Mets Minor League Daily – April 28, 2017

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            Check out yesterday’s results here. My schedule made it impossible for me to cover the games this past week, so I will be playing catch up to start the week, but I should be caught up over the next few days.

Mets Affiliates Games

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

New York Mets 16-8

Jason Vargas @ Joey Lucchesi (2-1, 2.70 ERA)

@Padres (9-18) at 8:40 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 5-1

Game notes

Today: L 12-2, Vargas (L, 0-1, 22.09 ERA) – 3.2 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 5 K: 3 BB, 1 HR, 84 Pitches (55 Strikes), 2 GO: 3 FO

Lineup

2B – Asdrubal Cabrera – 1-2, R, BB, K 1B – Adrian Gonzalez – 0-1, K

1B/2B – Wilmer Flores – 0-4

LF – Yoenis Cespedes – 1-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K LF – Brandon Nimmo – 0-1

3B – Todd Frazier – 0-3 3B – Jose Reyes – 0-1

RF – Jay Bruce – 1-4, K

SS – Amed Rosario – 1-4, K

CF – Juan Lagares – 0-3, K

C – Jose Lobaton – 0-3, K

SP – Jason Vargas – BB RP – Seth Lugo – 0-2, K

Bullpen:

Seth Lugo (3.77 ERA) – 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 5 K, HBP, 48 Pitches (32 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Jerry Blevins (9.00 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 19 Pitches (9 Strikes), 1 FO

Jeurys Familia (1.80 ERA) – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 12 Pitches (7 Strikes), 1 GO: 2 FO

Table 1 – Vargas pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Total	30	16	19	19	84
Strikes	22	9	13	11	55
Swinging*	1	2	2	4	9

*10.7% Swinging strike rate

Las Vegas 51s 8-14

Chris Flexen (1-1, 3.79 ERA) @ David Holmberg (0-2, 11.12 ERA)

@Albuquerque (8-14) at 8:35 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: W 11-9 (Astromets)

Game notes

Today: W 7-5, Flexen (W, 2-1, 3.65 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R (2 ER), 6 K: 1 BB, 98 Pitches (59 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO

Lineup

2B – Gavin Cecchini – 2-5, 2 R, 3B

LF – Zach Borenstein – 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB

RF – Bryce Brentz – 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, K, GIDP

1B – Dominic Smith – 1-4, R, BB, 2 K

3B – Phillip Evans – 1-4, RBI, BB

CF – Ty Kelly – 1-2, RBI, 3 BB

SS – Luis Guillorme – 1-4, RBI, K

C – Colton Plaia – 0-4, 2 K

SP – Chris Flexen – 0-3, K PH – Matt den Dekker – 0-1

Bullpen:

Tim Peterson (1.46 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, 24 Pitches (17 Strikes), 1 GO, 1 IR – 1 S

Kyle Regnault (H, 4, 8.25 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, HBP, 12 Pitches (8 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Drew Smith (S, 1, 6.00 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K: 1 BB, 22 Pitches (15 Strikes), 1 FO

Table 2 – Flexen pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	17	22	16	14	15	14	98
Strikes	10	14	8	9	8	10	59
Swinging*	1	4	1	0	2	1	9

*9.2% Swinging strike rate

Full post-game recap coming later

Binghamton Rumble Ponies 9-9

Scott Copeland @ Kyle Funkhouser (0-1, 4.38 ERA)

@Erie (7-12) at 6:05 PM

MiLB.tv coverage – Boxscore

Yesterday: W 13-1 (Astromets)

Today: W 6-2, Copeland (W, 1-0, 1.69 ERA) – 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 K: 4 BB, 72 Pitches (43 Strikes), 11 GO

Lineup

RF – John Mora – 2-5, R, 2B

2B – Jeff McNeil – 2-4, 3 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, HBP

