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 his 8th double, scored a run, had his 11th RBI culminating in his 12th multi-hit game out of his last 13 starts. Johnny Monell was 2-5 and now has a slash line of .378/.453/.622 on the season as he catches every day with Plawecki in New York. Darrell Ceciliani, Tovar, Travis Taijeron, and Brooks Conrad each had multi-hit nights. Tyler Pill got the start and last 6 innings giving up five runs on seven hits (2 HR’s) and two walks while he struck out five. Scott Rice struck out the only batter he faced and Cody Satterwhite pitched 0.2 scoreless to pick up his first AAA victory. Box Score. Here is video of Tovar’s walk-off hit. Las Vegas has an off day on Wednesday
Binghamton 11, Portland 7 F/Suspended Game
Binghamton and the Sea Dogs resumed their rain delayed game from Monday and Gavin Cecchini made his return to the lineup in style going 1-4 with a walk, three RBI’s, and scored two runs. Cecchini had been out been out since April 17th with a groin issue but looked great making some nice plays in the field coming in on softly hit balls. Jayce Boyd went 2-4 with a walk, his 6th double and scored twice and was nice enough to do an interview for me which will be up soon. Dustin Lawley reached base three times, stole two bases, hit a double, and came around to score three times. Brandon Nimmo was just getting a scheduled day off and played in the 2nd game. Matt Koch who was scheduled to start the game on Tuesday instead “started” the resumption of the delayed game and got his first win of the season throwing 4.2 innings in relief of original starter Seth Lugo who went 1.1 before the delay. Koch was the beneficiary of a lot of offense as he allowed four earned runs on nine base runners while striking out only two. Paul Sewald pitched three scoreless innings for the save letting only two hitters reach and struck out three. Sewald now has 12 scoreless on the year and was successful last night without hitting above 88 MPH with his fastball. Box Score
Binghamton 7, Portland 1 F/7 Game Two
Gavin Cecchini started in the lead off spot for the Mets and jump started the offense with double as they scored all 7 runs in he first two innings. Cecchini finished 2-4 scoring two runs and line out that the 2B made a nice play on to rob him of a hit. He did however struggle a little in the field with two errors in the game, bobbling a ball and rushing a throw. Brandon Nimmo returned to the lineup and went 1-4 but popped out twice with runners in scoring position. Dustin Lawley finished off a great day hitting his 6th double and his 3rd homerun which was an absolute moonshot over the Maine Monster in left field. Reliever Jake Kuebler stepped up for the B’Mets starting and pitching 4 innings shutout ball giving up only one hit and one walk striking out one. None of the Sea Dogs hitters could square up Kuebler as he induced 9 groundball outs. Beck Wheeler got the win in relief pitching 1.2 giving up an unearned run while striking out three. Box Score. Binghamton will look for the sweep tonight at 6:00 ET with Rainy Lara on the mound.
Jupiter 4, St. Lucie 1
It was a game that the Mets would soon like to forget as they had just as many errors on the night (4) as they had hits and starter Miller Diaz was wild hitting a batter, walking two, and throwing two wild pitches. Diaz took the loss allowing his first three runs of the year on five hits while he struck out three. The Mets 10th round pick last year Kelly Secrest threw a perfect inning relief striking out all three batters he faced. Jeff McNeil his hitting streak to eight games going 2-4 and is hitting .409 over his last ten games. Amed Rosario went 1-3 and scored the Mets only run on the night. Michael Conforto had a rough night at the plate going 0-4 with three strike outs and is now 0 for his last 9. Box Score. St. Lucie does not have a game on Wednesday
Delmarva 12, Savannah 0 F/5 Rain
Savannah continued the night of ugly outings in low A committing five errors and producing only three base runners on the night. Jean Rodriguez had the only hit of the night, Vicente Lupo produced the only walk, and Wuilmer Becerra reached via error and stole his 4th base. Scarlyn Reyes started for the Sand Gnats lasting only 1.2 giving up seven runs (only 1 earned) on four hits and three walks. Carlos Valdez came in to relieve Reyes and didn’t fare much better giving up five runs (4 earned) on eight base runners but did manage to strike out three. Box Score. Savannah is back at it tonight with Corey Oswalt on the mound at 7:05 ET.
