Mets Minor League Report: Two Shutouts And A Comeback Power Farm To 3-2 Night

The Mets affiliates posted a 3-2 night with a pair of shutouts and a comeback. Syracuse beat Lehigh Valley 5-0 as Cristian Pache homered and Jonathan Pintaro fanned five over two innings of relief to earn the win. Binghamton split a doubleheader, dropping the resumption of a suspended game 4-3 and winning the nightcap 3-0 behind Zach Thornton's seven-strikeout start. Brooklyn fell 4-1 at home, while St. Lucie rallied from down 6-2 to win 7-6.

Mets Transactions

• New York Mets designated 1B Eric Wagaman for assignment.
• New York Mets placed SS Ronny Mauricio on the 10-day injured list. Left thumb fracture.
• New York Mets sent RHP Carl Edwards Jr. outright to Syracuse Mets.
• New York Mets selected the contract of 3B Vidal Bruján from Syracuse Mets.

Syracuse Blanks Lehigh Valley As Pintaro Strikes Out Five In Relief

Syracuse rolled to a 5-0 shutout of Lehigh Valley behind a balanced offensive showing and a six-pitcher combined effort that allowed only four hits and 14 strikeouts across nine innings. The Mets pushed across single runs in the second and eighth innings and broke the game open with a three-run sixth that decided things.

Daniel Duarte opened with two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks while striking out two. Carlos Guzman handled the fourth and fifth, working two scoreless innings on two hits and two strikeouts. Dylan Ross fanned two, and Jonathan Pintaro earned the win with two innings of no-hit, no-run relief in the sixth and seventh that featured five strikeouts. Alex Carrillo finished with one inning of one-hit, two-strikeout work to close out the shutout.

Cristian Pache, hitting sixth, finished 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two RBI, two runs scored, a stolen base, and a walk to lead the offense. Nick Morabito went 2-for-3 with two runs, a walk, and two stolen bases from the second spot in the order. Yonny Hernández added a 2-for-3 line with an RBI, while Christian Arroyo drew two walks and drove in a run. A.J. Ewing, batting leadoff, finished 1-for-4 with a strikeout, and Ryan Clifford added a hit. Syracuse drew three walks and struck out eight times, but cashed in when it mattered.

Syracuse Hitting

Syracuse Pitching

Binghamton Falls 4-3 In Resumed Suspended Game

The completion of Friday's weather-suspended game went the way of New Hampshire, with Binghamton stranding twelve runners and falling 4-3 despite drawing ten walks. The Rumble Ponies could not cash in their chances, leaving the bases occupied repeatedly across the game's nine innings.

Jonathan Santucci took the loss, allowing one hit, two earned runs, six walks, and one home run while striking out five across three and two-thirds innings. He surrendered a two-run home run in the bottom of the second that gave the Fisher Cats an early 2-0 lead. Brian Metoyer settled things with one and one-third clean innings, but Jefry Yan was tagged for two runs on a home run in the bottom of the sixth that pushed the lead to 4-1. Zach Peek and Matt Turner each tossed a clean frame to close the staff's work.

Binghamton plated single runs in the fourth on a Jacob Reimer double and a Jose Ramos RBI single, then made noise in the top of the ninth with two runs that pulled them within one. The rally ended with the tying run on base.

Reimer led the offense at 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, while Ramos went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk. Nick Lorusso added a 1-for-5 line with a double and an RBI, and Diego Mosquera contributed a 1-for-3 effort with an RBI. TT Bowens drew three walks and reached base in all five trips without recording a hit.

Binghamton Hitting (Game 1)

Binghamton Pitching (Game 1)

Thornton Strikes Out Seven As Binghamton Blanks New Hampshire In Nightcap

Binghamton answered the suspended-game loss with a 3-0 shutout in the nightcap, riding Zach Thornton's dominant start and a four-pitcher combined four-hitter to even the doubleheader split. The Rumble Ponies grabbed the lead in the top of the first when Reimer singled, Chris Suero doubled to put runners on second and third, Kevin Parada grounded out to score Reimer, JT Schwartz singled in Suero, and TT Bowens added a single before the inning closed with two runs in.

