Tom Gatto

All four New York Mets minor-league affiliates went through a stretch Wednesday night in which they gave up a lead or allowed an opponent to break the game open. Only Binghamton overcame its meltdown. The Rumble Ponies blew a four-run lead in the fifth inning against Altoona, retook the lead in the bottom half, and then allowed a game-tying run in the sixth. They regained control for good with a four-run seventh, capped by Corey Collins' three-run homer. Binghamton went on to a 10-6 victory. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost to Worcester 9-7. Jonathan Santucci allowed six runs (all earned) over four-plus innings after being staked to a 5-1 lead. MJ Melendez and Hayden Senger homered. Brooklyn allowed three unearned runs in the seventh to blow a two-run lead and lost 7-6 to Asheville. Yonatan Henriquez hit a two-run homer. Starter Emilio Obispo allowed two earned runs and struck out six over 4 2/3 innings. St. Lucie endured another lopsided loss to Lakeland, this time 11-1. Kuhio Aloy drove in the Mets' only run. The bullpen surrendered seven runs over 4 1/3 innings. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets placed DH Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list. Left ankle bursitis. New York Mets recalled 1B Eric Wagaman from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets recalled RHP Chayce McDermott from Syracuse Mets. Chicago Cubs claimed 3B Gabriel Arias off waivers from New York Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Jack Weisenburger to Syracuse Mets. Santucci Falters, Syracuse Falls Santucci took a big lead into the fifth inning. He exited the frame five batters later without recording an out. Facing rehabbing major-leaguers and players with MLB experience, he allowed a walk, a single, a double, and two more singles before being replaced by Chris Devenski with Syracuse clinging to a 5-4 lead. The latter two hits went to rehabbing Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Trevor Story. Devenski struck out the first hitter he faced, but then gave up a three-run home run to rehabbing Romy Gonzalez to put Worcester ahead 7-5. Syracuse got a run back in the sixth when Nick Lorusso scored on a throwing error. After Worcester tacked on two runs in the eighth for a 9-6 lead, Morabito's second double of the game drove in Ramos in the bottom half. The Mets raced to a 3-0 lead in the first. Nick Morabito led off with a double, moved to third on a flyout, and scored on Ronny Mauricio's single. Melendez followed with his 15th homer of the season. They made it 5-0 in the fourth on Hayden Senger's two-run homer, his 10th round-tripper of the year. Zach Franklin pitched a perfect sixth and seventh. Matt Seelinger escaped a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the eighth without any more runs scoring. He went on to finish the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 5 1 2 1 0 1 Émilien Pitre 5 0 0 0 0 1 Ronny Mauricio 5 1 1 1 0 1 Billy Amick 4 0 0 0 1 1 MJ Melendez 5 1 1 2 0 2 Nick Lorusso 3 1 1 0 1 0 Jose Ramos 1 2 0 0 2 0 Hayden Senger 3 1 1 2 0 1 Zack Short 3 0 1 1 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Santucci 4 6 6 6 4 3 0 Chris Devenski 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 Zach Franklin 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Turner 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 Matt Seelinger 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Collins' Big Hit Helps Bail Out Binghamton The Rumble Ponies led 4-0 after five innings. They got first-inning home runs from Vargas, his third, and Chris Suero, his 16th, and then RBI singles by Vargas and Jacob Reimer in the fifth. Altoona scored five in the sixth to go ahead 5-4, but Binghamton retook the lead in the bottom half. Vincent Perozo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in John Bay, and Vargas hit a run-scoring groundout to make it 6-5. The Curve tied the game 6-6 in the seventh before Binghamton went ahead for good in the seventh. Reimer singled, Suero doubled, and Bay singled home Reimer home to put the Ponies back in front. Collins followed with his fifth homer of the season, a no-doubter to right. Those runs did hold up. Dakota Hawkins started and threw three scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and two walks and struck out two. Douglas Orellana earned the win with two innings of relief, although he did allow a run on four hits. Garrett Stratton got the final four outs, though he did not enter in a save situation. Player AB R H RBI BB K Marco Vargas 5 2 3 3 0 1 Jefferson Rojas 5 0 0 0 0 0 Jacob Reimer 5 1 2 1 0 1 Chris Suero 4 2 2 1 0 0 John Bay 4 2 2 1 0 2 Corey Collins 4 2 3 3 0 0 JT Benson 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor 3 1 1 0 1 1 Vincent Perozo 3 0 0 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Dakota Hawkins 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Conley 1 2/3 7 5 5 0 2 0 Douglas Orellana 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 Garrett Stratton 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Error, Missed Chances Doom Brooklyn The Cyclones beat themselves in this one. Not only did they allow the three unearned runs in the seventh, they also left 13 runners on base. The decisive rally started with a leadoff walk, was extended by Henriquez's two-out throwing error which brought in a run, continued with another walk, and climaxed with a two-run double that put the Tourists ahead. Brooklyn took a 6-4 lead in the top of the seventh when John Smith III's infield single was thrown away, allowing Trey Snyder to score. The Cyclones went up 4-1 in the fifth on a two-run homer by Henriquez, but Asheville tied the game in the bottom half with a pair of homers. Chase Meggers came home on Asheville's second run-scoring balk of the game to put Brooklyn back up 5-4 in the sixth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 5 0 1 0 0 3 Elian Peña 5 0 1 1 0 1 Aidan Smith 5 0 0 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez 5 0 1 0 0 2 Trey Snyder 3 3 1 0 2 1 Yonatan Henriquez 5 1 1 2 0 0 John Smith III 4 0 3 0 1 1 Colin Houck 3 1 1 0 2 2 Chase Meggers 4 1 2 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 4 2/3 6 3 2 2 6 1 Parker Carlson 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Luis R. Rodriguez 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 Calvin Ziegler 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Middle-Inning Meltdown Sinks St. Lucie The Mets trailed only 2-0 after four innings. Lakeland ended any hopes of a comeback with three runs in the fifth, a run in the sixth and four runs in the seventh. Starter Ethan Lanthier went out for the fifth but allowed a single and a double to begin the inning. He got a popout for the first out, and then was replaced by Zack Mack, who promptly gave up a two-run double and a sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. Mack allowed a solo homer in the sixth to put the Flying Tigers up 6-0. Dillon Stiltner came on for the seventh and allowed the first five hitters to reach base. Two scored, one on a wild pitch. A fielder's choice brought in a third run, and then Stiltner issued a walk that ended his night. Ernesto Rodriguez came in and got a ground ball, but Vladi Gomez threw it away for an error that plated Lakeland's 10th run of the game. Lakeland pushed the lead to 11-0 in the eighth before Aloy singled home Eli Serrano III in the bottom half to break up the shutout. At least Jeremy Rodriguez and Reed Stallman each had two hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Jeremy Rodriguez 3 0 2 0 2 0 Dylan Carey 5 0 0 0 0 0 Eli Serrano III 3 1 0 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy 4 0 1 1 0 1 Yovanny Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 1 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 1 Bohan Adderley 3 0 0 0 1 0 Reed Stallman 4 0 2 0 0 2 Wyatt Vincent 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 4 1/3 6 4 4 1 3 1 Zack Mack 1 2/3 2 2 2 0 3 1 Dillon Stiltner 1/3 3 4 4 3 0 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 2/3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Julio Zayas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-5, RBI, K Mitch Voit: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Nick Morabito: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, K Jonathan Santucci: 4 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Carson Wiggins: DNP Jacob Reimer: 2-for-5, RBI, K Aiden Robbins: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Chris Suero: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI Jefferson Rojas: 0-for-5 Will Watson: DNP Shane Sdao: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-3, K Antonio Jimenez: DNP Émilien Pitre: 0-for-5, K Dylan Ross: DNP

