Mets Minor League Report – July 31

MML Players of the Day – July 31: DSL Mets2 SP Kevin Canelon & Savannah RF Eudy Pina.

 

Nashville (41-71) edges Las Vegas (60-50) 3-2.

Relief pitcher Greg Burke, called on to pitch the 9th in a tied game, gets only 1 out before allowing the winning run to score on 2 H.

PH/LF Jamie Hoffmann: 2-2, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R.

 

Altoona (51-57) overtakes Binghamton (67-42) 3-2.

Darin Gorski has a super outing: 7.0 IP, R, 0 ER, 4 H, BB, 8 K. . . but
The usually reliable Adam Kolarek (BS, 2) (L, 2-2) blows the save and takes the loss, (1.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 BB, K) ballooning his ERA to 1.98.

Just not enough offense to win this one. Wilfredo Tovar: 2-4, R.

 

Tampa (46-58) tops St Lucie (57-46) 4-1 once again.

Matt Bowman (L, 6-3) was off his game just enough to get the loss: 5.0 IP, 4 R, 6 H, (HR) 2 BB, 3 K.
The fact that 3 Mets relievers, Randy Fontanez, (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K) Tim Byrdak, (H, 4 BB – ouch! – 2 K) and Hamilton Bennett (0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, K) held the Yankees scoreless the rest of the way, did not help tonight.

Nor did the fact that the Mets once again couldn’t generate much offense:
Dustin Lawley: 1-4, HR, RBI, R.
Kevin Plawecki: 2-3. Plawecki has been getting a lot of time at 1B lately.

 

Savannah (61-43) mashes Ashville (54-52) 5-1.

Starter Gabriel Ynoa (W, 12-4) went 6.0 innings: 1 R, 7 H, BB, 4 K.
Relievers Tyler Vanderheiden and Shawn Teufel each pitched a perfect inning with 1 K, while Beck Wheeler gave up 1 H and had 2 K in his inning. Li’l Tuf has his ERA at 1.23 and Beck’s is at 1.40.

Eudy Pina: 3-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R, is suddenly red hot. Hitting only .243 for the season, in his last 10 games (39 AB) his slash line is .385/.455/.744/1.198.
Cole Frenzel: 2-4, 2B, RBI.

 

Williamsport (22-20) bops Brooklyn (20-22) 8-6.

Starter Dario Alvarez (L, 1-3) lasted only 3.0 innings: 4 R, 5 H, (HR) 0 BB, 2 K.
Alvarez was followed by Darwin Frias, who went 4.0 innings, and despite allowing 4 R, 6 H, BB, he impressed in striking out 9.
Tim Peterson finished up with a perfect 8th inning. (2 K) After coming down from Savannah, Peterson has not allowed a run in his 9 games (17.2 IP) in Brooklyn. He has 20 K and 4 BB in those 9 games.

Thomas Nido: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, R.

 

Kingsport (24-15) bashes Elizabethton (19-19) 9-4.

Yoan Gonzalez: 4.0 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 4 K.
Luis Ringel: (W, 3-1) 3.0 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 0 BB, 3 K.
Robert Coles: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, BB, 2 K.

Richie Rodriguez: 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI.
Jeyckol De Leon: 4-5, RBI, R.
Pedro Perez: 3-4, 2 RBI, R.

 

DSL Cardinals (28-21) maul DSL Mets1 (18-32) 11-3.

The Mets used 6 pitchers. Starter Miguel Gutierrez (L, 0-2) lasted 3.0 innings: 4 R, 3 ER, 5 H, BB, 3 K. and reliever Luis Carreno goes 1.2 innings, 6 R, 6 H, (HR) 0 BB, 3 K.
The Mets 5th pitcher, Richard Reina, pitched a perfect 9th inning. (K)

Gregory Valencia: 2-5, 2 RBI, SB.

 

DSL Mets2 (31-20) squeeze by DSL Rockies (26-25) 2-1.

Starter Kevin Canelon (W, 3-2) was spot on: 6.0 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 2 K.
Reliever Nabil Crismat (S, 5) went 3.0 innings without allowing a run or a hit, to notch his 5th save. He did, however, walk 3 and strike out 4.

Luis Ortega: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R.