Las Vegas won their second game in a row against the Albuquerque Isotopes, 7-2. There will be a Recap later tonight. Gavin Cecchini and T.J. Rivera hit home runs.
Binghamton Mets (7-9) Vs Portland Sea Dogs 6:35 PM ET
- CF Kyle Johnson
- RF Maikis De La Cruz
- SS Derrik Gibson
- 1B Dominic Smith
- DH Matt Oberste
- LF Victor Cruzado
- 2B L.J. Mazzilli
- C Xorge Carrillo
- 3B Phillip Evans
Starting Pitcher: LHP Andrew Barbosa
Game Notes: Binghamton hosts Portland in game 2 of a 3 game series, Andrew Barbosa (0-0, 5.40 ERA) makes his second start for the B’Mets against Teddy Stankiewicz (0-0, 1.00). Stankiewicz was the Mets unsigned 2012 second round draft pick. Dom Smith is hitting .300 with 5 extra-base hits over the last 10 games…Victor Cruzado has homered in back to back games… Logan Taylor struck out 3 in 2 innings of relief, reported hitting 96 on the gun, and Beck Wheeler picked up his first save since April 12, 2015
Writer’s note: The Binghamton defense is in need of a real SS, if anyone knows of a qualified player, preferably a prospect who offers offensive upside as well, contact the Mets FO.
St. Lucie Mets (11-7) at Charlotte Stone Crabs 6:35 PM ET
- Champ Stuart CF
- Luis Guillorme 2B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Michael Katz 1B
- John Mora LF
- Tomas Nido C
- Wuilmer Becerra DH
- Jhoan Urena 3B
- Patrick Biondi RF
Starting Pitcher: Josh Prevost (1-1, 3.52)
Game Notes: St. Lucie team travels to Charlotte to take on the Stone Crabs. Josh Prevost (1-1, 3.52 ERA) takes the mound for the Mets, facing Greg Harris (2-1, 1.06). Amed Rosario leads the league in triples with 4 and TB with 38…Wuilmer Becerra is hitting .367 since his return…Jhoan Urena is hitting .346 in his last 7 games…Kevin McGowan has allowed 2 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs, and struck out 14 in his last 9.2 innings while earning 2 saves
You can read the series preview here
Roster Move: C Brandon Brosher added to St. Lucie, C Lednier Ricardo transferred to Brooklyn
Columbia Fireflies (10-8) vs. Lexington Legends 7:05 PM ET
Audio, Gameday
- Tucker Tharp RF
- Vinny Siena 2B
- David Thompson 3B
- Dash Winningham 1B
- Jeffrey Diehl DH
- Joe Tuschak LF
- J.C. Rodriguez SS
- Tyler Moore C
- Ivan Wilson CF
Starting Pitcher: RHP Chase Ingram
Game Notes: Columbia hosts the Royals farm team the Lexington Legends, with Chase Ingram (1-1, 2.81) taking on Nolan Watson (0-1, 10.97).Vinny Siena takes his 18 game on base streak against a Legends pitching staff that has struggled…David Thompson is the co-leader in RBI with 18….Dash Winningham the MMN Offensive Player of the week is now hitting 300 on the season.
You can read Al Rabon’s MMN debut in the series preview here
No coverage tonight?
Phone died. Getting setup.
But Mora tripledriving in Katz, Nido followed with a double of his own
2-0 good guys bottom of second
RBI Triple by Mora and RBI double by Nido give St. Lucie a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning.
Andrew Barbosa has thrown 3 perfect innings with 4 K’s for Binghamton in a scoreless game.
Mora is becoming a serious prospect for the Mets.
Scoreless and Bingy have a habit of going together.
B-Mets put a run on the board in the 3rd inning on a ground out by Xorge Carrillo.
very interesting to see how St.Lucie uses Brosher.
Barbosa now has 4 scoreless innings with 6 k’s for Binghamton.
Fireflies game is scoreless in the 2nd inning.
Oh they moved him up to St Lucie…didnt he start in Columbia?
I agree, the upside isn’t high but he is a good all-around player that could be a solid 4th outfielder.
JC Rodriguez hits a two-run homer in the 2nd inning for Columbia to give them a 2-0 lead.
Barbosa with 5 scoreless now for Binghamton, allowed only one hit. Remember who praised him first.
is that the 6’7″ guy they signed out of independent ball?
Yes, looking great tonight. That changeup is sooo good.
Fireflies winning 2-0 in the 3rd inning, Ingram throwing the ball well again. Nice curve tonight.
Barbosa pitches out of jam in the 6th for Binghamton. Game is still 1-0 B-Mets despite them only having one hit.
Ivan Wilson hits his second home run of the year for Columbia! Solo shot followed by a blast from Tucker Tharp.
Gameday screwed the pooch on this one. Actually gave up two.runs in the inning.
St.Lucie down 4-3 after Charlotte scored 4 in the 4th off Prevost.
No he hasn’t played yet this year.
Barbosa K’s the side in the 7th for Binghamton, now has 10 on the night.
Binghamton headed to the 8th tied at 2. Smith is 1 for 3 with a single.
Great outing by Barbosa ends after 7.1 innings, allowed two runs on three hits. Struck out 10 and walked only one.
Prevost has now retired 7 straight, St.Lucie still trails 4-3 headed to the 7th.
Smith starting to heat up.
If memory serves me, I believe he started slow last April too.
Rosario hits his third homer of the season, two-run shot that gives St.Lucie a 5-4 lead!
Yes he was awful last April.
Fireflies score 5 more in the fourth inning as they are now winning 11-1 over Charlotte.
Ivan Wilson coming out of the game for Columbia in the 5th, hopefully not injury related.
Two-out RBI single for Dominic Smith in the 8th inning for Binghamton gives them a 3-2 lead.
SS of the future
I like Smith…he will put up a good year in AA.
Amed Rosario is on fire! Two-run triple, he is a double short of the cycle and has 4 RBI.
PROMOAT
BMETS win 3-2, Akeel Morris gets the win on the same night he gets his ring.
He is a guy who struggled…hopefully he is ready to turn the corner.
He was also injured last April