Las Vegas (24-10) 5, Sacramento 1 Darin Gorski had a 6.58 ERA and had not won a since April 16th but none of that mattered yesterday as he pitched 6 innings of one run ball and picked up his 3rd win of the season. Over his 6 innings Gorski allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five. Gorski helped himself at the dish to hitting his 3rd double of the year and scoring a run. Zack...
The Eastern League defending champions started their spring training schedule on Thursday with a 9-3 loss to the Jacksonville Sun. Octavio Acosta started for the B-Mets and allowed 6 runs in 3 innings. Acosta is a 24-year old right-hander who pitched to a 2.93 ERA and 1.127 WHIP for Brooklyn and Savannah last year. Fellow right-hander Domingo Tapia pitched a scoreless inning in relief for...
The Mets farm system is one of the best in baseball (No. 4 according to Law) and is finally starting to produce some talented position players to go with all that young pitching that has rival teams green with envy. The last two weeks have been filled with some glowing prospect chatter stemming from Baseball Prospectus’ top prospect rankings, to MLB.com releasing their top players at each...
LAS VEGAS 8, TACOMA 3 The hit parade continued for the 51’s as they put an eight spot on the Rainiers on Mothers Day. All eight runs came in a big sixth inning that saw twelve men come to the plate. The big knock was a a two run triple by first baseman Brandon Allen. Allen continued his hot pace as he’s hitting .340 on the year. All of that offense came in support of reliever Ryan...
Las Vegas 5, El Paso 4 Logan Verrett took the ball for the 51s and delivered a so-so start giving up four earned runs on eight hits in four innings pitched. He walked none and struck out five. Vic Black threw a rare clean inning, striking out two in the process and keeping his ERA spotless. Jeff Walter recorded his fifth save of the season but it was Miguel Socolovich who recorded the win with...
With On-Base Percentage being highly coveted, I thought I’d take a look at the Mets minor league system to see who down on the farm was walking at a 12% rate this past season. Why twelve percent? Over the course of 502 plate appearances (the minimum number required to qualify for a MLB batting title), walking 12% of the time would yield 60 walks. Over 550 plate appearances, 66 walks. Over...
From the Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn, N.Y. – September 1, 2013 – What Sunday night’s game lacked in runs early, it made up for late as all nine runs scored came from the seventh inning on as Aberdeen held on for a 5-4 victory over the Cyclones at MCU Park. Brooklyn rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth, but the come back fell just short. Tonight marked the first time in 30...
Brooklyn Cyclones’ manager Rich Donnelly has said on many occasions this summer that runs in the New York-Penn League are as precious as gold. But based on the past few games, his team has been filthy rich. The Cyclones pounded out 15 hits in an 8-1 victory Monday night at MCU Park over the Tri-City Valleycats, the Single-A short season affiliate of the Houston Astros. “It’s baseball,” said...
The Brooklyn Cyclones attempted to sweep their first series of the year Monday evening, but after a one-hour and 20-minute rain delay, the Cyclones dropped a 2-0 contest to the Batavia Muckdogs – the Single-A short season affiliate of the Miami Marlins. For the game, the Cyclones (15-19) only managed two hits – both by left fielder Jared King. King extended his hitting streak to seven games and...
The Brooklyn Cyclones are inching closer to the .500 mark as the team notched its third straight win with a 4-3 victory over the Lowell Spinners – the Single-A short season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox – Monday night at MCU Park in Coney Island. It took a late eighth-inning comeback, but the Cyclones were able to scratch out the win, moving them to 9-12 on the season. Brooklyn was able to get...
The B-Mets went above and beyond for anyone who attended their game yesterday — not only did Noah Syndergaard turn in a relatively effective performance, but the Mets slammed five home runs as part of a 14-3 blowout victory. Syndergaard’s three runs allowed were all listed as unearned because of an error in the sixth that allowed a runner to reach base, and Thor served up a two-out...
It took 13 innings Sunday evening, but the Brooklyn Cyclones moved back to the .500 mark (3-3) with a 4-3 victory over the previously undefeated Hudson Valley Renegades, the short season Class-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Cyclones’ right fielder James Roche delivered the deciding two-out RBI walkoff single to left center in the bottom of the 13th to give Brooklyn the win. The victory comes...
