The New York Mets have selected the contract of Buffalo Bisons LHP Casey Fossum. To make roster room, the Mets designated RHP Nelson Figueroa for assignment. Fossum will join the Mets bullpen on Tuesday when the club opens a 3-game series in St. Louis.
The Buffalo Bisons were beaten for the seventh straight game on Sunday afternoon, 7-1 by the Syracuse Chiefs. The slide equals the longest of 2008 (6/30-7/6) and the Bisons spiral to a 1-10 record. In the loss, Ken Takahashi had two scoreless innings of relief while at the plate, Fernando Martinez and Robinson Cancel had multi-hit performances.
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TODAY’S GAME: Today, the Buffalo Bisons take on Syracuse Chiefs in the third game of a four-game series from Alliance Bank Stadium (2:00 p.m.). The Bisons need to win the next two to earn a series split after a pair of wins by the Chiefs, 3-1, 6-3. The Herd is also looking to end a six-game losing streak that began in Monday in Buffalo. After this four-game series, the Bisons will play two in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before returning home on Friday, April 24.
K MEN: Bisons pitchers have found the strikeout pitch so far this series. LHP Casey Fossum fanned a Bisons season-high nine on Friday night. RHP Brandon Knight fell one K shy when he punched out eight batters on Saturday. Knight leads the Bisons’ staff with 15 strikeouts while the whole group tops the International League with 92 strikeouts over the first 10 games.
COOP BACK IN THE LOOP: Activated yesterday, OF Jason Cooper added to a couple of his Bisons’ Modern Era statistics. It was Coops’ 411th game with the Bisons, extending the record he broke with the club last year. His double in the 9th inning was his 82nd with Buffalo. He is now just 8 doubles behind Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Selby in that category.
F-MART: OF Fernando Martinez saw his most recent hit streak end at five games yesterday. F-Mart was held to 0-4 after hitting .348 (8-23) with four doubles and a home run in his five previous games. Martinez’s six doubles and eight-extra base hits (6 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homerun) still top all players in the International League.
AT THE TOP: OF Jesus Feliciano collected is 3 for 8 (.375) in the first two games of this series against the Chiefs. In five games since being moved to the lead-off spot, Feliciano has hit .364 (8-22) with a double, 2RBI and two runs scored. On the season, Feliciano’s .306 batting average leads the Bisons. Last year, he topped New Orleans’ (AAA) team with a .308 batting average.
ON THE CHARTS: LHP Casey Fossum has posted a 0.82ERA over his first two starts. His ERA is T5th lowest in the International League. With his eight strikeouts yesterday, RHP Brandon Knight (15) is now ranked T4th in the IL.
Brandon Knight followed Casey Fossum’s nine strikeout performance on Friday with an eight strikeout start Saturday but the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, couldn’t capitalize, falling to the Syracuse Chiefs 5-1 Saturday afternoon.
Jason Cooper saw his first action as a Bison this season and doubled in his final trip to the plate.
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COOP BACK IN THE LOOP: The Bisons’ Modern Era leader in games played, OF Jason Cooper has been activated to the team. Coops’ 410 games played are 10 more than Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer, Tom Prince. Cooper also ranks in the top 10 in virtually every offense category, including RBI (2nd – 212), doubles (2nd – 81), triples (T2nd – 19) and homeruns (6th – 49).
ROSTER MOVE: Just prior to last night’s game, the New York Mets purchased the contract of C Omir Santos. The catcher started three games for Buffalo and hit .231 (3-13) with a walk and a run scored.
F-MART: OF Fernando Martinez extended his hit streak to a Bisons’ season-high five games yesterday. Martinez has hit .348 (8-23) with four doubles and a home run since Monday. Martinez’s eight-extra base hits on the year (6 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homerun) are two more than any other player in the entire International League.
AT THE TOP: OF Jesus Feliciano collected two more hits in last night’s loss to the Chiefs. In four games since being moved to the lead-off spot, Feliciano has hit .368 (7-19) with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. On the season, Feliciano’s .303 batting average leads the Bisons. Last year, the outfielder topped New Orleans’ (AAA) team with a .308 batting average.
SPEED WORK: INF Argenis Reyes stole a pair of bases last night to give him a team-high three on the season. As a team, the Bisons are now 6 of 8 stealing bases this year, good for a 75% success rate. In 2008, that Bisons had just three two-steal performances by a player. The Herd also stole and International League-low 59 bases in 2008.
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