Endy Chavez was 1-3 with a double and an RBI in St. Lucie in game one Friday. Ender Chavez was 1-3 in game two.
Stars of the Day:
AAA: Anderson
Hernandez
AA: Brett Harper &
Jamar Hill
A+: Ambio Concepcion
& Jamar Hill/Jose De La Torre…Jonathan Malo/German Marte
A: Matt Durkin/Hector
Pellot
SSA: Rain
R-App: Bradley Burns
& Greg Merritt & Ricky Sparks……Greg Veloz & Michael Parker
R-GCL: Off
AAA – New Orleans
(Pacific Coast League)
@
Nashville Sounds (76-50) 8, Zephyrs (65-61) 3
The Zephyrs took a 3-0 lead behind home runs from Chip Ambres and Fernando Tatis, their 19th each. However, Philip Humber couldn’t make it stand up. Humber allowed back-to-back homers to Brad Nelson and Andy Abad in a five run fourth, he couldn’t finish. Humber (10-9, 4.66) lasted just 3.2 innings as he allowed five runs on four hits and four walks. Ambiorix Burgos gave up a two run home run in the seventh.
Three different Zs had two hits beginning with Anderson Hernandez who was 2-4 with a double at the top of the order. Chad Hermansen and Robinson Cancel added two more apiece.
AA – Binghamton
(Eastern League)
New
Hampshire (62-62) 8, @ Mets (52-70) 5
Sal Aguilar (7-7, 5.86) gave up eight runs in 3.2 innings, and the double-A Mets never had a chance.
Brett Harper homered, his 22nd of the year. Mike Nickeas and Jamar Hill each had two singles.
A+ -- St. Lucie (
@
Mets 9, Jupiter Hammerheads 5 (7 innings)
@ Mets 10, Jupiter Hammerheads 5 (7 innings)
In game one, the Mets took a 4-1 lead only to watch the Hammerheads score four of their own in the top of the fourth for a 5-1 lead. However, St. Lucie evened the score at 5-5 wit ha run in the bottom of the fourth and hung the third four-run inning of the game on the board in the bottom of the fifth. Ambio Concepcion was 2-2 with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI. Batting right behind him, Emmanuel Garcia was 2-2 with 3 RBI. Eric Brown lasted six innings, yielding all five runs for the win. Jose De La Torre fanned two in the seventh.
Again, in game two, the Mets broke a tie, this time a 5-5 game, with five runs over the fifth and sixth innings. Jonathan Malo was 2-3 with two doubles and four RBI. Emmanuel Garcia continued his hot start to the day with a 3-4 performance in game two. Catcher Teddy Dziuba, who has bounced around the system, was 2-3 with a pair of doubles. On the hill, Joe Serfass (6.16) was tagged for five runs in three innings, but German Marte calmed things down with three scoreless innings of relief. Marte (3-3, 4.08) struck out five and walked just one.
A –
@
Sand Gnats (19-33/39-83) 6, Kannapolis (24-29/56-67) 1
Lets start from the end, where Matt Durkin struck out five in two scoreless innings of relief for his second save. Greg Mullens (5-3, 4.31) allowed just one run in seven innings without walking or striking out a batter.
With the sticks, Hector Pellot doubled and drove home a run while going 2-4. DJ Wabick also brought home a run in a 2-4 effort.
SSA – Brooklyn (New
York-Penn League)
Hudson Valley
Renegades @ Cyclones
Postponed by rain.
SSA – Kingsport
(Appalachian League)
Danville
Braves 1, @ Mets 0 (11 innings)
Danville
Braves (41-15) 9, @ Mets (28-29) 4 (7 innings)
Bradley Burns (3-1, 2.72) started, dealing five shutout two-hit innings with four strikeouts. Greg Merritt followed with two bagels as did Ricky Sparks.
Game one
was tight, but game two was not after
R – St. Lucie (Gulf
Coast League)
Mets
Off.
Toby Hyde has written Toby’s Mets Minor League Report
since 2004. Please pass this along to friends, family, co-workers,
enemies and most importantly Mets fans. To subscribe to the email
newsletter, sign up here: http://groups.google.com/group/mets-minors?hl=en.
Archives are available at http://metsminors.metsblog.com.
