Fresno 12, Las Vegas (56-42) 4
Rough night for 51’s pitching with four pitchers combining to allow 19 baserunners while Scott Rice was the only Las Vegas arm to pitch a scoreless inning. Darin Gorski went 5 innings giving up seven runs on eight hits but did manage to strikeout eight. Chase Bradford and Zack Thornton each gave up one run, John Church gave up three on two homeruns.
Jayce Boyd played the field for the first time since July 4th and led the Las Vegas offense going 2-5 with two doubles and two RBI. Here is video of one of the doubles. Dilson Herrera went 1-4 with a walk, RBI and scored two runs while continuing to leadoff. Brandon Allen played 1B going 2-4 with his 19th double and scored a run. Johnny Monell, Zach Lutz, Travis Taijeron, and Wilfredo Tovar combined to go 0-14 with two walks. Box Score
Binghamton (53-43) 9, New Britain 5
Michael Fulmer just keeps boosting his possible trade value and yesterday was another step in the right direction pitching 5 shutout innings while pushing the B’Mets into first place. He was pitching out of trouble all day though thanks to six hits, walk, and three errors but Michael was up for the challenge as he held the Rock Cats to 0-9 with runners in scoring position. He threw only 82 pitches (58 strikes) while striking out nine and picking up his 5th win for Binghamton.
New Britain could not lay off Michael’s nasty slider with eight of their strikeouts being of the swinging variety. Fulmer is also trying to fit in his changeup more and even got a lefty to strikeout on the pitch. If he could turn the changeup into an average Major League pitch that would really boost his value to Mets and other teams. Michael finally accumulated enough innings to qualify for the league leaders and his 2.03 ERA in 2nd in the Eastern League.
The bullpen wasn’t as sharp as Beck Wheeler gave up three runs while Akeel Morris and Adam Kolarek each gave up solo homeruns. Josh Smoker came in to douse the fire though pitching a perfect 9th with one strikeout, he is yet to walk a batter compared to eight strikeouts in 6 innings for Binghamton.
Gavin Cecchini had a great day hitting the ball to all fields as he went 4-5 with his 3rd triple and scored a run. He now has the 6th best average in the league (.310) and the 10th best OPS at .819. He did however make his 24th error in the field and another of the throwing variety. L.J. Mazzilli was 0-5 failing to reach base for the first time in 21 games.
Michael Conforto had a good day at the plate going 2-4 with a walk and his 26th RBI for Binghamton, both hits were off a lefty. He is hitting .333/.414/.490 off lefties in AA after struggling to a .200/.290/.364 against them in St. Lucie. Brandon Nimmo went 0-4 with a walk and a run scored. Josh Rodriguez, Xorge Carrillo, and Jared King all hit homeruns for the B’Mets. Kings’ was a pinch hit and grand slam and you can see it here. Box Score
St. Lucie its game postponed and will play a double header today vs. Brevard County starting at 4 pm.
Hagerstown 4, Savannah (49-46) 3
Michael Gibbons had a rough start giving up ten hits (2 HR’s) over 5.1 innings allowing four runs (three earned) while moving to 0-3 for the Sand Gnats. John Mora gave Savannah a chance with a one-out single in the 9th inning but Michael Katz and Jean Rodriguez struck out to end the game.
Mora finished the game 2-4 with his 13th double and 43rd RBI of the season, he is hitting .279/.365/.395 with runners in scoring position. Luis Guillorme was 2-4 with two RBI and his 14th stolen base of the season. Eudor Garcia was 1-4 with his 3rd triple and a run scored. Wuilmer Becerra went 0-4 which lowered his season line to .294/.342/.461. Box Score
West Virginia 8, Brooklyn (18-13) 1
Jeffrey Diehl provided the only Cyclones offense with a solo homerun, his 3rd of the season. David Thompson was 1-3 while Vinny Siena got a day off. William Fulmer returned from the disabled list going 2-3 with his first double of the season.
Matt Blackham made the start and pitch only 1.1 innings giving up six runs (four earned) on seven hits, walk, and two wild pitches. Luis Mateo returned to Brooklyn on the comeback trail pitching three scoreless innings allowing only one hit while striking out three. P.J. Conlon, 13th round, pitched a clean 9th inning and has yet to allow a run in 7 pro innings. Box Score
Pulaski 6, Kingsport (13-14) 5
Merandy Gonzalez suffered the loss in relief combining with Chase Ingram to give up three runs in the 9th inning. Ivan Wilson walked in the bottom of the 9th to bring up Kevin Kaczmarski as the winning run but he struck out to end the game.
Patrick Mazeika was 1-3 with walk, HBP, and his 22nd RBI which ties him for the league lead. Dash Winningham was 2-5 with two doubles giving him nine for the season. Utility guy Luis Ortega was 3-3 with a walk, triple, two RBI, and two runs scored. Raphael Ramirez was 1-3 with walk, run scored, RBI,and his league leading 5th triple of the season. Box Score
GCL Mets (16-11) 7, GCL Nationals 4
The Mets were down 4-1 heading into the 9th inning when the offense erupted for six runs. Ali Sanchez was 2-4 with a run scored while extending his hitting streak to eight games. Milton Ramos started at shortstop going 2-4 with a stolen base and a run scored. Anthony Dimino was 1-3 with three RBI, run scored, and his first stolen base of the season.
Sixto Torres pitched a scoreless 8th with a walk and one strikeout to pick up his 2nd professional win. Alejandro Castro picked up his 3rd save of the season with a scoreless 9th inning. Box Score
DSL Mets1 lost 9-7 but 16-year old shortstop Kenny Hernandez was 2-5 with two RBI, he is hitting .381/.435/.524 since being moved from the DSL Mets2.
