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Mets Minor League Recap: Las Vegas Walks Off On Tovar 2B, Herrera Up To .375, Bingo Sweeps Doubleheader

Posted by Michael Mayer | Apr 29, 2015

Las Vegas 6, Albuquerque 5 Wilfredo Tovar came up with Johnny Monell on 3rd and Kyle Johnson on 1st with two outs and the 51’s down 5-4 hitting a low liner to that the LFer dove for but came up empty with the ball rolling past him allowing Johnson to score to give Las Vegas a 6 game win streak. Alex Castellanos hit his 7th homerun and second in as many nights. Dilson Herrera was 2-5 with...

Mets Minor League Recap: Thor Drops The Hammer, Gsellman Cruises to 3-0

Posted by Michael Mayer | Apr 28, 2015

Las Vegas 8, Albuquerque 0 F/7 Game 1 Noah Syndergaard has had a rough couple of days between having a bad case of food poisoning and getting into a twitter battle that GM Sandy Alderson didn’t approve of. Yet somehow he took the mound last night and was absolutely dominant over 7 innings allowing as many hits (2) as he had at the plate. Thor needed only 83 pitches (62 strikes) to get the...

Mets Minor League Recap 4/27: Conforto Blasts 6th HR, Herrera Batting .371, Fulmer Makes Season Debut

Posted by Michael Mayer | Apr 27, 2015

Las Vegas 10, Albuquerque 4 Matt Bowman got his first win of the year after starting the game with 4.1 perfect innings before allowing three runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings. Early in the game Bowman was pounding his sinking fastball down in the zone which resulted in 11 groundouts on the day. Cody Satterwhite relieved Bowman and stranded two inherited runners but allowed a run when he came out...

Mets Minor League Recap 4/25: Matz is Masterful, Reynolds Homers, St. Lucie Wins in 17 Innings

Posted by Michael Mayer | Apr 25, 2015

Las Vegas 12, Reno 0 Steven Matz made the start in Vegas for Noah Syndergaard (food poisoning) and did not disappoint holding a no hitter through 6.2 innings before our old friend Nick Evans singled to break it up. The next batter singled but Matz got a strike out to end the inning and his 7 innings of shutout baseball with only one walk and five strikeouts. Not only was Matz spectacular on the...

Mets Minor League Recap 4/24: Montero’s Final Tuneup, Becerra and Stuart Homer

Posted by Michael Mayer | Apr 24, 2015

Las Vegas 8, Reno 7 Rafael Montero got the win in his final start before he is scheduled to pitch against the Marlins on Tuesday. Montero went 5 innings allowing four runs on six hits, 0 walks, four strikeouts and added two hits and a RBI to help his own cause. Chasen Bradford pitched two scoreless innings to pick up his first save of the season. Bradford has yet to allow a run on the season...