Minors Recap: Clifford, Lorusso Homer on Friday

The Mets got wins across their entire minor league system. Austin Allen and the Syracuse Mets trounced Buffalo, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies split their doubleheader with Portland, Brooklyn’s offense finally broke out, and the St. Lucie Mets erased an 8-0 deficit in the fifth inning to come back and beat the Palm Beach Cardinals. It’s safe to say the entire Mets organization is having fun right now.

Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (49-29) 9, Buffalo Bisons (38-40) 4

BOX SCORE

• C Austin Allen 2-for-4, R, HR (3), 5 RBI (.929 OPS)
• SS Luisangel Acuña 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, BB (.698 OPS)
• DH Rylan Bannon 1-for-4, R, HR (14), 3 RBI (.875 OPS)
• 3B Brett Baty 2-for-5, R, RBI, 2 K (1.125 OPS)

The Mets bats, led by homers from Allen (grand slam) and Bannon, earned Syracuse the win over Buffalo. Brett Baty collected two more hits as he continues to mash since his demotion to Syracuse.

• RHP José Buttó (6.64 ERA) 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (101 pitches/ 59 strikes)
• RHP  Wilkin Ramos  1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• LHP Tyler Jay 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Butto was again solid for Syracuse, posting his fourth consecutive quality start. While he is still walking a fair amount of hitters (five batters in the last three games), those numbers have changed significantly since his struggles earlier in the month.

Double-A
Game 1: Portland Sea Dogs (35-37) 2, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (36-34) 0

BOX SCORE

• 3B Jeremiah Jackson 1-for-2, BB, SB ( 7) (.626 OPS)
• LF Stanley Consuegra 1-for-3, K (.384 OPS)
• C Drake Osborn 1-for-3,K (.696 OPS)

The Ponies’ offense struggled in the first half of the doubleheader, combining to collect only three hits.

• RHP Nolan McLean (6.07 ERA) 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (80 pitches/52 strikes)
• RHP Cameron Foster (3.89 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Cam Robinson (1.20 ERA) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

McLean didn’t have much run support behind his solid outing in game 1 of the doubleheader.

Game 2: Portland Sea Dogs (38-35) 0, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (37-34) 1

BOX SCORE

• 1B Ryan Clifford 1-for-3, R, HR (9), RBI, K (.838 OPS)
• C Kevin Parada 1-for-3, 2B, K (.655 OPS)
• 1B JT Schwartz 2-for-4, BB (.802 OPS)

Binghamton earned a doubleheader split powered by an opposite-field Ryan Clifford home run. Clifford now has nine homers in 37 games for the Rumble Ponies, boasting a peculiar slash line of .175/.356/.482 (.838 OPS).

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• RHP Justin Jarvis (2.90 ERA) 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K (74 pitches/48 strikes)
• RHP Nolan Clenney 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Bryce Montes de Oca 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Trey McLoughlin (2.86 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Jarvis has been up and down between Triple-A Syracuse and Double-A Binghamton, but he has remained steady for both teams. His outing on Friday was his second consecutive scoreless performance while lowering his Double-A ERA to 2.90. Montes de Oca put a scoreless outing on his third rehab appearance for the Rumble Ponies – Goose Mountain could be on his way back to Queens after the team’s critical loss of Drew Smith. 

High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (35-38) 7, Aberdeen IronBirds (39-34) 0

BOX SCORE

• 1B Nick Lorusso 1-for-2, 2 R, HR (11), 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K (.867 OPS)
• 2B Jesus Baez 1-for-5, 2 K (.706 OPS)
• LF Christopher Suero 1-for-3, R, 2 BB, 1 K (.686 OPS)

The Cyclone’s offense finally broke out, scoring seven en route to a win over Aberdeen. Nick Lorruso launched his 11th homer for Brooklyn, bringing his OPS up to a respectable .867.

• RHP Dakota Hawkins (4.54 ERA) 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
• RHP Josh Hejka 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Hawkins and Hejka combined to pitch another gem for Brooklyn– striking out nine and only allowing three hits in their shutout effort.

Low-A
St. Lucie Mets (24-49) 10, Palm Beach Cardinals (40-32) 8

BOX SCORE

• 3B Colin Houck 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI (.642 OPS)
• SS Boston Baro 2-for-6, RBI, K (.755 OPS)
• LF Yohairo Cuevas 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, K (.531 OPS)

The Mets scored in bunches to erase an 8-0 deficit and beat Palm Beach for their 24th victory of the season. Massive sixth and ninth innings were all the Mets needed to score their ten runs on the night. Despite only hitting two extra-base hits for the entire game, the Mets collected 12 total hits and drew three walks. Colin Houck had another big game, grabbing three more hits, including a double, and driving in two runs.

 

• RHP Edgar Moreta (14.21 ERA) 3 IP, 11 H, 8 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Miguel Alfonseca 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Shintaro Fujinami 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Despite Moreta being absolutely lit up by the Cardinals, the rest of the Mets bullpen was dynamite–giving up zero hits and four walks in seven innings, allowing the offense to come back. Shintaro Fujinami made a rehab appearance and put up a spotless inning.

Florida Complex League
FCL-Mets (17-21) 3, FCL-Nationals (17-20) 0

BOX SCORE

• DH Daiverson Gutierrez 1-for-2, 2B, K (1.667 OPS)
• 1B Jake Zitella 1-for-4, R, HR(1), RBI, 2K (.785 OPS)

The DSL Mets won both of their games on Friday.

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