Mets Minor League Report: Mauricio Mashes Three, Cyclones Collapse Late

Ronny Mauricio hit three home runs and drove in five as Syracuse pummeled Worcester 12-3, with Jonah Tong striking out nine over 5 1/3 innings and Ryan Clifford adding a grand slam. Zach Thornton tossed a quality start with six strikeouts in Binghamton's 3-2 loss. Channing Austin fanned eight in five scoreless frames before Brooklyn blew a 3-1 lead, falling 5-3. Nicolas Carreno pitched five innings over four in St. Lucie's 17-2 defeat.

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Mauricio Launches Three Homers, Clifford Slams Grand In Syracuse Rout

The Syracuse Mets piled up 12 runs on 12 hits to beat the Worcester Red Sox 12-3 at Polar Park. Ronny Mauricio led the offense with three home runs, finishing 3-for-4 with five RBIs, four runs scored, and a walk. Cleanup hitter Ryan Clifford added a grand slam, going 2-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Cristian Pache had four hits in five at-bats and drove in two runs, while leadoff man Nick Morabito also homered, and Ji Hwan Bae drew two walks and scored three times.

Starter Jonah Tong turned in a strong outing, going 5 1/3 innings while allowing four hits, one earned run, two walks, and striking out nine. Dan Hammer and Anderson Severino combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, with Hammer striking out four. Ofreidy Gómez gave up two runs in the ninth.

Syracuse broke the game open in the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Morabito lined a solo home run with one out, Bae walked, and Mauricio followed with a two-run blast. Pache capped the four-run frame with a two-out RBI single that scored Clifford. In the sixth, Clifford hit a two-out grand slam to push the lead to 10-0. Mauricio added his third home run of the night in the eighth, a two-run shot that pushed the score to 12-1.

Thornton's Quality Start Not Enough For Rumble Ponies

The Binghamton Rumble Ponies dropped a 3-2 decision to the Erie SeaWolves at Mirabito Stadium despite a quality start from Zach Thornton. Thornton went six innings, allowing seven hits, two earned runs, one walk, and six strikeouts.

At the plate, Marco Vargas led the offense with a 2-for-3 effort that included a double, two walks, and two stolen bases. Leadoff hitter A.J. Ewing reached three times with a hit and two walks. Eli Serrano III tripled and walked twice. Kevin Parada and Matt Rudick each drove in a run.

Binghamton's offense came in the bottom of the fourth inning. After Erie scratched out a 1-0 lead in the top half on a sacrifice fly, Parada singled home Serrano, and Rudick followed with an RBI single that scored Jose Ramos, giving the Rumble Ponies a 2-1 lead.

Erie tied the game in the fifth on an RBI double off Thornton, then took a 3-2 lead in the seventh when Jordan Geber surrendered an RBI single. Geber took the loss, going 1 1/3 innings with three hits and two strikeouts. Gabriel Rodriguez worked 2/3 of an inning with a walk and a strikeout, and Ben Simon added a scoreless ninth.

The Rumble Ponies struck out 13 times as a team, with cleanup hitter Chris Suero fanning twice and Jacob Reimer accounting for five of the strikeouts.

Cyclones Cough Up Late Lead In Walk-Off Loss

The Brooklyn Cyclones squandered a 3-1 ninth-inning lead and fell 5-3 to the Hudson Valley Renegades at Heritage Financial Park. Ronald Hernandez reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base, and two runs scored. John Bay added a hit, a walk, an RBI, and two stolen bases. Leadoff hitter Mitch Voit singled, walked, scored, and swiped a bag.

Starter Channing Austin was superb, going five scoreless innings while allowing three hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. Garrett Stratton worked two innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts, and Hunter Hodges pitched a scoreless eighth with a strikeout.

Brooklyn opened the scoring in the second inning. Hernandez drew a walk, stole second, and came home on Bay's single. In the sixth, the Cyclones pushed across two more runs. Cleanup hitter Corey Collins walked, advanced to third, and scored on a wild pitch. Hernandez doubled later in the inning and scored on a throwing error, making it 3-0.

The ninth inning was a disaster. Hoss Brewer came on with a 3-1 lead and recorded only two outs while surrendering four hits and four earned runs, including a walk-off three-run home run that capped the blown save. The Cyclones struck out eight times and left 13 runners on base.

Big Innings Doom St. Lucie In 17-2 Setback

The St. Lucie Mets were overwhelmed by the Palm Beach Cardinals 17-2 at Clover Park. The offense was held to three hits and five runners left on base. Randy Guzman, Julio Zayas, and Sam Biller each collected one hit, with Guzman adding a walk and scoring a run. Biller also scored. JT Benson and Sam Robertson each drove in a run.

Right-hander Nicolas Carreno kept St. Lucie in the game with four innings of one-run ball, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out five and giving up one home run. Starter Omar Victorino took the loss, falling to 0-3 after lasting only 1 1/3 innings. He allowed two hits, seven runs, four walks, and struck out one.

The second inning unraveled quickly. With Victorino on the mound, Palm Beach drew several walks, loaded the bases, and plated seven runs capped by a bases-clearing double, ending the frame ahead 7-0. St. Lucie answered in the third when Biller scored on a Robertson groundout, and in the fourth when Guzman was driven in by a Benson groundout.

The Cardinals broke the game further open in the eighth with an eight-run inning off Jorge De Leon and Ryan Dollar. De Leon did not record an out while allowing five runs, and Dollar gave up three runs in an inning of work. Benson, who moved from left field to the mound, worked a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts. The Mets struck out 16 times as a team.

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