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 for the next inning actually lowering his ERA to 11.05. Scott Rice came in to face on lefty and got him out, lowering his ERA to 1.35 and lefties have hit just .083 against him. Zack Thornton pitched 1.2 scoreless to close the game out, his 2nd good outing in a row after the starting the season off getting hit hard. Dilson Herrera just keeps hurting baseballs, went 2-4 for his 10th mult-hit game in the last 11. He wasted no time in this game leading off the first with a double off the wall and scoring the 51’s first run. Herrera also singled, walked, and scored three runs raising his slash line to .371/.408/.500 on the year. Darrell Ceciliani had himself a great game busting two 2-run homeruns giving him four on the season and a .683 slugging percentage. Matt Reynolds was 1-3 with a walk, HBP and scored two runs and is now hitting .310/.366/.521. Johnny Monell and Alex Castellanos both chipped in with two hits and a RBI while Brandon Allen was 1-2 with two RBI’s. Box Score Las Vegas will play a doubleheader tonight with Noah Syndergaard making his return from food poisoning in one game and Darin Gorski in the other.
Binghamton 3, New Hampshire 0
Binghamton avoided getting swept by the Fisher Cats behind a spectacular outing by John Gant who threw 7 scoreless innings allowing only six guys to reach base picking up his first AA win. Dario Alvarez and Jon Velasquez each threw a scoreless inning in relief to close the game out with Jon picking up his 5th save of the season. The B’Mets already had 6 hits on the night but two of them were long balls, one by Jared King to leadoff the game and Xorge Carrillo with his first of the season. Brandon Nimmo went 1-4, Dustin Lawley was 1-3 with a BB, and Eudy Pina was 1-3 raising his average to .357. Box Score Binghamton heads to Maine tonight to play the Sea Dogs with Seth Lugo on the mound and I will be at whole series covering the games. Following me at @themainemets to get Binghamton updates and photos over the next couple of days.
Jupiter 4, St. Lucie 3
Michael Fulmer was making his season debut and was greeted with a 3-run HR in the first inning by Brian Anderson who would also end the game in the bottom of the 9th with a walkoff solo shot. After that homer with no outs in the first Fulmer was in absolute cruise control retiring 21 of the next 22 hitters he faced allowing only a 4th inning infield single. Fulmer’s final line over 7 innings was three earned runs on four hits, no walks and nine strikeouts. The Mets were losing 3-1 going into the top of the 6th until Michael Conforto homered for the second straight day with a two-run shot to tie the game. Conforto now has six homers on the season to go along with 19 RBI, a slash line of .348/.439/.652, and has 12 walks against just 10 strikeouts. Jeff McNeil was 2-4 for his sixth multi-hit game out of his last eight and has raised his average from .182 to .305 over his last ten games. Jhoan Urena was 2-4 raising his average over .200 but has struck out 18 times over his first 69 at bats. Victor Cruzado collected two hits for the second straight game getting his average up to .292 to go along with his .382 OBP. Four days after Kevin McGowan had a terrible start (8 runs over 4 innings) pitched in relief of Fulmer and allowed the homerun to Anderson to end the game. Box Score. Robert Gsellman will take the mound at 6:35 ET tonight in Jupiter.
Savannah 4, Charleston 2
Martires Arias pitched a gem to pick up his 2nd win of the season throwing 7 scoreless innings giving up only four base hits and struck out five hitters. The 6’7 right hander has now allowed only four earned runs over 17 innings to start the season for the Sand Gnats. Shane Bay closed the game out with a scoreless inning to pick up his first save of the season. Jon Leroux hit his first homerun of the season to give the Mets a 3-0 lead in the top of the 7th inning. Wuilmer Becerra went 1-4 on the night and had an awesome diving catch in the 6th inning coming in on a line drive in right field. Luis Guillorme had a rough day at the plate going 0-5 out of the leadoff spot but is still hitting .309 for the year. Box Score. Savannah has a day off today.
