First year Mets general manager, SandyAlderson, took in his first Bisons game Wedneday night.  Prior to his post-game promotion of infielder Josh Satin, he took questions from the Buffalo media. 

The conversation covers a wide range of topics from Major League rehabs, Bisons in the big leagues, the job of the club’s staff and Tim Teufel as well as the Mets/Bisons partnership moving ahead:

After the game Bisons broadcaster, Ben Wagner talked with the newest New York Mets infielder, Josh Satin:

Read more about the Bisons and Josh Satin’s promotion via bisons.com

A round of applause roared in the Bisons clubhouse after Wednesday’s game.

It was for 26-year old Josh Satin, who learned he will be a major league rookie on Thursday. With the major league rosters expanding on Thursday, September 1st, there’s room in New York for infielder Josh Satin.

Bisons manager Tim Teufel said postgame on Wednesday that Satin will be promoted to the Mets on September 1st. Satin will join former Bisons pitcher Josh Stinson in the first round of call-ups to the major leagues.

It’s the first time in the big leagues for Satin, who is having a breakout season in the Mets organization. New York’s 25th round pick in the 2007 draft has combined to hit .323 (156-483) with 42 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 76RBI in 132 games between Double-A Binghamton and the Bisons.

With the Herd, Satin hit in 31 of his 38 games.

One miscue was all Syracuse needed on Wednesday night.
A third-inning Bisons’ error helped the Chiefs plate two of their three runs in a 3-1 victory over the Herd from Coca-Cola Field. The defeat, their 11th of the season to Syracuse, snapped Buffalo’s three-game win streak.

The error turned into two unearned runs for southpaw Mark Cohoon, who pitched well but fell in defeat.

With the game scoreless, Bisons second baseman Luis Hernandez threw wide of the base while attempting to turn a doubleplay. Instead of two out, there were two on for the Chiefs and both baserunners came around to score.

The Bisons lone run was scored in the sixth inning as Jesus Feliciano pulled a home run down the right field line. The blast was the veteran’s 370th hit of his Bisons career, tying him with Greg Tubbs for second most in the modern era (Bill Selby, 378).

Maybe the most intriguing play of the night occurred two batters after Feliciano’s home run. Catcher Raul Chavez smoked a liner off the glove of shortstop Seth Bynum. Bynum retrieved the ball, but threw wild to first base. As the ball rolled to the Bisons dugout, home plate umpire John Conrad ruled that pitching coach Ricky Bones interfered with the play. Although he was credited with a base hit, Chavez was ruled out.

The Chiefs bullpen made the lead stand up. Josh Wilkie, the fifth of five Syracuse relievers, pitched the ninth inning for his 15th save of the season.

Cohoon allowed just won earned run in 6.1 innings of work but suffered the loss.

Buffalo wraps up the home portion of the 2011 schedule on Thursday night with Fan Appreciation Night at 6:05 p.m. against the Chiefs.
BISONS NOTES: Just prior to the game, the Bisons activated outfielder Mike Baxter and placed infielder Zach Lutz on the disabled list…After going hitless in back-to-back games for the first time as a Bison, Josh Satin went 2-4 with a double…The Bisons need a win on Thursday to finish the season with an even 36-36 record at Coca-Cola Field.

Wednesday, August 30, 2011 (7:05 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet HD 713

Buffalo Bisons (60-76, 5th(-16.5), North)
LHP Mark Cohoon (4-9, 6.37)

Syracuse Chiefs (63-71, 4th(-12.5), North)
LHP Tom Milone (11-6, 3.33)

TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons host the Syracuse Chiefs in the first game of a two-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). The Herd began its final homestand of the season with a two-game sweep of the Rochester Red Wings. After tomorrow’s home finale, the Herd will end the season with five games in four days on the road.

VS. THE CHIEFS: The Bisons are 4-10 against the Chiefs this season. This series will be the fourth two-game set between Buffalo and Syracuse at Coca-Cola Field this season. The clubs split a pair April 7-8 to open the season and August 10-11. The Chiefs swept two from the Herd in Buffalo, July 2-3.

ON THE BUMP: LHP MARK COHOON will make his 17th start of the season tonight. The southpaw has posted a 2.70ERA in two starts against the Chiefs this year. Cohoon allowed just one earned run in five innings of a no-decision on July 2. He then gave up two runs in five more frames against in Syracuse on August 9.

SPIN CONTROL: INF JORDANY VALDESPIN used a lead-off home run on Monday night to extend his hit streak to eight games. Since August 22, the Triple-A rookie has averaged .406 (13-32) with four doubles, a home run, four RBI and four runs scored. In his 20 games since joining the Herd on August 10, Valdespin has averaged .289 with nine RBI.