The organization made more minor-league promotions this week. Among them were two trade deadline arrivals being bumped up to Triple-A Syracuse. Both played to type in their respective debuts for the Mets on Tuesday. Émilien Pitre had two hits and scored a run, and he put the ball in play all four times up. Billy Amick doubled in a tack-on run in the eighth, but before that, he had struck out three times. They were among the many contributors to a 5-1 victory over Worcester. The Mets got five hitless innings from Xzavion Curry and a third-inning home run from Ronny Mauricio to establish an early advantage. Mauricio doubled in a run in the fifth to put Syracuse ahead 4-0. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Altoona 4-3. Jefferson Rojas tied the game with a double, and Chris Suero won it with a sacrifice fly. Brooklyn got two home runs from John Spikerman and 5 2/3 strong innings from starter Nicolas Carreno in 9-1 rout of Asheville. Spikerman’s second homer broke the game open in the seventh. St. Lucie fell 10-1 to Lakeland. Justin Hagenman allowed a run and struck out three over 2 1/3 innings in a rehab start. Ryan Tayman drove in the Mets’ run with a sac fly in the fourth. DSL Mets Blue dropped a 6-2 decision to the DSL NYY Bombers. Jesus Minaya had two hits and an RBI, and Eduardo Pina threw three perfect innings. DSL Mets Orange fell 9-1 to DSL Colorado. Michalle Mercedes drove in the Mets’ run with a sac fly in the fifth. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets activated RHP Austin Warren from the 15-day injured list. New York Mets sent RHP Justin Hagenman on a rehab assignment to St. Lucie Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Chayce McDermott to Syracuse Mets. Curry Spotless In Win For Syracuse Curry has been on the New York-Syracuse shuttle for about a month, pitching in long relief for the big club and then being sent back to the minors. Tuesday, he started for Syracuse and was stellar. The only runner he allowed came on a fielding error by third baseman Nick Lorusso in the fifth. He struck out four and threw 34 of his 53 pitches for strikes. Tobias Myers, who has been dropped off at Syracuse after struggling in Queens, followed Curry and allowed a run and two hits over three innings. He also fanned four. Syracuse grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third. Jose Ramos singled, and Pitre doubled to put runners on second and third. After Nick Morabito struck out, a balk scored Ramos. Mauricio then hit a two-run home run, his 15th of the season. Rojas also singled in the eighth. Mitch Voit ignited Binghamton's rally in the ninth when he was hit by a pitch with one out, Marco Vargas singled, and then Rojas doubled to left, scoring Voit and advancing Vargas to third. Altoona intentionally walked Jacob Reimer to set up a force at every base. Chris Suero foiled the strategy with a fly to left that brought home Vargas with the winning run. Gary Gill Hill turned in a quality start. He allowed two runs and four hits over six innings, walking one and striking out eight. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 4 1 1 0 0 1 Marco Vargas 5 2 3 0 0 1 Jefferson Rojas 5 1 3 3 0 1 Jacob Reimer 4 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Suero 3 0 1 1 1 0 John Bay 4 0 0 0 0 0 Corey Collins 2 0 0 0 2 1 D'Andre Smith 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kevin Parada 4 0 2 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gary Gill Hill 6 4 2 2 1 8 1 Felipe De La Cruz 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 Carlos Guzman 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spikerman Powers Up For Cyclones Spikerman launched his first two home runs for Brooklyn in the win. He went deep in the second inning to give Brooklyn a 1-0 lead, and then clubbed a three-run shot in the seventh to extend the lead to 6-1. The blast was part of a four-run inning that broke open a 2-1 game. Carreno turned in his third consecutive outstanding start and his fourth in the last five outings. He struck out seven, walked one and scattered five hits as he again worked into the sixth inning. The run he allowed was unearned. it is the only run he has given up in 17 1/3 innings this month. Yonatan Henriquez hit a solo homer in the ninth for the final margin. Trey Snyder drove in two runs, while Aidan Smith had two hits and scored three runs. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 6 0 0 0 0 3 Elian Peña 4 0 0 0 2 3 Aidan Smith 3 3 2 0 3 0 Ronald Hernandez 3 2 0 0 3 1 Trey Snyder 4 0 2 2 1 2 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 1 1 1 1 John Spikerman 5 2 2 4 0 0 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 1 1 1 1 2 Antonio Jimenez 5 0 2 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 5 2/3 5 1 0 1 7 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gregori Louis 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Hunter Hodges 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Hagenman Takes First Step In Rehab With St. Lucie Start Hagenman got his first game action of the season after missing 4 1/2 months with a rib fracture he suffered during spring training. He threw 43 pitches, 25 for strikes, The run came on a single in the second. The fact he threw that many pitches in his debut is a sign the major-league club intends to use him as a starter or long reliever if he makes it back to New York. He last pitched for the Mets on Sept. 9 of last year. St. Lucie's run came with the Mets already down 3-0, and it scored without the benefit of a hit. Aiden Robbins walked, moved to second on a balk, advanced to third on a groundout by Eli Serrano III, and scored on Tayman's sacrifice fly. St. Lucie was held to five hits in the game. Jeremy Rodriguez had two of them. Player AB R H RBI BB K Vladi Gomez 4 0 0 0 1 1 Aiden Robbins 2 1 0 0 2 1 Eli Serrano III 3 0 0 0 1 0 Ryan Tayman 2 0 1 1 1 0 Julio Zayas 3 0 0 0 1 2 Jeremy Rodriguez 3 0 2 0 1 0 Jack Toomey 3 0 1 0 1 1 Reed Stallman 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jake Ogden 4 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Justin Hagenman 2 1/3 3 1 1 1 3 0 Owen Woodward 1 2/3 4 2 1 1 2 0 Jose Lopez 2 1/3 3 6 6 4 1 0 Tyler McLoughlin 1 2/3 2 1 1 1 2 0 Caden Wooster 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Peña: 0-for-4, 2 BB, 3 K Nick Morabito: 0-for-4, 2 K Jacob Reimer: 0-for-4, BB Mitch Voit: 1-for-4, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 1-for-3, RBI, BB Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-3, BB Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-5, 2B, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 3-for-5, K

We're now more than two weeks removed from the MLB trade deadline, and the New York Mets organization is making aggressive moves with two of the prospects it acquired in its summer sell-off. Interestingly, the prospect you’d most expect to be moving up didn’t. The Mets promoted infielders Billy Amick and Emilien Pitre from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday. Infielder Jefferson Rojas, the top-100 player acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Clay Holmes-Tyrone Taylor deal, stayed at Binghamton. Age had to play a role in the decision: Amick and Pitre are 23 and have major college experience, while Rojas is a 21-year-old international signee. New York acquired 11 minor-leaguers in the six trades they made over a 72-hour period at the start of August. Grand Central Mets offers initial impressions of these three, the most advanced hitters of the group: Jefferson Rojas Rojas has been merely a cog in Binghamton’s offensive machine, but he's not slowing it down. He’s slashing .263/.333/.447 (106 wRC+) after 10 games, with a home run and four extra-base hits. Three of those XBHs came in one game. While the slug may be spotty, it's real. Rojas has produced 16 home runs and 39 extra-base hits in 101 games between Binghamton and Double-A Knoxville, both career highs. Another big plus: his strikeout and walk rates are both at 10.2 percent at Binghamton, in line with his career numbers. He has an 81.0 percent contact rate and a 9.0 swinging strike rate since joining the Mets' organization. As he grows and learns, his command of the zone should help him unlock more thump. And he will need to find more, because third base is already calling Rojas away from shortstop. The Mets have started him four times at third and twice each at short and second since acquiring him. He played twice as much third as short with Knoxville this year. For now, he’s forming a dynamic infield duo at Binghamton with Mitch Voit and giving Mets fans visions of a young star tandem blossoming in the next year or two. Billy Amick His power surge is real, but what's also clear is that Amick is a classic all-or-nothing slugger. He has unlocked his power in his third pro season after totaling seven homers the first two years. He leaves Binghamton tied for the Double-A home run lead with 30 total. His seven dingers in 12 games for the Rumble Ponies powered a .304/.396/.763 slash line (1.179 OPS, 199 wRC+). The swing strategy is clear: lift and separate. He produced a 59.3 percent fly-ball rate with Binghamton, almost nine percentage points higher than his rate at Wichita. His pull-air rate with Wichita was in the 92nd percentile, according to Prospect Savant. Interestingly, his overall pull rate dropped sharply with Binghamton, from 48.1 percent to 29.6 percent, per Fangraphs, while his center-field rate jumped from 23.8 percent to 44.4 percent. But more than any changes in his swing habits, we have to address the strikeout issues. In ’24 and ’25, he punched out at a 27.7 percent rate (95 in 343 PAs); this year, it’s 29.3 percent (127 in 433 PAs combined). At Triple-A, he’ll face... maybe not the best pitching talent in a system, but enough quality arms to expose him. There’s no mystery with Amick: it’s the three true outcomes of home run, walk, and strikeout (32 combined in 54 PAs with Binghamton). The Mets’ organization is challenging him to expand his horizons and shrink his zone in the final month of the Triple-A season. If he does make progress, he’ll make life more uncomfortable for Ryan Clifford, who’s sporting a 54 wRC+ and 38.1 percent K-rate. Emilien Pitre Saying Pitre is the anti-Amick is trite, but accurate. He struck out four times in 44 plate appearances for Binghamton (9.1 percent), and his .375 slugging percentage was entirely the product of a .375 batting average, because he had zero extra-base hits in 10 games. But that contact is just too enticing. An 87.1 percent contact rate with the Rumble Ponies, which was slightly down from his 89.4 percent rate with Double-A Montgomery, is hard to pass up on. His 5.9 percent swinging strike percentage was higher, too, but it was still less than half Amick’s 12.6 percent. And the quality of Pitre’s contact could not be more different. He produced a 54.1 percent ground-ball rate and a 43.2 opposite-field rate with Binghamton. He was at 52.3 percent ground balls with Montgomery. Both ground-ball figures are sharply higher than his A-ball percentages. Then there’s the speed. His stolen base total has slowed at Double-A, with 12 in 47 games as compared to 21 in 51 games at High-A, but it’s clear he has wheels. Mets team president David Stearns reached for speed and up-the-middle skill in several deadline trades. Pitre was one of them, and his talents in those fields could land him a role with the big-club sooner than later.

