New York Mets Minor League Report: Suero, Cuevas Shine Amidst Lots of Late Drama

[Tom Gatto]

Sunday was a mixed day for the New York Mets' full-season minor-league affiliates.

Syracuse edged Lehigh Valley 5-4, with Ben Rortvedt's eighth-inning double proving to be the game-winning hit. The S-Mets got five innings out of bulk reliever Jack Wenninger. Binghamton lost 6-5 in 10 innings at Erie despite a big game from leadoff hitter Chris Suero. Brooklyn continued to roll, beating Jersey Shore 5-1. Yohairo Cuevas and Ronald Hernandez homered, and Nicolas Carreno tossed four scoreless innings. St. Lucie continued to stumble, losing 6-5 at Fort Myers. The Mets' ninth-innjng rally came up short. Conner Ware fanned six in long relief.

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Rortvedt Double Lifts Syracuse Past Lehigh Valley

Ben Rortvedt delivered the key hit as the. Mets rallied for a road win. His double brought home Yonny Hernandez with the go-ahead run after Lehigh Valley had tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.

Hernandez had another big game at the plate, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. He collected 12 hits in the series.

Lehigh Valley took a 3-1 lead against Jack Wenninger, who was working behind opener Dan Hammer. Wenninger allowed three runs, four hits and four walks over five innings, striking out four. hits, Ryan Lambert was credited with the win despite allowing the tying run in the seventh. Nate Lavender threw a scoreless eighth and ninth to earn the save.

Syracuse Mets Hitting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Vidal Bruján	5	0	1	1	0	3
Nick Morabito	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jihwan Bae	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ryan Clifford	2	0	0	0	2	1
Yonny Hernández	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ben Rortvedt	4	0	1	1	0	1
Grae Kessinger	3	2	1	0	1	1
Hayden Senger	3	1	1	0	1	1
Cristian Pache	4	0	1	0	0	2

Syracuse Mets Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Dan Hammer	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Wenninger	5	4	3	3	3	4	1
Ryan Lambert	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
Nate Lavender	2	1	0	0	1	2	0

Binghamton Rally Goes For Naught In Loss At Erie

The Rumble Ponies saw their ninth-inning rally go to waste as Erie pushed across a run in the bottom of the 10th. Jose Ramos singled home Kevin Villavicencio, and Nick Lorusso drove in a run with a groundout to knot the game 5-5.

Suero set the tone from the leadoff spot, reaching base four times, scoring four runs, drawing two walks, and adding a stolen base. Lorusso drove in three runs. His run-scoring single in the first and RBI double in the third, both plating Suero, gave Binghamton a 2-0 lead.

 Starter Bryce Conley worked six innings, allowing seven hits, five runs, and one walk while striking out five and giving up two home runs. Douglas Orellana and Garrett Stratton each tossed a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. Zach Peek took the loss in relief.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Hitting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Chris Suero	3	4	2	0	2	0
Jose Ramos	4	0	1	1	1	1
Nick Lorusso	4	0	2	3	1	1
JT Schwartz	5	0	0	0	0	3
Vincent Perozo	5	0	0	0	0	4
Matt Rudick	4	0	1	0	0	2
Wyatt Young	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jaylen Palmer	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kevin Villavicencio	4	1	1	0	0	1

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Bryce Conley	6	7	5	5	1	5	2
Douglas Orellana	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Garrett Stratton	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Zach Peek	1 1/3	2	1	0	0	0	0

Cuevas, Hernandez Power Brooklyn Past Jersey Shore

Yohairo Cuevas broke the game open in the sjxth with a three-run homer, giving him homers in back-to-back games. He went deep Saturday as well.

Ronald Hernandez opened the scoring in the third with a solo homer. Colin Houck drove in the other Cyclones run with a double in the sixth, bringing home John Bay.

Starter Nicolas Carreno turned in four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and four walks while striking out one. Cristofer Gomez and Hunter Hodges each struck out two in a scoreless frame,

Brooklyn Cyclones Hitting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mitch Voit	3	0	2	0	1	1
Yonatan Henriquez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ronald Hernandez	3	1	1	1	1	1
John Bay	3	1	1	0	0	0
Daiverson Gutierrez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Corey Collins	3	1	0	0	1	1
Colin Houck	4	1	1	1	0	3
Yohairo Cuevas	3	1	2	3	1	1
Sam Biller	4	0	0	0	0	3

Brooklyn Cyclones Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Nicolas Carreno	4	2	0	0	4	1	0
Bryce Jenkins	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Cristofer Gomez	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
Hoss Brewer	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Juan Arnaud	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
Hunter Hodges	1	0	0	0	3	2	0

St. Lucie's Ninth-Inning Rally Comes Up Short

St. Lucie scored twice in the top of.the ninth before falling at Fort Myers. The Mets got a two-run single from Trey Snyder to cut the gap to a run, but Branny De Oleo flied out and Antonio Jimenez grounded.out to end the game.

Chase Meggers paced the offense with three hits, an RBI and a run scored. His run-scoring.double in the second put the Mets on top early. Jeremy Rodriguez reached base three times with two hits and a walk, De Oleo went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

Ethan Lanthier started and recorded five outs, allowing two hits, two runs, a walk, and a home run. He struck out one. Conner Ware provided bulk with 3 2/3 innings of long relief. He allowed two runs but also struck out six. New York reliever Dedniel Nunez threw another inning as his rehab stint continued. He allowed a run and two hits.

St. Lucie Mets Hitting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Trey Snyder	5	0	1	2	0	1
Branny De Oleo	4	1	2	1	0	0
Antonio Jimenez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Julio Zayas	3	0	0	1	0	1
Simon Juan	4	1	1	0	0	1
Chase Meggers	4	1	3	1	0	0
Taylor Darden	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jeremy Rodriguez	3	1	2	0	1	1
Jackson Hauge	4	0	2	0	0	1

St. Lucie Mets Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Ethan Lanthier	1 2/3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Christian Rodriguez	1 1/3	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dedniel Núñez	1	2	1	1	0	2	0
Conner Ware	3 2/3	3	2	2	2	6	1
Elwis Mijares	0 1/3	0	0	0	1	0	0

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Carson Benge: MLB
2. A.J. Ewing: MLB
3. Jonah Tong: DNP
4. Elian Pena: DNP
5. Jack Wenninger: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
6. Ryan Clifford: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K
7. Jacob Reimer: DNP
8. Nick Morabito: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, K
9. Mitch Voit: 2-for-3, BB, K
10. Jonathan Santucci: DNP
11. Chris Suero: 2-for-3, 2 2B, 4 R, 2 BB, SB
12. Zach Thornton: DNP
13. Wandy Asigen: DNP
14. Will Watson: DNP
15. Eli Serrano III: DNP
16. Randy Guzman: DNP
17. Ryan Lambert: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
18. Dylan Ross: DNP
19. Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-5, K
20. R.J. Gordon: DNP

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