HIT KING: OF JESUS FELICIANO is the first Bisons player in the modern era to collect three consecutive 100+ hit seasons. With 101 knocks this year, the outfielder now has 369 total hits in his Bisons career. That total is 3rd most in the modern era, just one behind Greg Tubbs and nine shy of Bill Selby’s modern era record of 378.

BISONS BITS: RHP DALE THAYER has 21 saves on the year after closing all three of the Bisons’ three-game win streak. The last Bisons pitcher to earn a save on three straight days was RHP Bubbie Buzachero, August 28-30, 2008…INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI is tied with Gwinnett’s Stefan Gartrell for the International League lead with 91RBI on the season.

METS UPDATE: The Mets (64-69) were shut out by the Marlins last night, 6-0. New York had six singles, including two each from 3B DAVID WRIGHT and C JOSH THOLE. New York hosts Florida again tonight at 7:10 p.m. LHP CHRIS CAPUANO gets the start, his first since a 13-strikeout complete game on August 26 against Atlanta.

Home runs from Triple-A rookies Jordany Valdespinand Raul Reyes helped the Bisonsdefeat the Red Wings, 6-5, on Monday night at Coca-Cola Field.

Salomon Manriquez added a three-run double and Chris Schwinden picked up his eighth win of the season as Buffalo completed the two-game sweep of their closest rival.

Valdespin got the team going right away, taking Eric Hacker’s first pitch of the night and depositing it into the Bully Hill Party Deck. The blast was Valdespin’ssecond of the season and quickly extended his hit streak to eight games.

In the second inning, Manriquezemptied the bases when he doubled down the left field line. Josh Satin, Luis Hernandez and Bubba Bell all scored on the play to give Buffalo a 4-1 advantage.

After Rochester rallied to tie the game at four, Reyes led off the fifth inning with a massive home run. A much needed insurance run -and eventual game-winning run- came across in the sixth inning when Hernandez tripled and scored on a sac fly from pinch hitter Luis Figueroa.

Schwinden earned the victory to improve to 8-7 on the year. The righty struck out six and allowed four runs in six innings of work.

Dale Thayer worked the ninth inning for the third consecutive night to earn his 21st save of the season.

BISONS NOTES: The Mets announced that outfielder Mike Baxter has been optioned to the Bisons to make room for the activation of Jose Reyes to the big league club…The Bisonsare now 37-34 in games decided by two runs or less this year.

Monday, August 29, 2011 (7:05 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet HD 713
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com

Buffalo Bisons (59-76, 5th(-17.5), North)
RHP Chris Schwinden (7-7, 3.86)

Rochester Red Wings (50-87, 6th(-27.5), North)
RHP Eric Hacker (7-12, 5.74)

TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons host the Rochester Red Wings in the second game of a two-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:05 p.m.). The Herd is looking for the sweep after defeating its rival last night, 3-1. The Bisons have won two straight and are an even 13-13 for the month of August.  Buffalo has just three home games left in the 2011 season.

VS. THE WINGS: The Bisons clinched the season-series victory over the Red Wings with their win last night. Buffalo is 9-6 against Rochester this season. Last night’s victory was the Herd’s fifth straight over the Wings at Coca-Cola Field. The Bisons are 20-11 against Rochester since the start of 2010.

SCHWING AND MISS: RHP CHRIS SCHWINDEN takes the ball for his team-high 25th start of the season. He is the 16th Bisons pitcher in the modern era to make 25 starts for the team in one season. The Triple-A rookie has 123 strikeouts on the year, the fourth most by a Bisons pitcher. Schwinden can pull into the top three with seven more punchouts, trailing RHP Mike York’s 130 strikeouts in 1990. Schwinden also leads the Bisons with a 3.86ERA.

Mr. VP: INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI slugged his 21st homer of the season last night. He now has 91RBI on the season, tied with Gwinnett’s Stefan Gartrell for the most in the IL. The last Bisons player to lead a league in RBI was OF Nigel Wilson, who led the American Association with 95 in 1996. Pascucci’s 91RBI this year are already the 6th most for a Bisons player in the modern era.

SPIN CONTROL: INF JORDANY VALDESPIN brings a seven-game hit streak into tonight’s game. Since August 22, the Triple-A rookie has averaged .429 (12-28) with four doubles, three RBI and three runs scored. He has also stolen two bases during the streak.

BISONS BITS: OF JESUS FELICIANO has become the first Bisons player in the modern era to collect three consecutive 100 hit seasons. The outfielder is now 10 hits shy of Bill Selby’s modern era record total of 378…RHP DALE THAYER earned his 20th save last night. He’s the fifth Bisons pitcher in the modern era to reach that single-season milestone…LHP MIKE O’CONNOR is 3-0 with nine strikeouts and 10.1 scoreless innings against Rochester this year.

