Zakarin: Minors Recap 4/12
New Orleans (AAA): 9-0 win over Round Rock
RHP Brian Stokes tossed seven innings of shutout baseball, allowing only three hits and a walk while striking out five. RHP Duaner Sanchez, pitching in back to back days for the first time this season, threw a shutout eighth inning.
SS Anderson Hernandez was 1-for-5 with a triple, a run scored and 3 RBI. 1B Michel Abreu was held hitless, but walked three times and scored a run. 3B Fernando Tatis was 2-for-4 with a homer and a walk, while RF Jose Feliciano finished 2-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI.
Binghamton (AA): 11-10 win over Erie
RHP Jake Ruckle was effective, tossing six innings and allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and no walks, with a strikeout. RHP Eddie Kunz had his first rough outing of the year, allowing three hits on three hits and two walks before finally closing the door in the ninth.
Another huge night offensively for the middle of the B-Met order. 1B Mike Carp continued his season long mash fest, upping his average to .474 by going 4-for-5 with a double, his team leading fourth homerun of the season, and three RBI. 3B Danny Murphy, 3-for-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI, finished the night matching Carp with a .474 average. Not far behind is DH Nick Evans, who is now at .444 after he “only” went 2-for-5 with a triple, run scored and two driven in. OF Fernando Martinez was 1-for-4 with a walk and run scored.
St. Lucie (A+): 11-6 loss to Jupiter
RHP Eric Niesen, a 2007 draftee out of Wake Forest, took the loss, allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits and two walks in five innings pitched.
1B Lucas Duda now has five hits in his last eight at bats after a 3-for-4 night. The USC product drew two walks, scored a run and drove in another. SS Ruben Tejada was 1-for-5 with two runs scored, and 2B Hector Pellot finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
Savannah (A-): 9-2 loss to Columbia
LHP Nathan Vineyard, a supplemental first round pick in last June’s draft, had his second rough outing in as many starts, getting pegged for nine runs on seven hits and four walks in just four innings pitched.
A light night offensively, Richie Lucas, another ’07 draftee, started at DH and went 1-for-4 with a double, while C Francisco Pena was 1-for-4. 3B Jake Eigsti drove in both Sand Gnat runs with an eighth inning homer.
