New York Mets Minor League Report: Binghamton Makes History; Brooklyn Hurlers Spin 1-Hitter

[Tom Gatto]

The term “balanced scoring” is generally reserved for basketball, but it applied to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on a historic Thursday night.

All nine batters had at least one hit (seven had at least two) and one run scored in a 23-3 beatdown of the Hartford Yard Goats. Eight of the nine drove in at least one run. Seven drew at least one walk. The team scored in seven of their eight innings at bat en route to shattering the single-game record for the current Binghamton franchise, which began play in 1992.

Of course, there were some “leading scorers”:

Mitch Voit: 5-for-6, five runs scored, two RBIs. He is still hotter than the sun. The five hits tied a franchise record. 

Mitch Voit (@Mets No. 6 prospect) has tied Double-A Binghamton's franchise record for hits in a game with 5️⃣!

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— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 7, 2026

Billy Amick: 3-for-4, two home runs, six RBIs. He has three homers in five games since being acquired from the Minnesota Twins in the A.J. Minter trade last week.

JT Benson and Corey Collins: Home run, three RBIs each. Benson’s homer was his first for Binghamton.

The only Binghamton hitter who didn’t have a great night was Jefferson Rojas, who finished 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. He also reached on a catcher’s interference.

Elsewhere in the organization:

Syracuse scored four runs on one hit in the bottom of the eighth to break a tie, and went on to defeat Columbus 10-6. MJ Melendez and Nick Lorusso homered earlier in the contest for the Mets.

Six Brooklyn pitchers combined on a one-hitter as the Cyclones edged Wilmington 3-2. Aidan Smith, another player obtained in the Peralta trade, homered for the second night in a row.

St. Lucie was on the wrong end of a blowout, losing 17-3 to Daytona. The Tortugas scored 11 runs over the seventh and eighth innings. Elian Peña and John Smith III each had two hits and a run scored.

DSL Mets Blue defeated the DSL NYY Bombers 9-8 on Royner Bravo’s RBI triple in the bottom of the ninth. DSL Mets Orange lost 2-1 in 10 innings to DSL Blue Jays Red. Maxgregori Harvey (four) and Olmedo Barria (five) combined for nine scoreless innings in a piggyback game.

New York Mets Transactions

• New York Mets sent RHP Austin Warren on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Mets.

Syracuse Rallies From Five Down To Stun Columbus

The Mets sent 11 batters to the plate in the eighth; Lorusso, the second batter of the frame, had the lone hit. He singled to put runners at the corners with no outs. Syracuse's runs scored on a wild pitch, two bases-loaded walks and a sacrifice fly. There also was a sacrifice bunt and a hit batsman in the frame.

Syracuse trailed 5-0 in the second after the Clippers battered starter Jack Wenninger. Andy Ibáñez got one back in the bottom half with an RBI groundout. Melendez’s two-run homer in the third cut the gap to 5-3. After Columbus scored in the fourth for a 6-3 lead, Lorusso hit a solo homer in the bottom half to make it 6-4. Syracuse then tied it in the fifth on Ronny Mauricio’s sacrifice fly and Ibáñez’s RBI double.

Wenninger kept the game close as he got through five. He allowed six runs on three hits, walked three and struck out six. Three Mets relievers followed and combined for four scoreless innings. Matt Turner, who pitched the eighth, was credited with the win.

Lorusso finished 3-for-4. He has homered in two of his first three Triple-A games since being promoted from Double-A Binghamton.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Nick Morabito, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vidal Bruján, 2B	2	3	2	0	3	0
MJ Melendez, RF	4	2	2	3	1	1
Ronny Mauricio, 3B	3	0	0	2	1	1
Christopher Morel, LF	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jose Ramos, LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Ibáñez, DH	4	0	1	2	0	0
Hayden Senger, C	3	0	0	0	1	0
D'Andre Smith, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shawn Ross, C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Lorusso, 1B	4	2	3	1	0	0
Zack Short, SS	3	1	0	0	1	1
Totals	32	10	10	9	7	4

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jack Wenninger	5	3	6	6	3	6	3
Joe Jacques	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Matt Turner (W, 3-2)	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Matt Seelinger	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Totals	9	4	6	6	7	11	3

Binghamton Conducts Offensive Parade Vs. Hartford

The Rumble Ponies collected 21 hits and eight walks in the game. They went 11-for-23 with runners in scoring position.

An eight-run third inning sent them on their way. Voit singled in a run, one run scored on a passed ball, and then Amick and Benson belted three-run homers to make the score 9-0. Yairo Cuevas reached base twice in the inning with a double and a walk.

Amick went deep again in the fourth, launching a two-run blast that put Binghamton up 11-0.

Billy Amick AGAIN ?

Amick homers for the second-straight inning.

