan picked up the save with a perfect 9th. The Bisons had 9 hits and 4 walks, but were hitless in 5 ABs with RISP, and left 6 on base, while striking out 10 times. Josh Thole and Alex Cintron (0 for 3, BB, K, .219) took 0-fers, while Chris Carter and Ruben Tejada had multi hit games.
cf Jason Pridie 1 for 4, BB, K, .299
c Josh Thole 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .136
1B Chris Carter 2 for 3, BB, .298
3B Mike Hessman 1 for 4, run, 3 Ks, .302
LF Mike Cervanek 1 for 4, run, HR, 2 RBI, 2 Ks, .213
RF Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, K, .303
SS Andy Green 1 for 3, 2 runs, BB, .500
2B Ruben Tejada 2 for 4, 2B (3), .233
RA Dickey 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 5 Ks, 3.03 era, W (2-1), 110:78:32, 8:8:5
John Lujan IP, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, SV (1), 13:11:2, 1:0:2
AA Eastern League: Binghamton 1/4/1, New Hampshire 5/10/0
Kyle Drabek and two relievers combined to shut down the most powerful offense in the EL today, holding the Mets to 4 hits, 5 walks and a run, as the Mets went hitless in 9 ABs with RISP, and left 8 on base. Brad Holt came off the DL and was decent in 2 innings, allowing 3 hits and a run, but he took the loss. Dylan Owen worked 5 innings in back of Holt, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 3 walks.
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .324
1B Nick Evans 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .328
LF Lucas Duda 0 for 3, BB, .279
3B Zach Lutz 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .300
RF DJ Wabick 1 for 4, 2B, RBI, 2 Ks, .205
SS Luis Hernandez 0 for 3, BB, .326
c Luke Montz 0 for 3, BB, K, .184
DH Jose Coronado 1 for 4, K, .237
2B Hector Pellot 1 for 4, K, .200
Brad Holt 2 IP, 3 H, ER, 1/2 BB/K, 4.50 era, L (0-1), 0:3:2
Dylan Owen 5 IP, 3 H, 3/2 R/ER, 3/2 BB/K, 3.43 era, 5:7:2
Clint Everts 2 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 era, 3:1:0
A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 5/13/4, Bradenton 6/7/2
Eric Beaulac has failed to complete 4 innings this season in 3 starts, he went just 2.2 innings today, giving up 3 hits and 4 unearned runs (all in the 3rd after his own error and a couple of wild pitches). Elvin Ramirez took the loss after giving up 2 runs (1 earned) over 1.1 innings. Chris Schwinden finished the game with 5 shutout innings of long relief.
The Mets had 13 hits and drew 5 walks, and were a stellar 6 for 18 (.333) with RISP, but left 12 on base, and only struck out 4 times. Emmanuel Garcia, Sean Ratliff, Eric Campbell, Stefan Welch and Matt Bouchard all had multi hit games, while Richard Lucas and Josh Satin (0 for 4, BB, .327) took 0-fers.
cf Emmanuel Garcia 2 for 5, .279
3B Richard Lucas 0 for 4, BB, K, .173
LF Sean Ratliff 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2B, BB, .246
DH Eric Campbell 2 for 4, run, .279
1B Stefan Welch 2 for 4, run, 2B (2), RBI (11), BB, .304
SS Matt Bouchard 3 for 4, run, 3 RBI, BB, K, .238
RF Raul Reyes 1 for 5, K, .194
c Tony McCain 1 for 4, RBI, K, .313
Eric Beaulac 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1/2 BB/K, 3.38 era, 3 WP, HBP, 3:4:2
Elvin Ramirez 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2/1 R/ER, K, 8.03 era, L (0-2), 1:2:1
Chris Schwinden 5 IP, 2 H, 3 Ks, 1.42 era, 6:5:3
A South Atlantic League: Savannah 4/9/0, Hickory 2/8/1
Jim Fuller gave up 2 runs in the first inning today, then fired 7 zeroes, giving his offense a chance to come back. Fuller ended up with a great outing, scattering 8 hits across 8 innings with 9 strikeouts for his 3rd win. Michael Powers pitched a perfect 9th for his 2nd save.
The Gnats offense gathered 9 hits and drew a pair of walks, while going 2 for 11 (.182) with RISP, leaving 8 on base, and striking out 7 times. Pedro Zapata, Wilmer Flores and Cesar Puello had multi hit games, while Juan Lagares, Jeff Flagg (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .200) and Jefry Marte took 0-fers.
cf Pedro Zapata 2 or 4, 2B (3), K, .266
LF Juan Lagares 0 for 4, K, .278
SS Wilmer Flores 2 for 4, run, 2 2B (9), .368
3B Jefry Marte 0 for 2, run, BB, .067
c Kai Gronauer 1 for 4, run, RBI (5), .356
RF Cesar Puello 2 for 3, run, RBI (5), BB, .281
DH Alex Gregory 1 for 4, RBI, 2 Ks, .176
2B Alonzo Harris 1 for 4, 2B (3), RBI (9), K, .283
Jim Fuller 8 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1/9 BB/K, 1.26 era, W (3-1), 9:6:9
Michael Powers IP, 4.76 era, SV (2), 1:2
