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Most of you already know that I was very high on the Dominic Smith pick from the start — and I knew that he would take a little time to adjust to pitching in the pros. However, he’s been on a recent hot streak that bears mentioning because it’s

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Well, Luis Cessa was placed on the 7-Day DL for Savannah with a “right shin contusion.” However, Cessa had just touched 117.0 innings pitched on the year, so we might not see that much more of him this year. This organization tends to allow around 30.0 innings or so

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Binghamton 4, Reading 3 The Binghamton Mets broke a tie game in the eighth inning and hung on to defeat the Reading Fightin Phils, 4-3, on Wednesday at FirstEnergy Stadium. One night removed from blowing a one-read lead in the ninth, B-Mets closer Jeff Walters stranded two in the

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Rome 3, Savannah 2 Right fielder Felix Marte, the Rome Braves’ No. 9 batter, drove in two runs and had two of the team’s nine hits Wednesday night in a 3-2 victory over the Savannah Sand Gnats. The offensive woes continued for Savannah (68-49 overall, 25-23 second half of

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St. Lucie 4, Fort Myers 3 After a brutal performance in his previous starts, Domingo Tapia rebounded last night in St. Lucie’s 4-3 victory over the Fort Myers Miracle.  Tapia surrendered only one earned run off three hits and three walks in in five innings pitched.  Tapia yielded an

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Las Vegas 8, New Orleans 1 Lucas Duda went 3-for-3 with two RBIs today for the Las Vegas 51s in an 8-1 victory against visiting New Orleans at Cashman Field. Las Vegas (67-56) scored twice in the first inning on run-scoring doubles from Duda and Eric Campbell to take

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Who’s Hot: Travis d’Arnaud C, Las Vegas: It’s been disappointing season for d’Arnaud because he’s missed significant time due to a broken foot, but d’Arnaud has been terrific since returning from the DL. This week, he’s hitting .400/.571 /.800 with one home run and three RBI in 20 AB’s. The

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Rome 2, Savannah 1 Savannah got another excellent outing from starter Gabriel Ynoa Tuesday night, but the Sand Gnat offense didn’t offer much support in a 2-1 loss to Rome. Ynoa had another solid performance — allowing just one run in six innings of work. He struck out four

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St. Lucie 5, Fort Myers 4 Remember when the Mets’ list of catching prospects included such underwhelming names like Jason Phillips and Vance Wilson? That group from the early to mid-2000s hardly made an impact following the departure of Mike Piazza, forcing the parent club to shuffle between veteran

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Reading 7, Binghamton 6 The Reading Fightin Phils scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, including the game-winner on a wild pitch by Jeff Walters, to beat the Binghamton Mets, 7-6, on Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Stadium. The B-Mets overcame an early deficit with a two-out,

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