Mets Minor League Report: Farm Goes 1-2 As St. Lucie Routs Lakeland

The Mets' affiliates went 1-2 on a quiet night with a Brooklyn rainout. St. Lucie pulled away with a five-run fourth inning and rolled to a 6-2 win at Lakeland behind R.J. Gordon's two scoreless, four-strikeout innings to start and JT Benson's two-run homer and triple. Syracuse fell 3-2 in a rain-shortened six-inning game at home to Rochester. Binghamton was buried 10-2 by Hartford as Will Watson surrendered a first-inning grand slam in the loss.

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Rain Cuts Short Syracuse In 3-2 Loss To Rochester

Syracuse dropped a 3-2 decision to Rochester in a game called after the bottom of the sixth due to rain. The Mets opened the scoring in the bottom of the first when Nick Morabito singled to right, and Ryan Clifford followed with a line-drive single to center to drive him in for an early 1-0 lead. Rochester answered with a three-run fourth that put the visitors ahead for good.

Starter Jack Weisenburger took the loss after four innings of three-hit, three-earned-run work that included two walks and four strikeouts. The damage came on a hit-by-pitch, a single, and another single in succession during a four-batter sequence in the top of the fourth that produced all three Rochester runs. Joey Gerber followed with a clean fifth that included a strikeout, and Luke Jackson worked the sixth, allowing one hit but no runs while striking out one, before the rain came.

Syracuse pulled back within one in the bottom of the sixth when Morabito singled, Clifford doubled to right to put runners at second and third, and Cristian Pache singled to left to plate Clifford. Ji Hwan Bae walked, but the rally ended on a Ben Rortvedt flyout, and the umpires called the game shortly after.

Clifford finished a perfect 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored. Morabito went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, and Pache added a 1-for-3 line with the RBI. Bae drew two walks, and Syracuse finished with five hits and three free passes in the abbreviated outing.

Syracuse Hitting

Syracuse Pitching

First-Inning Grand Slam Sinks Binghamton In 10-2 Loss

Hartford put a quick end to the suspense, scoring four runs in each of the first two innings on its way to a 10-2 win at Binghamton. The Yard Goats jumped on starter Will Watson immediately with a grand slam that emptied the bases, and Watson did not record a third out, exiting after two-thirds of an inning, having allowed three hits, four earned runs, two walks, and a home run without a strikeout.

The bullpen was a mixed bag. Felipe De La Cruz worked one and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and one run while fanning three. Kevin Gowdy tossed a scoreless inning, and Wyatt Young, the position player thrown into mop-up duty, surrendered three hits but no runs across two innings.

Binghamton's offense managed only four hits as the Rumble Ponies struck out seven times. Nick Lorusso accounted for half the team's hits with a 2-for-4 line that included a triple. Eli Serrano III drew a walk and singled, while Kevin Parada singled and walked. The Rumble Ponies plated a run in the bottom of the fifth on Matt Rudick's RBI groundout that scored TT Bowens, and Lorusso tripled in the seventh to set up Diego Mosquera's run-scoring fielder's choice for the second tally.

Binghamton Hitting

Binghamton Pitching

Brooklyn Postponed

The Brooklyn Cyclones' scheduled game was postponed.

Pena, Benson, And Gordon Power St. Lucie To 6-2 Win

St. Lucie poured it on with a five-run fourth inning and held off Lakeland late to win 6-2 on the road, capping an effort with strong pitching and a pair of home runs. R.J. Gordon set the tone with two scoreless, hitless innings to open, walking none and striking out four to put the Mets in firm control from the jump.

St. Lucie scratched out the first run in the top of the second when JT Benson tripled to left, and Chase Meggers brought him home with a single up the middle. The Mets blew the game open in the fourth: AJ Salgado led off with a single, Benson followed with a two-run homer to left-center to make it 3-0, Meggers doubled, Sam Robertson reached on an error, and Elian Peña launched a three-run home run to right that pushed the lead to 6-0.

Gordon and Ryan Dollar combined for four hitless innings to start, and Jorge De Leon picked up the win with one and one-third hitless innings of two-strikeout, one-walk relief. Joe Scarborough fanned one in a clean inning, and Daviel Hurtado worked two scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Tyler McLoughlin allowed both Lakeland runs in two-thirds of an inning during the bottom of the seventh, surrendering three hits before being lifted.

Benson finished 3-for-4 with a triple, a home run, and two RBI, scoring twice. Peña went 1-for-5 with the three-run blast and three RBI, while Meggers added a 2-for-4 line with a double and an RBI. Robertson reached base three times via two walks and a stolen base each, and Sam Robertson and Jamari Baylor combined for three of the team's stolen bases in the win.

St. Lucie Hitting

St. Lucie Pitching

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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