4/4/14

Mets Minor League Report: Opening Day, April 3, 2014




MMLR Players of the Day: LV RHP Rafael Montero & St Lucie 1B TJ Rivera

Las Vegas (1-0) pummels Fresno (0-1)  9-2

Rafael Montero (5-4, 3.05 with the 51’s last year) is scheduled to start the opener for Las Vegas, facing Mike Kickham (7-7, 4.31) getting the call in his second year in Fresno.
In the early going, Las Vegas jumps out to an early 2-0 lead in the 5th inning. The bull pen held the lead while the offense rocked.
 
Kirk Nieuwenhuis is 4-4, HR, RBI, 2 R.Danny Muno: 2-5, R
Eric Campbell: 1-3, BB, 2 RBI, R
Zach Lutz: 2-4, HR, 4 RBI, R 
Montero (the Magnificent) pitched 6 scoreless innings: 4 H, 5 K.
Dana Eveland and Joel Carreno combined to give up 2 runs in 1 inning.
Vic Black pitched a hitless 8th. 2 BB, 2 K
Erik Goeddel , in a non save situation, pitched a perfect 9th. K

 
 

Binghamton (0-1) falls to Akron (1-0) 7-1
Losing pitcher,
Darin Gorski, (L, 0-1) went 3.2 innings (85 pitches) in his first start: 2 R, (1 ER) 4 H, (HR) 3 BB, 2 K
Jack Leathersich did what he does best in an inning of relief, striking out the side, while walking one.Cody Satterwhite (1.1 IP) did not give up a hit or a run, but walked 4 and struck out 2.
The other 2 Mets relievers, T.J. Chism (2.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, BB, 3 K) and John Church (1.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 BB, K) did not fare as well.
The Mets offense couldn’t get untracked, mustering only 4 hits, 1 each to CF
Darrell Ceciliani, (a triple) 1B Jayce Boyd, RF Cory Vaughn and 2B Wilfredo Tovar.

 

St. Lucie (1-0) edges Palm Beach (0-1) 6-5
Starter
Starter Gabriel Ynoa (W, 1-0) (5.1 IP, 3 R, (2 ER) 8 H, BB, K) got the win despite not being quite as sharp as he usually is.
Jake Kuebler (0.2 IP) allowed 2 R, (1 earned) 3 H, K.Randy Fontanez tossed 2.0 scoreless innings: 2 H, 2 K.
Beck Wheeler (S, 1) pitched a scoreless 9th , earning the save: H, K.
 
T.J. Rivera had a whale of a night: 3-4, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R.Brandon Nimmo got off to a great start: 2-3, 2B, BB, 2 R.
 
 

Lakewood (1-0) tops Savannah (0-1) 6-3



Robert Gsellman (L, 0-1) allowed only 2 R (both earned) 10 H, 2 BB, 5 K.
John Mincone (1.0 IP) was rocked for 4 R, (3 ER) 4 H, 2 K, while Tim Peterson (1.2 IP, 2 K) and Darwin Frias (1.0 IP, 2 K) did not give up a hit.
 
CF Patrick Biondi had a fine night at the plate: 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, R.Ditto SS Gavin Cecchini: 2-5.






2 comments:

Michi L. said...

An extrabase hit from gavin tommorow and everything is fine!! Its really nice to see all three 1st round guys had hits.

Michi L. said...

And Iam really think Nimmo will have a heck of a year