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AAA International League: Buffalo 1/8/3, Lehigh Valley 6/14/0

2b Luis Hernandez 0 for 4, K, .297
3b Justin Turner 0 for 4, .299
lf Lucas Duda 1 for 4, run, 2b (14), 2 Ks, .307
1b Nick Evans 0 for 4, K, .381
rf Val Pascucci 3 for 4, 2b, RBI, K, .261
cf Jorge Padilla 3 for 4, 2b, .313
ss Ruben Tejada 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .279
c Michael Barrett 1 for 3, BB, . 095
Tobi Stoner 5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 4 BBs, 6.07 era, L (5-10), 87:51:36, 8:8
Adam Pettyjohn 0.1 IP, 5.56 era, 2:2:0, 1:
Sean Green 0.1 IP, 3.38 era, 6:5:1, 0:1
Chad Cordero IP, 0.00 era, 9:6:3, 1:1:0
Mike O’Connor IP, 3 H, 2 ER, K, 3.17 era, 19:15:4, 2:0:1
John Lujan IP, H, 11:7:4, 1:2

AA Eastern League: Binghamton 6/9/2, Harrisburg 8/13/1

Mark Cohoon had one of his better AA outings, giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and a walk in 5.2 innings for a ND. Dylan Owen didn’t retire a batter and allowed 2 hits and a walk to blow the save.

The Met offense had 9 hits, 5 walks and 6 runs, while striking out 8 times and going just 3 for 14 (.214) with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Jose Coronado and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had multi hit games, while Mike Nickeas (0 for 2, BB, K, .284) took the only 0-fer.

ss Jose Coronado 2 for 4, 2 runs, 2b, BB, .232
2b Josh Satin 1 for 5, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .308
cf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2b (35), RBI (60), K, .292
lf Sean Ratliff 1 for 4, run, BB, 2 Ks, .330
3b Zach Lutz 1 for 4, 2b (9), 2 RBI (30), BB, K, .291
1b Marshall Hubbard 1 for 4, .251
rf Raul Reyes 1 for 3, 2b (5), BB, .229
Mark Cohoon 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4/2 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 6.63 era, 10:3:3
Dylan Owen 2 H, 2 R, BB, K, 3.09 era, BS (1), L (4-2)
Eric Niesen 0.1 IP, K, 4.88 era
Carlos Muniz 0.1 IP, H, 2 ER, 2/1 BB/K, 54 era
Eddie Kunz 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 Ks, 1:1:3
Roy Merritt IP, 2 Ks, 3.92 era, 0:1:2

A+ Florida State League: St. Lucie 5/12/2, Lakeland 9/6/0

Brad Holt had 4 shutout innings under his belt, then got oblierated for 5 runs (4 earned) in the 5th, and didn’t make it out of the inning. Elvin Ramirez allowed both of his IHR to score. Overall, Met pitching allowed just 6 hits, but walked 9 and hit 2 more.

The Mets offense had 12 hits and a 2/7 BB/K ratio, while going 3 for 11 (.273) with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Pedro Zapata, Hector Pellot, Wilmer Flores and Richard Lucas had multi hit games, while Rafael Fernandez took the only 0-fer.

cf Pedro Zapata 2 for 5, run, 2b (2), .250
lf Hector Pellot 2 for 5, .270
c Luke Montz 1 for 3, run, 2 BBs, .250
ss Wilmer Flores 2 for 5, 2 runs, HR (4), 2 RBI (23), .313
2b Michael Fisher 1 for 4, run, K, .233
1b Stefan Welch 1 for 4, 2 RBI (58), 2 Ks, .270
3b Richard Lucas 2 for 4, .203
rf Rafael Fernandez 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .305
dh Jean Luc Blaquiere 1 for 4, K, .188
Brad Holt 4.2 IP, 5 H, 5/4 R/ER, 2/5 BB/K, 5.85 era, L (2-5), 4:3:5
Elvin Ramirez 0.1 IP, 2 R, 3/1 BB/K, 4.15 era
Nick Carr 2 IP, H, 2/1 R/ER, 2/1 BB/K, 4.82 era, 3:2:1
Erik Turgeon 2 IP, 2/3 BB/K, 2.08 era, 1:1:3