The New York Mets are breaking up the M, M & M Boys at Syracuse. Christopher Morel is being promoted to the big club. He'll have his contract purchased ahead of New York's home game Monday night against the San Diego Padres, journalist Mike Rodriguez and Metsmerized Online reported Sunday night, Morel did not play in Syracuse's 2-1 victory over Jacksonville on Sunday evening. The move is a recognition of Morel's slugging at Triple-A. The 27-year-old utility man hit 12 home runs and compiled a 1.098 OPS in 123 plate appearances over 31 games for Syracuse after signing a minor-league contract with the Mets on July 1. He, Ronny Mauricio and MJ Melendez formed a powerful trio. Morel played five positions for Syracuse (first base, second base, third base, left field and right field), and it's expected New York will use him in a similar fashion. The bottom line is, if he hits, he'll play. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton got a tie-breaking two-run single from Marco Vargas in the eighth inning to beat Portland 8-6. Vargas finished 4-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Brooklyn was held to one hit in a 1-0 loss to Jersey Shore. The only run scored on an infield single in the eighth inning. Daviel Hurtado allowed one hit over seven scoreless frames. St. Lucie lost to Jupiter 7-3. Kuhio Aloy homered twice for the Mets. Starter Will Watson threw three scoreless innings in his third appearance back from an oblique injury that kept him out for three months. The Mets’ Dominican Summer League clubs were off. The regular season ends Tuesday. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Bullpen Picks Up Tong Jonah Tong was unable to get through the fifth, which meant the Mets' 'pen had to cover 13 outs after the offense gave it the lead in the seventh. Four relievers did the job in style as they stitched together 4 1/3 hitless innings. Joe Jacques got the last out in the fifth, striking out the only batter he faced. Dan Hammer followed with a scoreless sixth. He became the pitcher of record when the Mets took the lead a half-inning later. Brian Metoyer worked a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Dylan Ross then retired all six batters he faced for his fourth save. Zack Short started the winning rally with a leadoff single. Ronny Mauricio followed with a single that moved Short to third. Nick Morabito walked to load the bases with nobody out. Eric Wagaman then hit a fly ball to center to score Short. Syracuse opened the scoring in the second. Hayden Senger delivered a two-out single to drive in Jose Ramos. Jacksonville answered in the bottom half with a solo home run. Ryan Clifford had a game to forget. He went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ronny Mauricio, SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 Nick Morabito, LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 Eric Wagaman, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 2 Nick Lorusso, 1B 2 0 0 0 3 1 Ryan Clifford, RF 5 0 0 0 0 5 Shawn Ross, DH 3 0 0 0 1 3 Jose Ramos, CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 Hayden Senger, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 Zack Short, 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 4 2/3 3 1 1 2 6 1 Joe Jacques 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dan Hammer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Brian Metoyer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Dylan Ross 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Vargas Clutch As Binghamton Holds Off Portland The Rumble Ponies gave up the lead in the bottom of the seventh, then promptly got it back in the eighth. Chris Suero singled, and Corey Collins and D'Andre Smith walked to load the bases. Vargas' single to center scored Suero and Collins for an 8-6 lead. Garrett Stratton came on and retired all six batters he faced to earn the save. Vargas started his day by homering with one out in the first inning. It was his second homer of the season. He followed that by singling home Mitch Voit in the fourth to put the Ponies up 6-4. Vargas, 21, is trying to regain momentum as a prospect after two stints on the injured list. He's part of a Binghamton infield that added Jefferson Rojas, Billy Amick and Émilien Pitre at the trade deadline. Will Sammon of The Athletic reported that Pitre is being promoted to Syracuse, presumably to take Morel's place R.J. Gordon started and went the first four innings. He allowed four runs (two earned) on two hits, with three walks and two strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, 2B 5 1 1 1 0 3 Marco Vargas, SS 5 2 4 4 0 1 Émilien Pitre, DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 Jefferson Rojas, 3B 3 0 0 0 2 1 Jacob Reimer, 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 Chris Suero, C 4 3 3 0 1 0 John Bay, CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 Corey Collins, LF 2 1 0 1 1 1 JT Benson, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 D'Andre Smith, RF 2 0 0 1 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR R.J. Gordon 4 2 4 2 3 2 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 2/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Saul Garcia 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Garrett Stratton 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Hurtado Masterful In No-Decision For Brooklyn Hurtado deserved better. He struck out five and walked two to go with the hit he allowed. He needed just 81 pitches to get through seven. The Cyclones' hitters had a golden opportunity to give him early run support. Brooklyn loaded the bases with one out in the third after Sammy Stafura was hit by a pitch, Aiden Smith walked, and Trey Snyder was hit by a pitch. Ronald Hernandez grounded into an inning-ending double play. Brooklyn put two men on in the fourth as well. John Spikerman doubled and Colin Houck walked, but Eddinson Paulino struck out to end the inning. Jersey Shore broke through in the eighth with a two-out, RBI infield single against Parker Carlson. With a runner on third, a soft ground ball up the middle deflected off Carlson's glove and rolled toward shortstop. Stafura charged and made a barehanded grab, but his throw was late. AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 Aidan Smith, CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 Trey Snyder, LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1 Yonatan Henriquez, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 John Spikerman, DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 Daiverson Gutierrez, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 Colin Houck, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 Eddinson Paulino, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 7 1 0 0 2 5 0 Parker Carlson 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Elwis Mijares 1 0 0 0 1 2 Aloy Goes Deep Twice In St. Lucie Loss Aloy hit his second and third homers in just his 10th professional game. The 2026 draft pick out of the University of Arkansas gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the second with his first homer. After Jupiter responded with a two-run home run in the fourth, Aloy homered again in the sixth to tie the game 2-2. Jupiter homered in the bottom half of the sixth off Conner Ware to go ahead 3-2. The Hammerheads put the game out of reach with three runs in the seventh and a run in the eighth. One of the runs was unearned thanks to a throwing error by shortstop Elian Peña. St. Lucie got the tying run to the plate in the ninth after Peña -- who was promoted to High-A Brooklyn after the game -- drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk. John Smith III grounded into a force play to end the game. Ware took the loss. The homer was the only hit he allowed over two innings. layer AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña, SS 4 0 0 1 1 3 John Smith III, RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 Julio Zayas, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kuhio Aloy, LF 4 2 2 2 0 0 Yovanny Rodriguez, C 3 1 1 0 1 2 Reed Stallman, DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 Bohan Adderley, CF 3 0 0 0 1 3 Dylan Carey, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Kooper Schulte, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Will Watson 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Candido Cuevas 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 Conner Ware 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 Jose Guevara 2/3 1 3 2 2 1 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brett Banks 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 4 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, HR Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-5, 5 K Elian Peña: 0-for-4, RBI, BB, 3 K Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, BB, K Jacob Reimer: 1-for-5, RBI Mitch Voit: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI, 3 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 3-for-4, 2B, 3 R, BB Will Watson: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, S Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: DNP R.J. Gordon: 4 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 4-for-5, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R, K

