Minors Stuff

B-Mets:

Thursday, July 9 at Portland 7:00 pm RHP Dylan Owen (1-5, 5.48) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (5-2, 3.71)

Friday, July 10 at New Britain 7:05 pm LHP Eric Niesen (0-4, 6.35) vs. TBA

Saturday, July 11 at New Britain 7:05 pm RHP Eric Brown (4-9, 5.83) vs. TBA

Sunday, July 11 at New Britain 1:35 pm TBA vs. TBA


Jake Ruckle:

LAST START: This will be Ruckle’s first start of the season.
AGAINST PORTLAND: This is Ruckle’s first start against the Sea Dogs
this season. Last year, he made one start against Portland April 18 at
NYSEG Stadium, where he allowed six runs in four innings.

2009 SEASON OVERALL: Reinstated from Disabled List June 12 after
undergoing shoulder surgery and was sent to St. Lucie (High-A) where
he made two appearances with a 1-0 record and a 5.40 ERA in five
innings..

SEASON-BY-SEASON NOTES:

2008: Started six games for Binghamton (AA) going 1-3

2007: Spent entire season with St. Lucie (High-A) where he appeared
in 27 games, 11 of which were starts...Compiled a 3.48 ERA

2006: Began season with St. Lucie (High-A) starting six games and
appearing in relief in three more...Sent down to Brooklyn (SS-A) where
he was fifth in the New York-Penn League in innings pitched with
80.0...Started 14 games for the Cyclones with a 3.38 ERA...Combined
between the two teams he pitched a career-pro high of 130.2 innings

2005: Began season with the Gulf Coast League Mets (Rookie) going
8-1 in eight starts and three relief outings...Gulf Coast League All-
Star...Tied for first in the league in wins and fourth in ERA and strikeouts...
Moved up to Brooklyn (SS-A) where he pitched 2.1 innings and
did not allow a run

Personal: Drafted by the Mets in the 41st round in 2004...Went to
Junior College at Chandler-Gilbert in Chandler, AZ


Gnats:

SEEING STARS: Brian Pellegrini and Steve Brown were the hitting stars for Lexington, an affiliate of the Houston Astros. Pellegrini had two hits, including a homer, and drove in two runs. Brown had a triple and a homer and also drove in two.

For the Gnats, Josh Satin had two hits, hit a home run, and knocked in two runs. Jefry Marte had two hits.

DECISION MAKING: Brad Dydalewicz gave the Legends a quality start, surrendering only three hits and two runs in 6.1 innings. Lexington reliever Ashton Mowdy bailed out Dydalewicz in the seventh by striking out two Gnats with two inherited runners on base.

For the Gnats, Kyle Allen was roughed up for five runs, including two home runs, in five innings and saw his record fall to 5-5. John Church pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

GNATS GNOTES: The Gnats' parent club, the New York Mets, announced the promotion of Stefan Welch to High-A St. Lucie while Jordan Abruzzo returned to Savannah from St. Lucie. Welch hit .239 in 26 games. Abruzzo played in five games for St. Lucie after spending the majority of the season in extended spring training. Abruzzo was an SAL All-Star in 2008 with a .300 average in 54 games with Savannah, hitting five home runs and 30 RBIs. He went 0-for-3 for the Gnats on Wednesday

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Clones:

Box ScoreThe Brooklyn Cyclones (16-3) lost by a score of 5-4 in extra innings on Wednesday night, losing to the Aberdeen IronBirds (6-13) in twelve innings. The loss snapped a ten-game winning streak for the Cyclones and put an end to an undefeated record (now 9-1) at home this season. Starting pitcher RHP Wes Wrenn threw six solid innings in his longest outing of the season. Wrenn (pictured, by George Napolitano) allowed one run on seven hits with three strikeouts and did not issue a walk. Cyclones’ starting pitchers have allowed only one walk in the last five games. The Cyclones led 3-1 through six innings but surrendered the lead in the seventh when RHP Sam Martinez relieved Wrenn. Martinez faced four batters and did not record an out. LHP Matias Carrillo entered the game with the bases loaded in relief of Martinez, and two more inherited runners crossed the plate. Carrillo pitched two innings and allowed one hit and struck out one batter. RHP Erik Turgeon relieved Carrillo in the ninth, and went one inning, allowing three walks with one strikeout. In the ninth inning, the Cyclones rallied to tie the game. LF Alex Gregory, who had two hits in the game, led off the inning with a double. C Dock Doyle pinch hit for 2B Matt Gaski in the ninth inning and doubled to score Gregory and tie the game at 4-4. RHP Michael Powers relieved Turgeon in the tenth and pitched three innings. Powers’ first two innings were nearly flawless, but in the twelfth inning he would surrender the go-ahead run for Aberdeen after a wild pitch advanced the runner to third base. It is Powers’ first earned run of the season. In three innings he allowed three hits, one run and struck out one. In the first inning, CF John Servidio led off with a solo home run (ties the league lead with four home runs) over the left field wall. Servidio went 3-4 with two doubles and two RBI. The Cyclones scored their third run on a fielding error by the Aberdeen third baseman. 1B Sam Honeck had three hits, LF Alex Gregory notched two of his own and 2B Matt Gaski and C Juan Centeno contributed with a single apiece.


K-Port:

Two weeks ago, when the Kingsport Mets had a come-from-behind performance in the eighth inning at home, they went to pieces.
Wednesday night, the K-Mets got the late go-ahead at Hunter Wright Stadium and got a piece of the Appalachian League’s West Division leader.
Kingsport scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 10-7 win over the Elizabethton Twins. Reliever Travis Babin retired the side in the top of the ninth to collect his second save of the season.
“We’ve been battling for nine innings, that’s no secret. But we competed the right way and tonight it showed what can happen when you compete the right way,” K-Mets manager Mike DiFelice said. “I’m real proud of them.”
Babin preserved the win for Sam Taveras (1-2), who gave up one earned run off one hit over three innings of relief. Call it redemption. Taveras and Babin both spent nightmarish minutes on the mound during Kingsport’s 10-run meltdown in the ninth against Bluefield on June 27

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