Mets Minor League Report: Syracuse Walkoff Salvages Lone Win On Tough Night For Farm

The Mets' affiliates went 1-3, with Syracuse pulling off the lone win in walkoff fashion. Kevin Villavicencio scored from third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth as Syracuse edged Rochester 3-2. Christian Arroyo went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Binghamton lost 5-3 after Kevin Gowdy's seventh-inning meltdown. Brooklyn was buried 9-2 at Bowling Green as Garrett Stratton allowed three runs in the first. St. Lucie fell 4-1 at Lakeland.

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Cluff Scores Walkoff Run As Syracuse Edges Rochester 3-2

Syracuse rallied for a 3-2 walkoff win over Rochester, with Kevin Villavicencio coming home from third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to send the home crowd home happy. Christian Arroyo, hitting cleanup, led the offense at 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. A.J. Ewing went 1-for-5 with an RBI from the leadoff spot, while Nick Morabito added a 1-for-4 line with a stolen base, a run scored, and two strikeouts.

Bryce Conley started with four innings, allowing three hits, one run, and one home run while striking out two and walking two. Mike Baumann worked one and one-third innings of two-hit, one-run work. Daniel Duarte tossed two-thirds of an inning, and Ryan Lambert worked one inning of one-hit, three-strikeout relief. Jonathan Pintaro fanned two in a clean eighth, and Dylan Ross retired all three batters he faced in the top of the ninth, striking out one to set up the walkoff opportunity.

Syracuse trailed 1-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth, when an Arroyo double brought home a run to tie the game. Each side traded a run in the sixth, with Syracuse's coming home on the heels of a Ji Hwan Bae extra-base hit. The bottom of the ninth produced the deciding run with two outs already on the board, and Ewing setting up the play with a single before the final at-bat sent the Mets home with a win. Bae and Yonny Hernández chipped in the team's other hits.

Syracuse Hitting

Syracuse Pitching

Gowdy Meltdown In Seventh Sinks Binghamton In 5-3 Loss

Hartford broke open a tight game with a three-run seventh inning that sent Binghamton to a 5-3 loss at home. The Rumble Ponies grabbed an early 1-0 lead, fell behind 2-1 by the fifth, and were dealing with a 5-2 deficit by the time they got Hartford off the field in the seventh.

Jordan Geber took the loss after five innings of five-hit, two-run work, including a third-inning solo home run. Matt Turner followed with a clean inning, but Kevin Gowdy lasted just one out in the seventh, walking three and surrendering a two-run home run that put the game out of reach. Jefry Yan stabilized things with one and two-thirds hitless innings of one-strikeout relief, and Felix Cepeda finished with a clean ninth.

Binghamton scored its first run in the bottom of the first, when Chris Suero walked, swiped second base, and eventually came around to score, though the inning ended with Schwartz flying out and a runner left on. The Rumble Ponies cut into the deficit in the bottom of the seventh on a Wyatt Young single, a Diego Mosquera fielder's choice that included a Hartford throwing error to put runners on the corners, and a Suero sacrifice fly to plate the run. The eighth produced one more on a Matt Rudick RBI double after a TT Bowens walk, with Rudick advancing to third on a fielding error.

Lorusso went 2-for-4, and Mosquera added a 2-for-4 line as the only multi-hit performances. Suero finished 0-for-2 with a walk, two stolen bases, an RBI, and a run scored from the leadoff spot. Rudick chipped in a 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk, and Bowens drew a walk and reached base twice. Binghamton drew three walks and struck out 11 times in the loss.

Binghamton Hitting

Binghamton Pitching

Brooklyn Bats Quiet In 9-2 Loss At Bowling Green

Brooklyn fell behind 4-0 after the first inning and could not recover, dropping a 9-2 game at Bowling Green.

Jonathan Jimenez started with four and one-third innings of relief that included six hits, five earned runs, three walks, three strikeouts, and two home runs. Juan Arnaud worked one and two-thirds innings of one-hit relief, and Hunter Hodges fanned two in a clean inning. Bowling Green broke the game open with a three-run seventh that included two extra-base hits.

The Cyclones' lone offense came in the top of the second. Daiverson Gutierrez drew a walk to lead off, then Colin Houck launched a two-run homer to push Brooklyn within 4-2. The Cyclones never got closer, managing six hits and four walks across the rest of the game while striking out eight times.

Houck finished 1-for-4 with the home run and two RBI, the only multi-RBI line of the night. Gutierrez went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, and a run scored. Mitch Voit doubled in his lone hit. Antonio Jimenez went 0-for-4 with a strikeout from the leadoff spot. Sam Biller drew a walk, singled, and stole a base from the bottom of the order.

Brooklyn Hitting

Brooklyn Pitching

St. Lucie's Bats Silenced In 4-1 Loss At Lakeland

St. Lucie struck first but managed only one run as Lakeland prevailed 4-1. Sam Robertson tripled to lead off the top of the first, and AJ Salgado followed with an RBI single up the middle to drive him in for an early 1-0 lead, but the Mets failed to plate another runner the rest of the night.

Frank Camarillo took the loss after five innings of three-hit, two-run work that featured five strikeouts but two solo home runs allowed in the bottom of the first that put the Mets behind 2-1 immediately. He held the line through the rest of his outing. Elwis Mijares took the brunt of the late damage in his two innings, surrendering both runs in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff single, a hit-by-pitch, a walk, and a two-run single that pushed the deficit to 4-1. Ernesto Mercedes worked an eighth that included two walks and two strikeouts.

Francisco Toledo led the offense at 2-for-4, while Robertson, Salgado, and Simon Juan each chipped in a hit. Robertson's triple was the team's only extra-base hit besides Juan's double. The Mets struck out 14 times and drew two walks as the offense never threatened to mount a rally after the first.

St. Lucie Hitting

St. Lucie Pitching

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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