Mets Minor League Report: Brooklyn Routs, St. Lucie Comes Back Late

Nick Lorusso drove in five runs with a double and a three-run homer as Binghamton outlasted Somerset, 7-5. Colin Houck added four RBIs and Daviel Hurtado spun five scoreless innings in Brooklyn's 13-4 rout of Frederick. Jonathan Santucci struck out five for the Rumble Ponies. Jackson Hauge's two-run double lifted St. Lucie past Palm Beach, 2-1, with Joel Lara and Zack Mack combining to allow one run. Syracuse dropped its game at Buffalo.

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Morabito's Third-Inning Single Is Syracuse's Only Answer In Buffalo Loss

The Syracuse Mets managed just three hits and a single run in a 4-1 loss to the Bisons in Buffalo. The lone run came in the third inning. Kevin Parada singled to start the rally, Jackson Cluff reached on a force out, and Nick Morabito followed with a single to right field that brought Cluff around to score. That was the extent of the offense. Syracuse did not record another hit until Yonny Hernández doubled in the seventh, and the lineup finished with twelve strikeouts. Morabito, Hernández, and Parada accounted for all three Syracuse hits.

Starter Jack Weisenburger turned in the most effective outing of the day for Syracuse, working four innings and allowing one run on four hits with three walks and four strikeouts. The bullpen let things creep away. Buffalo scratched out a run in the fourth, added two more in the seventh, and tacked on another in the eighth to pull away. Jefry Yan struck out three over a scoreless inning, and Ben Simon worked around two hits in a scoreless frame, but Nate Lavender and Adbert Alzolay each surrendered runs. Ryan Clifford, batting cleanup, went 0-for-3, and the heart of the order could not string anything together. 

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Nick Lorusso's Five RBIs Carry Binghamton Past Somerset

Binghamton scored three runs in the ninth inning to break a tie and beat the Patriots, 7-5, in Somerset. Nick Lorusso was the driving force, going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and five runs batted in. He opened the scoring in the first inning, when Eli Serrano III walked, Jose Ramos reached on a fielder's choice and advanced on a throwing error, and Lorusso laced a two-run double to center field. The Rumble Ponies and Patriots traded runs from there, and Chris Suero's solo home run in the fourth was part of a back-and-forth that left the score tied at four entering the ninth. In the ninth, Serrano and Ramos drew walks, and Lorusso ended the tie with a three-run home run to right field. Somerset pushed across a run in the bottom half, but it was not enough. 

Serrano finished 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, and two walks, and Ramos added a double and two runs. Starter Jonathan Santucci pitched four innings and allowed three runs, all earned, on four hits with five walks and five strikeouts. The bullpen carried it from there. Gabriel Rodriguez, Carlos Guzman, Dan Hammer, and Brian Metoyer combined to strike out ten over the final five innings. Guzman and Hammer were perfect across their two-plus innings, while Rodriguez and Metoyer each yielded a run. Binghamton's eight walks made the difference.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies: Hitting

Binghamton Rumble Ponies: Pitching

Colin Houck And A Five-Run Fifth Power Brooklyn's Rout Of Frederick

Brooklyn pounded out ten hits and overwhelmed the Keys, 13-4, at home. The Cyclones broke the game open with a four-run second inning and a five-run fifth. In the second, John Bay and JT Benson drew walks, Colin Houck reached on a force out, and Trace Willhoite walked to load the bases before Diego Mosquera laced a two-run double. Mitch Voit added a run-scoring groundout, and Yonatan Henriquez doubled home another to make it 5-0. The fifth was capped by Houck, who launched a three-run home run after John Bay reached on an error and JT Benson walked. Voit drove in another with a single, and Daiverson Gutierrez added a bases-loaded walk. Corey Collins and John Bay hit solo home runs in the eighth. 

Houck led the way, going 2-for-5 with the home run and four runs batted in. Gutierrez finished 2-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in, Mosquera drove in two, and Voit added two from the leadoff spot. Starter Daviel Hurtado set the tone, throwing five scoreless innings and allowing just one hit with one walk and two strikeouts. Tanner Witt followed with one and two-thirds scoreless innings and three strikeouts. The Keys did their damage late, scoring three in the eighth on a home run off Ryan Dollar and one more in the ninth against Hoss Brewer. Eight walks and four doubles fueled a balanced Brooklyn attack.

Brooklyn Cyclones: Hitting

Brooklyn Cyclones: Pitching

Jackson Hauge's Eighth-Inning Double Lifts St. Lucie Over Palm Beach

St. Lucie rallied for two runs in the eighth inning to beat the Cardinals, 2-1, in Palm Beach. The Mets trailed 1-0 after the Cardinals scratched across a run in the seventh. In the eighth, Chase Meggers and Branny De Oleo singled, with Meggers taking third on an error, and Jackson Hauge delivered the decisive blow, a two-run double to left field that scored both runners. Hauge finished 1-for-2 with the double, a walk, and two runs batted in. Trey Snyder added a double among the team's five hits. 

The pitching held the slim lead. Starter Joel Lara worked three innings and did not allow a run, surrendering two hits while walking three and striking out two. Tyler McLoughlin followed with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts, and Luis Alvarez gave up the Cardinals' only run over his two innings. Zack Mack closed it out with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts to preserve the win. St. Lucie's staff struck out eleven and scattered six hits, holding Palm Beach to a single run despite the home team putting runners on throughout. The two-run eighth was all the offense the Mets needed.

St. Lucie Mets: Hitting

St. Lucie Mets: Pitching

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