Mets Minor League Report: Rudick and Humphreys Power 3-1 Night

Matt Rudick drove in three runs with a homer to rally Syracuse past Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, while Vincent Perozo's solo shot helped Binghamton hold off Reading. Zach Thornton spun five scoreless, striking out five, and Jefry Yan and Carlos Guzman combined for five strikeouts in relief. Mitch Voit and Corey Collins delivered go-ahead singles as Brooklyn rallied past Jersey Shore. St. Lucie fell despite Chase Meggers driving in three.

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Rudick's Three RBIs Lift Syracuse In Eighth-Inning Rally

Matt Rudick drove in all the difference as Syracuse rallied for a 4-3 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. Rudick went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs, and Jihwan Bae reached base three times, scoring twice with two hits and a walk. Francisco Alvarez also reached three times with a hit and a walk.

The RailRiders scored first in the top of the first on a double, but Syracuse erased the deficit in the sixth when Rudick singled home Bae. The decisive blow came in the eighth. With the score tied, Ryan Clifford laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Bae, and Rudick followed with a two-run homer to right center that scored Alvarez and pushed the lead to 4-1. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pushed across two in the ninth, but it was not enough.

Zach Thornton turned in the standout pitching line, working five scoreless innings while allowing two hits, walking two, and striking out five. Tobias Myers earned the win with two innings, allowing one run on one hit with a strikeout, and Dylan Ross recorded the save despite walking two in the ninth. Syracuse left five runners on base.

Perozo's Homer And Bullpen Lockdown Carry Binghamton

Vincent Perozo homered and the bullpen slammed the door as Binghamton edged the Reading Fightin Phils 4-2. Perozo went 2-for-4 with the home run and an RBI, Jacob Reimer added two hits including a double, and Nick Lorusso went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored. 

Binghamton jumped ahead in the first when Lorusso doubled home Eli Serrano III and Jose Ramos. Reading tied it with a two-run homer in the third, but Perozo answered with a solo shot in the fourth to put the Rumble Ponies back ahead. They added insurance in the eighth when Wyatt Young drew a bases-loaded walk that scored Lorusso.

Max Green allowed two runs on three hits over 2 2/3 innings, walking two and striking out four. The bullpen was dominant behind him, as Jordan Geber earned the win with three scoreless innings, and Gabriel Rodriguez, Jefry Yan, and Carlos Guzman closed it out with three perfect innings, combining for six strikeouts. Yan struck out the side in the eighth, and Guzman fanned two in the ninth for the save. Binghamton left nine runners on base.

Voit And Collins Spark Sixth-Inning Comeback For Brooklyn

Brooklyn rallied with four runs over the fifth and sixth to beat the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 5-3. Leadoff man Mitch Voit went 2-for-6 with the go-ahead RBI single and two runs scored, Daiverson Gutierrez drove in three on a 2-for-3 night with a double and a walk, and John Bay added two hits. 

The Cyclones trailed 3-0 after Jersey Shore's first two innings. Brooklyn answered in the third when Gutierrez lifted a sacrifice fly to score Voit. The offense pulled even in the fifth as Gutierrez doubled home Bay and Corey Collins to tie it 3-3. In the sixth, Voit singled home Sam Biller to give Brooklyn its first lead, and Collins followed with an RBI single that scored Voit for the 5-3 margin.

Noah Hall earned the win despite a labored outing, allowing three runs on three hits over five innings while walking five and striking out six. The bullpen was flawless, as Justin Armbruester, Bryce Jenkins, Juan Arnaud, and Parker Carlson combined for four scoreless, hitless innings with nine strikeouts. Carlson closed it out for the save. Brooklyn left three runners on base.

St. Lucie's Third-Inning Surge Not Enough In Slugfest Loss

St. Lucie battled in a high-scoring affair but fell to the Clearwater Threshers 11-8. Chase Meggers went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Julio Zayas added two hits, an RBI, and two runs scored, and Elian Peña reached three times with two doubles and a walk.

The Mets took an early lead in the first when Meggers singled home Yohairo Cuevas and Julio Zayas. The game turned in the third inning, a frame that produced runs on both sides. Clearwater struck for three runs on a trio of homers, but St. Lucie countered with five runs in the bottom half. Zayas singled home Antonio Jimenez, Meggers singled in Cuevas, Branny De Oleo singled home Zayas, Simon Juan reached on a fielder's choice that plated Meggers, and Jeremy Rodriguez grounded into a double play that scored De Oleo for a 7-4 edge.

Jonathan Jimenez struggled in the start, allowing seven runs, six earned, on eight hits over 4 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out one while surrendering three home runs. Clearwater tied it in the fifth and pulled ahead in the seventh, then added a two-run homer in the eighth. St. Lucie left 11 runners on base.

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