Mets Minors Recap: Carson Benge, Luisangel Acuña Both Homer

Mets 2024 first-rounder Carson Benge hit his first professional home run on Tuesday with the St. Lucie Mets. Luisangel Acuña had a huge day for Triple-A Syracuse, and Ryan Clifford hit a dinger for Double-A Binghamton.

Triple-A

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (50-63) 6, Syracuse Mets (68-57) 4

BOX SCORE

• SS Luisangel Acuña: 4-for-5, HR (7), 3 RBI, 2 SB (34) (.673 OPS)
• CF Drew Gilbert: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 SB (.655 OPS)
• RF DJ Stewart: 1-for-4, BB (.845 OPS)

Acuña had arguably his best day of the season just a few days before the Mets decide on who they will call up for September. Acuña is on the Mets’ 40-man roster.

• RHP Brandon Sproat (8.83 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR allowed (53 of 76 pitches for strikes)
• LHP Joey Lucchesi (4.81 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Brandon Sproat started off the game strong, but unraveled in the fifth inning starting with a David Dahl home run, then hitting the next two batters, then allowing an RBI single, a double-play, then two consecutive RBI hits.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (63-55) 3, Hartford Yard Goats (65-54) 2

BOX SCORE

• 1B Ryan Clifford 1-for-4, R, HR (15), 2 RBI (46), K (.810 OPS)
• CF Alex Ramirez 1-for-4, 2 SB (35) (.604 OPS)
• DH Matt Rudick 1-for-4, BB (.710 OPS)

Ryan Clifford continues his strong second half with another home run, his 15th of the season. Alex Ramirez stole two bases on the day, but his OPS is still barely over .600. Kevin Parada had the day off in what has been a rough month for him.

Infielder Wyatt Young was on base twice and stole his 16th base of the season, and now has a .488 OBP in August.

• RHP Jordan Geber (3.40 ERA) 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 2 K (59 of 88 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Cam Robinson (3.71 ERA) 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Carlos Guzman (4.01 ERA) 1 IP

Jordan Geber looked strong throughout Tuesday’s game, keeping runners off the bases and inducing weak contact from a lineup including Rockies top prospect Adael Amador. Former Mets pitching Brendan Hardy took the loss for Hartford.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (58-63) 3, Winston-Salem Dash (55-66) 2

BOX SCORE

• CF Nick Morabito: 0-for-4 (.717 OPS)
• C Christopher Suero: 2-for-4, RBI, 2 2B (.665 OPS)

Boston Baro (0-for-3, BB) and Ronald Hernandez (0-for-4) both went hitless in their Cyclones debuts.

• LHP Felipe De La Cruz (4.41 ERA) 5 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K (44 of 75 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Jordany Ventura (3.89 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K

Right-handers Eduardo Herrera (1.2 IP, 4 K) and Justin Lawson (1 IP, 8th save) closed out the game for Brooklyn.

Low-A

Jupiter Hammerheads (61-58) 2, St. Lucie Mets (41-78) 4

BOX SCORE

• CF Carson Benge: 2-for-4, 2 R, HR (1), 2 RBI (2) (.860 OPS)
• 3B Marco Vargas: 0-for-2, 1 R, SB (9), 2 BB, 2 K (.575 OPS)
• SS Colin Houck: 0-for-3, RBI (47), 2 K (.617 OPS)
• RF Eli Serrano III: 1-for-4, 2B, R (.496 OPS)
• C Daiverson Gutierrez: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 K (1.000 OPS)
• DH Jett Williams: 0-for-1, 2 BB, CS (1)

Tuesday saw the future of the Mets have big days at the plate, with 2024 first-round pick Carson Benge hitting his first professional home run and Daiverson Gutierrez making his full-season debut and going 1-for-3 at the plate with a double. Marco Vargas and Jett Williams each walked twice.

• RHP Edgar Moreta (5.60 ERA) 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR allowed (53 of 84 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Kyle Crick (3.86 ERA) 1 IP, 1 K
• RHP Layonel Ovalles (5.92 ERA) 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K

Edgar Moreta put together a great outing, going six strong innings allowing only four hits. The bullpen did the heavy lifting for the remainder of this close game, with Kyle Crick and Layonel Ovalles pitching the final scoreless three innings allowing only a hit and striking out four.

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