The Herd:
Jonathon Niese, lhp, Mets: The International League hasn't been kind to Niese so far in 2009. In seven Triple-A starts, he's an ugly 0-4, 7.96 in 31 2/3 innings. Command has haunted Niese, as he's been knocked around to the tune of a .338 average against and has allowed four home runs over his last two starts. His worst was last Friday against Columbus, which touched him up for nine runs (seven earned) on 12 hits over just 3 1/3 innings. He was better Wednesday against Lehigh Valley, but still allowed five runs (all earned) on seven hits over six innings.
B-Mets:
- As you may have heard, Fernando Martinez caught some heat in New York this week when, in his first week in the big leagues, he didn't run out of the batter's box on a pop-up, which was dropped. If you remember, a similar thing happened in his first year with the B-Mets - he was benched by Mako Oliveras during a road game early in 2007 for not running hard to first. Martinez returned to the lineup the next day and it wasn't an issue at all in the rest of his time in Binghamton.
- Nick Evans had seven hits in his first seven games with the B-Mets. It's the same number he had in his first 75 at-bats in Buffalo.
- Nick Evans had seven hits in his first seven games with the B-Mets. It's the same number he had in his first 75 at-bats in Buffalo.
Monday, June 1 at Portland 6:00 pm LHP Mike Antonini (4-1, 5.02) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (3-2, 3.57)
Tuesday, June 2 at Portland 6:00 pm RHP Tobi Stoner (1-1, 2.49) vs. RHP Junichi Tazawa (5-3, 2.82)
Wednesday, June 3 at Portland 6:00 pm RHP Ryan Coultas (4-2, 2.55) vs. RHP Ryne Lawson (1-3, 5.40)
Thursday, June 4 at Portland 12:00 pm RHP Dylan Owen (0-5, 6.97) vs. RHP Adam Mills (1-3, 8.92)
Ruben Tejada:
CURRENT HITTING STREAK: 7 (14-28) VS. LHP: .212 (7-33) POSITIONS: 2B (6), SS (38)
LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 7 (5/23-30) VS. RHP: .300 (36-120) IN THE ORDER: 2(10), 7(3), 8(3), 9(28)
THIS SERIES: 3-8, 2B, 2 RBI, R LAST SERIES: 5-8, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, R HOMESTAND: 11-22, 2 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2R
PINCH-HITTING: LAST HR: 5/28 vs. CON
RESIDES: Veraguas, Panama
ACQUIRED: Signed by Mets as non-drafted free agent, 7/2/07
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 3rd season
∗ 2009 NOTES: Rated the 16th best prospect in the Mets organization, Baseball America...Hit first AA homer 5/28 vs. CON...Reached base in 20 straight games (4/18-5/10) with an on-base percentage of .438...Went 3-3 with a 2B and a 3B 5/6 vs. Portland.
∗ CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2008: Considered the 18th best prospect in the Mets system, Baseball America...Played 131 games at shortstop for St. Lucie (High-A), batting .229 with 19 2B, 2 HR and 37 RBI...Had third-most at-bats in the Florida State League (497)
∗ PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS NOTES: Rated as the best defensive infielder in the Mets organization by Baseball America.
Lucy:
High Class A St. Lucie RHP Brad Holt (Mets) hasn't stopped mowing down FSL hitters yet. The 2008 supplemental first-round pick recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts in six innings while allowing just four hits and one run against Sarasota (Reds) on the way to his third win of the year. After overpowering the New York-Penn League with a mid-90s fastball last year, the heater is also proving too much for his FSL competition this year, as Holt now boasts an excellent 11.2 strikeouts-per-nine rate
Jefry Marte, 3b, Mets: Marte hasn't quite built off of last year's magnificent showing (.324/.393/.528) in the Rooke-level Gulf Coast League. His batting average sits below the Mendoza line at .191 with a strikeout in 25 percent of his trips to the plate, and his OPS is only .504. Marte's line fell deeper in this trenches this week with a 3-for-25 effort, and his two errors give him 18 on the year. While the performance hasn't been there for Marte, there's still plenty of time for his tools to catch up—he doesn't turn 18 until June 21.
Draft:
Texas Wins Longest NCAA Game Ever
Posted May. 31, 2009 2:28 am by Aaron Fitt
Filed under: Division I Postseason
Texas Wins Longest NCAA Game Ever
Posted May. 31, 2009 2:28 am by Aaron Fitt
Filed under: Division I Postseason
Henceforth, it shall be known as the Austin (Wood) Regional. Wood, Texas’ senior lefthander, turned in the greatest performance in a game jam-packed with superlatives, striking out 14 over 13 innings of scoreless relief in Texas’ 3-2 win over Boston College. Maybe it was the best postseason college baseball game ever, maybe it wasn’t—but it was officially the longest game in NCAA history, lasting 25 innings. The game began at 7:02 p.m. EDT Saturday and concluded 7 hours, 3 minutes later at 2:05 a.m. Sunday. Amazingly, Texas used just three pitchers in the game (compared to BC’s eight), as Chance Ruffin started and went 6 1/3, and Austin Dicharry followed Wood with 5 2/3 scoreless innings of work, allowing just one hit. The Longhorns out-hit the Eagles 20-8 but left 24 runners on base, tying an NCAA record. But Wood kept Boston College from generating any offense, holding the Eagles hitless through his first 12 1/3 innings of work before Tony Sanchez singled in the 19th. The sidearming Wood threw 169 pitches, including 120 for strikes.
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