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MMN Recap: Kilome Solid Again for Binghamton

By Michael Mayer

August 24, 2018 No comments

Salt Lake (67-62) 8, Las Vegas (63-66) 6 Box Score

Catcher Colton Plaia and third baseman Christian Colon each homered in the game.

Veteran lefty Ian Krol has allowed only two earned runs in his last 10 appearances (15.1 innings).

Hartford (60-66) 2, Binghamton (60-69) 1 Box Score

Mazeika homered for the second straight day and he has walked (36) more times than he has struck out (33) this season. Andres Gimenez had an off day.

  • RHP Franklyn Kilome (0-2, 3.07) 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
  • LHP David Roseboom (2.23) IP, 0 H, 0 R, K
  • RHP Stephen Villines (3.38) 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Kilome has a 3.07 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and has held opponents to a .223 average since coming from the Phillies in the trade for Asdrubal Cabrera. Important to note he has 33 strikeouts compared to only nine walks in 29.1 innings for Binghamton. Villines now has 87 strikeouts and only 12 walks in 60.2 innings across three levels this year.

Tampa (64-65) 8, St. Lucie (51-74) 2 Box Score

David Wright had the night off and Jay Bruce was expected to be traveling to join the Mets.

  • LHP Blake Taylor (1-8, 5.59) 3.2 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 6 BB, 4 K
  • RHP Carlos Herandez (1.59) 2.1 IP, H, 0 R, BB, 2 K

Columbia (58-64) 8, Asheville (58-68) 6 Box Score

Moreno is hitting .326 with seven stolen bases in his last 10 games though he does have 15 strikeouts in that span. Manea has a .840 OPS in 43 second half games and now has 10 homers for the season.

  • RHP Zac Grotz (3-5, 5.00) 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K

Connecticut (26-35) 7, Brooklyn (34-30) 2 Box Score

The Cyclones offense had only five hits and two walks on the night. They’re three games out of first place after losing four straight games.

Smith, Mets 2018 7th rounder, has a 0.79 ERA, 0.75 WHIP and 26 strikeouts in 22.2 innings to begin his pro career.

Kingsport (32-30) 15, Bristol (29-33) 7 Box Score

Kelenic was hit by a pitch after homering earlier in the game. Benches cleared, there was a heated exchange between managers and both were eventually ejected. The Bristol pitcher was also ejected. Kelenic is now 15 for 16 in stolen base attempts as a pro. Kelenic has four straight multi-hit game and is slashing .415/.483/.642 over his last 13 games.

All-Star second baseman Luis Santana was out again after getting hit by a pitch on Monday.

Leon was the only Kingsport pitcher not to allow a run on the night. The Mets are three games out of first place.

GCL Marlins (23-30) 10, GCL Mets (23-30) 9 Box Score

Cristopher Pujols knocked in four of the Mets nine runs.

Santos, recently turned 17, is 6’8” and has not allowed a run in five GCL innings since promotion from DSL. He has a 2.52 ERA overall in his first pro season over 50 innings.

DSL Yankees (27-42) 8, DSL Mets1 (45-25) 5 Box Score

Catcher Juan Loyo had a big game with three hits including his first homer of the season.

The 18-year-old Escorcha has allowed only 33 hits in 57.1 innings this year and has struck out 63 in that span.

DSL Mets2 (32-37) 3, DSL Rangers (49-21) 0 Box Score

The Mets scored three runs despite only six hits and none with runners in scoring position.