Jose Chirinos has been steady since being promoted to High-A Brooklyn in early June. On Saturday, the right-hander from Venezuela was stellar. He turned in his longest outing of the season, 6 2/3 innings, as he blanked Jersey Shore on two hits. He walked none and struck out five in a no-decision. As always, efficiency was the key: he threw 54 of his 82 pitches for strikes. The 21-year-old has now worked at least five innings in nine of his 12 starts for Brooklyn, which is significant in a time of bullpenning and piggybacking. He went six innings twice for Single-A St. Lucie in May. Overall, he is up to 101 1/3 innings over 21 games (19 starts). He sports a 3.38 ERA (4.09 RA/9), 1.23 WHIP and 25.6 percent strikeout rate. The Cyclones won 1-0 with a run in the bottom of the eighth. Elsewhere in the organization . . . Syracuse edged Jacksonville 4-3. MJ Melendez’s solo home run in the eighth inning was the difference. Ronny Mauricio and Christopher Morel also homered. Binghamton got back on track with a 14-3 rout of Portland. Jefferson Rojas drove in two runs, and Mitch Voit reached base five times one night after the Rumble Ponies’ winning streak ended at 10. St. Lucie lost 3-1 to Jupiter. Aiden Robbins continued to shine at the start of his pro career as he homered for the Mets’ lone run. DSL Mets Blue lost 11-4 to the DSL NYY Yankees. Adrian De La Rosa drove in three runs. DSL Mets Orange lost 2-1 in eight innings to the DSL Nationals. Mets starter Anderson Ozuna pitched five scoreless innings. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves. Syracuse’s M, M & M Boys Do Their Thing Melendez, Morel and Mauricio accounted for the Mets’ scoring with their long balls. Mauricio slammed a two-run homer in the first to give Syracuse a quick lead. Morel hit a solo shot in the fourth to make it 3-1. He has 12 homers in 31 games for the Mets as he tries to slug his way back to The Show. Mauricio and Melendez have 14 each. Zack Mack earned the win by getting the final two outs of the seventh, setting the stage for Melendez’s go-ahead homer. Devenski struck out four as he closed out the win. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito, RF 3 0 2 0 0 1 MJ Melendez, LF 3 2 1 1 1 0 Ronny Mauricio, 3B 4 1 1 2 0 1 Eric Wagaman, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 Christopher Morel, 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 Jose Ramos, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 Ryan Clifford, DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 Shawn Ross, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 Zack Short, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 4 7 4 3 10 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kevin Herget 2 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Matt Turner 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Zach Franklin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Austin Warren 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 Zack Mack 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chris Devenski 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Rumble Ponies Get . . . Right Back On The Horse Binghamton resumed normal operations as they battered the Sea Dogs. As has been the case during their hot streak, they opened the scoring with five runs in the third. Kevin Parada hit his third home run of the season for a 1-0 lead. After that, Émilien Pitre lifted a sacrifice fly, Rojas drove in a run with a single, and Billy Amick hit a two-run homer. It was Amick's seventh with Binghamton and his 30th overall. They settled matters with four runs in the sixth. Pitre singled in two, Jacob Reimer walked with the bases loaded, and Amick drove in a run with a fielder’s choice grounder. Voit continued to be an on-base machine out of the leadoff spot. He had two hits, two walks and a hit by pitch. Gabe Davis started and allowed an unearned run over 3 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three. Carlos Guzman threw a scoreless seventh and eighth. That earned him the win via scorer’s discretion. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, DH 3 3 2 0 2 0 Émilien Pitre, 2B 5 2 1 3 0 0 Jefferson Rojas, SS 5 1 2 2 1 1 Jacob Reimer, 3B 4 2 2 1 2 2 Billy Amick, 1B 6 1 1 3 0 2 John Bay, CF 4 0 2 2 1 2 Corey Collins, LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 Kevin Parada, C 3 3 1 1 2 2 Yohairo Cuevas, RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 JT Benson, RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 Totals 39 14 13 12 9 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gabe Davis 3 1/3 1 1 0 3 4 0 Justin Armbruester 1 2/3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Brendan Girton 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Guzman 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Brooklyn Scratches Out Go-Ahead Run Late The Cyclones manufactured their run with the help of a leaky defense by Jersey Shore. Jamari Baylor led off with an infield hit, and Antonio Jimenez followed with a grounder to short. The throw to second was wild, and Baylor advanced to third. Chase Meggers then hit a grounder to second. Baylor broke for the plate on the contact play, and he easily beat the throw home. Juan Arnaud was credited with the win. He got the last out in the eighth and then worked a scoreless ninth. Aidan Smith had two of Brooklyn’s five hits. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 Aidan Smith, CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 John Spikerman, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 Trey Snyder, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 Yonatan Henriquez, 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 Ronald Hernandez, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 Jamari Baylor, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 2 Antonio Jimenez, 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 Chase Meggers, C 3 0 1 1 0 1 Totals 28 1 5 1 2 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jose Chirinos 6 2/3 2 0 0 0 5 0 Josh Blum 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Calvin Ziegler 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Juan Arnaud 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Robbins A Bright Spot For St. Lucie Robbins’ solo shot in the sixth cut the Mets’ deficit to 3-1. Jupiter had gone ahead with a run in the second and two in the third off starter Joel Lara. The Mets’ third-round pick in this year’s draft is slashing .325/.413/.425 after 11 professional games. He also has three stolen bases after a theft Saturday. The Mets got the tying run to the plate with one out in the ninth, but Vladi Gomez and Dylan Carey struck out to end the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña, SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 Aiden Robbins, LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 Eli Serrano III, RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 Julio Zayas, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Tayman, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 Reed Stallman, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 Vladi Gomez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 4 Dylan Carey, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Wyatt Vincent, CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 31 1 6 1 4 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Lara 3 1/3 3 3 3 4 5 1 Austin Brown 2 2/3 2 0 0 0 4 0 Caden Wooster 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, 3 K Elian Peña: 0-for-3, K Nick Morabito: 2-for-3, K Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 K Mitch Voit: 2-for-3, 2B Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: DNP Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-2 Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-2 R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: DNP Austin Brown and Caden Wooster combined to strike out six over 4 2/3 innings of scoreless, two-hit relief.

Friday was a bust for the New York Mets' minor-league system, All four full-season affiliates lost, Syracuse fell twice as it lost the completion of Thursday's suspended game and then the regular game Friday. The bright spots were a handful of strong pitching performances. The best one was Luke Gabrysh's four-inning start for High-A Brooklyn against Jersey Shore. He allowed no runs and one hit, struck out six and walked none. He threw 39 of his 56 pitches for strikes. Familiarity may have played a role. Gabrysh pitched for Jersey Shore before the Mets acquired him from the Philadelphia Phillies' organization prior to the Aug. 3 trade deadline in the Brooks Raley deal. Still, he has shown that he can dominate. The most intriguing indicator is his 30.8 percent strikeout rate. On the flip side, he has a 10.7 percent walk rate and a 3.3 percent home run rate. All those rates combine for a FIP close to 5.00. Luis R. Rodriguez replaced Gabrysh in the fifth and promptly allowed two unearned runs. They proved to be the difference in a 2-1 Cyclones loss. Elsewhere in the organization . . . Syracuse lost Thursday's suspended game to Jacksonville 4-2, and then lost the regular game 7-2. The regular contest was shortened to seven innings because of the completion. Shawn Ross and Nick Morabito drove in the Mets' runs in the seventh. Binghamton's winning streak ended at 10 with a 10-3 loss to Portland. Noah Hall took a beating. He allowed eight runs (all earned) and 11 hits over 3 2/3 innings. St. Lucie lost 3-2 to Jupiter. Dylan Carey hit his first professional home run, a two-run blast in the seventh inning that accounted for the Mets' scoring. DSL Mets Blue lost 18-17 in 10 innings to the DSL Nationals in a game that lasted six hours and two minutes. The Mets drew 21 walks in the game. Oscar Pena drew six of them. Jesus Minaya had two hits, two RBIs and three runs scored. DSL Mets Orange shut out the DSL Marlins on two hits 3-0. Abner Meza (five innings) and Esteban Mejia (two innings) each allowed a hit. The Mets stole seven bases in the game. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Goes Quietly As It Loses Twice Syracuse managed just three hits in the regular game, and its runs in the seventh were scored without the benefit of a hit. MJ Melendez, Eric Wagaman, and Ryan Clifford drew consecutive walks to load the bases. After a strikeout, Shawn Ross was hit by a pitch to force in Melendez, and leadoff man Nick Morabito lifted a sacrifice fly to score Wagaman. A strikeout ended the game. Zach Peek started and took the loss. The big hit against him was a three-run homer with two out in the second inning. Matt Seelinger gave Syracuse 1 1/3 hitless scoreless innings of relief. Dylan Ross followed with a clean inning and two strikeouts. Joe Jacques and Ben Simon then allowed the final four runs. