Zakarin: Minors Recap 4/18
New Orleans (AAA): 5-2 loss to Iowa
LHP Adam Bostick took the tough luck loss, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks in 7.1 innings pitched. RHP Tim McNab gave up a run in the eighth, while RHP Ivan Maldonado let up a run on two hits and a walk in the ninth.
No prospect did anything of note with the bat Friday, with 35-year old 3B Shawn Wooten providing the highlight, going 2-for-4 with a homer. C Gustavo Molina was also 2-for-4 on the night.
Binghamton (AA): 9-3 loss to Portland
RHP Jake Ruckle was tagged for six runs on eight hits and two walks in just four innings. RHP Sal Aguilar surrendered two runs on four hits and three walks in three innings.
OF Fernando Martinez was 1-for-3 with a sacrifice, a double, a run and an RBI, and Danny Murphy, back at 3B, was 1-for-2 with a sacrifice, double, HBP and an RBI. DH Mike Carp went 1-for-4, and 1B Nick Evans had his second straight hitless night, going 0-for-4.
St. Lucie (A+): 8-5 loss to Vero Beach
LHP Eric Niesen had a strange stat line for the night, allowing two runs on five hits in four innings, walking three and fanning seven. Wantagh native Nick Abel took the loss by letting up three runs on three hits and a walk in just one frame.
Facing a certain former St. Lucie Met named S. Kazmir, the Mets scored one run against the most famous Met to never pitch a game for the team. Overall on the night, SS Ruben Tejada and OF Ezequiel Carrera were both 1-for-4 with a run, with Carrera tripling and Tejada driving in a run. 3B Levi Ventura had a two run homer in a 1-for-4 night, while 1B Lucas Duda was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
Savannah (A-): 3-1 loss to Rome
LHP Angel Calero pitched well despite getting tagged with the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits in five innings. He walked just one and struck out eight.
2B Greg Veloz, batting out of the leadoff spot, was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI, 3B Richie Lucas was 1-for-4 with a double, and 23-year old catcher Jordan Abruzzo continues to mash, putting up a 2-for-4 night with a double to put his average at .500 in six games.
