Mets Daily Farm Report - 6/20/13: The Bats Can't, Won't, Don't Stop

*All results from games played on Tuesday, June 18^th, 2013*

AAA - Las Vegas 51s (37-34)__________________________________

LAS VEGAS 8, TUCSON 4 (Box)

Matt Fox and Sean O'Sullivan traded zeroes for the first handful of innings, but the 51s broke through in the top of the 4^th, scoring four runs on a few walks and a few hits. Las Vegas scored another three runs in the top of the 6^th, and they came just in time, as Fox inevitably blew up, allowing two home runs and giving up four runs of his own in the bottom of the inning. The Las Vegas lead was padded enough that Tucson's four run inning didn't do much to change the momentum of the game.

• RF Mike Baxter: 0-4, R, BB, K
• 1B Ike Davis: 2-2, 2 R, 2B, 3 BB
• 2B Wilmer Flores: 2-5, 2 R, 3B, 2 K
• 3B Zach Lutz: 1-3, 2 R, 2B, 2 BB, RBI
• LF Eric Campbell: 2-4, R, 2B, 4 RBI, SB (6)
• RHP Matt Fox: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, WP, HBP

AA - Binghamton Mets (43-27)_____________________________________

GAME ONE

BINGHAMTON 2, RICHMOND 3 / 8 (Box)

The B-Mets started out the day with a loss, falling to the Flying Squirrels in eight innings. Richmond got on the board first, scoring a run in the bottom of the 2^nd, but their lead wouldn't last very long, as Allan Dykstra clobbered his 11^th home run of the season in the top of the 3^rd to put Binghamton up 2-1. Erik Goeddel was relatively decent in his start, limiting Richmond to that 2^nd inning run in his five innings of work. John Church was brought in to relieve Goeddel in the 6^th, and gave up the lead, allowing two line drives and a sac fly to tie the game. In the bottom of the 8^th, Chase Huchingson ran into some difficulty, as the Joe Panik walk he issued to start the inning eventually turned into the winning run. Of note, Cesar Puello returned to the line-up and did not show any particular negative effects of his injury, swatting a double, his 12^th on the season.

• 2B Danny Muno: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K, SB (9)
• RF Cesar Puello: 1-4, R, 2B
• 1B Allan Dykstra: 1-4, R, K, 2 RBI, HR (11)
• LF Travis Taijeron: 0-4, K
• CF Darrell Ceciliani: 1-4, K
• SS Wilfredo Tovar: 0-1, 2 BB
• RHP Erik Goeddel: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, E (1), WP, HBP
• REHAB ALERT LHP Pedro Feliciano: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

GAME TWO

BINGHAMTON 8, RICHMOND 1 / 7 (Box)

Game two of the double dip made up the game postponed Tuesday night. Perhaps angered by the fact that they lost game one, the B-Mets came roaring out of the gate, putting up four runs in the 1^st inning. With the offense clicking on all cylinders, Darin Gorski didn't worry about being too fine, and could simply "pitch to the score". The left-hander struck out seven batters and walked three in the first five innings, contributing to a high pitch count and early exit, but was otherwise very good, scattering three hits and allowing only a single run. The B-Mets scattered a few more runs- one in the 2^nd, one in the 4^th, and another two in the 6^th- but relievers Ryan Fraser and Adam Kolarek held Richmond scoreless in their two innings of work, making all those extra runs an unnecessary nicety.

• CF Alonzo Harris: 1-4, R, SB (14)
• 2B Josh Rodriguez: 1-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
• RF Cesar Puello: 3-3, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI, HBP
• 1B Allan Dykstra: 2-3, 2 R, 2B, BB, 3 RBI, HR (12)
• LF Travis Taijeron: 0-4, K
• 3B Richard Lucas: 1-3, BB, K, 2 RBI
• SS Wilfredo Tovar: 1-4
• LHP Darin Gorski: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K

ROSTER ALERT

#BMets roster move: LHP Jim Fuller transferred from St. Lucie to Binghamton.