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 4/12/2, Rome 7/12/2

Taylor Whitenton gave up 7 hits and 3 walks in 4 innings, leading to 4 runs (2 earned) and his 6th loss. The Gnats offense had 12 hits and a 1/7 BB/K ratio while going 3 for 8 with RISP and leaving 8 on base. Cesar Puello, Juan Torres, Alex Gregory and RJ Harris had multi hit games, while Wilfredo Tovar took the only 0-fer.

ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 5, .273
dh Robbie Shields 1 for 5, RBI (4), 2 Ks, .256
rf Cesar Puello 2 for 5, K, .293, CS (9), (Puello now has 7 multi hit games in his last 10)
3b Travis Ozga 1 for 4, run, 2b, .277
2b Jet Butler 1 for 3, run, RBI, BB, K, .250
c Juan Torres 2 for 4, run, K, .205
lf Nick santomauro 1 for 4, 2b (10), RBI (11), K, .175
1b Alex Gregory 2 for 3, RBI, K, .223
cf RJ Harris 2 for 4, run, 3b, .177
Taylor Whitenton 4 IP, 7 H, 4/2 R/ER, 3/2 BB/K, 4.52 era, L (5-6), 3:6:2
Luis Rojas 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 3.91 era, 4:2
Gabriel Zavala IP, 1/2 BB/K, 0.39 era, 0:1:2
Brandon Sage IP, 2 H, ER, 3.69 era, 3:

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 1/6/0, Hudson Valley 9/14/1

Prospect Watch: Darrell Ceciliani, Cory Vaughn, and Juan Centeno took 0-fers, Brian Harrison had a single.

ss Rylan Sandoval 2 for 4, run, HR, RBI, .329
cf Darrell Ceciliani 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .379
rf Cory Vaughn 0 for 4, .302
1b Jeff Flagg 2 for 3, .296
>>ph Kurt Steinhauer 0 for 1, K, .174
dh Joe Bonfe 0 for 4, .333
3b Brian Harrison 1 for 4, .272
2b JB Brown 0 for 3, .287
lf Will Cherry 1 for 3, K, .211
c Juan Centeno 0 for 2, BB, .339
Mitch Houck 4 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, HR, 3.73 era, L (4-1), 9:3
Nelson Pereira 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 5 Ks, 5.65 era, 2:1:5
Samuel Taveras 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, BB, 6 era, 1:
Brian Needham 0.2 IP, H, K, 7.88 era, 0:1:1

R Appalachian League: Kingsport 2/6/3, Elizabethon 3/8/1

Bret Mitchell had a decent outing tonight, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits with 7 strikeouts in 5 innings, he took a ND. Josh Edgin took the loss with a run in 2 innings. The Mets offense had 6 hits and a 1/13 BB/K while going hitless in 3 ABs with RISP and leaving 5 on base. Justin Schafer had the only multi hit game, while Chase Greene, Aderlin Rodriguez, ZeErika McQueen and Ismael Tijernia took 0-fers.

cf Chase Greene 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .283
2b Justin Schafer 2 for 4, K, .333
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 0 for 4, 3 Ks, .288
rf Javier Rodriguez 0 for 1, HBP, .325 (left after being HBP)
pr, rf Charlie Hinojosa 1 for 2, run, K, .154
c Albert Cordero 1 for 4, run, .276
lf ZeErika McQueen 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .275
1b Brandon Brown 1 for 4, RBI, K, .162
dh Nelfi Zapata 1 for 2, BB, .250
ss Ismael Tijernia 0 for 3, 3 Ks, .280
Bret Mitchell 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2/7 BB/K, HR, 5.63 era, 2:5:7
Steve Winnick 2 IP, 2 Ks, 4.22 era, 0:3:2
Josh Edgin 2 IP, 4 H, ER, 1/3 BB/K, HR, 3.44 era, L (0-1), 2:1:3

R Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets