Mets Minor League Report – April 11

Savannah @ Rome – Postponed Rain

Palm Beach over St. Lucie 7-4

Domingo Tapia (0-1) was tagged with the loss after lasting only 0.2 innings. Tapia gave up 3 earned runs on 4 walks and one hit, with 2 wild pitches thrown in for good measure.

The bull pen didn’t fare much better, with Marcos Camerena getting tagged with 3 more earned runs on 5 hits and 2 walks in 3.0 innings, although he did strike out 4. Estarlin Morel gave Rome their last run on 4 hits and 2 walks in 2.0 innings. Jim Fuller was the only solid Mets reliever in this losing effort, going 2.1 innings with no hits and 1 walk.

The Mets offense consisted primarily of leadoff hitter T.J. Rivera’s 3-5 night, with 3 RBI, and #9 hitter Gilbert Gomez, going 2-3 with the Mets other RBI.

New Hampshire comes from behind to upend Binghamton 3-1

The Fisher Cats spoiled a solid effort by Logan Verritt, who went 7 innings, giving up 1 run on 7 hits and a walk.

John Church (0-2) was tagged with the loss, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits, one of which was a HR, in 0.2 innings. Chase Hutchingson finished the final 1.1 innings with no hits and one walk.

Josh Rodriguez was the Mets offense, going 2-4 with a double.

Cory Vaughn, hitting an anemic .136 in this young season, had the Mets only other hit.

Former Met, Adam Loewen homered for the Fisher Cats in the 7^th inning to tie the score at 1. He went 2-3 for the day.

At this writing Las Vegas is pummeling Fresno 12-0   after 3 innings.

Collin McHugh, 3 innings pitched, no runs, 1 hit, 0 BBs, 3 Ks.

In 3 innings the Las Vegas #1-7 hitters all have at least one hit.

Juan Lagares: 2-3, HR, 2 R, RBI

Reese Havens: 1-2, 2B, BB, 2 R

Travis d’Arnaud: 2-3, 3 R, 2 RBI

Wilmer Flores: 1-3, R

Andrew Brown: 3-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

Josh Satin: 1-2, 2B, BB, R, RBI

Zach Lutz: 1-3, HR(GS), R, 4 RBI

And the beat goes on . . .