Nashville Sounds 5 vs Las Vegas 51s (24-21) 3 F/12
The 51s lost their third game in a row against the Triple-A Affiliate from the Oakland Athletics 5-3. The Nashville Sounds scored two in the top of the twelfth to beat the 51s.
The Sounds got the scoring started in the fourth against Rafael Montero. Andrew Lambo singled to lead off the inning, two batters later Matt Olson hit a double moving Lambo to third with one out. Montero intentionally walked designated hitter Rangel Ravelo to load the bases with one out. Jaycob Brugman came to bat with the bases loaded, one out and he singled to center field. Lambo scored but, Brandon Nimmo threw out Olson trying to score to help Montero limit the damage to only one run in the fourth.
The 51s got the run right back thanks to a Travis Taijeron solo homerun in the bottom of the fourth. It was Taijeron his seventh home run and his 32nd RBI of the season.
The run in the fourth was all the runs Montero allowed in six innings. Montero his control was off as he allowed five walks but just three hits, while striking out three. He did not factor in the decision as he lowered his ERA to 3.98 for the season.
The Sounds got the lead in the eighth against Josh Smoker who pitched two innings allowing two hits and one walk, while striking out three. One of the two hits he allowed was a solo homerun from Lambo to give the Sounds the 2-1 lead.
Again the 51s scored in the bottom of the frame. Niuman Romero singled to lead off the eighth, Kyle Johnson hit in a force out and Dilson Herrera singled to put runners on first and second with one out. With Nimmo batting the 51s tried to pull out a double steal but, Dilson Herrera was thrown out at second for the second out. After Nimmo walked, T.J. Rivera drove in Johnson with a RBI Single. The 51s got the lead after Sounds pitcher Patrick Schuster balked in a run.
On to the top of the ninth with Paul Sewald going for his eight save of the season. Sewald struck out three in the ninth but allowed the tying run to score. Brugman doubled with one out and former Mets minor leaguer Josh Rodriguez singled, moving Brugman to third. Sewald got the second out on the strikeout but, a wild pitch scored the tying run with two out in the ninth. The 51s could not score after a lead off walk in the ninth as the game went to extra’s.
In the tenth, Josh Edgin got in some trouble allowing two hits and a walk. A double play and a strikeout helped Edgin to a scoreless inning. Edgin has not allowed a run in 7.2 innings in Triple-A this year.
Zack Thornton pitched the twelfth and allowed two unearned runs to score. Max Muncy reached on a fielding error from Marc Krauss and stole second with nobody out. Two batters later third baseman Ryon Healy drove in the go ahead run with a RBI Double. The Sounds added another run when Healy scored on a Ravelo RBI hit to make it 5-3.
In the bottom of the twelfth Brandon Nimmo walked for the fourth time but was thrown out trying to steal to end the game. Nimmo had his ten-game hitting snapped despite the fours walks. He has a .300/.385/.444 slash line for the season.
Kyle Johnson went 3-5 with his first double in Triple-A. He is batting .333 in three Triple-A games this season.
Richmond Flying Squirrels 11 vs. Binghamton Mets (18-26) 2
The Binghamton Mets lost their second game in a row against the San Francisco Giants Double-A Affiliate 11-2.
Rainy Lara got the start for Binghamton and dropped to 2-5 on the season. Lara went just four innings allowing three runs on five hits. He walked one and did not record a strikeout.
Richmond scored a run in the second. Rando Moreno hit a RBI Single for a 1-0 lead. In the third Richmond added two more on a two-run homerun from Austin Slater to make it 3-0.
The Binghamton Mets got a run back in the bottom of the fourth. Jared King walked, L.J. Mazzilli singled and Phillip Evans drove in King with a RBI Single to make it 3-1.
Logan Taylor pitched two innings in relief after Lara departed. Taylor allowed a solo home run to Slater (his second of the game) but nothing more to go with two strikeouts.
In the seventh Tim Peterson came in to make his Double-A season debut but it did not go the way he wanted too. He allowed three hits, one walk and a wild pitch to let three runs cross home plate in the seventh. He started the eight and allowed four hits and three runs before he departed with two outs in the eight. He allowed seven hits, six runs in 1.2 innings pitched.
Luis Mateo got the final out in the eighth. In the ninth, he got two outs before allowing a run on three straight singles. Binghamton scored a run in the ninth when Evans singled and moved to third after a Stefan Sabol double. Evans scored on a Victor Cruzado RBI single to put the final score on the board 11-2.
The Binghamton Mets had eleven hits total. Cruzado and Evans both had a 3 for 4 day. Evans is batting .407 in his last ten games and has a .318/.318/.386 slash line for the season. Wilmer Flores went hitless in five at bats playing nine innings at first. L.J. Mazzilli had a 2 for 3 game as he is batting .237/.323/.295 on the season.
St. Lucie Mets (24-21) 2 vs. Charlotte Stone Crabs 1
The St. Lucie Mets evened the series against the Class-A Advantaged Affiliate from the Tampa Bay Rays as St. Lucie beat the Stone Crabs 2-1.
After Josh Prevost pitched a perfect first the St. Lucie Mets scored in the first without recording a hit. Champ Stuart walked to lead off the inning and later stole second. Luis Guillorme sacrificed Stuart over to third with a bunt. After Amed Rosario walked, Kevin Taylor hit a RBI ground out to make it 1-0 St. Lucie.
The Stone Crabs tied it in the seventh against Josh Prevost. After back -to-back base hits to start the seventh and a sac bunt to put runners on second and third with one out Prevost faced Wilmer Dominguez who drove in a run with a sac fly.
Prevost went seven innings allowing just one run on eight hits, while walking two and striking out five. He improved to 3-5 with a 4.69 ERA. In his last two starts, Prevost went six innings or more allowing just one earned run per start.
St. Lucie got the lead right back in the bottom of the seventh. Patrick Biondi and Lednier Ricardo walked to start the inning. A passed ball moved the runners to second and third with nobody out. After Urena struck out, Biondi scored on a wild pitch to give the St. Lucie Mets a 2-1 lead.
Mike Hepple pitched a perfect eighth in his first game since being send down. Corey Taylor allowed a lead off hit, but he induced a double play ball and got the final batter to fly out for his fifth save of the season. Taylor has a 1.02 ERA in 17.1 innings pitched.
The St. Lucie Mets scored their two runs without a hit. They managed to get only four hits total. Patrick Biondi went 2 for 2 with a walk. Ricardo and Guillorme both had a hit. Wuilmer Becerra went 0-4 with three strikeouts lowering his average to .353. Amed Rosario went 0-3 with a walk lowering his average to .301 for the season.
Columbia Fireflies (24-22) 7 vs Augusta GreenJackets 4
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