It was a fantastic, if not rainy, day for the Big Four minor league teams. Three of the four teams picked up the win while Savannah's game was suspended until today. The rundown:
In Buffalo, the Bisons picked up the win 6-3 after trailing for a good part of the game. Pat Misch put out a pretty solid effort in the start for Buffalo. He went six innings, gave up seven hits, one walk, two earned and struck out two to pick up the win. In the top of seventh and traling by two, Buffalo plated Jorge Padilla on a wild pitch to close it to 2-1. Five batters later, after the Bisons loaded the bases up on two walks and a HBP, catch J.R. House drove two in with a double to make it 3-1. In the next inning, Val Pascucci put the game away with a three run homer to make it 6-1. A more than one hour rain delay came during the ninth inning, but Pettyjohn came on to close it out with no problems. House and Jorge Padilla both finished with two hits and a double while Pascucci was 1-3 with two runs scored and the homer. Fernando Martinez added a 1-4 day of his own.
In Binghamton, the Mets finished off their sweep of Akron by defeating the Aeros 8-5. As mentioned yesterday, Mejia was pulled after 1+ and 43 pitches with right shoulder stiffness. According to the Mets, it was only precautionary. Chris Schwinden did a great job relieving Mejia, going five innings and giving up only four hits, two runs (one earned), no walks and striking out three. The offense was the key, though. The Mets saw four different hitters notch two hits, including a two hit and two run performance from Raul Reyes, a two hit and two RBI showing from D.J. Wabick, as well as two hits and an RBI apiece for Luis Hernandez and Salomon Manriquez. Sean Ratliff and Brahaim Maldonado added a solo homer each on the day to cap the win.
In St. Lucie, the Mets dispatched the Jupiter Hammerheads 7-3 behind solid pitching from Familia and solid offense from their 5-8 hitters. Familia went 6.1, giving up four hits, four walks, three earned and striking out five. The bullpen finished by going 2.2 superb innings, allowing only one hit and striking out two. On the offensive side, St. Lucie's number five hitter, Wilmer Flores, went 4-5 on the day with a run scored and an RBI. Their six hitter, Juan Lagares, went 3-5 with a run scored and two RBIs. Their seventh hitter, Joey August, went 2-5 with a run scored and an RBI. And their eighth hitter, Rich Lucas, went 1-3 with a triple and two RBIs.
In Savannah, the Gnats were trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning before the game was suspended due to rain. It will be resumed today at 5:05 PM.
Down On The Farm - 6/27/10
