Mets Minor League Daily – April 23, 2015

All your daily Mets minors needs in one place

Updated throughout the day and night

Minor News

            Check out yesterday’s results here.

            Astromets Mind previews the B-Mets upcoming MiLB.tv series against the New Hampshire River Cats, and the Sand Gnats upcoming MiLB.tv series against Charleston.

            Lynn Worthy says B-Mets closer Jon Velasquez is making a name for himself with his performance for Binghamton the past year.

            The Mets acquired Dan Rohlfing from the Minnesota Twins for cash considerations during Wedesday night’s game.

Minor Games

Scheduled starters and start times (EST), game notes, and results as they come in

Las Vegas 51s 6-8

Rafael Montero (0-0-, 3.38 ERA) @ A.J Schugel (0-1, 21.00 ERA)

@Reno (8-6) at 9:35 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: L 6-3 (Astromets Mind)

Game notes

Today: W 8-7, Montero (W, 1-0, 5.87 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 SO, HR, 74 Pitches (48 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Lineup

2B – Dilson Herrera – 2-5, BB, SB (3), SO

CF – Darrell Ceciliani – 0-3, R, 2 RBI (6), BB, 2 SF, 2 SO

SS – Matt Reynolds – 0-5, 2 SO

C – Johnny Monell – 3-4, 2 R, HR (3), 2 RBI (7), BB, SO

RF – Travis Taijeron – 3-5, 2 R, HR (5), 2 RBI (11), 2 SO

1B – Brandon Allen – 2-3, R, 2B (1), RBI (7), 2 BB

3B – Wilfredo Tovar – 2-5, SB (4), GIDP

LF – Kyle Johnson – 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B (3), SB (5)

P – Rafael Montero – 2-3, RBI

Bullpen:

John Church (H, 1, 5.59 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), SO, 2 GO: 3 FO
Chase Bradford (S, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, SO, 4 GO, 2 IR – 2 S

Binghamton Mets 8-5

Michael Lee (0-1, 5.40 ERA) @ Rainy Lara (2-0, 2.31 ERA)

@New Hampshire (6-8) at 6:35 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: PPD (Rain)

Game notes

Today: L 5-4 F/10, Lara (2.04 ERA) – 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 5 SO, 88 Pitches (56 Strikes), 5 GO: 4 FO

Lineup

LF – Jared King – 0-5, O

CF – Brandon Nimmo – 1-3, R, 2 BB, SO

DH – Jayce Boyd – 2-4, 2B (5), 2 RBI (10), GIDP

1B – Aderlin Rodriguez – 0-4, GIDP

SS – Josh Rodriguez – 0-3, BB

3B – Dustin Lawley – 1-4, 2 SO, CS

C – Xorge Carrillo – 0-4, SO

2B – Jairo Perez – 1-3, 2 R, SO

RF – Eudy Pina – 1-4, R, SO

Bullpen:

Chase Huchingson (H, 3, 5.19 ERA) – 0.1 IP, H, R, BB, 1 GO

Paul Sewald (BS, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1.2 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 1 S

Dario Alvarez (6.35 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 SO, 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Jon Velasquez (5.06 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB

St. Lucie Mets 7-7

Chih-Wei Hu (1-0, 1.50 ERA) @ Marcos Molina (0-1, 3.27 ERA)

vs. Fort Myers (5-9) at 6:30 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: L 8-2 (St. Lucie)

Today: L 4-2, Molina (L, 0-2, 3.38 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 6 SO, 6 GO: 2 FO

Lineup

CF – Champ Stuart – 2-4, R, HR (2), RBI (5), SB (8), SO

2B – Jeff McNeil – 1-4, R, SO

LF – Michael Conforto – 1-4, SO, CS

DH – Maikis De La Cruz – 2-4, RBI (10), SB (2), SO

1B – Matthew Oberste – 2-4, 2B (3), SO

SS – Amed Rosario – 0-4, SO

3B – Jhoan Urena – 0-3, 2 SO, GIDP

C – Adrian Abreu – 0-3

RF – Victor Cruzado – 0-3

Bullpen:

Kelly Secrest (1.69 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 2 H, SO, 3 GO: 1 FO
Mike Hepple (3.24 ERA) – 2.1 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 2 GO: 2 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Savannah Sand Gnats 5-7

Brad Wieck (0-2, 3.00 ERA) @ Andre Del Bosque (0-0, 2.84 ERA)

@Charleston (8-5) at 6:05 PM

(They’re finishing Sunday’s game before the scheduled game)

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: W 9-5 (Savannah)
Game notes (Charleston)

Today: L 4-2, Wieck (L, 0-3, 3.60 ERA) – 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), BB, 9 SO, 2 HBP, 84 Pitches (55 Strkes), 5 FO

Lineup

SS – Luis Guillorme – 2-4

2B – Jean Rodriguez – 1-4

RF – Wuilmer Becerra – 2-4, R, HR (3), RBI (8)

DH – Jon Leroux – 1-4, 3 SO

LF – Stefan Sabol – 1-4, 2 SO

C – Tomas Nido – 2-4, R, HR (1), RBI (4), GIDP

CF – Patrick Biondi – 1-4, 2 SO

1B – Pedro Perez – 0-4, 2 SO

3B – Jonathan Johnson – 1-3, CS

Bullpen:
Jimmy Duff (3.86 ERA) – 2 IP, 2 SO, 4 GO

Minors MVP of the Day – Travis Taijeron had three hits, including a monster homerun, to continue his scorching hot start to 2015. 

Minors Cy of the Day – Rainy Lara had another great start for Binghamton, making it 3 straight to start 2015.

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