Mets Minor League Report – July 5

At this time, Las Vegas (45-40) leads Tucson (48-40) 2-1 after 8 innings.

Matt Fox: 6.0 IP, 0 R, 5 H, BB, 3 K, is on the long side.

Zach Lutz: 2-3, 2B, BB, RBI.

Ruben Tejada: 1-3, BB, R.

New Hampshire (41-45) nips Binghamton (52-31) 6-5.

Mark Cohoon: 5.0 IP, 3 R, 3 H, (HR) 3 BB, 5 K.

Ryan Fraser: (BS, 1) (L, 0-1) gave it all away in one inning: 3 R, 2 H, (HR) BB.

Danny Muno, Josh Rodriguez, and  Cesar Puello were all 2-5, to no avail.

Blake Forsythe and Darrell Ceciliani both homered for Binghamton in a losing cause.

Jupiter (42-40) stops St Lucie (43-38) 4-1.

Matt Bowman (L, 4-2) was not at his best: 5.2 IP, 4 R, 6 H, (HR) 4 BB, 5 K.

The two St. Lucie relievers who followed Bowman, however, were spot on.  Angel Cuan (2.1 IP, 3 K) and Randy Fontanez (1.0 IP) were perfect, not allowing a base runner the rest of the way.

Jayce Boyd was 2-4 with a 2B, getting his AVG. above .400.

Greenville (30-54) slams Savannah (49-34) 8-4

Matt Koch wasn’t all that effective, but left with the lead: 5.0 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K.

Tyler Vanderheiden’s (BS, 2) (L, 4-1)outing, however, was downright awful: 0.1 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 2 BB, K.

Phillip Evans: 2-4, 2 R.

Albert Cordero: 3-4, RBI, R.

Aberdeen (10-8) edges Brooklyn (6-12) 6-5 in 11 innings.

After Tim Peterson, the Cyclones 4^th pitcher, pitched 3 perfect innings to get Brooklyn to the 11^th inning still tied, Shawn Teufel (L, 0-1) allowed the winning run on one hit, without registering an out.

Jorge Rivero: 3-4, RBI, R.

Anthony Chavez: 3-5, HR, 3 RBI, R.

Kingsport (5-9) jumps on Johnson City (7-7) 5-3.

Yoan Gonzalez (W, 1-2) got the win: 4.0 IP, R, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 K, while Robert Coles (S, 1) pitched the 9^th inning and recorded his 1^st save: 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB.

Champ Stewart: 2-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R.

Victor Cruzado: 3-5, RBI, R.

GCL Nationals (7-5) trip GCL Mets (2-9) 7-6.

It wasn’t a pretty picture for 3 Mets pitchers today. , Jenrry Mejia (what’s he doing in the GCL?) 4.0 IP, 2 R, 5 H, BB, Marcos Molina (L, 0-2) 3.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H,3 BB, and , Gaither Bumgardner 1.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 BB, all contributed to the misery.

Dominick Smith: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI.

Leon Canelon: 3-3, 3 RBI, 2 R.

DSL Mets1 (14-15) nip DSL Rojos (10-19) 7-6.

Adonis Uceta (W, 2-1) 5.0 IP, 4 R, 5 H, BB, 6 K.

Jorge Celis (S, 1) pitches a perfect 9^th for the save.

Luis Crisistomo: 2-3, BB, 3 R.

John Mora: 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI, R.

DSL Mets2 (17-13) blank DSL Marlins (10-20) 5-0.

Three Mets pitchers, Kevin Canelon, (W, 2-1) (5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 7 K) Miguel Gutierrez, (3.0 IP, 3 H, BB, K) and Randi Montero (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K) combined for the shutout.

Junior Carrion: 2-4, 2 RBI.