Minor Rags: - Jeremy Hellickson, Zach Lutz, Sean Ratliff... and Armando Rodriguez

Bisons:


The Buffalo Bisons were enjoying a bit of a run-scoring surge for nearly two weeks, but it finally came to a halt thanks to Jeremy Hellickson. Hellickson, one of the game's brightest young prospects, pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs as the visiting Bulls defeated the Buffalo Bisons, 9-2, Wednesday night at Coca-Cola Field. Chris Richard, Angel Chavez and Rashad Eldridge all went deep for the Bulls (14-6), who rebounded from a 9-5 loss to the Herd on Tuesday. The right-handed Hellickson (4-0) struck out five and gave up six hits. - link

B-Mets:

With a stiff wind blowing from left to right at NYSEG Stadium, it was surprising that there were no home runs to right field on Wednesday. As it turned out, Zach Lutz didn't need the breeze's help. In fact, he defied it with a towering three-run home run that cut through the wind to left-center and locked up the Binghamton Mets' 9-3 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs on Wednesday night. "I was getting some good pitches inside, and had a full count," said Lutz, who was 3-for-3 and a triple short of the cycle. "I was really looking to just put the ball in play somewhere, and got a slider up in the zone and put a good swing on it." - link

Lucy:

The St. Lucie Mets scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 3-2 deficit and go on to win 5-3 over the Charlotte Stone Crabs on Tuesday in Port Charlotte. Sean Ratliff hit a two-run home run and Eric Campbell added an RBI single to pace the Mets rally. The Mets used the long ball to score their other runs. Joshua Satin and Campbell had solo homers in the third and fourth innings respectively. Jimmy Johnson (1-0) got the win and Manuel Alvarez recorded his sixth save. - link

Gnats:

Savannah Sand Gnats right-hander Armando Rodriguez has one of the best fastballs in the New York Mets' organization. But the organization wants to see Rodriguez complement the fastball with something off-speed. What better place to work on it than Class A baseball? Rodriguez had everything working Wednesday night at Grayson Stadium and he showed determination during a 109-pitch effort. - link