— Lynn Worthy (@PSBLynn) June 19, 2013

The 26-year-old lefty has quietly been enjoying a successful season with the St. Lucie Mets (mitigated by his age and level of competition, of course). In 32 innings (16 appearances), he sports a sterling 0.84 ERA, 4.2 hits per nine innings, and 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings. The lone blemish is his walk rate, which stands at an unsightly 4.5 batters per nine innings.

Hi-A - St. Lucie Mets (37-30)________________________________________

CHARLOTTE 4, ST. LUCIE 5 (Box)

Rainy Lara didn't have his best stuff, but he pitched well enough to get the win, as St. Lucie just barely hung on to add another notch in the win column. Things started out shaky for Lara, as he allowed a two-run home run to third baseman Richie Shaffer right out of the gate in the 1^st inning, but he settled down and threw five acceptable innings, allowing just one more earned run. After holding St. Lucie to two walks, Stone Crab starter Ryan Carpenter completely lost it in the 5^th, giving up three earned runs and two unearned runs. Robbie Shields started out the inning with a solo homer, and St. Lucie went hog wild, batting around in the inning. In the top of the 7^th, reliever Carlos Vazquez gave up a homer to centerfielder Kes Carter, making it a 5-4 game, but Chasen Bradford and T.J. Chism hung on in the 8^th and 9^th to shut the door and win the team's fourth game in a row.

• 2B T.J. Rivera: 1-4, K, RBI
• SS Matt Reynolds: 0-2, BB, K, HBP
• 3B Dustin Lawley: 2-4, RBI
• 1B Robbie Shields: 2-4, R, K, RBI, HR (2)
• DH Cam Maron: 1-4, R, 2 K
• C Albert Cordero: 1-4, R, K
• LF Gilbert Gomez: 2-3, R, BB, RBI, CS (5)
• RHP Rainy Lara: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, WP
• REHAB ALERT - CF Matt den Dekker: 0-3, K, RBI
• For anyone wondering about the whereabouts of Aderlin Rodriguez, who has not appeared since June 12th, he's been on the seven-day DL with an undisclosed injury and is eligible to come off any day now.

Lo-A - Savannah Sand Gnats (43-26)__________________________________

NO GAME (ALL-STAR BREAK)

With the first half of the season already in the books, Savannah looks to start the second half on the right foot, starting a four game series against the Lexington Legends. The Sand Gnats won six in a row before the All-Star break, and will look to continue those winning ways.

Short-A - Brooklyn Cyclones (0-1)___________________________________

BROOKLYN 1, STATEN ISLAND 5 (Box)

The Cyclones continue to start the 2013 season on the wrong foot, dropping their second game to the Staten Island Yankees. Miller Diaz started for Brooklyn, and while he didn't pitch too poorly, the defense behind him let him down, as Staten Island scored three unearned runs. The two runs that Diaz allowed in the 2^nd were all on him, but in the 3^rd, left fielder Eris Peguero committed a fielding error that allowed two men to score on that play, and a third to score one batter later. Had that error not happened, there is no guarantee that Brooklyn might have won the game, as they only managed to score two runs in total, one in the 6^th inning off of Stefan Lopez and one in the 9^th inning off of Kelvin Castro. But, the error did happen, the runs did score, and Brooklyn did lose.

• 2B L.J. Mazzilli: 1-4, R, 2B
• SS Gavin Cecchini: 0-4, K
• 1B Matthew Oberste: 3-4, R, K, 2 RBI, HR (1)
• CF James Roche: 0-3, 3 K
• C Tomas Nido: 0-3
• RHP Miller Diaz: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 4 K

2013 Amazin' Avenue Mets Top 50 Prospect Rankings

The streaking Dykstra is hitting .433/.581/.867 in his last ten games, while Eddie Kunz was released by the Padres in March and is currently unemployed by a baseball team. (PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Donovan)

Star of the Night

Split over two games of course, but Allan Dykstra went 3-7 with three runs scored, five RBI, a walk, a double, and two home runs, his 11^th and 12^th on the season. With Ike Davis working his problems out in AAA-Vegas, advancement opportunities for the 26-year-old San Diego native are limited for the time being

Goat of the Night

Eris Peguero's fielding error opened the door for Staten Island to tack on a bunch of unearned runs, runs that eventually turned out to be the difference in the game. Mr. Peguero is not starting things out on the right foot.

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