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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:20:17 EDT 2003
NEW YORK METS ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
NORFOLK... OF TSUYOSHI SHINJO singled and scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Tides over Charlotte, 3-2, August 23. Shinjo reached on an infield hit to start the eighth and eventually raced home when Arnaldo Munoz uncorked a wild pitch, snapping a 2-2 tie. C JOE DEPASTINO finished with two hits and an RBI...
RHP JASON MIDDLEBROOK allowed two runs or fewer in three consecutive starts August 15-27 (18 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO), going 1-1....
BINGHAMTON... One night after being crushed by Trenton, 20-4, the Mets came back with a 9-1 triumph. RHP DAVID MATTOX tossed eight scoreless innings of six-hit ball, striking out four batters for his eighth win. C MIKE JACOBS collected three hits, including a pair of doubles, and three RBI...
2B VICTOR DIAZ hit safely in 14 straight games (25-57, 2 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 1 SB) August 13-27, raising his average from .330 to .368...
C MIKE JACOBS hit .545 (12-22, 5 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI) in five games August 21-25 and also hit a pair of home runs (3-4, 5 RBI) on August 25 in an 8-4 win at New Britain....
LUCIE... RHP JOSELO DIAZ fanned 11 batters over five innings (2 R, 2 H) in a 7-4 win over Brevard County August 24...
RHP HAROLD ECKERT allowed two runs and six hits over five innings of relief to pick up a 6-2 win over the Manatees August 26. Eckert came on to relieve RHP WAYNE OUGH, who worked three perfect innings. Ough, who pitched the first seven innings of a no-hitter on May 9, has allowed just 83 hits in 101 2/3 innings this season, going 7-5 with a 2.92 ERA...
LHP BLAKE MCGINLEY did not allow a run in 13 games July 11-August 23 (21 IP, 11 H, 8 BB, 22 SO), going 3-0 with three saves...
RHP MATT PETERSON went 6-0 with a 1.48 ERA in seven games June 28-August 27 (42.2 IP, 24 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 16 BB, 35 SO)...
The Mets, who were 41-24 through August 27, clinched the second-half title for in the East Division....
CAPITAL CITY... 2B ANDREW SALVO had three hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, in a 4-3 win over Hickory August 23...
LHP ROSS PEEPLES went 0-3 with a 7.04 ERA in nine games July 16-August 25 (30.2 IP, 45 H, 26 R, 24 ER, 8 BB, 25 SO)...
2B MATT GALANTE went 0-for-12 in four games August 22-25....
KINGSPORT... LHP EVAN MACLANE struck out 11 batters over seven scoreless innings in an 8-2 victory over Bristol August 22...
On August 21, OF SETH PIETSCH singled in the game-winning run in the top of the 10th inning to propel the Mets past Bristol, 4-3...
RHP MATTHEW MIRAMONTES lost three straight starts August 13-25 (12.1 IP, 14 H, 16 R, 14 ER, 9 BB, 7 SO)....
BROOKLYN... RHP MATTHEW LINDSTROM allowed six runs, five hits and two walks while retiring just one batter in an 11-5 loss against New Jersey August 25...
1B IAN BLADERGROEN hit .360 (18-50, 2 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI) in 13 games August 14-27. Through that time, he was tied for fourth in the league in hits (76)...
RHP RAFAEL CASTRO did not allow a run in six games August 3-23 (14.2 IP, 6 H, 4 BB, 17 SO), going 1-0....
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