It was a rough night on the farm indeed, but let’s recap nonetheless.
Rochester 8, Buffalo 6
Pat Misch didn’t exactly make a strong case for returning to the big leagues, surrendering 8 runs on 13 hits through 5 innings. Jose De La Torre did come in with 2 scoreless innings. His ERA is under 1, just like Taylor Tankersley who also pitched a scoreless inning. After having his hitting streak snapped, Kirk Nieuwenhuis went hitless again, but did draw 2 walks. Ruben Tejada had 4 hits from the leadoff spot, coming a double shy of the cycle. Fernando Martinez had 2 hits and 3 RBI’s and has performed well since returning from injury. Ronny Paulino also had 2 hits, including a double, in what should be his final minor league game being his season debut in the big leagues.
Portland 12, Binghamton 5
After a great start and getting a lot of love from experts, Robert Carson had a rough outing, giving up 8 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits through 3 innings. Carson walked 3 and gave up a pair of home runs. John Lujan, Manny Alvarez, and Erik Turgeon all gave up home runs as well. Roy Merritt did pitch a shutout inning, but he was the only one. The B-Mets offense did put up 5 runs on 10 hits, but that wasn’t even close to enough. Eastern League player of the week Josh Satin had 2 hits while playing first base, as did Michael Fisher and Carlos Guzman. The B-Mets just can’t seem to put it all together.
Bradenton 6, St. Lucie 4 5 innings
It turns out Matt Harvey is human, getting it hard for the first time this year. He last only 4.1 innings, giving up 6 runs (4 earned) on 9 hits, as his ERA skyrocketed to 1.37. Eric Beaulac finished up the 5th, but the game got called soon after that due to some lovely Florida weather. The Mets did manage 4 runs on 4 hits before the game was called, with Matt Den Dekker getting 2 of those hits, including a triple. Pedro Zapata hit a 2-run homerun, his first of the year.
Delmarva 8, Savannah 3
Chase Huchingson bounced back with a solid effort giving up 2 earned runs in 6 innings while striking out 4. After being impressive for much of April, Gabriel Zaval was horrible, giving up 5 runs on 7 hits in the 8th inning, after the Gnats came back to tie the game in the top half of the inning. The Gnats didn’t help their pitchers, committing 4 errors in the field, and only scoring 3 runs, all of which came of an Aderlin Rodriguez homerun, but all 3 were unearned. Wilfredo Tovar and Cory Vaughn had 2 hits each, and Robbie Shields added a double.
3 comments
stickguy
4/29/2011-10:22am at 10:22 am (UTC -4)
time to insert the usual “if he can just stay on the field for a couple of months straight and play like this he could be ready to come up” caveat for Martinez, right?
actually, this time it is probably true, in case Beltran goes down (or bye bye). Unless somehow he gets passed by Kirk, who has to overcome not being on the 40 man yet (he isn’t, is he?)
could be an interesting race. Hopefully one of them is ready to step in next year. Heck, both can, if Kirk can handle CF!
Bryan
4/29/2011-6:38pm at 6:38 pm (UTC -4)
No Kirk isn’t on the 40 man roster, and interestingly, I believe FMart is out of options after this year so if he doesn’t make the team out of spring next year he has to pass through waivers.
metsfan4decades
4/29/2011-1:34pm at 1:34 pm (UTC -4)
I keep forgetting about Fmart.
Not a good night for the starters, I see