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Asheville 5, Savannah 4 Tom Murphy smacked a two-run home run in the seventh inning as Asheville fought back from its third deficit of the night to defeat the Savannah Sand Gnats 5-4 Monday night. Murphy connected on his 18th homer of the season. Savannah (59-43, 16-17 second half)

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Brooklyn 4, Hudson Valley 0 The hottest team in the New York Penn League continued their winning ways on Monday, as the Cyclones defeated Hudson Valley, 4-0. The Cyclones currently have the longest active winning streak in the NYPL at five. Carlos Valdez was superb in his six innings of work

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While the story about how Jordany Valdespin was told about his demotion to Triple-A Las Vegas is a little foggy, his play with the 51s has been anything but that. He’s been white-hot since he was inserted into the lineup by manager Wally Backman. He earns this week’s MMN

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Noah Syndergaard continues to show he can handle the competition up in Double-A. While at the MLB Futures Game earlier this month, the tall right-hander said he had two personal goals this season: to make it to the Futures Game and get promoted to Double-A by the end of

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Lucas Duda, who has been on the shelf with an intercostal strain, is making a forward step in his rehab assignment, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York: Lucas Duda’s rehab assignment moving from Gulf Coast League to Class A St. Lucie tonight. #mets — Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinESPN)

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Las Vegas 51s The 51s used a 6-1 week against Reno and Sacramento to build up their first place lead to two games over the River Cats. Wally Backman has done a great job keeping his club focused while transactions change the roster on almost a daily basis. The

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Bradley Marquez, a 16th round selection for the New York Mets in the 2011 MLB draft, is leaving the Kingsport Mets in order to head back and play football at Texas Tech this fall. This is something Marquez has been able to do for a couple years now, as

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As of 9:00am EST today, here are today’s Mets minor league starting pitchers: Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s, 8:05pm EST TBD vs. Matt Fox (4-3, 4.79 ERA) Sacramento River Cats @ Las Vegas 51s, immediately after TBD vs. D.J. Mitchell (5-4, 7.52 ERA) PCL League Scoreboard The

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Lakeland 3, St. Lucie 0 Michael Fulmer was a tough luck loser in St. Lucie’s 3-0 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers. While Fulmer wasn’t at his best, he escaped numerous jams and held the Tigers to only one run in 6.1 innings. In the first inning, Fulmer allowed

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What would the prospect time machine would be if we didn’t go back and look at one of the best pitchers the Mets have ever produced? This week’s article will shed the spotlight on former Mets ace and 1986 Wold Series champion, Dwight Gooden. A native of Tampa, Florida,

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