Mets Minor League Blog Report 9-8-08
Toby Hyde
Final Records
Over the weekend, the Brooklyn Cyclones completed the New York Penn League regular season. So here are the final 2008 records for each affiliate:
|
Team |
Wins |
Losses |
PCT |
|
DSL |
44 |
27 |
.620 |
|
Brooklyn |
45 |
30 |
.600 |
|
Kingsport |
34 |
32 |
.515 |
|
Binghamton |
73 |
69 |
.514 |
|
GCL Mets |
27 |
27 |
.500 |
|
New Orleans |
66 |
75 |
.468 |
|
Savannah |
61 |
76 |
.445 |
|
St. Lucie |
53 |
81 |
.396 |
|
VSL |
26 |
42 |
.382 |
Overall: 429-459
Lancaster JetHawks
Sunday afternoon, I had the privilege to call a very entertaining minor league playoff game. The Lancaster JetHawks, the #1 seed in the California League’s Southern Division, entered the game down 1-0 in the best-of-five series to the Lake Elsinore Storm. With the first two at home, if the upper seed had fallen behind 0-2, they’d be in big trouble.
So the JetHawks raced out to a 5-0 lead with a five-run first. The Storm chipped away to trail 5-4 going to the ninth and then scored twice to take a 6-5 lead. Lancaster used a two-base wild pitch and bouncing ball single (off a rock hard and very fast infield baked under the California sun all summer) over a drawn-in infield to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Then the real fun started. With one out in the top of the tenth, the Storm right fielder hit a ball that would have been a two run homer but for a fantastic leaping catch by the league’s batting champion, Daniel Nava. I can’t remember the last time I saw such a theft in a minor league game.
Then in the bottom of the inning, Kris Negron, who failed to get a bunt down in the ninth, drilled a walk-off homer. Both the catch and the bomb are attached.
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