Mets Minor League Press Releases - Sunday’s Games

Allentown, PA – The Syracuse Mets exorcized some demons on Sunday night, scoring 18 runs on 18 hits en route to an 18-2 demolition of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on a humid summer night at Coca-Cola Park. The Mets had lost four out of the first five games in the series, which marks the Mets’ first series loss since early June.   

Syracuse (47-58) began its offensive assault in the bottom of the second inning, scoring four times on five hits. The Mets sent nine men to the plate in the frame, with the biggest blow of the inning being Deven Marrero’s bases-clearing triple that scored the first three runs of the game for a 3-0 Syracuse lead. It was the second different triple of the week for Marrero. Nick Plummer also knocked in a run via an RBI double in the frame, giving Syracuse a 4-0 edge. Plummer had at least one hit in each of the six games in this week’s series.    

Lehigh Valley (58-47) briefly crept closer in the bottom of the second when Chris Sharpe lined a two-out, two-run home run over the left-field fence to cut the Syracuse lead to two, 4-2. It was the first Triple-A home run of the year for Sharpe and just the second home run of the week for the IronPigs.    

From there, Syracuse put on an offensive display for the ages, scoring the game’s final 14 runs to clinch their most convincing win of the season. The fourth inning was the magnum opus for the Mets. Syracuse sent 12 batters to the plate in the frame, scoring eight runs on five hits plus two hit batters and two walks. Highlights from the fourth inning included an RBI double from Gosuke Katoh and RBI singles from Travis Blankenhorn and Dominic Smith.  The eight-run frame gave Syracuse a 12-2 advantage. 

The fun wouldn’t stop there as the Mets just kept right on scoring the rest of the night. Three more runs came in the sixth, powered by a two-run double from Khalil Lee and another RBI two-bagger from JT Riddle for a 15-2 lead. Another run was to come in the seventh, as Blankenhorn brought home the run via an RBI groundout to give the Mets a 14-run lead, 16-2.   

Finally, the last two tallies came in the top of the ninth on two more hits plus an error. Blankenhorn had yet another RBI hit in the ninth to cap off the game’s scoring and give Syracuse an 18-2 advantage. The Pennsylvania native finished the game 3-for-6 with three runs driven in and two runs scored. 

More notables from one the best offensive nights in franchise history: Each member of the starting lineup scored at least one run and had at least one hit. All ten Syracuse Mets who batted in the game had a hit and scored a run. Six different players scored multiple runs and four different players had multiple hits. The Mets, remarkably, had two different innings in which they had five hits. Finally, Syracuse tied its season-high with 18 total runs and 18 total hits in the game.   

While the offense inevitably took the lion’s share of the headlines on this night, the pitching staff must also be commended for its consistent and steady work. Mike Montgomery, Trey Cobb, Sam Clay, Bryce Montes de Oca, and R.J. Alvarez combined to allowed just five hits and two runs in the dominating victory. After Montgomery’s three-inning start, Cobb turned in quite the relief outing. The Oklahoma State alum tossed three scoreless frames on just one hit, ensuring there would be no dramatic comeback for the IronPigs on this night. Cobb collected the win and has a 6-1 record this season.

 

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (18-14, 62-39) scored six unanswered runs, highlighted by Brandon Lockridge’s go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth, to rally past the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 8-6 on Sunday night at TD Bank Ballpark. Somerset won the final two games of the series after Binghamton won the first four. 

Down by two runs in the ninth, the Rumble Ponies put together a furious two-out rally, as Johneshwy Fargas doubled and Brett Baty walked to bring Ronny Mauricio to the plate as the go-ahead run. Mauricio drove an 0-1 pitch to right field, but it was caught in front of the wall by Jeisson Rosario to end the game. 

Binghamton (11-21, 39-62) got off to a hot start as Mauricio belted a three-run homer over the center field wall to put the Ponies up 3-0. It’s Mauricio’s 21st home run of the year giving him 68 RBI, and his third three-run shot of the series. 

After a two-run homer by Jesus Bastidas in the second cut the lead to 3-2, Brett Baty promptly answered with a two-run homer well over the left center field wall to make it 5-2. It’s Baty’s third home run of the series and 19th of the year. Baty added an RBI single in the fourth to put the Ponies up 6-2. Baty finished 2-3 with two runs scored, three RBI, and two walks. 

Somerset would score three runs in the fourth to make it a 6-5 game and it would remain that way entering bottom of the eighth. Hunter Parsons (0-1) hit Austin Wells with a pitch to begin the frame and walked the next batter Andres Chaparro. That set up Lockridge’s go-ahead three-run homer. 

Kaleb Cowart (1-0) got the win in relief for Somerset and Carson Coleman picked up his ninth save of the year closing out the ninth. 

Postgame Notes: Baty has three multi-hit games over his last four contests and now has 59 RBI on the year…Mauricio finished with 10 RBI for the series.

 

CONEY ISLAND, NY (August 7, 2022) – After three
consecutive victories, the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, left 10 men on base in a 5-2 loss Sunday afternoon to the Winston-Salem Dash at Maimonides Park to split the six-game series. 

Win: Gallagher (1-0) | Loss: Moreno (1-6) | SV: Amaya (2)

Cyclones HR: Rudick (3)

 KEY PLAYS 

Winston-Salem’s Bryan Ramos drove in two runs, going 2-3 with an RBI double in the top of the third, making it 1-0. His sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 2-0. Ramos later scored twice on Tyler Osik’s run-scoring single in the seventh to make it 3-1 and Osik’s sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 5-2. 

Brooklyn cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth when Shervyen Newton delivered a sacrifice fly. Matt Rudick homered in the bottom of the eighth, making it 4-2. 

Dash starter Tommy Sommer did not allow a hit until the fifth inning, departing after 4 2/3 innings of six-strikeout ball with one run allowed. Winston-Salem’s Luis Amaya earned the save with a scoreless ninth. 

KEY CYCLONES PERFORMERS 

Matt Rudick: 1-2, home run, RBI, run, two walks

 

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (August 7, 2022) – The St. Lucie Mets completed a dominant season series over the Daytona Tortugas with a 3-0 win on Sunday afternoon at Clover Park. 

The Mets won the series 5-1. They finished the season series with a 21-5 record vs. the Tortugas, including a 15-2 mark at home. 

The Mets scored all three of their runs on Sunday before making an out against starter Julian Aguiar (7-7). William Lugo led off the first inning with a double, Junior Tilien drew a walk and Carlos Dominguez followed with a RBI single to plate Lugo for a 1-0 lead. 

Tilien trotted home from third base for the second run when Dominguez stole second base and catcher Hayden Jones’ throw skipped away into center field for an error. 

Dominguez scored to make it 3-0 when the next batter Raul Beracierta grounded to third baseman Sebastian Almonte and Almonte dropped the ball while chasing Dominguez down the line. 

Five Mets pitchers made the three-run lead stand up. Harol Gonzalez, making his second MiLB rehab start of the series, pitched the first 3.1 innings. He scattered two hits, walked one and struck out four. 

Michael Krauza, on his 25th birthday, pitched the next 1.2 innings. He struck out three. 

Christian Scott (3-3) pitched innings six, seven and eight to earn the win. He gave up two hits, did not walk a batter and struck out three. 

Daniel Juarez got the first two outs of the ninth and Joshua Cornielly struck out the final batter of the ninth to get his third save.