Thornton fired four innings, allowing three hits and no runs while striking out seven and walking two. Ben Simon followed with a clean fifth that included a strikeout and earned the win. Douglas Orellana worked a one-hit sixth with two strikeouts, and Saul Garcia closed it out with a clean seventh and a strikeout.

Binghamton tacked on insurance in the top of the seventh, when Reimer drew his second walk, Suero was hit by a pitch, Parada walked to load the bases, and Schwartz hit into a sacrifice double play that scored Reimer for the third run.

Schwartz led the offense at 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Reimer reached base three times, going 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored, and a stolen base. Suero added a 1-for-3 line with a double and a run, while Bowens, Lorusso, Rudick, and Wyatt Young each chipped in a single. The Rumble Ponies stole three bases as a team and held the Fisher Cats to four hits across the seven-inning game.

Binghamton Hitting (Game 2)

Binghamton Pitching (Game 2)

Brooklyn Bats Silenced In 4-1 Loss To Frederick

Brooklyn could not get its bats going against Frederick and dropped a 4-1 decision at home, with the Cyclones managing just two hits across the nine-inning contest. Frederick scored a run in each of the first two innings, then closed the window with a two-run seventh.

Noah Hall started and took the loss after four innings of two-hit, two-run work that featured six strikeouts but also three walks and a home run. Nate Lavender followed with a clean fifth that included a strikeout, and Joe Charles surrendered the two damaging runs in the seventh on two hits and a walk. Garrett Stratton entered to provide one and one-third innings of three-strikeout, hitless relief, and Cristofer Gomez closed it out with a one-strikeout ninth.

The Cyclones' lone run came in the bottom of the second, when Trace Willhoite, Vincent Perozo, and Sam Biller all drew walks to load the bases, and Yonatan Henriquez followed with a bases-loaded walk to force in a run. Brooklyn could not push another runner across the rest of the way, finishing with five walks and 13 strikeouts.

Ronald Hernandez and Colin Houck collected the only Brooklyn hits, each going 1-for-4. Houck struck out three times. Henriquez and Daiverson Gutierrez also fanned three apiece, and Brooklyn struck out 13 times overall.

Brooklyn Hitting

Brooklyn Pitching

St. Lucie Rallies From Down Four To Win 7-6 At Tampa

St. Lucie overcame a 6-2 deficit and committed three early errors but stormed back with five unanswered runs to take the game 7-6 at Tampa. Three Mets pitchers held the Tarpons scoreless over the final four innings to preserve the comeback.

The Mets scratched out two runs in the top of the second, when Julio Zayas walked, Sam Robertson singled to put runners at first and second, and Branny De Oleo doubled to left to drive in both. Tampa answered with three of its own in the bottom half, aided by two St. Lucie errors. The Tarpons added a run in each of the first, third, and fifth innings to push the lead to 6-2, with the early errors fueling much of the damage.

The comeback began in the top of the sixth, when Randy Guzman singled, AJ Salgado walked, JT Benson singled to score Guzman, Chase Meggers singled to plate Salgado, and a third run scored on a fielder's choice. Two more came in the top of the eighth: Edward Lantigua reached on a hit-by-pitch, Guzman doubled to drive him in, and Zayas doubled to bring Guzman home for a 7-6 lead.

Christian Rodriguez earned the win with three perfect, hitless innings of three-strikeout relief. Nicolas Carreño, Emilio Obispo, and Zack Mack handled the start and middle innings between them. Guzman finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs, an RBI, and a walk to lead the offense, while Robertson went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, and Branny De Oleo added a 1-for-3 line with a double, two RBI, and a walk. Zayas drove in another run with his eighth-inning double.

St. Lucie Hitting

St. Lucie Pitching

Top-20 Prospect Performance

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

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