The B-Mets play a day game Trenton on Wednesday starting at 11:35, so try to check out the broadcast available at www.bmets.com. 

            I didn’t watch a pitch of Pelfrey’s second start, but two different sets of numbers stand out to me from the box score.  The first is that he only threw strikes on 54 of his 98 pitches.  The second is much nicer: he had twelve groundball outs compared to two fly outs.  

            The internet is slow, and keeps cutting out at the Ramada in Modesto. 

Stars of the Day:

AAA: Evan MacLane/Anderson Hernandez

AA: Mike DeFelice & Carlos Gomez

A+: Jose Sanchez

A: Deolis Guerra

SSA: Jon Malo & Joe Holden

R (APP): Sean McCraw & Todd Lietz
R (GCL):

Norfolk (AAA - International League)

Norfolk 7, @ Indianapolis 2

            Evan MacLane improved to 7-5 by allowing two runs on seven hits over 6.2 IP.  He fanned three and walked three. 

            Anderson Hernandez (.246/.288/.290) led Norfolk with three hits in a 3-5 night.  Lastings Milledge (.295/.415/.491) was 2-4 with a triple, while Jeff Keppinger (.299/.352/.358) added a 2-4 night of his own. 

Binghamton (AA - Eastern League)

Binghamton 3, @ Trenton 2

            Mike DeFelice’s two run single in the top of the ninth broke a 1-1 tie.  Carlos Gomez ran his hit streak to 11 games with a 2-4 that included a double and a run scored.  Bobby Malek and Wilson Batista also had two hits apiece from the top of the order.  Batista’s solo HR in the first was the B-Mets only run until the ninth.

            Miguel Pinago dealt five scoreless innings while allowing just one hit.  Matt Lindstrom gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth, but held on for his sixth save. 

St. Lucie (A+ - Florida State League)

Lakeland 2, @ St. Lucie 1 (10 innings)

            The Mets scored their only run in the first inning when Jesus Flores drove home Corey Coles who had doubled and finished 2-5. 

            Jose Sanchez allowed just one unearned run in his seven innings.  He struck out four and walked one.  Edgar Alfonzo followed with two scoreless innings, but the Tigers got to Rafael Cova in the tenth.

Hagerstown (A – South Atlantic League)

@ Lake County 3, Hagerstown 1

            Deolis Guerra took a no-hitter into the fifth, but eventually allowed three runs, two earned in seven innings to lower his ERA to 2.82 although with the loss his record dropped to 3-6.  He whiffed eight Captains.  Both the seven innings and the eight strikeouts were season highs for the 17-year old who lost his third straight start, despite not allowing more than three runs in any of those outings. 

            The offense managed only three hits.  Hagerstown scored in the second when Drew Butera doubled home Leivi Ventura. 

Brooklyn (SSA – New York Penn League)

Oneonta 4, @ Brooklyn 2

            Brooklyn only squeezed two runs out of their 10 hits as the team went 2-9 with runners in scoring position.  (I actually really dislike the risp stat, but it felt relevant here in explaining how a team scores two runs on 10 hits.  Also, Brooklyn’s only extra base hit was a double from Joe Holden.)  Holden finished 2-4 with that double.  Aside from hitting safely in five straight games, Holden has two hits in four of those five although he’s walked just 3 times for Brooklyn while striking out 19 times in 77 AB. 

            Jonathan Malo scored both of the Cyclones runs in a 2-3 night with a walk from the top of the order. 

Kingsport Mets (R – Appalachian League)

Johnson City 11, @ Kingsport 9

            The teams combined for 20 runs and thirty hits, although Kingsport’s late rally with single runs in the eighth and ninth innings came up short.  Todd Lietz, age 23, paced the Kingsport attack with 3 hits.  Junior Contreras raised his average to .357 with a 2-5 evening.  20-year old catcher Sean McCraw was 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI.   

GCL Mets (R – Gulf Coast League)

@ GCL Mets 3, GCL Dodgers 2 (7 innings)

            The Mets scored two runs in the sixth, and then won it with a run in the bottom of the seventh.