METS UPDATE: The Mets (63-68) hope they’ll get back to baseball this evening. New York will host Florida with a 7:10 p.m. first pitch from Citi Field. The Mets were postponed both games this weekend because of Hurricane Irene.

Two veterans were in their usual form for the Bisons on Sunday night. Each helped the club to a 3-1 win over the rival Rochester Red Wings at Coca-Cola Field.

Pat Misch scattered six hits over seven solid innings and Valentino Pascucci hit another moon shot to give the Bisons a victory to open up their final homestand of the 2011 season. With only three home games left, the duo sent 10,177 Bisons fans home happy on Sunday.

Misch allowed six hits, but none went for extra bases. Making the big pitches when needed, he forced Rochester to leave 10 men on base to go along with five strikeouts.

The defense picked up the southpaw in the third inning of a scoreless game. With two runners on base, Rochester’s Ray Chang singled up the middle. Jesus Feliciano charged hard from center and threw Toby Gardenhire out trying to score from second base.

Misch then picked up his teammates in his seventh and final inning. The Red Wings loaded the bases with no outs thanks in large part to two fielding errors. The veteran battled back to get a doubleplay from Dusty Martin and a fly out from Brian Dinkelman to limit the damage to one unearned run.

Buffalo scored in three straight innings to build a 3-0 lead. Luis Hernandez drove home a run in the fourth inning while Raul Chavez came around on a wild pitch in the fifth. In the sixth, Pascucci hit his 21st home run of the season over the protective netting in left field.

Pascucci followed his home run in Sunday’s game with eight more post game to win the club’s annual home run derby contest.

Dale Thayer closed out the win with a perfect ninth inning. The save was his 20th of the season, becoming only the fifth Bisons player in the modern era to reach 20 saves in a single season.

BISONS NOTES: Jesus Feliciano collected his 100th hit of the season with a fourth-inning single. He is the first Bisons player in the modern era to record 100 or more hits in three consecutive seasons with the team…Jordany Valdespin went 1-4 to improve his hit streak to seven games…Pascucci defeated Josh Satin and Zach Lutz in the post game home run derby challenge.

Sunday, August 28, 2011 (6:05 p.m.) – Coca-Cola Field
TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet HD 713
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com

Buffalo Bisons (58-76, 5th(-18.0), North)
LHP Pat Misch (7-9, 4.37)

Rochester Red Wings (50-86, 6th(-27.0), North)
RHP Deinys Suarez (0-2, 7.90)

TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons host the Rochester Red Wings in the first game of a two-game series at Coca-Cola Field (6:05 p.m.). The Bisons have just four home games left in the 2011 season as they will also host Syracuse for two games, August 31-September 1. The Herd is coming off their Ohio roadtrip where it went 3-1 in Columbus and 1-3 in Toledo.

VS. THE WINGS: The Bisons are 8-6 against the Red Wings this season. The Herd has defeated Rochester in its last four games at Coca-Cola Field. The clubs last met August 1-2 when they split a two-game set at Frontier Field. The 2011 Thruway Series Cup has already been won by the Syracuse Chiefs.

DISCH ON MISCH: LHP PAT MISCH makes his 21st start of the season tonight. The southpaw is 4-4 at home this season with a 4.68ERA in 10 starts. Misch has worked into the seventh inning in each of his last three starts and despite a 1-2 record has posted a 3.27ERA in those outings. Misch is tied with RHP Chris Schwinden for the team lead with seven wins on the season.

SPIN CONTROL: INF JORDANY VALDESPIN was a perfect 3-3 with a walk in last night’s 3-2 win in Toledo. The Triple-A rookie returns home with a six-game hit streak over which he has averaged .458 (11-24) with four doubles, three RBI and three runs scored.

THE CLOSER: RHP DALE THAYER notched his 19th save of the season with a perfect 1-2-3 inning last night. Only four other pitchers have reached the 20-save plateau in the Bisons modern era. RHP Chris Nichting holds the single-season team record with 26 during the 2000 season. Thayer has saved 19 games in 24 chances for a 79% success rate.

BISONS BITS: OF JESUS FELICIANO collected his 367th Bisons hit to tie INF Brandon Phillip for 4th in the modern era. Feliciano is 11 shy of Bill Selby’s modern era record total of 378…INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI has 90RBI on the season to lead all International League hitters by two…Pascucci’s stolen base last night was his first since August 19, 2009 while with Triple-A Portland..LHP MIKE O’CONNOR is 3-0 with nine strikeouts and 10.1 scoreless innings against Rochester this season.

