Mets Minor League Daily – June 2, 2015

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Minor News

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            Check out yesterday’s results here, the Mets minors May stat report, which includes May stats for all active minor leaguers, and the hottest minor leaguers from the final week of May here.

            Baseball America writer Josh Norris discussed the Mets Matz situation, with quotes from Frank Viola.

            Dominic Smith discussed his resurgence before Monday’s game, and I transcribed it here.

            

Minor Games

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

Las Vegas 51s 29-23

Matthew Bowman (2-6, 6.85 ERA) @ Tim Cooney (4-2, 3.00 ERA)

@Memphis (26-26) at 8:05 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: L 5-1 (Astromets Mind, Nashville)

Game notes

Today: L 6-0, Bowman (L, 2-7, 6.53 ERA) – 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 2 SO, HR, 88 Pitches (51 Strikes), 9 GO: 3 FO

Lineup

2B – Wilfredo Tovar – 0-3, BB, CS

SS – Matt Reynolds – 1-4

LF – Jayce Boyd – 0-4, SO

C – Johnny Monell – 2-3, BB, SO

3B – Alex Castellanos – 0-4, SO

1B – Brooks Conrad – 0-3

RF – Travis Taijeron – 1-3

CF – Cory Vaughn – 0-3

PH – T.J. Rivera – 0-1

Bullpen:

Zack Thornton (3.38 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 3 GO

Chase Bradford (2.86 ERA) – 1 IP, H, SO, GO
Jon Velasquez (2.35 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 SO, 1 GO

Full recap

Binghamton Mets 26-24

Eric Wooten (0-1, 7.43 ERA) @ Rainy Lara (3-2, 3.57 ERA)

vs. Trenton (27-24) at 6:35 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: Off

Game notes

Today: L 6-4, Lara (3.91 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 107 Pitches (71 Strikes), 4 GO: 4 FO

Lineup

2B – Yeixon Ruiz – 2-5, 2 R, SB (1), SO

SS – Gavin Cecchini – 3-4, R, 2B (11), BB, SO

LF – Michael Conforto – 2-5, 2B (1), 3 RBI (4), SO

3B – Josh Rodriguez – 0-4, BB, 2 SO, GIDP

DH – Dustin Lawley – 0-5, 2 SO

1B – Aderlin Rodriguez – 2-4, R, SO

C – Xorge Carrillo – 1-3, BB

CF – Jared King – 2-3, RBI (22), BB

RF – Eudy Pina – 0-4, 2 SO

Bullpen:

Chase Huchingson (5.47 ERA) – 0.1 IP, H, BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 2 S

Vic Black (0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 GO

Adam Kolarek (6.41 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 GO
Beck Wheeler (6.26 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 GO: 1 FO

Full recap

St. Lucie Mets 26-25

Robert Whalen (2-3, 2.72 ERA) @ Cody Dickson (4-3, 3.33 ERA)

@Bradenton (23-28) at 6:30 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 5-1 (Fort Myers)

Today: W 7-6, Whalen (3.22 ERA) – 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 5 BB, 3 SO, 92 Pitches (46 Strikes), 3 GO: 2 FO

Lineup

CF – Champ Stuart – 2-4, R, 2B (4), BB, SB (13), 2 SO

2B – L.J. Mazzilli – 1-4, R, BB

RF – Maikis De La Cruz – 1-4, R, 2B (9), RBI (24), BB, SB (6), SO

DH – Matt Oberste – 1-5, R, 2 RBI (26), SO

1B – Dominic Smith – 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B (18), RBI (27)

SS – Amed Rosario – 0-3, HBP

LF – Stefan Sabol – 1-4, 2B (2), 2 RBI (5), SO

C – Colton Plaia – 1-4, 2 SO

3B – Phillip Evans – 0-3, R, RBI (8), BB, SO

Bullpen:

Edioglis Villasmil (9.00 ERA) – 1 IP, R, BB, 1 GO: 1 FO

Kelly Secrest (W, 5-1, 3.63 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, R, SO, 1 GO: 4 FO
Akeel Morris (S, 9, 1.37 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 SO, 1 GO