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito, CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 Vidal Bruján, 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 Zack Short, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 Ronny Mauricio, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 Christopher Morel, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 MJ Melendez, DH 2 1 0 0 1 2 Eric Wagaman, 1B 2 1 1 0 1 0 Ryan Clifford, LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 Nick Lorusso, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 Shawn Ross, C 2 0 0 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Zach Peek 1 2/3 3 3 3 0 1 1 Matt Seelinger 1 1/3 0 0 0 3 2 0 Dylan Ross 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Joe Jacques 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 Ben Simon 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 0 Binghamton Falls Hard As Run Ends Portland jumped on Hall immediately. A two-run homer, an RBI single and a sacrifice fly put him behind 4-0 in the first. Binghamton answered in the third with a Marco Vargas sacrifice fly and Billy Amick RBI double. Portland broke the game open with four runs in the fourth. A leadoff homer, an RBI double, an infield single and a bases-loaded walk pushed it to 8-2. Amick went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Chris Suero, Yohairo Cuevas, and Emilien Pitre also had two hits, Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit, SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 Marco Vargas, DH 3 0 0 1 0 3 Émilien Pitre, 2B 3 1 2 0 0 1 Chris Suero, C 4 0 2 0 0 1 Kevin Parada, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Amick, 3B 4 0 2 2 0 1 John Bay, LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 Corey Collins, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 D'Andre Smith, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas, RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Noah Hall 3 2/3 11 8 8 2 4 2 Douglas Orellana 1 1/3 0 0 0 3 2 0 Cristofer Gomez 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Gabriel Rodriguez 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 JT Benson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 One Sloppy Inning Dooms Brooklyn Brooklyn was held to two hits and its run was scored without the benefit of a hit. Antonio Jimenez walked with one out in the third and moved to third when Carter Dierdorf reached on an error. Sammy Stafura lifted a sacrifice fly to right to bring home Jimenez for a 1-0 lead. The Cyclones gave up the lead in the fifth. A Colin Houck fielding error and a single put runners at the corners with none out. Two batters later, a throwing error by Ronald Hernandez on a fielder's choice grounder allowed both runners to score and put Jersey Shore up 2-1. Rafi Vazquez, Elwis Mijares and Ryan Dollar followed Rodriguez out of the 'pen and combined for seven strikeouts over four innings. Mets pitchers struck out 14 BlueClaws batters in all. AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura, SS 3 0 0 1 0 1 John Spikerman, CF 3 0 0 0 0 3 Ronald Hernandez, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 Trey Snyder, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 Yonatan Henriquez, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 Colin Houck, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Daiverson Gutierrez, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 Antonio Jimenez, 3B 2 1 1 0 1 1 Carter Dierdorf, DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Luke Gabrysh 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 Luis R. Rodriguez 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 Rafi Vazquez 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Elwis Mijares 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ryan Dollar 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Carey Goes Deep To Get St. Lucie Close St. Lucie trailed 3-0 after six. In the seventh, Wyatt Vincent doubled and Carey followed with a drive to left-center for his first homer in 10 professional games. Nathan Hall took the loss after allowing all three Jupiter runs over 1 1/3 innings. He allowed a leadoff homer in the first and a two-run single in the second. St. Lucie's bullpen kept the team in the game. Tyler McLoughlin (1 2/3 innings), Jonathan Jimenez (three innings), Ernesto Mercedes (1 1/3 innings), and Julio Gonzalez (two-thirds of an inning) covered the final 22 outs. Jimenez, Mercedes and Gonzalez allowed no hits over the final five innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Vladi Gomez, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 Aiden Robbins, CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 John Smith III, DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 Julio Zayas, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3 Yovanny Rodriguez, C 4 0 0 0 0 4 Kuhio Aloy, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 Wyatt Vincent, LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 Dylan Carey, SS 3 1 1 2 1 2 Kooper Schulte, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 Elian Peña, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nathan Hall 1 1/3 3 3 3 2 2 1 Tyler McLoughlin 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 1 0 Jonathan Jimenez 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ernesto Mercedes 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Julio Gonzalez 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-2, BB Elian Peña: 0-for-1 Nick Morabito: 1-for-3, RBI Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 1-for-5, R, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 2-for-4, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-2, 3B, R, BB, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 0-for-3, RBI, 3 K

Jacob Reimer caught the hitting bug that has been going around at Binghamton. On Thursday, it was his turn to make an opponent sick. Reimer launched a three-run home run in the seventh inning to break open the Rumble Ponies' 10th consecutive victory, a 6-2 triumph over Portland. It was his first long ball since returning from a rehab assignment at High-A Brooklyn on Aug. 4. But even without much slug (two extra-base hits), he has been productive at the plate. He has driven in runs in six of seven games, and the homer gave him 10 RBIs in that stretch. He's up to .300 (9-for-30) after a third consecutive two-hit night. The surge is a welcome development for the 22-year-old corner infielder, who appeared to be on the fast track after his 61-game stretch at Binghamton last year (.853 OPS, nine home runs). He stumbled through the first 2 1/2 months this year before going on the injured list in mid-June with a groin tweak. He's up to a .729 OPS and seven homers in 57 games for the Rumble Ponies. His contribution Thursday was also important because he's fighting a few newcomers for at-bats on a suddenly stacked infield. Top prospect Jefferson Rojas and slugging Billy Amick were acquired around the trade deadline. Corey Collins came up from Brooklyn last month. All have been making an impact with the Ponies. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse's game at Jacksonville was suspended in the top of the fifth inning because of rain, with the Mets trailing 3-2. Zack Short was on third base with one out and Vidal Brujan was at the plate with a 2-0 count when play was halted. The game will be completed Friday, beginning at 5:05 p.m. The clubs' regularly scheduled game will follow. Brooklyn scored three runs in the seventh inning and two more in the eighth to beat Jersey Shore 6-1. Daiverson Gutierrez broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI double in the seventh. The bullpen gave up one hit over five scoreless innings. St. Lucie scored all its runs in the final three innings as it defeated Jupiter 7-2. Ethan Lanthier struck out nine over 3 2/3 innings and Elian Pena homered for the third time in the series. DSL Mets Orange shut out DSL Giants Black 3-0. Maxgregori Harvey and Olmedo Barria combined on a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts. DSL Mets Blue lost a 16-10 slugfest to the DSL White Sox. Adrian La Rosa had three hits and three RBIs. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Morabito Stars, Santucci Stumbles Before Syracuse Game Suspended Nick Morabito drove in both Mets runs before the rains hit. He led off the game with a home run, and he brought home another run with a groundout in the third. Mets starter Jonathan Santucci failed to get out of the first inning. He was hooked after throwing 36 pitches (19 strikes). He was charged with two runs (one earned) on one hit and three walks. Reimer Caps Binghamton's Comeback The Rumble Ponies overcame an early deficit with a pair of three-run innings. They took the lead with three in the fifth and then added on with Reimer's homer. Corey Collins started the fifth-inning rally by drawing a walk. D'Andre Smith doubled to move him to third. Kevin Parada lined a single to right to score Collins. A throwing error on the play allowed Smith to score and move Parada up to second. Mitch Voit reached on a fielding error that moved Parada to third. Marco Vargas bunted into a fielder's choice, switching places with Voit. Vargas then stole second, and Parada scored on an error by Portland's catcher. Dakota Hawkins and Zach Conley piggybacked the start. Each went three innings, Hawkins was touched up for two runs on four hits, while Conley allowed two hits and no walks over three scoreless frames. He was the pitcher of record when Binghamton took the lead. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 0 0 0 0 3 Marco Vargas 5 0 0 0 0 2 Jefferson Rojas 4 1 0 0 0 2 Jacob Reimer 4 1 2 3 0 0 Chris Suero 2 0 0 0 2 1 Billy Amick 4 0 0 0 0 3 Corey Collins 2 1 0 0 2 1 JT Benson 0 0 0 0 0 0 D'Andre Smith 4 1 2 0 0 1 Kevin Parada 3 2 2 1 1 1 Totals 33 6 6 4 5 14 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Dakota Hawkins 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 Bryce Conley 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Saul Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Garrett Stratton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 8 2 Brooklyn Takes Its Time In Beating Jersey Shore The Cyclones finally got to work in the seventh. Antonio Jimenez tripled to right with one out and scored on Gutierrez's double to left. Gutierrez moved to third on a fly out by Eddinson Paulino, Chase Meggers walked, and then Trey Snyder singled to center to bring in Gutierrez for a 3-1 lead. Ronald Hernandez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Henriquez then walked to force in Meggers. Meggers and Snyder extended Brooklyn's lead with RBI singles in the eighth. Joel Diaz started and went the first four innings. He allowed Jersey Shore's run and four hits. Hunter Hodges, Parker Carlson and Gregori Louis followed and limited the Blue Claws to one hit over the final five innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Trey Snyder 5 0 3 2 0 1 Ronald Hernandez 3 0 1 0 1 1 Yonatan Henriquez 4 1 1 1 1 1 Jamari Baylor 3 0 0 0 1 1 Colin Houck 3 1 0 0 1 2 Antonio Jimenez 3 2 2 1 1 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 1 1 1 0 0 Eddinson Paulino 3 0 0 0 1 0 Chase Meggers 3 1 1 1 1 1 Totals 31 6 9 6 7 8 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Díaz 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 Hunter Hodges 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 Parker Carlson 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 Gregori Louis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 9 0 Peña In Middle Of St. Lucie Comeback Peña started the winning rally in the eighth with a one-out double. He scored on a double by the next batter, John Smith III. He capped the scoring in the ninth with his eighth home run of the year, a two-run shot. Kooper Schulte had put the Mets up 5-2 one batter earlier with a two-run single. Peña reached base three times in all with two hits and a walk. The Mets tied the game in the seventh with an RBI double by Bohan Adderley and a run-scoring groundout by Vladi Gomez. Lanthier allowed just a solo home run in his dominant outing. Christian Rodriguez piggybacked off him and wound up earning the win as he allowed a run and four hits over 3 2/3 innings. Miguel Mejias got the final five outs for his fifth save of the year. He struck out three. