Plenty of wins last night, at least from A-ball on down. A former Met bested the Bisons, a future Met went yard for the second straight game, and there were plenty of good pitching performances from both starters and relievers, it’s just a shame one of those didn’t come from the top prospect in action last night. Let’s have a look:
Scranton W/B 6, Buffalo 4
This game featured a pitching matchup between John Maine and Jeurys Familia. Familia gave up a 4-spot in the 1st inning, but rebounded and ended up lasting 6 innings, giving up 5 runs on 10 hits, but with no walks and 7 strikeouts. Meanwhile, John Maine picked up the win giving up 2 unearned runs over 6 innings, although he had 3 wild pitches, which was more than Familia’s 2. Ryota Igarashi got the save for the Yankees. Josh Satin, Lucas Duda, and Val Pascucci all had doubles, but other than that the Bisons offense struggled to get going.
Portland 4, Binghamton 3
Gonzalez Germen lasted 7.2 innings, striking out 7, but he let up 4 runs on 9 hits, including 2 homers. Juan Lagares and Eric Campbell had 2 hits each. Wilmer Flores was 1 for 4 and homered for the second straight day.
St. Lucie 6, Charlotte 5
Jacob DeGrom lasted 5.2 innings, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits and striking out 3. He got the win after Adrian Rosario, Taylor Whitenton, and Adam Kolarek combined for the final 3.1 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned). Darrell Ceciliani was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Cory Vaughn hit his 22nd homerun of the year. Cesar Puello was 1 for 3 with a double, as he played centerfield, moving Alonzo Harris over to left field.
Savannah 6, Rome 2
Jimmy Fuller struck out 5 and gave up 2 runs over 3 innings. Carlos Vazquez picked up the win after 4 shutout innings out of the bullpen. Cam Maron led the offensive charge going 2 for 3 with 2 walks, a homer, and 4 RBI’s. Yucarybert De La Cruz was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 runs scored.
Staten Island 5, Brooklyn 1
Luis Mateo threw 7 shutout innings, allowing just 5 hits and a walk while striking out 6, but Craig Hansen let him down, allowing 4 runs without recording an out. The Cyclones had 7 hits and they were all singles. Kevin Plawecki had the only RBI for Brooklyn, but he also struck out 3 times.
Kingsport 7, Bluefield 4
Andrew Massie started and gave up 4 runs in 4 innings, but the K-Mets bullpen was sharp was led the way to victory. Juan Urbina threw 3 scoreless frames, allowing 2 walks and no hits while striking out 5. Matt Budgell followed with 2 shutout innings with 2 strikeouts. Urbina ended up with the win and Budgell the save. Catcher Tomas Nido was 2 for 2 with a 2-run homer. Jonathan Leroux also homered. Yeixon Ruiz was 3 for 4 with a double. Joe Tuschak and Branden Kaupe both hit a triple.
4 comments
Stickguy
8/25/2012-9:47am at 9:47 am (UTC -4)
starting to get real interested in Maron. Cross your fingers that in a couple of years, between him an Pawlewskiiii they might have some young catching talent to actually build around.
and pet peeve of the day time. Control (or lack of same) does not always mean walks. It means puting the ball where you want it.
so sometimes walks are semi-intentional (say there is only 1 real bat in the lineup, and they pitch around him 3 times for a BB). Then maybe pitching around the 8 hole hitter with 2 outs, man on 2nd. Stuff like that.
Often times, you can see a line like Familias, and get excited about no walks. But if that was because he was chucking it down the middle (leading to more hits), that is not exhibiting control.
I remember reading someplace (and Greg maddux is in my head related to it) that the idea was to never actually throw a ball in the strike zone, but rather to get batters to swing at ones out of it. Something like that.
being able to paint corners, and keeping the ball away from guys that can really hurt you, is the true measure of control, even if it might mean 2-3 walks in a game.
also one reason I like WHIP. it really points out the guys that aren’t good at minimizing walks, or hits!
Bryan
8/25/2012-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
I see your point about control. If you can throw strikes early in the count and get ahead your goal should be to expand the strike zone and get guys to swing at bad pitches out of the zone. Familia may be just chucking it down the middle at times, but do you think he could strike out 7 guys on pure stuff throwing it down the middle? He did have two wild pitches, so I’m not sure if he was just grooving it down the middle.
Maron is definitely one to keep an eye on, but he’s kind of in the same mold as Josh Thole, so I’m not sure he’s a guy who can be the number 1 catcher on a playoff caliber team. Plawecki will be interesting to watch next year to see how fast he progresses and how he handles the pitching once he gets out of the NYPL.
Sylow59
8/25/2012-10:20am at 10:20 am (UTC -4)
Maron has a 10% CS rate this year (8 CS 70 SB) and has DH’d 1/3 of his games. May not stick at catcher. Interesting bat though.
srt
8/25/2012-12:02pm at 12:02 pm (UTC -4)
At least some Mets are hitting the ball – even though it’s the farm guys. The big club certainly is not.