METS UPDATE: The Mets (63-68) will wait one more day for the effects of Hurricane Irene to leave the New York City area. The team postponed both Saturday’s and Sunday’s game in advance of the weekend. The club will host the Marlins tomorrow at 7:10 p.m.

Valentino Pascucci isn’t known for stealing bases and without a stolen base in 133 games he decided to change that by swiping second base in the sixth inning of Saturday night’s game reaching second standing up in the Bisons 134th game of the year.
Thanks to Pascucci’s first stolen base of the 2011 season and a single into right field by Josh Satin the Bisons ended their four game losing streak by beating Toledo 3-2 at Fifth Third Field.

Zach Lutz put the Bisons in the lead in the third inning smashing a two run home run over the left field wall scoring Jordany Valdespin. After the Mud Hens battled back into the game the Bisons manufactured the game winning run in the sixth.

Pascucci didn’t steal a base at all in the 2010 season with the Bisons. Pascucci did have one stolen base in the 2009 season with triple-A Portland Beavers and two in 2008 with the triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes.

Pascucci planned the steal well coasting into second without a throw or having to slide. Satin drove a single into right field scoring Pascucci from second for Satin’s 16th RBI with the Bisons.

Fernando Perez drew a walk in the seventh and on a single by Valdespin into left field Perez went from first to third putting himself into scoring position. With Luis Hernandez batting Perez broke for home on a sucide squeeze but with the pitch in the dirt Hernandez couldn’t make contact and Perez was hung out to dry.

Dale Thayer closed out the game in Toledo earning his 19 th save of the season giving the Bisons a 4-4 split on a road trip that the Bisons started 3-0.

Game Notes: Valentino Pascucci stole second base for the first time in 193 games with the Bisons…Jordany Valdespin extended his hit streak to six games going 3-3 and scoring a run on Saturday night…Dale Thayer added to his save total getting his International league leading 19 th save Saturday night.

Saturday, August 27, 2011 (7:00 p.m.) – Fifth Third Field
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com

Buffalo Bisons (57-76, 5th(-18.5), North)
RHP Brian Sweeney (4-5, 4.50)

Toledo Mud Hens (65-70, 4th(-17.0), West)
LHP Andrew Oliver (8-10, 4.73) 

TODAY’S GAME: Tonight, the Buffalo Bisons face the Toledo Mud Hens in the finale of a four-game series from Fifth Third Field (7:00 p.m.). The Herd is 3-4 on its current roadtrip, having won the first three games in Columbus before dropping four straight. The Bisons return home to Buffalo tomorrow to host Rochester for two games and Syracuse for two games.

VS. THE HENS: The Bisons are still in search of a solution to Fifth Third Field. Buffalo has lost the first three games of this series and has now lost 12 straight in Toledo. The last time the Bisons won at Fifth Third Field was a 5-3 victory on May 28, 2008. A win today would snap that streak and give the Herd a 4-4 split in their 2011 season series against the Mud Hens.

BACK ON THE BUMP: RHP BRIAN SWEENEY will start tonight as RHP Miguel Batista was promoted to New York yesterday. Sweeney went 2-3 in five starts with the Herd after being signed on May 6. He was then moved to the bullpen where he has worked in relief in 23 of his last 24 outings. Sweeney did make a spot start in the second game of a doubleheader on August 15 against Durham. He allowed two runs in 3.1 innings of a no-decision.

MIXED RESULTS: The Bisons scored 31 runs in the first three games of this roadtrip, racking up victories of 15-3, 10-2 and 6-4 over the Clippers. However, the Herd has produced just six runs in four losses since. Buffalo was shutout 5-0 by the Clippers on August 23 and 1-0 by Toledo last night.

SPIN CONTROL: INF JORDANY VALDESPIN brings a five-game hit streak into tonight’s game. The Triple-A rookie has averaged .381 (8-21) with four doubles, three RBI and two runs scored Since August 22. In the seven games this roadtrip began, Valdespin has hit .353 with a home run and seven RBI.

BISONS BITS: OF JESUS FELICIANO has 366 hits for his three-year Bisons career, 12 shy of Bill Selby’s modern era record total of 378…INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI has 90RBI on the season, tops in the International League. He also ranks second with 69 walks on the year…RHP DALE THAYER is sixth in the IL with his 18 saves.

METS UPDATE: The Mets (63-68) shutout the Braves, 6-0, thanks to a dominating performance from LHP CHRIS CAPUANO. The southpaw allowed just two hits and struck out 13 batters to improve to 10-11 on the year. The Mets now have the weekend off, as both games scheduled have been postponed because of Hurricane Irene.