It's Amick's fifth-career multi-HR game and his second-career 5 RBI game ?

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— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 6, 2026

Two batters later, Collins launched a two-run shot of his own for a 13-0 lead.

Anyone want more, no doubt home runs? ?

Corey Collins deposits a two-run home run, his third at Double-A.

It is Binghamton's fourth homer of the night and second of the inning!

? x #DefendOurHome x @MetsPlayerDev pic.twitter.com/U2q1HHf8ES

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) August 6, 2026

All the offense made Gary Gill Hill’s job easy. Binghamton’s starter got through five scoreless innings in his first appearance since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays in the Freddy Peralta trade. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out four before turning a 16-0 lead over to the bullpen.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Mitch Voit, 2B	6	5	5	2	1	1
Jefferson Rojas, SS	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jacob Reimer, DH	5	3	1	1	1	0
Chris Suero, C	4	2	2	2	2	1
Billy Amick, 3B	4	3	3	6	1	1
John Bay, CF	5	2	3	3	0	1
Corey Collins, 1B	3	3	2	2	1	1
JT Benson, LF	5	2	2	3	0	1
Yohairo Cuevas, RF	5	2	2	1	1	0
Totals	41	23	21	20	8	6

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Gary Gill Hill (W, 1-0)	5	3	0	0	2	4	0
Douglas Orellana	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Gabriel Rodriguez	1	2	2	2	2	2	0
Bryce Jenkins	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
Totals	9	7	3	3	6	8	1

Brooklyn Keeps Wilmington's Offense

Joel Díaz set the tone for the Cyclones' staff with three hitless innings, although he did allow a run thanks to three walks. Elwis Mijares allowed the Blue Rocks' only hit in the fifth, his second inning of work. Calvin Ziegler, Hunter Hodges and Joe Scarborough built the bridge to Juan Arnaud, who worked around two walks to earn the save. The last four relievers combined for eight strikeouts among the 12 outs they registered.

Brooklyn grabbed an early lead with two runs in the first. Sammy Stafura, the prospect obtained from the Pittsburgh Pirates for reliever Luke Weaver, led off with a single and later scored on a single by Trey Snyder. Yonatan Henriquez singled home Smith for a 2-0 lead.

Wilmington answered in the second with a hit by pitch with the bases loaded. Smith gave the Cyclones their two-run lead back in the third with a solo homer, his 12th of the season. The Blue Rocks sliced the margin to one again when a pickoff throw by Hunter went awry, allowing Eli Willits to score from second.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Sammy Stafura, SS	4	1	1	0	0	2
Aidan Smith, LF	3	2	2	1	1	0
Trey Snyder, RF	4	0	1	1	0	2
Ronald Hernandez, C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Yonatan Henriquez, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1
John Spikerman, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jamari Baylor, 2B	1	0	0	0	3	0
Daiverson Gutierrez, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chase Meggers, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	31	3	6	3	5	9

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Joel Díaz	3	0	1	1	3	3	0
Elwis Mijares (W, 1-0)	2	1	0	0	2	2	0
Calvin Ziegler (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
Hunter Hodges (H, 6)	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Joe Scarborough (H, 1)	1	0	0	0	1	3	0
Juan Arnaud (S, 2)	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Totals	9	1	2	1	10	13	0

St. Lucie Unravels Late Against Daytona

The Mets were down 6-3 going to the top of the seventh, but the Tortugas ended any hopes of a comeback by sending 11 batters to the plate in the frame and scoring six runs. St. Lucie gave them plenty of help, with six walks (including one with the bases loaded), two wild pitches (one of which scored a run) and a throwing error that brought in another run. All the runs were charged to Jean Brito, but Luis Sotillo did allow two inherited runners to score. 

Things got worse in the eighth as Daytona added five runs against designated hitter Julio Zayas, who was asked to finish the game on the mound. Zayas allowed five hits and a walk, and he also hit a batter. He pitched a scoreless ninth inning, though, working around a hit.  

Zayas drove in the Mets' third run with a double back in the fifth, scoring John Smith III. Smith drove in Elian Peña with a double one batter earlier.

Jose Lopez started and took the loss. He was charged with six runs (all earned) and seven hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out six.

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K
Elian Peña, SS	5	1	2	0	0	2
Aiden Robbins, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
John Smith III, LF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Julio Zayas, P	4	0	1	1	0	0
Yovanny Rodriguez, C	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kuhio Aloy, RF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Reed Stallman, 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dylan Carey, 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kooper Schulte, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	34	3	9	3	3	7

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR
Jose Lopez (L, 1-1)	5 1/3	7	6	6	1	6	1
Jean Brito	1	3	6	6	3	3	0
Luis Sotillo	0 2/3	0	0	0	3	2	0
Julio Zayas	2	6	5	5	1	0	0
Totals	9	16	17	17	8	11	1

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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