Mets Minor League Daily – July 9, 2015

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Minor Games

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

Las Vegas 51s 49-38

Game 1

Alex Sanabia (1-9, 7.82 ERA) @ Luis Cessa (0-1, 13.50 ERA)

vs. Salt Lake (34-53) at 8:05 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: W 10-5 (Astromets Mind, Salt Lake)

Game notes

Game one: W 6-4, Cessa (6.10 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R (0 ER), 6 SO, 93 Pitches (63 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Lineup

2B – Dilson Herrera – 0-3, HBP

3B – Daniel Muno – 1-4, R, HR (2), RBI (16)

C – Anthony Recker – 0-4

LF – Alex Castellanos – 3-3, 2 R, 2 2B (31)

DH – Jayce Boyd – 0-2, BB

PR – Darrell Ceciliani – R

1B – Brandon Allen – 0-2, R, BB

RF – Travis Taijeron – 1-1, R, RBI (44), 2 BB

CF – Cory Vaughn – 1-2, 2B (6), 3 RBI (15), BB

SS – Wilfredo Tovar – 1-3, SO

Bullpen:

Chase Bradford (BS, 4)(W, 4-2, 3.72 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, (1 ER), BB, 1 GO, 2 IR – 2 S
Chase Huchingson (S, 1, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO, 2 IR – 1 S

Full post-game recap

Game 2

Jo-Jo Reyes (1-1, 7.41 ERA) @ Logan Verrett (2-0, 3.00 ERA)

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Game two: W 2-0, Verrett (W, 3-0, 2.57 ERA) – 5 IP, 3 H, BB, 6 SO, 60 Pitches (42 Strikes), 2 GO: 5 FO

Lineup

2B – Dilson Herrera – 1-2, R, 2B (12), BB, SO

SS – Wilfredo Tovar – 0-2, SAC, SO

1B – Brooks Conrad – 0-3, SO

3B – Alex Castellanos – 2-3, R, 2B (32), RBI (52)

DH – Jayce Boyd – 1-2, 2B (6), BB

LF – Brandon Allen – 0-1, RBI (41), BB, SF

RF – Travis Taijeron – 0-2, SO

CF – Cory Vaughn – 0-2

C – Dan Rohlfing – 0-2, SO

Bullpen:

Cody Satterwhite (H, 3, 4.80 ERA) – 0.2 IP, SO

Scott Rice (2.55 ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO

Zack Thornton (S, 2, 3.92 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO

Full post-game recap coming later

Binghamton Mets 42-42

Matt Flemer (4-4, 3.03 ERA) @ Michael Fulmer (3-1, 2.29 ERA)

vs. New Britain (43-42) at 1:05 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: L 3-2 (Astromets Mind, Binghamton)

Game notes

Today: W 2-1, Fulmer (W, 4-1, 2.06 ERA) – 7 IP, 6 H, R (0 ER), 7 SO, 93 Pitches (63 Strikes), 5 GO: 5 FO

Lineup

SS – Gavin Cecchini – 1-4, R

RF – Jared King – 2-3, 2B (9), RBI (28), HBP

LF – Michael Conforto – 0-3, BB, SO

1B – Brock Peterson – 1-4, R, HR (5), RBI (27)

CF – Brandon Nimmo – 1-4, SO

3B – Dustin Lawley – 0-4, SO

2B – L.J. Mazzilli – 1-3

C – Albert Cordero – 0-2, BB

P – Michael Fulmer – 0-2, SO

PH – Eudy Pina – 0-1

Bullpen:

Beck Wheeler (4.46 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Jon Velasquez (S, 10, 2.70 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 GO

Full post-game recap

Post-game recap: The Mets got another strong start from Kevin McGowan, who has dropped his ERA over a run during his last 10 starts, and then got hot late for a comeback win in the rubber match against Charlotte. McGowan started strong, but the Stone Crabs would battle him for 5 long at bats in the 3^rd to grind out the first run of the game. An E4 with 0 outs in the 4^th inning opened the door for another Stone Crabs run, but McGowan was able to escape further damage by stranding the bases loaded. The Mets got on the scoreboard in the 5^th when Evans doubles home Sabol. In the 7^th, Smith would spark a 3-run rally with a leadoff single. Stefan Sabol would double home two runs in the inning, which you can see in the tweet below, and then Phil Evans followed with another RBI hit to give St. Lucie a 4-2 lead – talk about making up for that earlier error. McNeil led off the 8^th inning with a single to spark another 3-run rally in the 8^th. The first 5 batters would reach in the inning, capped by a two run double from Victor Cruzado – check out the RBI single from Jairo Perez below. The St. Lucie pen has already lost some of their best pitchers, but the two lefties to pitch in this game have been consistently good for the Mets this year, and I’d love to check them out with the B-Mets!

