Mets Minor League Report: Binghamton's Big Bats Salvage Tough Day For Affiliates

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies were the lone Mets affiliate to win, edging Somerset 5-4 behind home runs from Jose Ramos and Nick Lorusso, while Bryce Conley earned the win across five innings. Syracuse was shut out 7-0 by Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, with Dylan Ross and Ryan Lambert contributing scoreless relief. Brooklyn dropped a 4-3 decision at Rome despite Mitch Voit's solo homer and Jonathan Jimenez's five scoreless. St. Lucie was swept by Jupiter.

Mets Transactions

• New York Mets placed C Francisco Alvarez on the 10-day injured list. Right meniscus tear.
• New York Mets recalled C Hayden Senger from Syracuse Mets.

Mets Bats Held To Two Hits In Scranton Shutout

The Syracuse Mets managed just two hits and struck out 15 times in a 7-0 loss to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Jihwan Bae singled and walked, and cleanup hitter Christian Arroyo added the team's other hit. Ryan Clifford and Cristian Pache each struck out three times.

Starter Jack Weisenburger took the loss, going 3 2/3 innings while allowing eight hits and seven runs, six earned, with two strikeouts and no walks. He surrendered one home run.

The damage came in the bottom of the fourth. The RailRiders opened the inning with three straight singles to load the bases. A two-run single to center pushed the score to 3-0, and after a fielder's choice that included a Weisenburger throwing error reloaded the bases, a grand slam to left center capped the six-run rally at 7-0. The RailRiders had opened the scoring in the first when a runner doubled, advanced no further on a flyout, and came home on an RBI single.

The Syracuse bullpen kept the game from getting further out of hand. Jonathan Pintaro, Joey Gerber, Dylan Ross, and Ryan Lambert combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out three. Syracuse left three runners on base and committed two errors.

Ramos And Lorusso Power Binghamton Past Somerset

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies edged the Somerset Patriots 5-4 on the strength of two long balls. Jose Ramos hit a three-run homer in the third, his fifth of the year, and Nick Lorusso added a go-ahead solo shot in the sixth, his third. Leadoff hitter Eli Serrano III went 2-for-4 with a walk and two stolen bases. Jacob Reimer added two hits, a walk, a stolen base, and two runs scored. Cleanup hitter Kevin Parada doubled in a first-inning run, and JT Schwartz added a double of his own.

Starter Bryce Conley earned the win, going five innings while allowing five hits, four runs, four earned, with four strikeouts, two walks, and one home run allowed.

Binghamton struck first in the top of the first. Reimer walked, stole second, and scored on Parada's double to right. The Rumble Ponies pulled away in the third when Serrano walked, Reimer singled, and Ramos followed with his three-run homer to center, pushing the lead to 4-1. After Somerset rallied for three runs in the fifth to tie it at 4-4, Lorusso led off the sixth with his solo homer to left center to take the lead back. From there, Ben Simon worked two scoreless frames, Matt Turner struck out the side in the eighth, and Brian Metoyer recorded the save with one inning of work in the ninth. Binghamton left six runners on base.

Voit Homer Not Enough As Brooklyn Falls In Rome

The Brooklyn Cyclones fell 4-3 to the Rome Emperors, dropping a game in which their starter could not escape the first inning. Leadoff hitter Mitch Voit went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a sacrifice fly, and two runs batted in. Sam Biller had a run-scoring single, and Trace Willhoite singled and scored. Brooklyn struck out 16 times as a team, including four times by John Bay and three by Colin Houck.

Starter Cristofer Gomez took the loss, lasting just two-thirds of an inning while allowing three hits, four runs, four earned, with one walk and no strikeouts. Jonathan Jimenez followed with five scoreless innings of relief, scattering five hits and four walks while striking out two.

The bottom of the first ended the game before it really began. Rome strung together a leadoff single, a run-scoring double, a sacrifice fly, and another double for three runs against Gomez. Jimenez took over with two outs and a runner on, then issued a walk and surrendered a run-scoring single that pushed the score to 4-0.

Brooklyn answered with two in the third on Biller's RBI single and Voit's sacrifice fly to left, then trimmed it to one in the fifth when Voit homered to left, but the Cyclones could get no closer. Dakota Hawkins, Parker Carlson, and Garrett Stratton each tossed scoreless relief innings to keep it within reach. Brooklyn left three runners on base.

Zayas Homer Cannot Lift St. Lucie In Game One Loss

The St. Lucie Mets dropped the opener of a doubleheader to the Jupiter Hammerheads 5-2. Leadoff hitter Elian Pena went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run-scoring single, and two stolen bases. Julio Zayas tied the game with a solo home run in the fourth, his first of the year. Randy Guzman, AJ Salgado, Chase Meggers, and Sam Robertson each added one hit. JT Benson walked and stole a base.

Starter Conner Ware lasted four innings, allowing five hits and two runs, both earned, with five strikeouts, two walks, and two home runs surrendered. Adbert Alzolay took the loss in one inning of work, giving up three hits and two runs, both earned, with a strikeout and a home run allowed. Christian Rodriguez followed with two innings, two hits, one earned run, and two strikeouts.

The Mets tied the game at 2-2 across the third and fourth. Kevin Villavicencio reached on an error, advanced, and scored on Pena's single to right. An inning later, Zayas drove a ball to left center for his solo homer. The Hammerheads regained control in the fifth, when a two-run homer off Alzolay made it 4-2, and Jupiter tacked on a fifth run in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk off Rodriguez.

St. Lucie Bullpen Falters In Late Game Two Loss

The St. Lucie Mets fell 5-4 to the Jupiter Hammerheads in the second game of the doubleheader, surrendering three runs in the seventh after taking a one-run lead the inning before. Julio Zayas went 2-for-3 with his second home run of the day. Branny De Oleo added two hits, JT Benson tripled in a run, Sam Robertson doubled, walked, and scored, and Jamari Baylor had a hit and a walk. Leadoff hitter Elian Pena went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts but drove in a run on a groundout in the seventh.

Starter Joel Lara went four innings, allowing three hits and one run, with four strikeouts and one walk.

St. Lucie pulled ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth. Robertson led off with a double, JT Benson followed with an RBI triple to right, and Guzman lifted a sacrifice fly to center to bring Benson home.

The lead did not hold. In the top of the seventh, Ernesto Mercedes entered, hit a batter, walked another, and gave up a bunt single to load the bases. A run-scoring single tied it at 3-3. A wild pitch then scored a run during a strikeout to push the lead to 4-3, and after an intentional walk, Miguel Mejias relieved Mercedes and walked in another run to make it 5-3. St. Lucie answered with one in the bottom half. De Oleo and Baylor opened with consecutive singles, and Pena drove in De Oleo on a groundout, but Robertson flied out to end the game.

St. Lucie left four runners on base.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

Interested in learning more about the New York Mets' top prospects? Check out our comprehensive top prospects list that includes up-to-date stats, articles and videos about every prospect, scouting reports, and more!