Mets Minor League Report: Mets Farm Goes 4-1 Behind Syracuse Doubleheader Sweep

The Mets' affiliates posted a 4-1 night with a Syracuse doubleheader sweep of Lehigh Valley. Jack Wenninger fired five and two-thirds shutout innings in the 7-0 opener, and Ben Rortvedt's walkoff single scored Jihwan Bae in a 4-3, nine-inning nightcap. Binghamton beat New Hampshire 6-3 behind Kevin Parada's three hits and a Ben Simon save, and Brooklyn edged Frederick 2-1 on Antonio Jimenez's steal of home. St. Lucie fell 8-5 in Tampa.

Mets Transactions

• New York Mets designated RHP Carl Edwards Jr. for assignment.
• New York Mets placed CF Luis Robert Jr. on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 27, 2026. Lumbar spine disc herniation.
• New York Mets claimed 2B Andy Ibáñez off waivers from Athletics.
• New York Mets recalled RHP Austin Warren from Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets recalled 1B Eric Wagaman from Syracuse Mets.

Wenninger Spins Five-Plus Shutout Innings In Syracuse Romp

Syracuse jumped on Lehigh Valley early and rode dominant pitching to a 7-0 win in the doubleheader opener. Christian Arroyo, hitting cleanup, went 3-for-4, and Jihwan Bae went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Vidal Bruján added a double, two RBI, and a stolen base.

The Mets opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, when A.J. Ewing led off with a hit, took third on Nick Morabito reaching base, and scored on Arroyo's single for an early 1-0 advantage. The decisive blow came in the bottom of the third, when an Arroyo single, a Bruján double aided by an IronPigs fielding error, and a Hayden Senger two-run single produced a four-run rally. Two more runs in the fifth came on a Bruján double and a Senger groundout.

Jack Wenninger took the mound and dominated, holding Lehigh Valley to four hits across five and two-thirds innings while striking out seven, walking none, and allowing no runs. Jonathan Pintaro followed with one and one-third clean innings, fanning two without surrendering a baserunner to lock down the combined shutout.

Ewing finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a stolen base, while Bae went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run. Senger drove in two of his own. Ryan Clifford and Morabito were both held hitless but reached base. Syracuse drew just one walk, struck out six times, and stranded six runners, but capitalized on every Lehigh Valley mistake to roll to the win.

Syracuse Hitting (Game 1)

Syracuse Pitching (Game 1)

Rortvedt's Walkoff Single Caps Syracuse Sweep In Extras

Syracuse completed the doubleheader sweep with a 4-3 walkoff in nine innings, Ben Rortvedt punching a single up the middle to score Jihwan Bae from third base for the winning run. Bae had been installed at second base as the zombie runner to start the bottom of the ninth, and a Cristian Pache sacrifice bunt advanced him to third before Rortvedt's heroics closed it out with two outs.

The Mets opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth, when Bruján singled, and Bae doubled him in. They added another run in the fifth on Ewing's single and a Nick Morabito double. Lehigh Valley pulled even with two runs in the top of the sixth before each side traded a zombie-aided run in the eighth, with a Bruján double driving home Morabito to lock things at 3-3.

Daniel Duarte and Dan Hammer combined for four scoreless innings of one-hit pitching to open the game. Ryan Lambert spun a clean fifth, while Dylan Ross was charged with two earned runs in two-thirds of an inning during the sixth-inning Lehigh Valley rally. Alex Carrillo struck out four across one and one-third strong innings, and Mike Baumann earned the win with two innings of one-run, no-earned-run work that included two strikeouts and a walk while holding the zombie runner damage to a single tally in the eighth.

Bruján, hitting cleanup, went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Bae also went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a stolen base. Ewing matched that 2-for-4 line at the top of the order, and Morabito went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base. Syracuse struck out 12 times as a team but stranded only seven, capitalizing on the timely hits when they came.

Syracuse Hitting (Game 2)

Syracuse Pitching (Game 2)

Binghamton Powers Past New Hampshire In 6-3 Win

Binghamton broke through with a three-run fifth inning to seize the lead and tacked on insurance late, beating New Hampshire 6-3. Kevin Parada, hitting cleanup, anchored the offense at 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base. TT Bowens added a 2-for-5 line with two doubles and a stolen base of his own.

