Minors Report 8/20 (Niese)

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New Orleans finally got a win over Iowa, 9-5. John Niese was not sharp but improved his AAA record to 4-1. A rehabbing Ryan Church went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk, playing seven innings in RF. Eddie Kunz pitched a scoreless ninth for the Zephyrs...


Jesus Feliciano - 1 for 4, 2B (20), R, .310
Andy Green - 3 for 4, HR (4), 2B, 2 R, 5 RBI (28), .309
Ryan Church - 1 for 3, 2B, RBI
Mike Nickeas - 0 for 3, RBI (16)
Abraham Nunez - 1 for 3, HR (4), 2 R, 2 RBI (28)


John Niese - 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Eddie Kunz - 1 IP, 1 H


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Binghamton got a great outing from Jose Sanchez, then held on to beat New Hampshire, 3-2. Sanchez went eight scoreless, allowing five hits with no walks and five K's. The 24 year old righty has quietly had a good season for the B-Mets, going 13-6 with a 3.77 ERA and 105:42 K:BB ratio. Not so hot is Fernando Martinez, who went 0 for 3 with a walk. He's currently mired in an 8 for 38 slump...


Luis Castillo - 2 for 4, RBI, .250
Mike Carp - 0 for 3, BB, R
Caleb Stewart - 2 for 4, 2B (25), R, RBI (49)
Ambiorix Concepcion - 1 for 4, RBI (50)
Jose Coronado - 1 for 3, 2B (21), R


Jose Sanchez - 8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K


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St. Lucie and Savannah are off...



The National League All-Stars rallied in the bottom of the ninth to beat the AL in New York-Penn League All Star Game, 4-3. Brad Holt pitched a perfect third, striking out two and walking one. Yury Santana, who I'm assuming replaced an unavailable Chris Schwinden (6.2 IP yesterday), worked a perfect seventh...



Brad Holt - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Yury Santana - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K, 0 BB



All Star Box


Bad defense and a shoddy bullpen doomed Kingsport in a 10-7 loss to Burlington. Brandon Moore (14th Round, 2008) went four scoreless in his first professional start. Wilmer Flores was 3 for 4 with a double and two RBI. Kyle Suire (35th Round, 2008) added two hits and two RBI of his own, including his seventh HR of the season...


Rafael Fernandez - 1 for 5, R
Kyle Suire - 2 for 5, HR (7), 2B (15), 2 R, 2 RBI (31)
Wilmer Flores - 3 for 4, 2B, R, 2 RBI (40), .332
Dock Doyle - 1 for 2, 2 BB, R, .311
Gabriel Zavala - 0 for 3, RBI (18)


Brandon Moore - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 0.00


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The GCL Mets and the entire GCL were rained out...



Olympics:


Brandon Knight had a much better outing in his second start for Team USA, getting the win in a 4-2 victory over Chinese Taipei. Knight went 6.1 innings, allowing just one earned while walking two and striking out one.


ESPN - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - Baseball - Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) vs United States of America