NASHVILLE 2, LAS VEGAS 1: Starter Darin Gorski allowed two runs in four innings, including a third-inning sacrifice fly by ex-Met Jason Pridie. The 51s pulled within 2-1 when Matt Reynolds singled and scored on Brandon Allen's sacrifice fly in the fourth. Las Vegas had Reynolds on third base with two outs in the sixth, but former Mets farmhand Jim Fuller entered and struck out Allen to end the threat. That began a stretch of 10 straight batters retired by Nashville pitchers to end the game. Logan Verrett contributed three scoreless relief innings in the loss. Box
ALTOONA 2, BINGHAMTON 1: The B-Mets failed to score after Josh Rodriguez’s first-inning homer and went hitless in their final 15 at-bats. Three Curve pitchers handcuffed Binghamton’s depleted lineup, which was without promoted Michael Conforto and Yeixon Ruiz because of travel delays from Florida. Altoona plated the tiebreaking run in the seventh against rehabbing Bobby Parnell. Rodriguez, returning to Altoona after playing with the Curve in 2011, put the B-Mets on the board with a homer against Angel Sanchez. It was Rodriguez's Eastern League-leading 10th long ball. Altoona struck back in the third against Michael Fulmer. Adam Frazier poked a leadoff double down the left-field line and came home two batters later when Josh Bell delivered an RBI single. Fulmer capped his start with three scoreless innings, saving his most critical pitches for his final frame. After surrendering a leadoff triple to Willy Garcia in the sixth, Fulmer registered three straight outs, stranding the go-ahead run. The Curve broke the tie with a two-out rally against Parnell in the seventh. Frazier walked and stole second. Max Moroff followed with an RBI single. Box
ST. LUCIE 6, LAKELAND 3: With two outs and the bases empty in the third, the Mets exploded for six runs on six hits and a walk in the frame. Kevin McGowan won his third straight start. He allowed three runs (one earned) in 5 1/3 innings. Appearing for the first time since Sunday, Akeel Morris recorded a six-out save. Morris struck out three and got Jiwan James to ground out as the tying run to end the game. Leading 2-0, all appeared to be going well for Flying Tigers starter Kevin Ziomek in the third. He struck out Phillip Evans and got a groundout from Jeff Glenn to begin the frame. However, Champ Stuart and Jeff McNeil singled and Maikis De La Cruz walked to load the bases. Matt Oberste then ripped a three-run double for a 3-2 lead. Dominic Smith doubled to plate Oberste and make it 4-2. It was the 10th double in 13 games for Smith. He extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Amed Rosario singled to plate Smith. Rosario advanced to second as the throw back to the infield was mishandled by third baseman Tyler Hanover. Stefan Sabol, promoted from Savannah to fill the void created by Michael Conforto's promotion to Binghamton, socked an RBI single for a 6-2 lead. Sabol finished 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI in his St. Lucie debut. Mike Hepple contributed 1 2/3 scoreless innings before turning the game over to Morris. McNeil collected two more hits to improve his Florida State League-leading average to .355. Box
SAVANNAH 10, CHARLESTON 6: Wuilmer Becerra went 4-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Tomas Nido had three hits and also drove in three runs. Box
Compiled with team reports.