Sabol’s two run double

@stluciemets @SwinginSamoan22 2 RBI double in the bottom of the 7th pic.twitter.com/GlYLDhRVfM
— Ed Delany (@ed880) July 10, 2015

Jairo’s RBI single

@stluciemets Jairo Perez RBI single to left in the bottom of the 8th pic.twitter.com/S6xGH89CpO
— Ed Delany (@ed880) July 10, 2015

Savannah Sand Gnats 43-40

Game 1

Scarlyn Reyes (8-4, 3.20 ERA) @ Foster Griffin (0-2, 6.12 ERA)

@Lexington (38-43) at 5:05 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: L 2-1 (Astromets Mind, Savannah, Lexington)

Game notes

Game one: W 7-4, Reyes (W, 9-4, 3.16 ERA) – 6.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R (2 ER), BB, 4 SO, HR, 8 GO: 5 FO

Lineup

2B – Jonathan Johnson – 0-3, R, RBI (16), BB, SB (14)

SS – Luis Guillorme – 1-3, R, SO

DH – Michael Katz – 0-2, R, BB, SO

3B – Eudor Garcia – 2-2, 2 R, HR (7), 3 RBI (32)

C – Tomas Nido – 1-3, R, HR (5), 3 RBI (27), SO, GIDP

RF – John Mora – 0-3, 2 SO

1B – Jon Leroux – 0-3, SO

LF – Vicente Lupo – 0-2, BB

CF – Patrick Biondi – 0-2, R, BB, SB (16), GIDP

Bullpen:
Cameron Griffin (S, 2, 3.21 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 1 GO: 2 IR – 0 S

Full post-game recap

Game 2

Michael Gibbons @ Yunior Marte (3-0, 5.19 ERA)

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Game two: L 3-0, Gibbons (L, 0-1, 4.50 ERA) – 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, BB, 4 SO, HR, 5 GO: 2 FO

Lineup

2B – Jonathan Johnson – 0-2, BB, CS

SS – Luis Guillorme – 0-3

1B – Michael Katz – 0-3, SO

DH – Eudor Garcia – 0-3

RF – John Mora – 1-3

3B – Jean Rodriguez – 1-2, SO

CF – Patrick Biondi – 0-2, GIDP

LF – Vicente Lupo – 0-2, 2 SO

C – Tyler Moore – 1-2

Full post-game recap

Brooklyn Cyclones 13-5

Cameron Varga (1-0, 2.30 ERA) @ Blake Taylor

vs. Hudson Valley (9-9) at 7:00 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 5-3 (Hudson Valley)

Game notes

Today: W 1-0 F/7 (Rain), Taylor (0.00 ERA) – 3 IP, H, BB, 3 SO, 41 Pitches (26 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO

Lineup

CF – Tucker Tharp – 1-3, 2B (4), RBI (5)

2B – Vinny Siena – 2-3

RF – Michael Bernal – 0-3, SO, GIDP

3B – David Thompson – 0-3, SO

C – Brandon Brosher – 0-2, SO

DH – Jeff Diehl – 0-2, SO

1B – Zach Mathieu – 1-2

LF – Enmanuel Zabala – 1-2, R

SS – Alfredo Reyes – 0-2, SO

Bullpen:

Andrew Church (0.00 ERA) – 3 IP, H, HBP, 36 Pitches (24 Strikes), 4 SO, 3 GO

Carlos Valdez (S, 2, 0.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 SO, 1 GO

Table 2 – Taylor pitch stats by inning

	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Total
Total	12	14	15	41
Strikes	10	7	9	26
Swinging*	2	1	2	5

*12.2% Swinging strike rate

Table 3 – Church pitch stats by inning

	4^th	5^th	6^th	Total
Total	14	9	13	36
Strikes	7	7	10	24
Swinging*	0	2	2	4

*11.1% Swinging strike rate

Post-game recap: In a game that would be cut short when lightning was spotted just before Brandon Brosher’s AB started in the bottom of the 7^th, the Cyclones win was the second most important outcome from the night. The highlight of the night was the NYPL debut of two potential stud-pitching prospects within the system, Blake Taylor and Andrew Church. The Mets acquired Taylor (19 years old) as the main piece in the Ike Davis trade last year, although he was clearly a high risk/high reward addition to the system as someone so far from the majors. Church (20) was the Mets 2^nd round pick from 2013, so the Mets were obviously pretty high on his potential. Both pitchers very good Thursday night, with each allowing a pair of base runners over 3 scoreless innings. The Cyclones scored the only run in the game in the bottom of the 3^rd, when Tucker Tharp lined a double into left center field to knock home Zabala from 2B.

