Mets Minors Recap: Nimmo Homers, Becerra Over .400

El Paso 7, Las Vegas 6 (13-13) F/10 Box Score

The 51s pitching staff blew a lead of at least five runs for the second straight night but the big bright spot of the nights was Brandon Nimmo launching his first home run of the season to deep center field. He is now hitting .429/.500/.643 with eight RBI during his seven-game hitting streak. Travis Taijeron (1 for 2, two BB, R) and T.J. Rivera (pinch hit single) extended their own hitting streaks to 12 and 11 games respectively.

Chase Bradford took the loss after he uncorked a wild pitch that allowed the Chihuahuas to win in walk-off fashion. It was another unispiring start for Seth Lugo who went 5.1 innings allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and struck out three without issuing a walk. He lowered his season ERA to 8.61 in 23 innings. Paul Sewald did throw two perfect innings with two strikeouts. He now has a 2.35 ERA and 0.98 WHIP in his first 15.1 Triple-A innings.

Both Dilson Herrera and Gavin Cecchini got the night off for Las Vegas.

Portland 2, Binghamton 1 (13-11) Box Score

The B-Mets had a 14-game winning streak in Portland snapped in a game that was scoreless headed to the seventh inning. Rainy Lara had his second consecutive quality start going six innings and giving up two runs. He allowed seven hits and walked one while striking out three. He is now 2-3 on the season despite a 3.38 ERA and 1.19 WHIP but has struck out only 14 in 29.1 innings.

Leadoff man Derrik Gibson was the only Binghamton hitter to reach base more than once, he was 1 for 3 with a walk. Dominic Smith was 1 for 4 on the day and is now hitting .276/.324/.439 for the season with a career high .170 ISO. Outfielder Kyle Johnson (1-4) had a double for the lone extra base hit of the day for the B-Mets. He has reached base 15 times over his last six games.

St. Lucie 8 (15-12), Fort Myers 3 Box Score

Wuilmer Becerra is one of the hottest hitters in the minor leagues and continued that trend with a 2 for 4 night. He also walked and scored a run while extending his hitting streak to ten games. During those ten games he has hit .526 with seven runs scored and only four strikeouts. He is now in the top 3 in the entire minor leagues with his .405 average. He has also returned to playing right field for the last two games after being relegated to the designated hitter with a sore shoulder.

Amed Rosario went 1 for 3 and scored a run but the big news is that he walked twice, only the sixth time in 264 career games he has done so. He raised his slash line to .308/.350/.514 and stole his sixth base of the season. Champ Stuart doubled and walked three times out of the leadoff spot. Outfielder John Mora went 2 for 3 with two walks, two RBI, two runs scored and his fifth double of the year.

Corey Oswalt pitched 5.2 innings of three-run ball to pick up his second win of the season. Right-handed reliever Tim Peterson faced four batters and struck out three of them. He now has a 0.73 ERA and has struck 21 batters in 12.1 innings this year.