Mets Minor League Report: Affiliates Drop Three Of Four Despite Strong Pitching Showings

Jonathan Santucci spun a quality start for Binghamton, striking out seven over 6 1/3 innings, but the Rumble Ponies still fell 4-2 to Hartford. Jonah Tong fanned eight across five innings before Syracuse's bullpen faltered in a 7-5 loss to Rochester. Mitch Voit drove in four runs, and Channing Austin struck out 10 to power Brooklyn past Bowling Green 7-2. St. Lucie dropped an 11-4 decision despite Jamari Baylor's two-run homer off Lakeland.

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Bullpen Falters As Syracuse Drops 7-5 Decision To Rochester

The Syracuse Mets jumped on top early but could not hold the lead in a 7-5 loss to the visiting Rochester Red Wings. Ryan Clifford led the offense with three hits in five at-bats, while Nick Morabito chipped in a hit, two RBI, and a walk. Hayden Senger collected a hit and scored a run, and leadoff man A.J. Ewing also reached on a walk and a hit.

Jonah Tong worked five innings and struck out eight, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks. Syracuse had taken a 3-0 advantage out of the bottom of the fifth after Yonny Hernández walked, Senger singled, and Morabito drove both home with a two-out single to left. Rochester answered emphatically in the top of the sixth. The first batter Tong faced clubbed a leadoff home run, and Carlos Guzman entered after a Tong free pass. Guzman issued a pair of walks around a base hit, then surrendered a sacrifice fly, an RBI groundout, and a two-run home run, putting the Red Wings up 5-3 in the five-run frame.

Syracuse pulled within one in the bottom of the sixth on a Hernández groundout that scored Ji Hwan Bae, and tied it in the seventh on a Christian Arroyo sacrifice fly that plated Ewing. The bullpen could not preserve the deadlock. Dan Hammer issued three walks and surrendered a two-RBI single in two-thirds of an inning, and the Red Wings carried the 7-5 lead through the ninth. Syracuse stranded seven runners.

Reimer Solo Shot Cannot Lift Binghamton Past Hartford In 4-2 Loss

A quality start from Jonathan Santucci was wasted as the Binghamton Rumble Ponies fell 4-2 to the Hartford Yard Goats. Santucci pitched 6 1/3 innings, struck out seven, and allowed just one earned run on four hits without issuing a walk. He left after surrendering a leadoff home run in the seventh, and Saul Garcia retired both batters he faced to keep the deficit at one.

The Rumble Ponies countered immediately. Jacob Reimer launched a solo home run to left in the bottom of the seventh to even the game. Chris Suero followed with a double, his second of the night, and came around to score on a Nick Lorusso fielder's choice that gave Binghamton a 2-1 lead. The rally ended when JT Schwartz lined into an inning-ending double play with the go-ahead runner on base.

Hartford regained the lead in the top of the eighth. Ben Simon retired the first two batters before a fielding error by Lorusso put a runner on. The next hitter sent a two-run home run to right, both runs unearned but enough to pin the loss on Simon. The Yard Goats added an insurance run in the ninth on a leadoff homer off Zach Peek.

Suero finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, while Reimer accounted for both Binghamton runs. Eli Serrano III collected a leadoff double, but the offense managed only four hits, and Hartford homered three times. Binghamton committed two errors that contributed to a pair of unearned runs late, and Santucci's strong outing went unrewarded.

Mitch Voit Drives In Four As Brooklyn Tops Bowling Green 7-2

Mitch Voit collected two hits and four RBI to lead the Brooklyn Cyclones past the Bowling Green Hot Rods 7-2. Brooklyn struck early in the top of the second when John Bay launched a solo home run to left, and Trace Willhoite followed with a back-to-back blast to left center to put the Cyclones up 2-0. Colin Houck added a solo shot in the fourth.

The decisive frame came in the sixth. Antonio Jimenez singled with two outs, Yonatan Henriquez drew a walk, and Voit doubled to right to score both. Voit struck again in the eighth with a two-run single that plated Yohairo Cuevas and Henriquez and pushed the lead to 7-2.

Channing Austin worked 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts. He surrendered RBI doubles in the third and the fourth before leaving with two outs in the fifth. Gregori Louis followed with 1 2/3 hitless innings and picked up the win, Bryce Jenkins worked a clean seventh for a hold, and Cristofer Gomez closed out the final two innings while striking out five.

Henriquez reached base three times, walking twice and singling, while Cuevas finished 2-for-4 with a double. Houck added two hits, and Bay finished with a hit, a run, and an RBI. Brooklyn collected 10 hits and three home runs but stranded nine runners. The Cyclones did not commit an error.

Eight-Run Third Sinks St. Lucie In 11-4 Loss At Lakeland

The St. Lucie Mets fell 11-4 to the Lakeland Flying Tigers after surrendering an eight-run third inning. Cam Tilly was lifted with two outs in the third, finishing with 2 2/3 innings, nine hits allowed, eight earned runs, two strikeouts, and two home runs. Lakeland strung together a leadoff double, two singles, a three-run home run, a triple, an RBI single, another single, and a three-run homer to chase Tilly and put the contest out of reach early.

The Mets cut into the deficit in the top of the fifth. Chase Meggers singled and Branny De Oleo doubled him to third. Francisco Toledo grounded out to short to plate Meggers, and Jamari Baylor followed with a two-run home run to right center to bring his club within 9-3. AJ Salgado added an RBI groundout in the sixth that scored Edward Lantigua, but the offense produced no other runs.

Lakeland tacked on two more in the eighth on a double and a triple off Christian Rodriguez to set the final margin at 11-4. Lantigua and Meggers each finished with two hits, while Baylor's lone hit accounted for two of his team's four runs. Outside of Tilly, the bullpen was steadier. Miguel Mejias worked two scoreless innings with two strikeouts, and Tyler McLoughlin added a clean inning in relief. Zack Mack surrendered Lakeland's third home run in 1 1/3 innings of work. St. Lucie left only three runners on base and committed one error in center field.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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