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 2 2 2 1 2 John Smith III 5 0 2 1 0 1 Eli Serrano III 4 0 0 0 1 2 Ryan Tayman 2 1 0 0 3 0 Yovanny Rodriguez 4 1 1 0 0 1 Bohan Adderley 3 1 1 1 1 0 Vladi Gomez 4 1 1 1 0 1 Reed Stallman 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kooper Schulte 3 1 1 2 1 1 Totals 33 7 8 7 7 10 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ethan Lanthier 3 2/3 1 1 1 2 9 1 Christian Rodriguez 3 2/3 4 1 1 3 3 0 Miguel Mejias 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 9 5 2 2 5 15 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Peña: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, BB, 2 K Nick Morabito: DNP Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, HR Mitch Voit: 0-for-5, 3 K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: DNP Chris Suero: 0-for-2, 2 BB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 0-for-4, BB, 2 K Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-3, 3B, BB, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 0-for-5, 2 K

It may have only been in a mid-August minor-league game, but Christopher Morel and Eric Wagaman stuck it to one of their former organizations Wednesday night. The Miami Marlins castoffs hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally Syracuse to a 10-9 victory over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, the Fish’s Triple-A affiliate. The jacks rescued the Mets after they blew a four-run lead in the bottom of the eighth. The Marlins signed Morel as a free agent last Dec. 18 with the idea of trying him at first base. They released him from Jacksonville’s roster on June 26. The Mets signed him to a minor-league contract five days later, and he has responded with 11 home runs in 28 games while filling a super utility role. He has now started at five different positions for them after playing right field Wednesday, adding to first base, second base, third base and left field. Miami traded Wagaman to the Minnesota Twins on Jan. 2. The Mets claimed him off waivers from Minnesota on April 27. He has appeared in 23 games with New York, seeing time at all four corners. Elsewhere in the organization: Binghamton made it nine wins in a row with a 13-5 rout of Portland. Jefferson Rojas drove in three runs, Émilien Pitre and D’Andre Smith each drove in two, and Chris Suero and Billy Amick homered. Brooklyn lost 4-3 in 11 innings at home to Jersey Shore. The Cyclones tied the game in the ninth and 10th. Daiverson Gutierrez had three hits and two RBIs. Starter Emilio Obispo threw five scoreless innings. St. Lucie lost 16-8 to Jupiter after leading 8-7. The Hammerheads scored two runs in the sixth and seven in the eighth. Aiden Robbins, the Mets’ third-round selection in this year’s MLB Draft, had two hits and drove in three runs. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Syracuse Captures Wild Win In Jacksonville The Mets were down 8-7 in the ninth when Ronny Mauricio doubled with one out and Morel followed with a two-run blast to left. The next batter, Wagaman, hit a solo shot to stretch the lead to 10-8. That long ball proved to be vital. Zach Franklin gave up a home run in the bottom half to cut the advantage to 10-9. He later stranded the potential winning run at second base to record his first save with Syracuse. Wagaman had two doubles in addition to his home run. MJ Melendez and Zack Short also homered for the Mets. Joe Jacques was credited with the win despite allowing two runs (both earned), a hit and three walks in the eighth. Starter Jack Wenninger allowed three runs (two earned) on two hits, walked four and struck out eight over five innings. Chris Devenski marked his return to the Mets' organization by pitching a scoreless seventh. He signed a minor-league contract Tuesday, Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 4 0 0 0 1 0 Ronny Mauricio 5 1 1 0 0 0 Christopher Morel 4 2 2 2 1 0 Eric Wagaman 4 3 3 2 1 0 MJ Melendez 5 1 2 3 0 1 Nick Lorusso 5 0 0 0 0 1 Jose Ramos 3 1 2 0 1 1 Shawn Ross 4 1 1 0 0 3 Zack Short 3 1 1 3 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jack Wenninger 5 2 3 2 4 8 1 Austin Warren 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Chris Devenski 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dylan Ross 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 1 Joe Jacques 2/3 1 2 2 3 2 0 Zach Franklin 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Binghamton Keeps Scoring In Bunches The Rumble Ponies scored five times each in the second and sixth as it buried the Sea Dogs. Binghamton was already up 1-0 when Suero led off the second with a homer. The other runs in the inning came on a sacrifice fly by Smith, a double by Yohairo Cuevas, a single by Pitre and a sac fly by Rojas. Portland cut the deficit to 8-4 in the fifth, but Binghamton answered in the sixth with a second five-spot. Pitre and Rojas had RBI singles, and then Amick belted a three-run homer to make it 13-4. Starter Gary Gill Hill improved to 2-0 with Binghamton thanks to that run support. He didn't need to be great, and he wasn't. He was charged with five runs (four earned) and five hits, including two home runs, over six innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 5 2 2 0 1 0 Émilien Pitre 4 1 3 2 0 0 JT Benson 2 0 1 0 0 1 Jefferson Rojas 3 2 1 3 0 0 Jacob Reimer 4 1 2 1 0 1 Chris Suero 5 1 1 1 0 3 Billy Amick 3 3 1 3 1 1 John Bay 4 1 0 0 1 2 D'Andre Smith 4 0 3 2 0 0 Yohairo Cuevas 5 2 2 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Gary Gill Hill 6 5 5 4 1 5 2 Carlos Guzman 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Brendan Girton 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Justin Armbruester 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Misplays Hurt Brooklyn In Extra-Inning Loss A passed ball and two errors in the late innings led to three of Jersey Shore's runs, including the decisive run in the 11th. The Cyclones committed three errors overall. Brooklyn led 1-0 after seven. Gutierrez's single in the fifth produced the run. He drove in Ronald Hernandez, who led off the inning with a double. Jersey Shore tied the game in the eighth with the aid of a passed ball by Gutierrez. The misplay moved the runner up to second base with two out. A balk moved him to third, and then a single brought him in. The Blue Claws took the lead in the ninth on a two-out error by first baseman Chase Meggers. Brooklyn forced extras in the bottom half with a sacrifice fly by Yonatan Henriquez, scoring Aidan Smith. After the teams traded runs in the 10th --- Gutierrez doubled home Colin Houck for Brooklyn's tally --- Jersey Shore went ahead when Houck couldn't come up with a grounder with two out. Obispo, Elwis Mijares and Ryan Dollar combined for seven scoreless innings. Josh Blum, Juan Arnaud and losing pitcher Joe Scarborough were all charged with unearned runs. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 5 0 0 0 0 2 Aidan Smith 4 1 1 0 1 2 John Spikerman 4 0 1 0 1 1 Ronald Hernandez 5 1 1 0 0 2 Yonatan Henriquez 4 0 0 1 0 1 Colin Houck 3 1 1 0 1 0 Daiverson Gutierrez 4 0 3 2 0 0 Eddinson Paulino 4 0 1 0 0 1 Chase Meggers 4 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Emilio Obispo 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 Elwis Mijares 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ryan Dollar 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Josh Blum 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 Juan Arnaud 2 2 2 0 1 3 0 Joe Scarborough 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 Error Helps To Negate Big St. Lucie Rally St. Lucie wiped out a 6-0 deficit with two runs in the third, one run in the fifth, and then five runs in the sixth to take a short-lived lead. Robbins capped the outburst in the sixth with a two-out, two-run single. A bases-loaded walk to Bohan Adderley and a two-run single by Dylan Carey preceded it. But the Mets gave the lead right back in the bottom half with the aid of an error. Left fielder Kuhio Aloy dropped a fly ball with two out, and the next batter hit a two-run home run off Jose Lopez to put Jupiter ahead 9-8. The Hammerheads roughed up Brett Banks and Caden Wooster in the eighth to pull away. The Mets stole seven bases in the game. Adderley had three of the thefts, including one of home on the front end of a double steal in the fifth. Carey had two, including one on the back end of that double steal. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 1 1 1 1 2 Aiden Robbins 5 0 2 3 0 2 Julio Zayas 5 0 0 0 0 2 Kuhio Aloy 4 1 0 0 1 2 Yovanny Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 1 2 Wyatt Vincent 4 1 1 0 0 1 Vladi Gomez 3 1 0 0 1 1 Bohan Adderley 3 3 1 1 1 1 Dylan Carey 4 1 2 2 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Owen Woodward 1 4 4 4 1 0 1 Jose Lopez 4 2/3 4 5 2 2 3 2 Ernesto Mercedes 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Guevara 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brett Banks 1/3 5 6 6 1 0 2 Caden Wooster 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: 5 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Peña: 1-for-4, R, RBI, BB, SB, 2 K Nick Morabito: 0-for-4, BB, SB Jacob Reimer: 2-for-4, 2B, R, RBI, HBP, K Mitch Voit: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R, BB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 1-for-5, HR, R, RBI, 3 K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 1/3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: DNP R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: DNP