St. Lucie won a tight back-and-forth affair in their opener against Bradenton, bailing out starter Rob Whalen, who had his shortest outing of the year, while allowing a season high in runs. Champ Stuart got the scoring started in the top of the first when he led off with a double, and then advanced twice on consecutive groundouts. Whalen walked the first two batters he’d face, starting a bad trend for the game, as he’d set a pro career high with 5 walks – his previous high was 4, which he had done twice in 2013. He caught a break when Dom Smith turned a line drive into an unassisted double play, but Erich Weiss still made him pay for the first walk when he followed with a single into CF. Weiss would steal 2B and then score on another single into CF. Dom Smith got the Mets comeback started in the 2^nd with a leadoff double. They’d load the bases twice in the inning, but could only scratch out one run, leaving things tied at 2. Bradenton put their second crooked number on the scoreboard in the 3^rd, combining two doubles and a walk for two runs. Whalen would work around a one out double in the 4^th, and then his night was done. In the 5^th, St. Lucie took control of the game by putting up a 5-spot. With Evans on 1B and one out, 4-straight Mets reached, capped by Smith’s second double of the game, and 17^th double in 21 games (!!!!!). After a Marauder pitching change, Sabol doubled home Oberste and Smith, which turned out to be huge in this game. Villasmil made his season debut in the bottom of the 5^th and issued a leadoff walk to Harold Ramirez. Ramirez would steal 2B, head to 3B on a wild pitch, and then score on a sac fly from the next batter, Jin-De Jhang. Bradenton would cut the lead to 1 with a run in the 7^th thanks to a pair of doubles against Secrest. Akeel Morris took over in the 8^th and was perfect over his 2-inning save. Morris has gone 9-9 on save opportunities, and 6 of those saves have required him to throw more than 1 inning (five 2-inning save, one lasted 1.2 IP).

Savannah Sand Gnats 24-27

Casey Meisner (4-1, 2.02 ERA) @ Carlos Polanco (2-6, 5.32 ERA)

@Asheville (22-29) at 7:05 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: L 5-3 (Savannah, Asheville)
Game notes

Today: W 4-1, Meisner (W, 5-1, 1.88 ERA) – 8.1 IP, 8 H, R, 2 BB, 3 SO, HBP, 90 Pitches (60 Strikes), 7 GO: 6 FO

Lineup

2B – Jonathan Johnson – 0-4, 2 SO

SS – Luis Guillorme – 1-4, SO

DH – Jean Rodriguez – 0-4, 2 SO

3B – Eudor Garcia – 0-4, 3 SO

RF – Wuilmer Becerra – 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B (13), HR (6), RBI (24)

CF – John Mora – 1-4, SO, CS

1B – Jon Leroux – 2-3, R, RBI (20), SO

C – Tomas Nido – 0-3, SO

LF – Vicente Lupo – 2-3, R, HR (2), 2 RBI (9), SO

Bullpen:

David Roseboom (S, 4, 1.46 ERA) – 0.2 IP, SO, 1 GO: 1 IR – 0 S

The top-2 Mets prospects with Savannah led the team to a 4-1 win over Asheville Tuesday night to stop a 2-game skid. Wuilmer Becerra had himself quite a day at the plate, hitting a double with one out in the 2^nd, a double leading of the 5^th, and a homerun leading off the 7^th – shame that nobody was on base in front of him all night. Meanwhile, Casey Meisner was in charge on the mound, taking a shutout into the 9^th before departing after the Tourists finally scratched out a run. The game was scoreless into the 5^th, when Becerra got the Gnats first rally going. Jon Leroux would single Becerra home, and then Lupo made it a 3-0 game with a 2-run blast to left. Savannah threatened to add more in the 7^th, but Jon Leroux would be thrown out on a play scored 5-3-2 – Lupo is credited with an infield single on a groundball to the third baseman, but Leroux was trying to score from 2B, per the game log. In the 8^th, Jonathan Johnson was called out on strikes, and then ejected by the home plate ump (likely for arguing strikes), which meant that Casey Meisner entered the lineup in the leadoff spot. If 3 more Gnats had reached in the frame, Meisner would’ve been due up, although who knows if they would’ve let him hit. In the 9^th, Meisner allowed a leadoff single, and then Josh Fuentes doubled home the Tourists first run. He’d retire the third batter of the inning, but Jose Leger chose to bring in the BOOM for the tough lefties due up.

Minors MVP of the Day – Wuilmer Beccera had a huge game for Savannah, and has been really hot the past week.

Minors Cy of the Day – Casey Meisner finished two outs shy of a complete game, and entered the 

9^th with a shutout going and less than 90 pitches thrown. #PROMOAT

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) media briefing @NASA_Technology #JourneyToMars https://t.co/AhBxHMFnv6 pic.twitter.com/x90HQ30r2y

— NASA HQ PHOTO (@nasahqphoto) June 1, 2015