Mets Daily Prospect Report: 4/23/15, Savannah and some stinkers

*All results from games played on Wednesday, April 22^nd, 2015

Triple-A - Las Vegas 51's (6-8)_______________________________________

RENO 6, LAS VEGAS 3 (Box)

Given the impressive pitching staff and line-up with a few interesting names, I was not expecting the 51s to struggle out of the box as they have been. But, here we are, with Wally Backman's club under .500 by two games.

• 2B Dilson Herrera: 0-4; There goes that hitting streak
• CF Darrell Ceciliani: 2-4, R, 2B, RBI
• SS Matt Reynolds: 1-4, K
• C Johnny Monell: 1-3, R, HR (2), BB, 2 RBI
• LF Alex Castellanos: 0-4, 3 K, SB (1)
• 1B Brandon Allen: 0-4, K
• RF Travis Taijeron: 0-3, 2 K
• 3B Wilfredo Tovar: 1-3, R, K
• PH Matt Bowman: 0-1; He's still no Bartolo Colon
• PH Cory Vaughn: 0-1, K
• RHP Tyler Pill: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR
• RHP Zach Thornton: 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Scott Rice: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Cody Satterwhite: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, WP
• RHP John Church: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K

Double-A - Binghamton Mets (8-5)_____________________________________

POSTPONED (RAIN)

Advanced-A - St. Lucie Mets (7-7)_____________________________________

JUPITER 8, ST. LUCIE 2 (Box)

Kevin McGowan had a game that he'll want to forget- you can't do much worse than having a 7 Game Score. The Hammerheads tagged the Franklin Pierce University product for eight runs on eleven hits in just four innings. Ricky Knapp took over for McGowan and was actually pretty good, allowing just one hit in five innings of work, but the hole that St. Lucie's starter had dug for them early just proved to be too deep. Asides for a 1^st inning run that the team scratched out, they were only able to score one more run.

• CF Champ Stuart: 1-4
• 2B Jeff McNeil: 2-3, R, 2B, 3B, BB, E (1)
• LF Michael Conforto: 1-4, RBI
• RF Maikis De La Cruz: 0-4, K
• 1B Matt Oberste: 1-3, R, HBP
• SS Amed Rosario: 1-4, 2B
• 3B Jhoan Urena: 0-3, BB
• C Colton Plaia: 0-3, BB, K, RBI
• DH Victor Cruzado: 0-3, 3 K
• RHP Kevin McGowan: 4 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, WP
• RHP Ricky Knapp: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K

Low-A - Savannah Sand Gnats (5-7)__________________________________

SAVANNAH 9, ROME 5 (Box)

Corey Oswalt did not have his best stuff, but he still won his second game of the season thanks to a Sang Gnat offense that was cranking on all cylinders. The Gnats jumped out on top early, scoring four runs in the bottom of the 2^nd off of Rome starter Max Povse. The Braves evened the game at 4-4 in the top of the 4^th, but Savannah answered those four runs with four more of their own, this time against reliever Sean Furney. Tyler Moore began the inning with a double, his first hit of the year, and Jean Rodriguez did the heavy lifting, blasting a triple to deep right-center with bases loaded to plate three runs. Both teams scored once again in the 6^th, Rome plating one more run off of Oswalt and the Sand Gnats against Dustin Emmons.

• SS Luis Guillorme: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• CF John Mora: 2-5, R, RBI
• RF Wuilmer Becerra: 1-4, 3B, BB, 2 K
• DH Jon Leroux: 1-5, R, 2 K
• 1B Stefan Sabol: 2-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, K
• 2B Jean Rodriguez: 2-5, R, 3B, K, 4 RBI, E (1)
• LF Patrick Biondi: 2-4, R, BB, K, RBI, SB (3), CS (2)
• 3B Pedro Perez: 1-4, R
• C Tyler Moore: 1-3, R, 2B, BB, K
• RHP Corey Oswalt: 5.2 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, WP
• LHP Alberto Baldonado: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K
• RHP Cameron Griffin: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K

Star of the Night

Rickey Knapp

Goat of the Night

Kevin McGowan