It's difficult to not write about the Binghamton Rumble Ponies these days. There's so much to cover with this team. There were three discussion topics from their 16-4 drubbing of Portland on Tuesday alone. The first: Binghamton has now won eight in a row, and it is smothering opponents, with a plus-47 run differential (68-21) during the streak.The Rumble Ponies scored four runs in the second inning and seven more in the sixth Tuesday to put the game away. The second: Jefferson Rojas homered for the first time with Binghamton and drove in three runs. He finished a triple shy of the cycle. The organization's biggest trade-deadline acquisition has had three hits in two of his last three games. The third: RJ Gordon put together his third consecutive quality start, and this one might have been the best. He allowed one earned run over seven innings, walked one, struck out seven, and threw 65 of his 95 pitches for strikes. The club isn't close to Eastern League second-half pennant contention. It's six games out of first place at 18-22. But it's playing like a club that can make a huge run in the final month. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse hit four home runs as it defeated Jacksonville 6-3. MJ Melendez, Vidal Brujan, Andy Ibáñez and Nick Morabito went deep. Jonah Tong was inefficient in a no-decision. Brooklyn shut out Jersey Shore 4-0. Nicolas Carreno and three relievers combined on a three-hitter. Ronald Hernandez provided the offense with a third-inning grand slam. St. Lucie lost to Jupiter 3-2. Elian Pena hit two solo home runs for the Mets’ offense. Conner Ware took the loss after giving up a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning. DSL Mets Blue lost 9-3 to DSL Rangers Blue in a game shortened to six innings because of rain. Yeremy Reyes had two hits, an RBI and a run scored. DSL Mets Orange lost 9-1 to DSL Giants Black. Dayron Oramas drove in the Mets’ run. New York Mets Transactions No Roster Moves Home Runs Carry Syracuse Past Jacksonville The Mets went deep in four consecutive innings to take command. Melendez hit a solo shot in the fourth to give them a 2-1 lead. Bruján connected on a two-run blast in the fifth for a 4-1 advantage. Ibáñez homered in the sixth to make it 5-1. Morabito led off the seventh with a solo shot to put Syracuse up 6-1. The only Mets run that didn't come via the home run scored when Melendez tripled home Ryan Clifford in the second inning. Tong needed 94 pitches to get through four innings on a night where the gametime temperature was 97 degrees. He allowed just one run on four hits, but he walked four and struck out six. He threw 53 strikes and 41 balls. The run came on a home run in the second inning. That left the Mets' bullpen to get the final 15 outs. Austin Warren struck out the side in a perfect fifth inning, which earned him the win. Matt Turner gave up two runs in 1 1/3 innings. Brian Metoyer got the last two outs of the seventh. Zach Peek recorded six outs for his first Triple-A save. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 4 1 1 1 1 1 Vidal Bruján 5 1 2 2 0 2 Ronny Mauricio 4 0 0 0 0 1 Eric Wagaman 4 0 1 0 0 1 Ryan Clifford 3 1 0 0 1 1 MJ Melendez 4 1 2 2 0 1 Nick Lorusso 3 0 0 0 0 1 Andy Ibáñez 4 1 1 1 0 0 Hayden Senger 4 1 1 0 0 1 Totals 35 6 8 6 2 9 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonah Tong 4 4 1 1 4 6 1 Austin Warren 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Matt Turner 1 1/3 2 2 2 2 1 1 Brian Metoyer 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 Zach Peek 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 9 8 3 3 6 15 2 Binghamton Piles Up The Runs In Rout Rojas set the offense in motion with his solo homer in the first. Stafura had two hits to go with his HBP. He is slashing .400/.455/.600 in five games with Brooklyn since being acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Luke Weaver at the trade deadline. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 3 1 2 0 0 1 Aidan Smith 4 0 0 0 0 2 John Spikerman 2 1 0 0 2 2 Ronald Hernandez 3 1 1 4 1 0 Trey Snyder 3 0 0 0 1 2 Yonatan Henriquez 4 0 1 0 0 2 Jamari Baylor 2 0 0 0 2 2 Carter Dierdorf 3 0 0 0 1 3 Antonio Jimenez 2 1 1 0 2 0 Totals 26 4 5 4 9 14 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nicolas Carreno 6 3 0 0 3 5 0 Calvin Ziegler 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gregori Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parker Carlson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 3 0 0 4 6 0 Peña's Homers Not Enough As Jupiter Strikes Late Peña led off the game with a home run to right field, jumping on a hanging breaking ball. He led off the fifth with a drive to almost the same spot, again off a hanging spinner. The hits exited the bat at 101 and 100 mph, respectively. That's impressive stuff for someone who isn't yet a power guy. Peña has seven homers in 419 plate appearances this season. Will Watson (two scoreless innings) and Candido Cuevas (one scoreless inning) handed Ware a lead to begin the bottom of the fourth. Ware allowed a sacrifice fly in the fifth, but he entered the eighth with a 2-1 lead. He walked the No. 8 hitter to lead off the inning, and the No. 9 hitter followed with a line drive to left that cleared the fence. Ware got the next three hitters out to keep it a one-run game. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out four in his five innings of work. Ryan Tayman went 3-for-3. Eli Serrano III was 2-for-3 with a walk. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 5 2 3 2 0 1 Aiden Robbins 4 0 0 0 0 3 Eli Serrano III 3 0 2 0 1 1 John Smith III 4 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan Tayman 3 0 3 0 0 0 Kuhio Aloy 3 0 1 0 1 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Reed Stallman 4 0 0 0 0 1 Kooper Schulte 4 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 34 2 9 2 2 11 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Will Watson 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Candido Cuevas 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Conner Ware 5 3 3 3 1 4 1 Totals 8 4 3 3 2 8 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 K Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-3, BB, K Elian Peña: 3-for-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, K Nick Morabito: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, BB, K Jacob Reimer: 2-for-6, 2 RBI, K Mitch Voit: DNP Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-5, BB, 2 K Will Watson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: 2-for-3, BB, K Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 1-for-2, 2 BB R.J. Gordon: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Jonathan Pintaro: MLB Marco Vargas: 3-for-6, 3 RBI, K

There's no hotter team in the New York Mets' organzation than the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, and that includes the suddenly scorching big-league club. Binghamton has won seven in a row after completing a six-game sweep of Hartford. The Ponies posted a 4-3 triumph over the Yard Goats in the series finale Sunday, capping a week in which they won 23-3 and 1-0 on consecutive nights. Binghamton outscored Hartford 43-13 overall, a margin skewed by the 20-run win, but the 2.2 runs allowed per game was legit. The Rumble Ponies went with a piggyback pitching tandem of Channing Austin and Cristofer Gomez on Sunday, and the strategy worked exceptionally well, The two held Hartford to one run and one hit -- a solo home run -- over the first five innings, with nine strikeouts and no walks. Those two were long gone from the game when Billy Amick hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie. Amick has hit five home runs in seven games with Binghamton since being acquired from the Minnesota Twins in the A.J. Minter trade. Elsewhere in the organization: Syracuse lost 5-4 to Columbus. The Mets stranded the winning run on first in the bottom of the ninth. Nick Lorusso homered and drove in three runs. His RBI single in the ninth cut the deficit to one. Brooklyn broke a tie with two runs in the top of the ninth and went on to beat Wilmington 8-6. Trey Snyder and Yonatan Henriquez notched the deciding RBIs for the Cyclones. St. Lucie dropped a 5-4 decision to Daytona. The Mets trailed 5-0 before getting on the board. Kuhio Aloy and Simon Juan each drove in two runs. New York Mets Transactions New York Mets selected the contract of RHP Jack Weisenburger from Syracuse Mets. New York Mets optioned RHP Xzavion Curry to Syracuse Mets. Syracuse Gets Big Day From Lorusso In Loss Lorusso gave the Mets a 2-0 lead in the second with a two-run homer to left-center. He drove in Christopher Morel ahead of him. Morel singled with one out. Columbus answered with a run in the third, two runs in the fourth, and two more in the fifth to take a 5-2 lead. Syracuse got a run back in the bottom of the fifth when Ryan Clifford was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in Andy Ibáñez. The Mets trimmed the deficit to 5-4 in the ninth when Ibáñez doubled and Lorusso singled him home. Clifford struck out looking with runners on first and second to end the game. Clifford took the golden sombrero (four Ks) in the game. Ofreidy Gómez was effective as the opener. He allowed just a solo home run over 2 1/3 innings, walking none and striking out two. Matt Seelinger took the loss. He gave up the other four Columbus runs over 1 2/3 innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Nick Morabito 5 0 1 0 0 3 Ryan Clifford 4 0 0 1 0 4 MJ Melendez 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ronny Mauricio 4 0 0 0 0 1 Christopher Morel 4 1 1 0 0 1 Andy Ibáñez 4 2 3 0 0 1 Nick Lorusso 4 1 3 3 0 0 D'Andre Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Ramos 3 0 0 0 1 0 Shawn Ross 2 0 0 0 1 1 Vidal Bruján 0 0 0 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ofreidy Gómez 2 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 Dan Hammer 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Matt Seelinger 1 2/3 3 4 4 1 1 2 Zach Franklin 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Ben Simon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dylan Ross 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Joe Jacques 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Amick, Binghamton Stay Hot The teams were tied heading into the sixth after trading solo home runs. Kevin Parada's homer in the fifth pulled Binghamton even. It was his second round-tripper of the year for the Rumble Ponies. Émilien Pitre led off the bottom of the sixth with a single. He advanced to second on a fielder's choice grounder by Jefferson Rojas.The forecout throw from first base to second base was off target, making everyone safe. Chris Suero struck out. Amick followed with a blast to left, scoring Pitre and Rojas for a 4-1 lead. Hartford got it to 4-3 in the seventh with a solo home run and a throwing error by Parada on a double steal, but the Binghamton bullpen kept it there. Austin allowed just a home run in his three innings of work. He struck out six. Gomez followed with two hitless innings and three strikeouts. Bryce Jenkins earned the win with a scoreless sixth. Garrett Stratton earned the save by striking out three. Binghamton pitchers struck out 16 Hartford batters in the game. