Mets Minor League Baseball Blog

Brandon Nall gave up three tenth inning runs and he ruined Tobi Stoner’s St. Lucie debut.  Stoner continued his solid season with a nice start.  He gave up just two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts in seven innings. 

Jose Castro was the hitting star in the 5-2 loss.  He went three for four with an RBI.

Pitching went out the windown in St. Lucie’s 12-11 loss to Lakeland in eleven innings.  St. Lucie took a 10-1 lead into the seventh inning and the pitchers gave up nine runs in the final three frames, including four in the ninth, to send the game into extra frames.  Then St. Lucie scored a run in the eleventh but gave up two in the bottom half of the inning to take the loss.  Brandon Nall took the loss and he not only gave up the tying run in the ninth, but he also gave up the two runs in the eleventh.

There were plenty of hitting stars but Daniel Murphy was a notch above the rest.  He went four for six with a double, three RBIs and two runs.

Dustin Martin singled home Jamar Hill in the bottom of the ninth to win it for St. Lucie in their 5-4 win over Vero Beach.  To get to that point, they got a couple of big homeruns.  Both Joshua Petersen and Sean Henry went yard and each had nice days that plate in the win.

Brandon Nall picked up the win with two shutout innings of relief.  He struck out two and gave up two hits.

St. Lucie came from behind to beat Dunedin 3-2 and Ambiorix Concepcion led the way at the plate.  He went two for four with a double and he drove two of the three Mets runs. 

Jonathan Niese threw five solid frames and he gave up just one run in his start but he didn’t pick up the win.  Brandon Nall improved to 1-0 and he struck out one in two shutout innings.