New York Mets Minor League Report: Syracuse 'Pen Authors Shutout, Billy Amick Homers In Lone Win For Affiliates

Five pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout and Billy Amick hit his first Triple-A home run as Syracuse defeated Worcester 5-0 Thursday night. Kevin Herget worked the first two innings, allowing two hits. Brian Metoyer, Joe Jacques, Dan Hammer and Dylan Ross followed him out of the bullpen and combined to strike out 11 while allowing the other two hits.

The Mets built their lead with single runs in each of the first four innings . Amick finished the picket fence with a two-out drive beyond the left-center field wall. Jose Ramos drove in two runs with an RBI single in the third and an RBI double in the seventh that completed the scoring. 

Elsewhere in the organization:

Binghamton lost to Altoona 7-5. The Rumble Ponies were forced to play from behind after the Curve nicked starter Noah Hall for two runs in the first inning. Kevin Parada homered for the final margin. 

Brooklyn surrendered 10 runs in the fourth inning of its 13-6 loss to Asheville. The Cyclones walked four, two with the bases loaded, and committed a run-scoring passed ball in the frame. Trey Snyder hit a three-run homer in the first inning.

St. Lucie allowed five unearned runs in its 6-2 loss to Lakeland. Jake Ogden drove in both Mets runs with a second-inning single. Christian Rodriguez allowed one run on two hits over the final 4 1/3 innings.

New York Mets Transactions

• New York Mets sent 1B Mark Vientos on a rehab assignment to Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

Metoyer Masterful In Syracuse Win  

Metoyer turned in the best outing among the Mets' five pitchers. He struck out five of the seven batters he faced over 2 1/3 perfect innings, including his last four. That performance was more than enough for him to earn the win from the official scorer.   

Jacques went 1 2/3 innings and Hammer worked two innings before Ross finished the shutout in the ninth.

Syracuse's first run scored without a hit. Nick Morabito and Émilien Pitre walked to lead off the bottom of the first. Amick struck out, and MJ Melendez grounded into a force out that moved Morabito to third. Nick Lorusso walked to load the bases, Ramos reached on an error by second baseman Franklin Arias, the Red Sox's top prospect, bringing in Morabito.

The Mets' second run came home on a throwing error by shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who is rehabbing with Worcester.

Shawn Ross hit a pair of doubles and scored a run for Syracuse.

Syracuse Mets Hitting

Syracuse Mets Pitching

Parada Homers Late In Binghamton Loss

Parada went deep with one out in the ninth inning to make the score 7-5. Corey Collins had walked ahead of him. It was Parada's fourth homer of the season for Binghamton.

The Ponies' rally ended there, however, as JT Benson and Jamari Baylor both popped out to the second baseman to end the game.

Hall went the first six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out five. The good news was he pounded the zone, throwing 53 of his 78 pitches for strikes.

Binghamton's other runs came on sacrifice flies by Benson and Jacob Reimer and a groundout by Baylor. 

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Hitting

Binghamton Rumble Ponies Pitching

Brooklyn's Early Lead Vanishes At Asheville

The Cyclones led 4-1 going into the bottom of the fourth. Thirteen batters later, they were staring at an 11-4 deficit. Aside from the walks and the passed ball, the Cyclones committed an error and surrendered six hits in the inning. Starter Joel Díaz and relievers Joe Scarborough, and Elwis Mijares were each charged with runs.

Brooklyn got off to a fast start thanks to Snyder's home run, which followed walks to Sammy Stafura and Ronald Hernandez. The Cyclones' fourth run scored when John Smith III hit into double play in the top of the fourth, bringing home John Spikerman. 

Smith clubbed his first home run for Brooklyn in the sixth, a solo shot. 

Brooklyn Cyclones Hitting

Brooklyn Cyclones Pitching

Defensive Mistakes Cost St. Lucie

Lakeland's first five runs were aided by a Ryan Tayman passed ball in the first, a fielding error by first baseman Julio Zayas in the fourth, and a throwing error by shortstop Boston Baro in the fifth. Baro's error broke a 2-2 tie and led to a three-run inning for the Flying Tigers.

Ogden's hit in the second put St.  Lucie in front 2-1. Zayas walked and Vladi Gomez doubled to left to put runners at second and third with two outs.

Starter Nathan Hall allowed three hits and one unearned run over three innings. He walked one and struck out one. Austin Brown followed and was tagged with four unearned runs over his 1 2/3 innings of work. Rodriguez surrendered the lone earned run, on a solo home run in the eighth. He struck out four and walked one.

St. Lucie Mets Hitting

St. Lucie Mets Pitching

Top-20 Prospect Performance

1. Jonah Tong: DNP
2. Jack Wenninger: DNP
3. Elian Peña: DNP
4. Mitch Voit: DNP
5. Ryan Clifford: DNP
6. Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, BB, R
7. Jonathan Santucci: DNP
8. Carson Wiggins: DNP
9. Jacob Reimer: 0-for-3, RBI
10. Aiden Robbins: 0-for-5, 2 K
11. Randy Guzman: DNP
12. Wandy Asigen: DNP
13. Chris Suero: 1-for-4, 2 K
14. Jefferson Rojas: 1-for-4, 2B, R, K
15. Will Watson: DNP
16. Shane Sdao: DNP
17. Eli Serrano III: DNP
18. Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-3, BB, 3 K
19. Émilien Pitre: 1-for-3, BB, R
20. Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

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