DOWN UNDER: Mets Minor League Results - 8-8-15

 

Winners of 6 out of 9 today.  Combined 48 games over .500

DOWN UNDER: Mets Minor League Results - 8-8-15

STAR OF THE DAY: Dilson Herrera 4 hits; Joel Huertas tops

HONORABLE MENTION: Verrett, Arias, Flexen, Kaczmarski, Mazelka

 SCORES:

Las Vegas (65-50)  - DOUBLEHEADER

 - Game 1: Salt Lake won 5-3

- Game 2: Vegas 4-1 winners

Binghamton (61-51) 2 - Trenton 4

St Lucie  (57-54) 7 - Jupiter 6

Savannah (63-48)  Twin Bill Sweep. 4-1, 8-1 over Charleston

Brooklyn (23-24)  2 - Vermont 6

Kingsport (22-22) 9 - Johnson City 8

GCL Mets (24-18) 1 - Cardinals 0
  

Now Here's the Scoop: 

Las Vegas played 2.  In game 1, Matt Bowman squandered a 3-0 lead, allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. Hitters produced 3 hits, including 3 apiece by Herrera and Boyd, 2 by Monell (.340) and 1 by Nimmo. 

In game 2, Verrett was great (5 innings, 1 run, 7 Ks). 
Dario Alvarez perfect inning, 2 more Ks. His overpowering streak continues. 
Vic Black walked 2 In a hitless inning, no Ks. 
Wilfredo Tovar (.285) 3-3,  plus his THIRTIETH STEAL in just 370 plate appearances. Only 38 Ks.
Reynolds 2 hits, Herrera (.342) triple, Nimmo 1-3 (.324).

 
Binghamton's Matt Koch tossed a typical line for one of his starts...no walks, 6 hits, 4 runs, 5 IP.  Lost.

MORRIS was great (2 scoreless, 3 Ks); Walters K'd 2 in 1 IP. 

Like a broken record, 2 hits apiece from Cecchini (.313) and T J Rivera (.327), But Binghamton's 10 hits were singles, netting just 2 runs.

 

St Lucie's Mickey Jannis gave up 6 runs in 5 IP, but Mike Hepple (win) and Kelly Secrest (save) threw a great final 4 innings.

Hitting from the usual culprits - 2 hits from Smith (.307) (including a game tying RBI, driving in Michael Cuddyer (0-4, BB). Two hits from Oberste (.293). 

Phil Evans pinch ran for Urena in the 1st (oh, boy), and contributed 2 hits & 2 RBIs.  Yeixon Ruiz on base 3 times.

 
Savannah twin bill sweep in convincing fashion.

Game 1: Big Bad Martires Arias went 5 and allowed 1 run (2.67). Baldonado threw the final 2 scoreless (1.63). 7 hits by 7 hitters.

Game 2: hooray for Chris Flexen (6 IP, 6 H, 2BB, 5 K.). Cameron Griffin a scoreless 7th  (1.78).  Jean Rodriguez had 2 hits and 3 ribbies, and the Gnats swiped 5 bags.  They outscored their DH opponents by 10 runs.  


Brooklyn slipped under .500 due to highly anemic hitting (.217 after 47 games). Canelon allowed 3 runs in 6 solid innings, and Corey Taylor allowed 3 unearned runs.

 Kingsport rallied from way behind to win 9-8. The usual guys (Kaczmarski 3 hits, Mazelka 3 hits, Carpio 2 hits) carried the load. The 3 are hitting between .326 and .335.

 
GCL Mets won an old fashioned 1-0 pitch fest. Huertas rebounded from a terrible start to go 5 innings, 0 R, 1 H, 2 BB, 8 K).

 GOAT: Matt Bowman, Cyclones patty cake hitters