Adam Rubin wrote at length about Manny Garcia in his minor league notebook.
I’m off to
sunny
Stars of the Weekend:
AAA: Ruddy
Lugo/Argenis Reyes…Ivan Maldonado…Fernando Tatis
AA: Bobby Parnell
& Nick Evans…Dan Murphy& Caleb Stewart/Eddie Camacho… Fernando Martinez
A+: DJ Wabick &
Lucas Duda…Nick Carr … Ezequiel Carrera
A: Richard Pena …Casey
Craig & Jared Abruzzo… Francsico Pena/Angel Calero
Friday: @
Portland Beavers 6, New Orleans Zephyrs 4
Saturday: @
Portland Beavers 6, New Orleans Zephyrs 1
Sunday: @ Portland Beavers (14-14) 9, New Orleans Zephyrs (16-14, -3.5) 5
Friday,
Saturday, Shawn Estes outdueled Claudio Vargas. True story. The Beavers hopped on Vargas for four runs in the first, eventually finishing him off with six runs on nine hits in just four innings. Ivan Maldonado did a nice job in relief, fanning four over two perfect frames. The Zs offense produced a measly five singles.
Sunday, the
Beavers chomped Brian Stokes (3-3,
7.48), who recorded just one out, for six runs in the bottom of the first. RF Valentino
Pascucci, 3B Fernando Tatis and
LF Chris Aguila all went deep for
New Orlans. Tatis’ was a majestic shot
that found its way out of
Friday: @
Binghamton Mets 5, Connecticut Defenders 3
Saturday: Connecticut
Defenders 19, @ Binghamton Mets 5
Sunday: Connecticut
Defenders (14-15) 14, @ Binghamton Mets (11-19, -7.5) 3
Friday night, almost everything clicked at NYSEG Stadium. 1. Bobby Parnell (1-2, 6.21) had his best and longest start of the year on his way to his first win. Parnell yielded two runs on four hits, struck out just two batters, but walked three. It wasn’t just the first time into the seventh inning for the big righty, but his first time past the fifth inning in six tries. 2. The middle of the order slugged homers. Nick Evans (.327/.368/.607) was 3-4 with a triple, his fourth of the year, a homer, his fifth, and two RBI. Dan Murphy went big fly as well. 3. Eddie Kunz fired off a perfect ninth with a strikeout for his fifth save.
Saturday
good: the B-Mets hit three homers.
Saturday bad: the B-Mets pitching allowed four homers, two grand slams,
19 runs and 20 hits. Eric Brown gave up the first two
dingers, while relievers German Marte
and Joe Hietpas were responsible for
the slams. Eddie Camacho was the only
reliever to emerge unscathed after 2.1 innings of work. Murphy (.359/.392/.504) went yard for the
second game in a row as part of a 2-4 performance. Caleb
Stewart, back in
Sunday bad:
St. Lucie (A+ -
Friday: St.
Lucie Mets 11, @ Daytona Cubs 8
Saturday: Lakeland
Flying Tigers 6, @ St. Lucie Mets 0
Sunday: Lakeland
Flying Tigers (15-15) 8, @ St. Lucie Mets (7-23, -12.0) 3
Friday, the Mets scored a season high 11 runs. DJ Wabick (age 23) led the St. Lucie offense with a 4-5, 2 double night. Ezequiel Carrera, Josh Thole, Lucas Duda, Josh Petersen and Luis Rivera all contributed two hits. Duda (.319/.400/.471) doubled, homered and drove home four. Ramon Castro was 0-2, and caught seven innings. Dillon Gee (2-2, 4.55) struck out seven batters without walking one in 6.2 for his second win. His line looks a little funny, as he gave up two runs on nine hits.
Saturday, the Jamar Hill’s single prevented a no-hitter as the Mets were one-hit. Nick Carr threw well, shutting out the Tigers through five innings. However, he gave up a couple of runs in the sixth to fall to 0-3, 5.34 ERA. The best thing about his line: 7 K, the shakiest: 3 BBs. Edgar Alfonzo followed Carr into the game and promptly gave up a couple of bombs.
Sunday, the Mets led 3-0 through five innings, but the Tigers scratched out five runs in the sixth against a tiring Eric Niesen and reliever Ryan Coultas. Niesen struck out seven batters in five innings. Carrera was 2-4 from the top of the order with a double. Wabick and Hill each contributed a pair of singles.
Friday: @
Savannah Sand Gnats 9, Hickory Crawdads 6
Saturday: Savannah
Sand Gnats 8, @ Asheville Tourist 4
Sunday: Savannah
Sand Gnats (12-18, -10.0) 2, @ Asheville Tourists (21-10) 0
Friday, the Gnats busted out for seven runs in the bottom of the first and cruised. Scott Moviel lowered his ERA to 8.37 with seven innings of three run ball. Edgar Ramirez struck out three batter while recording five out for his first save of the year. CF Richard Pena (age 20) doubled twice and drove home two runs in a 2-4 outing.
Saturday, Casey Craig, in his debut in the Mets
system was 3-6 with an RBI. Craig, now
23, kicked around the Mariners system for a few years, splitting last year
between advanced A in
Sunday’s matinee was scoreless through eight innings. In the ninth, Francisco Pena singled and scored the winning run on a Jose Jimenez double. Jimenez came home on a Richard Lucas single to left. Pena (.272/.309/.402) was 3-4 with a double. Angel Calero was brilliant over seven innings, yielding just two hits. He struck out three and didn’t walk a batter. Closer Jose Bierd snagged his first win for pitching the eighth and the ninth.
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