Las Vegas (18-16) vs Oklahoma City (20-13) 8:05 PM ET
- Dilson Herrera 2B
- Ty Kelly LF
- T.J. Rivera 1B
- Johnny Monell C
- Travis Taijeron RF
- Matt Reynolds SS
- Roger Bernadina CF
- Daniel Muno
- Rafael Montero
Starting Pitcher: Rafael Montero (2-1, 4.94)
Game Notes: Dilson Herrera hit two home runs including a grand slam, but it was not enough to overcome El Paso, who took the Friday finale 12-10…T.J. Rivera raised his average to .324 with two hits and three RBI…Montero comes off his best outing of the season, when he struck out six over 5.2 scoreless innings on Monday…Montero endured his worst start against El Paso on May 4, allowing seven runs in four innings…Brandon Nimmo picked up two hits in last night’s loss…He is now hitting .320 (8-25) over his last six games…The 51s will face LHP Julio Urias tonight…He was named as the number two prospect in all of baseball by MLB.com this year…Seth Lugo gets the start on Sunday.
Binghamton won game two of their doubleheader 7-3. Dominic Smith hit his fourth homer and knocked in three. They dropped the first game 13-2.
St. Lucie (19-15) vs Fort Myers (20-15) 6:30 PM ET
- Champ Stuart CF
- Luis Guillorme 2B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Kevin Taylor DH
- Wuilmer Becerra DH
- Michael Katz 1B
- John Mora LF
- Lednier Ricardo C
- Jhoan Urena 3B
Starting Pitcher: Chris Flexen (2-4, 4.54)
Game Notes: Amed Rosario‘s third inning RBI single gave the Mets the lead for good as they topped Fort Myers 3-1…It was Rosario’s 25 RBI of the year, good for first in the Florida State League…Flexen picked up his second win of the season in his last start, although it wasn’t pretty…He scattered eight hits and five runs (four earned) over six innings…Flexen has worked into the sixth inning in all six of his starts this year…Rosario has a hit in 10 of his last 12 games, a period where he’s hitting .317 (13-41).
Columbia (18-16) vs Asheville (16-16) 7:05 PM ET
- Kevin Kaczmarski RF
- Vinny Siena 2B
- Jean Rodriguez 3B
- Dash Winningham DH
- Jeffrey Diehl 1B
- Milton Ramos SS
- Ivan Wilson CF
- Jose Garcia C
- Vicente Lupo LF
Starting Pitcher: Tyler Badamo (1-2, 4.08)
Game Notes: Dash Winningham hit his first home run of the season but the Fireflies lost for the second straight night on Friday 3-2…Columbia got the tying run to second base in the ninth inning but could not score…Badamo will look to build on his last start, in which he struck out four over four scoreless innings…Kevin Canelon allowed all three runs over seven innings last night, lowering his ERA to 3.27, the second best mark on Columbia’s starting staff…David Thompson picked up his seventh multi-hit game on Friday.
John Mora with his homer of the year, two-run shot for St.Lucie.
Thompson was in the initial Columbia lineup but is not playing.
Talked to Dom Smith today and should have the interview up soon, good kid that realizes he still has some maturing to do.
Nimmo sitting against a lefty again because it’s important to get Bernadina at bats vs lefties.
Very important.
Kevin McGowan with three scoreless innings of relief for St. Lucie. They are tied at 2 in the 7th. He needs to be in Bingo soon.
Montero outdueling Urias right now. Has three hitless inning with four strikeouts for the 51s.
Ramos with two more hits tonight, starting to heat up thankfully.
Peterson strikes out 3 in the 9th inning. Another guy that could help the B-Mets bullpen.
Awesome!