Mets Minor League Report: Brooklyn Shutout Headlines, Jonah Tong Has Disaster Start

The Brooklyn Cyclones blanked Rome behind a sterling effort from Channing Austin, who allowed three hits across five scoreless innings while Daiverson Gutierrez crossed home three times. Chris Suero homered for Binghamton in a tough 5-3 loss, and Elian Peña tripled in St. Lucie's 4-2 setback to Jupiter. Jonah Tong absorbed his third loss as Syracuse fell 11-3 to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, surrendering six earned runs in only one and two-thirds innings of work.

Mets Transactions

• New York Mets signed free agent SS Jaylen Palmer to a minor league contract.

Tong Roughed Up As Syracuse Falls In Scranton

Syracuse dropped its game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 11-3. Starter Jonah Tong was tagged for six earned runs on five hits in one and two-thirds innings, walking three and striking out three. Tong gave up two home runs, both during a five-run bottom of the second that opened a 7-1 gap.

Reliever Carlos Guzman did not stop the bleeding, allowing four earned runs on four hits in his one and two-thirds innings, including three home runs in a four-run bottom of the fourth that pushed the score to 11-1.

The Syracuse offense managed three hits and pushed across single runs in the second, fifth, and sixth. Ben Rortvedt accounted for two RBI, including a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Christian Arroyo in the top of the second. Cristian Pache went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, and Jihwan Bae added a base hit. Yonny Hernández, who later took the mound himself, drew two walks and scored a run, and Jackson Cluff drew a walk and crossed home in the sixth.

The bullpen finally settled in. Dan Hammer, Alex Carrillo, Cionel Pérez, and Yonny Hernández combined for four and two-thirds scoreless innings, surrendering five hits and striking out six. Syracuse left seven runners on base.

Suero Homer Not Enough In Binghamton's 5-3 Loss

Binghamton fell 5-3 to the Somerset Patriots. Starter Jonathan Santucci took the loss after five innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts. The Patriots reached him for two runs in the bottom of the first and added another in the bottom of the fourth before the Rumble Ponies tied things up an inning later.

With Diego Mosquera aboard after his second walk, Chris Suero crushed his sixth home run of the season to left center, knotting the score 3-3 in the fifth. The lead was short-lived. Somerset answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, and untied the game for good in the bottom of the seventh on a solo home run charged to reliever Douglas Orellana.

Suero finished the night 2-for-4 with the home run, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored. JT Schwartz tripled in the top of the second to plate Nick Lorusso for Binghamton's first run. Lorusso, TT Bowens, and Kevin Parada each added a hit, and Mosquera scored a run while drawing two walks from the nine hole.

Cyclones Roll To 7-0 Shutout In Rome

The Brooklyn Cyclones blanked the Rome Emperors 7-0, riding a five-inning, scoreless start from Channing Austin and a twelve-strikeout team effort on the mound. Austin scattered three hits and three walks while striking out five and earning the win.

The bullpen completed the shutout. Gregori Louis worked two scoreless innings with four strikeouts, Hunter Hodges followed with a one-strikeout frame, and Juan Arnaud added a strikeout of his own in the other relief inning.

Brooklyn built the score one run at a time before breaking the game open. Mitch Voit drove in the first run with a third-inning groundout that scored Sam Biller, and Colin Houck doubled to center in the fourth to plate Daiverson Gutierrez. Yonatan Henriquez singled home Yohairo Cuevas in the fifth.

The sixth inning produced the breathing room. Cuevas walked with the bases loaded to score Gutierrez, and Henriquez followed with another bases-loaded walk that brought home Houck. Brooklyn tacked on two more in the seventh: Trace Willhoite grounded out to score Ronald Hernandez, and Sam Biller's sacrifice fly to left brought Gutierrez home for the seventh and final run.

St. Lucie Drops 4-2 Decision To Jupiter

The St. Lucie Mets fell 4-2 to the Jupiter Hammerheads. Starter Frank Camarillo worked four and two-thirds innings, surrendering two earned runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

In the fifth, Elian Peña tripled to center with one out, and he later came home on a pickoff error at third base during Randy Guzman's strikeout, an unearned run that tied things 1-1. The Mets briefly took the lead an inning later when Julio Zayas singled, advanced to second on a groundout, and scored on Sam Robertson's RBI single to center.

The deciding run came in the top of the seventh. Reliever Elwis Mijares allowed an RBI single that pushed Jupiter back in front and was charged with the loss for his two innings of work. Closer Zack Mack walked three in a wild ninth inning, and a throwing error by Peña allowed an additional unearned run to cross.

Robertson finished 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and the RBI. Peña added the triple, a walk, and a run scored. Joe Scarborough turned in one and one-third scoreless relief innings. The Mets managed four hits, struck out ten times, and stranded seven runners.

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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