The Mets fell behind 1-0 in the bottom of the first on a leadoff home run, and the deficit grew to 2-0 when an extra-base hit and an RBI single in the third put the Fisher Cats up by two. Binghamton pulled one back in the top of the fourth on Parada's double, a Nick Lorusso single, a Matt Rudick walk, and a Wyatt Young sacrifice fly. The decisive frame came in the top of the fifth: Eli Serrano III and Chris Suero drew walks, Jose Ramos lashed an RBI single to plate Serrano, Parada singled in Suero, Bowens reached on a fielding error, and Rudick added a sacrifice fly to push the lead to 4-2.

Brendan Girton allowed two runs across his four innings of work, surrendering a leadoff homer in the first and a run in the third while striking out three and walking none. Zach Peek and Douglas Orellana each tossed a clean inning, Matt Turner spun two scoreless frames in the middle while striking out four and walking two, and Ben Simon worked the ninth for the save, allowing one run on two hits.

Binghamton padded the lead with two more runs in the eighth, when Young was hit by a pitch, Diego Mosquera singled, Serrano III drove Young home with a single, and Suero forced Mosquera home on a fielder's choice. Serrano III finished 1-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, and a run scored, and the Rumble Ponies drew eight walks while striking out 14 times in the win.

Binghamton Hitting

Binghamton Pitching

Jimenez Steals Home For Brooklyn In Tight 2-1 Win

Brooklyn won a 2-1 pitcher's duel at MCU Park on a daring eighth-inning steal of home by Antonio Jimenez and a group pitching effort that limited Frederick to one earned run. Irving Cota fired five scoreless innings to start, allowing two hits, walking two, and striking out three. Cristofer Gomez delivered two innings of one-run relief while fanning three, and Dakota Hawkins closed out the win with two clean frames that included two strikeouts and no walks.

Frederick broke through first in the top of the sixth, when a leadoff walk and a single set up a sacrifice fly that put the Cyclones behind 1-0. Brooklyn answered in the bottom of the seventh: Daiverson Gutierrez doubled to lead off the inning, Trace Willhoite drew a one-out walk, and Kevin Villavicencio lined a one-out double down the line that brought Gutierrez home to tie it.

The eighth produced one of the more memorable plays of the night. Jimenez led off with a single, advanced to third on a John Bay groundout, and stole home during a Ronald Hernandez at-bat that ended in a strikeout, putting the Cyclones up 2-1. Hawkins handled the final two innings without trouble, locking down the one-run lead.

Villavicencio finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI, the only multi-hit game on either side. Jimenez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and the run scored, and Bay added a double of his own. Brooklyn drew just one walk, struck out 10 times, and stranded five runners, but the pitching staff held Frederick to one run despite issuing three free passes to keep the Cyclones in front through the late frames.

Brooklyn Hitting

Brooklyn Pitching

St. Lucie Falls 8-5 At Tampa

St. Lucie ran into trouble early at Tampa and could not climb back, falling 8-5. The Mets jumped ahead 1-0 in the top of the first when Randy Guzman launched a two-out solo home run to left, but Tampa answered with a three-run bottom half on a leadoff hit-by-pitch, an RBI double, and a two-run home run. The Tarpons added three more in the second on three hits and a wild pitch, including a two-RBI single that pushed the lead to 6-1.

R.J. Gordon was tagged with the loss after surrendering five earned runs on four hits in one and one-third innings, including the two-run home run during the second-inning rally. Joe Scarborough started and worked two scoreless innings, walking two but allowing only two singles. Tyler McLoughlin followed with one and two-thirds innings of one-run, three-strikeout work, and Joel Lara wrapped up with three innings of two-run, two-strikeout relief.

St. Lucie chipped away with single tallies in the third, fourth, and fifth, and added a final run in the top of the eighth on AJ Salgado's two-out solo home run. Sam Robertson, Elian Peña, and AJ Salgado all turned in multi-hit games. Robertson went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base, Peña went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two runs scored, and Salgado finished 2-for-4 with the home run, an RBI, and two runs scored. Guzman, hitting third, went 2-for-3 with the early home run, an RBI, and two walks. Newly recalled Jamari Baylor went hitless but drew a walk in his three trips. The Mets out-hit Tampa 10-9 but committed early defensive mistakes that proved costly.

St. Lucie Hitting

St. Lucie Pitching

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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