Minors Stuff

The Herd:

Jack Egbert held the Bisons to one run over eight innings as the Herd fell to the Charlotte Knights 4-1 Saturday night at Coca-Cola Field.

Saturday's game started the same way the last four have for the Herd, with a Bisons run in the first inning.

However, that would be all Buffalo would manage against Egbert. The 26-year-old picked up right where he left of five days ago against the Herd, when he went six innings, allowing one run on six hits in picking up the victory.

The right-hander cruised through eight innings on Saturday, getting 13 groundball outs and seven strikeouts. Egbert threw 99 pitches, 65 for strikes

http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090627&content_id=5571842&vkey=news_t422&fext=.jsp&sid=t422



B-Mets:

Sunday, June 28 at Akron 1:35 pm RHP Jenrry Mejia (0-3, 3.74) vs. LHP Aaron Laffey (0-0, 0.00)

Monday, June 29 at Akron 7:05 pm RHP Dylan Owen (0-5, 6.83) vs. RHP Jeanmar Gomez (6-2, 3.06)

Tuesday, June 30 New Hampshire 7:05 pm RHP Eric Niesen (0-3, 7.20) vs. TBA

Wednesday, July 1 New Hampshire 7:05 pm RHP Eric Brown (4-7, 5.54) vs. TBA


Mako Oliveras called Bowie starter Radhames Liz "A major-league arm" and he showed it tonight. Seven shutout innings, six strikeouts, only three hits in a 2-0 victory.Eric Niesen threw well for the B-Mets. Six innings, six hits, one run. Of his 98 pitches, he threw 68 for strikes. He pitched very well. Liz was just better.Josh Thole with another 2-hit game. In 63 games, he has 26 multiple-hit games

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Gnats:

The winning streak ends at three for the Savannah Sand Gnats as the Charleston RiverDogs earned their first win of the second half with a, 4-3, victory in front of 2,236 at Historic Grayson Stadium Saturday night.

The Gnats looked as if they would spark a comeback in the ninth when Kai Gronauer homered to lead off the inning. Stefan Welch followed Gronauer’s blast to left with a single into right and the Gnats were in business. Imbewer Alvarez was inserted in the game for Welch as a pinch runner but was subsequently thrown out on a snap throw by the catcher Chase Weems for the first out of the ninth inning.

Evan LeBlanc grounded out and Rafael Fernandez struck out to end the game. With the home run in the ninth, Gronauer extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games.

Back-to-back doubles by Jose Pirela and Ray Kruml in the second inning propelled the RiverDogs to take a one-run lead. Melky Mesa knocked Kruml home with an RBI-single to give Charleston a, 2-0, lead.

The Gnats got one back in the fourth on an RBI-single by Stefan Welch but the ‘Dogs responded right away in the top of the fifth when Corban Joseph smacked his a two-run home run for his first long ball of the year giving Charleston a three-run advantage.

Chuck Nolte (1-0) picks up the win in relief for Charleston while Kyle Allen’s (5-3) string of two straight wins comes to an end as he took loss. Eric Beaulac had an impressive four-inning scoreless outing in relief. The Troy, NY native struck out six batters in a row between the last out of the seventh and the second out of the ninth.


Clones:

New York Mets pitcher Oliver Perez will pitch for the Cyclones on Sunday, as part of a rehab assignment.

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Perez has been on the Disabled List since May 6th, with patellar tendinitis in his right knee. He is 1-2 with a 9.97 ERA in five games this season for the Mets. Entering the 2009 season, Perez was 55-60 with a 4.39 ERA in 175 major league games. He joined the Mets in 2006, and starred in the postseason that year, going 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA in the NLCS. He won 15 games for the Mets in 2007, and 10 games in 2008. In 2004, while pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Perez struck out a career-high 239 batters, and went 12-10 with a 2.98 ERA.



On the surface, Erik Turgeon’s numbers with the Mets Single-A affiliate in Savannah, a 3.18 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 11.1 innings, don’t seem to shabby, but when you add in the seven hits and 11 walks he surrendered during the time as well, it’s obvious that the 23-year-old could benefit from some time with the Cyclones to polish his game.

A two-way player in College, Turgeon was used to playing the field and then coming in to pitch. Now a full-time pitcher in the minor leagues, the Florida-native is still refining his game.

He even got help from an unlikely source this offseason.

“I worked out at this place called the Winning Inning this offseason,” he said. “I worked out with [Chicago White Sox pitcher] Gavin Floyd. He taught me his curveball; I owe a lot of it to him. Aside from that I just went hunting a few times and worked out all offseason. Last year was more about throwing the ball; this year I’m more a pitcher and I’m ready to go in at any time.”

http://www.dembrooklynbums.com/2009/06/25/turgeon-looking-for-consistency-in-brooklyn


K-Port:

Something very good happened for the Kingsport Mets at Hunter Wright Stadium on Saturday night.

The only trouble was, something very, very bad followed right on its heels.

After coming back to take a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning, Kingsport’s defense and pitching melted down in the top of the ninth. The Bluefield Orioles rallied for 10 runs and deposed the K-Mets 15-7.

“In baseball, I’ve seen so many things happen. Anything can happen in baseball,” said Bluefield manager Einar Diaz, whose lineup rapped out seven hits and capitalized on four Kingsport errors in the final frame.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9014851



Queens:

The Mets should try to trade for Michael Cuddyer by offering the Twins SS prospect Wilmer Flores.

Michael Cuddyer, when healthy, is a solid RF, with a good arm and, more importantly from the Mets prospective, power. While he can play a number of positions, RF is where he is best suited—he has had season of 18 and 19 assists from RF, and can handle the new CitiField well. As of this writing, Cuddyer is slugging .514, or what would be 2nd on the Mets squad behind the injured Beltran. Also, he has an OPS of .878, which would place him 4rd behind Wright and Beltran and the soon to be injured Sheffield.

The Twins have a glut of outfielders—and trading Cuddyer could clear space for other able players. Right now, the Twins are breaking in young outfielders Delmon Young and Carlos Gomez (of the Mets farm system), both young and talented and who need time to grow. The Twins also have Jason Kubel and Denard Span—productive players both as Kubel is slugging .558 and Span is batting .287 with 12 stolen bases.

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/catalano_mets_desperate_times_call_for_desperate_trade