1B – Peter Alonso – 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K

C – Patrick Mazeika – 0-4, BB

3B – Matt Oberste – 1-5, RBI, K

LF – Jhoan Urena – 1-4, R, 2B, BB, 3 K

DH – Tim Tebow – 0-3, BB, 2 K

SS – Levi Michael – 2-4, RBI, K, GIDP

CF – Champ Stuart – 0-2, BB, SAC, S, K

Bullpen:

Gerson Bautista (H, 1, 3.52 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 K, 36 Pitches (26 Strikes), 2 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 1 S

Eric Hanhold (S, 2, 2.19 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, 29 Pitches (19 Strikes), 2 GO: 1 FO

Table 3 – Copeland pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Total
Total	5	14	18	11	15	9	72
Strikes	5	8	7	9	9	5	43
Swinging*	0	4	1	1	0	2	8

*11.1% Swinging strike rate

Full post-game recap coming later

St. Lucie Mets 10-11

Anthony Shew (1-1, 2.95 ERA) @ Michael Gibbons (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

vs. Palm Beach (11-11) at 6:30 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: W 3-2

Today: L 2-0, Gibbons (L, 0-1, 1.29 ERA) – 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 K: 1 BB, 63 Pitches (45 Strikes), 2 GO: 6 FO

Lineup

CF – Jacob Zanon – 0-4, K

SS – Andres Gimenez – 1-4, 2B, 2 K

DH – Desmond Lindsay – 1-3, BB, K, CS

RF – Ian Strom – 0-3, BB, SB

1B – Dash Winningham – 0-4, K

3B – Michael Paez – 0-3, 2 K

C – Brandon Brosher – 0-3, 2 K

2B – Dale Burdick – 0-2, BB, SB, K

LF – Gene Cone – 1-3, K

Bullpen:

Adam Atkins (3.77 ERA) – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K, HBP, 25 Pitches (20 Strikes), 1 GO: 1 FO

Thomas McIlraith (5.79 ERA) – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 K: 1 BB, 26 Pitches (18 Strikes), 4 GO

Matt Pobereyko (1.74 ERA) – 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K: 1 BB, 26 Pitches (13 Strikes), 2 FO, 2 IR – 1 S

Table 4 – Gibbons pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Total	20	26	10	7	63
Strikes	14	17	7	7	45
Swinging*	2	2	0	0	4

*6.3% Swinging strike rate

Columbia Fireflies 12-10

Anthony Kay (1-0, 1.69 ERA) @ Jason Bahr (1-1, 0.96 ERA)

@Augusta (15-6) at 6:05 PM

Boxscore

Yesterday: L 6-0

Game notes

Today: L 3-2, Kay (L, 1-1, 2.70 ERA) – 4 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 K: 4 BB, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 90 Pitches (53 Strikes), 7 GO

Lineup

SS – Edgardo Fermin – 1-3, R, HR, RBI, BB, K

2B – Blake Tiberi – 0-3, BB, K

LF – Matt Winaker – 0-4, 3 K

1B – Jeremy Vasquez – 0-3, R, BB, 2 K

CF – Quinn Brodey – 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB, 2 K

C – Ali Sanchez – 2-4, GIDP

RF – Raphael Gladu – 0-4, K, GIDP

DH – Scott Manea – 0-3, HBP, K

3B – Hansel Moreno – 1-4, K

Bullpen:

Joshua Payne (2.63 ERA) – 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K: 1 BB, 45 Pitches (26 Strikes), 1 GO: 4 FO, 3 IR – 1 S

Conner O’Neil (1.80 ERA) – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K: 1 BB, 12 Pitches (7 Strikes), 1 GO

Table 5 – Kay pitch stats by inning

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
Total	25	15	14	23	13	90
Strikes	18	7	10	12	6	53
Swinging*	2	2	4	3	2	13

*14.4% Swinging strike rate

Minors MVP of the Day – Jeff McNeil.

Minors Cy of the Day – Joshua Payne.

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