Minors Report 4/6 (Vargas/Niese)

[SI Metman]

3 St Lucie pitchers combined for the 4-0 shutout over Vero Beach. Nick Evans solo shot in the 7th broke the scoreless tie.

Jose Castro 2-3
Nick Evans 2-4, HR (1) 2 RBI
Dan Murphy 1-4, SB (1)
Drew Butera 2-2, 2 2B
Bobby Malek 1-4
Yasmil Bucce 1-4, RBI
Sean Henry 1-4

Jonathan Niese 5 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 3 K
Jacob Ruckle 3 IP 4 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K Win (1-0)
Eddie Camacho 1 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K

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Binghamton was once again snowed/frozen out in Akron. They'll try and play two tomorrow afternoon

[SI Metman]

Savannah loses again to Asheville 6-3.

Hector Pellot 1-3
Greg Velloz 1-4
Juan Lagares 2-4, 2B RBI
Francisco Pena 0-4
Leivi Ventura 3-4, RBI

Josh Stinson 4 IP 5 H 3 ER 2 BB 2 K Loss (0-1)
Matt Durkin 3.1 IP 2 H 3 R 1 ER 2 BB 1 K
David Koons 1.2 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K

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New Orleans in a close one in the 9th. They also play in the central time zone which means they'll almost always be last in this feature. Recap on them later. on edit: Jon Adkins solves that problem

[SI Metman]

Jon Adkins gave up 1 in the 8th and a leadoff homer in the 9th to hand New Orleans a 4-3 loss in Nashville. Vargas was economical through 6 with 65 pitches.

Anderson Hernandez 2-4
Carlos Gomez 2-4, 2B RBI SB (2)
Ben Johnson 1-4, RBI
Ricky Ledee 1-4
Fernando Tatis 1-4, RBI

Jason Vargas 6 IP 6 H 2 ER 0 BB 4 K
Steve Schmoll 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Jon Adkins 1 IP 3 H 2 ER 0 BB 1 K Loss (0-1)

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[No.1]

Not bad by Vargas and Schmoll...Adkins is becoming a broken record

[mets84]

vargas, niese... good to see them doing well...