Mets Minor League Report: July 6, 2014

MMLR Players of the Day: Brooklyn’s Pitching Tandem: LHSP Carlos Valdez and RHRP Gaither Bumgardner.

　

　

Las Vegas (53- 38) destroys Albuqueque (41-50) 12-1.
Noah Syndergaard (W, 7-4) got back on the right track: 7.0 IP, R, 6 H, 0 BB, 8 K.
Ryan Reed: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, 3 K.
　

Wilmer Flores: 2-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI, 2 R.
Andrew Brown: 3-3, HR, RBI, 2 R.
Kevin Plawecki: 3-5, 3 RBI, R.
Cesaar Puello: 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R.

　

　

Erie (39 - 48) comes back to beat Binghamton (51-37) 10-9.

Like the parent club, Binghamton just found a way to lose today. Going into the 9^th inning ahead by 2 runs, they promptly give up 2 to tie. They go down weakly, 1, 2, 3 in the bottom of the 9^th. In the top of the 10^th they load the bases with none out and wind up giving up 2 more runs. In the bottom of the 10^th, trailing by 2, what does Bingo do? They load the bases with none out and score 1 run. So now they are behind by 1 with the bases loaded and none out. Pitching change; strike out - strike out - pop out - game over.

Rainy Lara may have met his match in AA hitters: 5.1 IP, 6 R, 11 H, BB, 3 K.
Jack Leathersich: 1.2 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 3 K.
Adam Kolarek: (BS, 2) 1.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, (HR) BB.
Chase Hutchingson: (L, 1-1) 1.2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 3 BB.

Kyle Johnson: 2-6, 2B.
Dilson Herrera: 3-6, 2B, 2 R.
Brian Burgamy: 2-6, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R.
T.J. Rivera: 4-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R.
Dustin lawley: 1-5, HR, RBI, R. (Lawley with his 15^th HR of the year.)
Travis Taijeron: 2-4, HR, BB, 2 RBI, R.

　

　

Jupiter (29-56) @ St. Lucie (52-32) postponed - rain.

　

　

　

Savannah (57-26) slams Hickory (54-32) 8-2.
A solid outing for Robert Gsellman: (W, 7-3) 6.1 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 2 BB, 7 K. (In 13 starts for Savannah, the not yet 21 year old Gsellman sports a very respectable 2.81 ERA)
Darwin Frias followed Gsellman with 1.2 IP perfect innings. (K)
Bret Mitchell then tossed a perfect 9^th inning. (K)

Dominic Smith: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R.
Matt Oberste keeps rolling along: 2-4, HR, RBI, 2 R.
More clutch hitting by Jorge Rivero: 3-4, BB, 3 RBI.

　

　

Brooklyn (12-9) befuddles Aberdeen (4-18) 7-0.

Brooklyn got superb pitching performances today.
Carlos Valdez pitched a 2 hit 5.0 inning gem: (W, 2-1) 5.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, BB, 6 K.
Gaither Bumgardner was perfect the rest of the way: 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K.

Michael Katz: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI.
Jhoan Urena: 3-4, RBI, 2 R. (Urena, who Mack pointed out in an earlier piece, was signed as an IFA for a $450K bonus, is in his 3^rd year in the Mets organization, each year improving on the last. In 21 games with the Cyclones, so far, Urena is hitting .338.)

　

Pulaski (10-7) kicks Kingsport (7-10) 4-1.
Andreew Church (L, 0-2) pitched well enough to win, if he had gotten any run support: 6.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 2 K.
David Roseboom: 1.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 BB, K.
Ty Williams: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, 3 K.

Jose Garcia: 2-3, RBI.
Not much offense.

　

　

GCL Mets (7-5) , DSL Mets1 (16-14) , and DSL Mets2 (14-17) not scheduled on Sundays.