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mitch Voit 3 0 1 0 1 0 Marco Vargas 4 0 1 0 0 2 Émilien Pitre 4 1 2 0 0 0 Jefferson Rojas 3 1 0 0 0 0 Chris Suero 3 0 0 0 1 1 Billy Amick 3 1 1 3 1 0 John Bay 4 0 1 0 0 1 Corey Collins 3 0 1 0 1 1 JT Benson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Parada 4 1 2 1 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Channing Austin 3 1 1 1 0 6 1 Cristofer Gomez 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bryce Jenkins 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carlos Guzman 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 Saul Garcia 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Garrett Stratton 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Brooklyn Rallies Twice To Beat Wilmington The Cyclones trailed 5-1 after three and 6-4 after six. Three of the Blue Rocks' runs were unearned thanks to three Brooklyn errors. Brooklyn began chipping away in the fourth. Four singles produced two runs to cut the deficit to 5-3. Jamari Baylor and Antonio Jimenez had the RBI hits. Wilmington went back up by two in the bottom of the sixth, but the Cyclones tied the game in the top of the seventh. Aidan Smith homered to left with one out to make it 6-5. John Spikerman walked, Ronald Hernandez singled, and, after Snyder popped out, Henriquez singled home Spikerman to make it 6-6. In the ninth, Spikerman walked, stole second, advanced to third on a Hernandez groundout, and scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice grounder by Snyder. Henriquez doubled home Snyder for an 8-6 lead. Starter Daviel Hurtado was the victim of Brooklyn's poor defense. He was charged with five runs, but just two earned, over 4 1/3 innings. He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out four. Rafi Vazquez earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning. Juan Arnaud earned the save by striking out three in a scoreless ninth. Player AB R H RBI BB K Sammy Stafura 5 1 1 0 0 1 Aidan Smith 5 1 2 2 0 2 John Spikerman 3 2 0 0 2 2 Ronald Hernandez 5 0 1 0 0 1 Trey Snyder 4 2 1 1 1 0 Yonatan Henriquez 4 2 3 2 0 0 Jamari Baylor 5 0 2 2 0 1 Daiverson Gutierrez 5 0 0 0 0 1 Antonio Jimenez 4 0 2 1 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Daviel Hurtado 4 1/3 5 5 2 1 4 0 Luis R. Rodriguez 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hunter Hodges 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 Elwis Mijares 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Rafi Vazquez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Juan Arnaud 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 St. Lucie Can't Close Early Gap In Loss To Daytona The Mets launched their charge in the sixth. Aloy doubled in Elian Peña and Reed Stallman, and Juan singled in Aloy, to cut the Tortugas' lead to 5-3. St. Lucie got a run closer in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Juan, scoring Julio Zayas. Joel Lara started and took the loss despite allowing one hit over 4 1/3 innings. His control deserted him; he walked five and struck out six. Jean Brito gave up a run on three hits and struck out two in 1 2/3 innings. Austin Brown and Zack Mack held Daytona scoreless over the final three innings. Stallman finished with two hits and a run scored. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 4 1 1 0 1 2 Aiden Robbins 3 0 1 0 1 0 Julio Zayas 3 1 1 0 1 0 Reed Stallman 4 1 2 0 0 1 Kuhio Aloy 4 1 1 2 0 0 Simon Juan 3 0 1 2 0 1 Vladi Gomez 4 0 1 0 0 0 Wyatt Vincent 3 0 0 0 1 1 Dylan Carey 4 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Joel Lara 4 1/3 1 4 4 5 6 0 Jean Brito 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 2 1 Austin Brown 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 Zack Mack 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: 0-for-4, RBI, 4 K Elian Peña: 1-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 K Nick Morabito: 1-for-5, 3 K Jacob Reimer: DNP Mitch Voit: 1-for-3, BB Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 0-for-3, BB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: DNP Marco Vargas: 1-for-4, 2 K

Jefferson Rojas needed a few days, but he has now delivered his first big moment as a Mets prospect. The top-100 infielder lashed a go-ahead, two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday to push Double-A Binghamton to a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over Hartford. The hit completed a 3-for-4, three-RBI night. Rojas was 1-for-11 in his first three games with the club after being acquired from the Chicago Cubs at the trade deadline for Clay Holmes and Tyrone Taylor. Rojas played third base and batted third, behind two other newcomers: shortstop Mitch Voit (promoted from High-A Brooklyn) and second baseman Emilien Pitre (acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays in the Freddy Peralta trade). The three combined for seven hits and four runs scored to go with Rojas’ RBIs. Another recent infield arrival, Billy Amick (acquired from the Minnesota Twins), hit a two-run homer, his fourth dinger in six games. Add in holdovers Jacob Reimer and Marco Vargas, both ranked in Grand Central Mets’ soon-to-be-updated Top 20, and the Ponies have some serious horsepower on the dirt. Elsewhere in the organization: We’re switching up the usual order to highlight Mets DSL Blue’s 5-0, seven-inning no-hitter against DSL Giants Black. Josbel Torrez (three innings) and Esteban Mejia (four innings) combined on it. It wasn’t the cleanest no-no; the two issued three walks and hit a batter between them, and another batter reached on an error. It still counts. The Mets took the lead with three runs in the top of the fifth. Royner Bravo hit a two-run triple, and Michalle Mercedes drove in Bravo with another triple. The Mets added on in the seventh. Jesus Minaya hit a solo home run and Frank Moreno hit an RBI single. Syracuse out-slugged Columbus 13-7. Ronny Mauricio went 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored. Jose Ramos homered twice. Brooklyn lost a doubleheader at Wilmington, 6-5 and 4-0. Sammy Stafura and Aidan Smith combined for five hits, four runs and three RBIs in Game 1. Brooklyn had three hits in Game 2. St. Lucie split a doubleheader with Daytona, winning the opener 3-1 and losing the nightcap 15-7. Julio Zayas provided the offense in Game 1 with a three-run home run in the fourth inning. He ended his night as a mop-up reliever in Game 2. Mets DSL Orange edged the DSL Angels 3-2. Cesar Acosta’s RBI single in the fifth proved to be the game-winning hit. Mets Transactions New York Mets claimed 3B Gabriel Arias off waivers from Cleveland Guardians. New York Mets activated 3B Gabriel Arias. New York Mets optioned 1B Eric Wagaman to Syracuse Mets. Mauricio, Ramos Power Syracuse Rout Mauricio and Ramos were at the center of the Mets' offense for most of the night. In the first inning, Mauricio hit a laser to right for a solo home run and a 1-0 Mets lead. Four St. Lucie pitchers combined on a seven-hit effort. Starter Nathan Hall struck out three over 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Caden Wooster followed and went 1 2/3 innings. He allowed Daytona's only run, on a solo home run in the third. Ernesto Mercedes threw two scoreless innings and became the pitcher of record after Zayas' homer. Miguel Mejias recorded the final five outs for the save. Player AB R H RBI BB K Elian Peña 3 0 1 0 0 0 Aiden Robbins 2 1 1 0 1 0 John Smith III 3 1 1 0 0 0 Julio Zayas 3 1 1 3 0 0 Yovanny Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 0 1 Vladi Gomez 3 0 0 0 0 0 Wyatt Vincent 2 0 1 0 0 0 Reed Stallman 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dylan Carey 1 0 0 0 1 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Nathan Hall 1 2/3 2 0 0 1 3 0 Caden Wooster 1 2/3 1 1 1 3 3 1 Ernesto Mercedes 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 Miguel Mejias 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mets' Comebacks Go To Waste In Game 2 This was a 6-6 game after four innings. Kuhio Aloy's two-run homer in the bottom of the third pulled St. Lucie even. Daytona finally pulled away with three runs in the fifth, four runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh. Those last two runs were scored against Zayas, who was called upon to pitch for the second time in three days. St. Lucie battled back in each of the of the first three innings to lead or tie. In the first, Ryan Tayman's RBI groundout and a throwing error put the Mets up 2-1. In the second, Simon Juan homered for a 3-2 lead. In the third, Yovanny Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly before Aloy tied the game with his homer. Starter Jonathan Jimenez lasted just 1 1/3 innings, He was charged with two runs (one earned) on three hits. Tyler McLoughlin, Wilmer Lugo and Luis Sotillo combined to give up 11 runs on seven hits and eight walks out of the 'pen. Player AB R H RBI BB K Bohan Adderley 4 1 1 0 0 1 Vladi Gomez 2 2 1 0 2 0 Ryan Tayman 4 0 1 1 0 1 Julio Zayas 3 1 0 0 1 2 Yovanny Rodriguez 2 0 1 1 0 0 Reed Stallman 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kuhio Aloy 4 1 1 2 0 1 Simon Juan 3 2 2 1 0 1 Kooper Schulte 3 0 1 1 0 2 Dylan Carey 3 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jonathan Jimenez 1 1/3 3 2 1 1 1 0 Tyler McLoughlin 2 2/3 5 4 4 2 2 1 Wilmer Lugo 2/3 1 3 3 4 0 0 Luis Sotillo 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 Julio Zayas 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 0 1 Top-20 Prospect Performance Jonah Tong: DNP Jack Wenninger: DNP Ryan Clifford: DNP Elian Pena: 1-for-3 Nick Morabito: DNP Jacob Reimer: 1-for-4, RBI, 2 K Mitch Voit: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB, K Jonathan Santucci: DNP Zac Thornton: MLB Chris Suero: 1-for-2, 2B, R, BB, K Will Watson: DNP Wandy Asigen: DNP Eli Serrano III: DNP Randy Guzman: DNP Dylan Ross: DNP Ryan Lambert: DNP Antonio Jimenez: 0-for-5, 2 K R.J. Gordon: DNP Jonathan Pintaro: 2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR Marco Vargas: DNP