Kingsport Mets 9-7

Andro Cutura (1-1, 1.00 ERA) @ Erik Manoah (0-2, 8.22 ERA)

vs. Elizabethton (7-8) at 7:00 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 8-2

Today: L 9-7 F/11 (iscorecast), Manoah (7.52 ERA) – 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 5 SO, HR, 2 GO: 6 FO

Lineup

CF – Raphael Ramirez – 1-6, R, RBI (6), 2 SO

SS – Luis Carpio – 1-5, R, 2B (5), 2 RBI (9), BB, SB (2), SO

LF – Kevin Kaczmarski – 1-4, R, 2B (5), RBI (7), 2 BB

1B – Dash Winningham – 1-5, RBI (15), 2 SO

DH – Luis Ortega – 2-5, 2B (4), BB, SO

RF – Hengelbert Rojas – 0-4, BB, 2 SO

RF (sub) – Arnaldo Berrios – 0-1, SO

2B – Dale Burdick – 1-3, R, 2 BB, SO

3B – Gregory Valencia – 2-5, 2 R, SO

C – Dionis Rodriguez – 2-3, R, SO

C (sub) – Patrick Mazeika – 0-2, SO

Bullpen:

Thomas McIlraith (0.00 ERA) – 2.2 IP, H, R (0 ER), 4 BB, 5 SO, 3 GO: 1 FO

Gabriel Feliz (BS, 2, 20.25 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 2 H, R, 3 IR – 0 S

Witt Haggard (9.82 ERA) – 2 IP, BB, SO, 2 IR – 1 S

Adrian Almeida (L, 0-1, 6.75 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 2 BB, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Post-game recap: The K-Mets overcame an early 4-0 deficit to take a 6-5 lead in the 7^th, but Feliz allowed the tying run to score without recording an out in the top of the 9^th, and then the Twins put up a 3-spot against Almeida in the 11^th inning. Manoah picked up 4 strikeouts over the first two innings, but then really struggled in the 3^rd, and hurt himself in the frame when he committed an error attempting to field a sac bunt. The next batter would single home both runs, and then Manoah allowed a two run homerun to LaMonte Wade. Kingsport would cut the lead in half during the bottom of the 3^rd, sparked by a leadoff single from Dale Burdick in his first Kingsport AB. Burdick would scored on an E1 after Valencia followed with a single into RF, and then Valencia came home on a passed ball. After Elizabethton extended their lead to 5-2 in the top of the 7^th, Kingsport exploded for 4 runs to take the lead in the bottom half of the frame. The big hits came with two on and two outs, as Carpio and Kaczmarski hit back-to-back doubles for 3 runs. McIlraith had walked the bases loaded as he worked his second inning of the night, so the K-Mets went to Feliz, who escaped the threat by inducing a lineout to LF. Kingsport went back to Feliz for the 9^th and he’d allow single, wild pitch, and RBI double before Witt Haggard took over. Haggard was great, but Kingsport couldn’t bring home the winning run in the 9^th or 10^th innings. The game became an Appy league classic when Almeida came in for the 11^th, as things got a little wacky: walk, balk, single, pop out, E5, RBI single, stolen base, run scoring wild pitch, strike out, walk, fly out. Kingsport would put together a two out threat in the bottom half of the 11^th, but Berrios struck out swinging to end the game – Dash had picked up an RBI single in the frame, and then Ortega doubled to put the tying runs in scoring position for Berrios.

GCL Mets 7-7

Merandy Gonzalez @ Dillon Peters

@GCL Marlins at 12:00 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: L 6-5 F/7, L 9-2 F/7

Today: L 5-4 (Finished a suspended game), W 1-0 F/7, Gonzalez (W, 2-1, 2.05 ERA) – 7 IP, BB, 6 SO, 9 GO: 5 FO

Lineup

LF – Ricardo Cespedes – 1-3

3B – Luis Crisostomo – 0-3, SO

C – Ali Sanchez – 0-3, SO

RF – Jose Medina – 0-3, SO

CF – Ivan Wilson – 0-3, SO

DH – Kenneth Bautista – 0-3, 2 SO

1B – Jose Maria – 3-3, R, 2 2B (2)

2B – Franklin Correa – 1-2, RBI (5), SAC, SO

SS – Cecilio Aybar -0-1, HBP, SO

Post-game recap: The GCL Mets got a 7-inning no-hitter from starter Merandy Gonzalez Thursday afternoon, but split two games with the GCL Marlins for the day. These two teams would first make up a game from earlier in the season, which the Marlins would come back to win in the 9^th. More on the Gonzalez no-hitter here. It was the second extended performance for Merandy with 0 hits allowed, as he started the season with 5 perfect innings in an appearance on 6/22, striking out 7 batters that day. In game one, Chris Flexen threw 2 scoreless innings for Savannah, and Max Wotell picked up 2 strikeouts during his second pro appearance. Jose Maria provided most of the Mets offense in game two, twice doubling on groundballs down the LF line.

Minors MVP of the Day – Eudor Garcia continued his hot week with another homerun, his third since Sunday night – great timing considering the MiLB.tv coverage this week!

Minors Cy of the Day – Obviously Merandy Gonzalez, who threw a 7-inning no-hitter for the GCL Mets.

Meanwhile on #Ceres: new look at "Spot 1," cousin to the still-mysterious Great White Spot. http://t.co/fSWviSLBXg pic.twitter.com/QKdUl5Bu9D
— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) July 8, 2015

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