Minors Recap: McNeil, Alvarez Continue Rehab Assignments

It was a mixed bag of results from the Mets’ minor leagues on Sunday. Brandon Waddell continued his strong start to the season, tossing five scoreless innings for Syracuse in a 7-0 win over the IronPigs. Drew Gilbert doubled in a run, continuing his rehab assignment with St. Lucie, collecting two hits while doubling in a run. Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil also continued their rehab assignments with St. Lucie.

Triple-A

Game 1: Syracuse Mets (4-9) 0, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (11-3) 2

Box Score

Syracuse’s offense failed to generate any runs in Game 1, only mustering two hits provided by Billy McKinney and Gilberto Celestino

• Billy McKinney, LF, 2-for-4, (.505)
• Gilberto Celestino, RF, 2-for-4, (.822)

José Ureña tossed three strong innings in his first outing of the season.

• RHP José Ureña, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (2.70)
• RHP Austin Warren, 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER,  1 K (4.05)
• RHP Rico Garcia, 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K  (1.93)

Game 2: Syracuse Mets (5-9) 7, Lehigh Valley IronPigs (11-4) 0

Box Score Game 2

The Syracuse bats came alive in Game 2 with run-scoring doubles from Luke Ritter and Jon Singleton and two RBI singles from Joey Meneses.

• Luke Ritter, LF, 1-for-3 (1.233)
• Jon Singleton, DH, 2-for-4, (.811)
• Joey Meneses, 1B, 1-for-3, (.670)

Brandon Waddell threw five scoreless innings backed up by two scoreless innings from the bullpen, paving the way for a 7-0 victory over the IronPigs

• LHP Brandon Waddell, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 4 K (1.35)
• LHP Anthony Gose, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 BB , 2 K (2.70)
• RHP Tyler Zuber, 1.1 IP, 3 BB, (1.59)

Double-A

Binghampton Rumble Ponies 2  (3-4), Hartford Yard Goats (5-3) 1

Box Score

The Rumble Ponies outpitched the Yard Goats, ending in a final score of 2-1, on the backs of a Wyatt Young home run and sacrifice fly.

• Wyatt Young, 3B, 1-for-3 (1.233)
• William Lugo, DH, 2-for-4, (.811)
• Kevin Parada, 1B, 1-for-3, (.670)

Nolan McLean continued to impress, throwing five innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts, backed up by four scoreless innings from Joander Suarez.

• RHP Nolan McLean, 5.0 IP, 4 H,  1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (1.00)
• RHP Joander Suarez, 4.0 IP, 2 H, 6 K (0.00)

High A

Hudson Valley Renegades (5-4) 1, Brooklyn Cyclones (6-3) 8

Box Score

The Cyclones thrashed the Renegades on Sunday by a score of 8-1. D’Andre Smith knocked in a 3-run double, and Chris Suero smacked his third homer of the season, alongside 3 RBIs from Ronald Hernandez.

• Chris Suero, C, 1-for-3 , HR , RBI (1.234)
• D’Andre Smith, LF, 1-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI (.693)
• Ronald Hernandez, 1B, 1-for-3, 3 RBI (.593)

The pitching staff combined for 10 strikeouts across the boxscore, with notable contributions from R.J. Gordon and Anthony Nunez.

• RHP R.J. Gordon, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K (2.35)
• RHP Dylan Ross, 1.2 IP, 2 K (2.45)
• RHP Ben Simon 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 K (8.44)
• RHP Anthony Nunez  2.0 IP, 1 BB, 3 K (0.00)

Low-A

Lakeland Flying Tigers (4-5) 2, St. Lucie Mets (4-5) 1

Box Score

St. Lucie’s bats struggled in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers.  Drew Gilbert smacked an RBI double, going 2-for-4, continuing his rehab assignment, and Jesus Baez also smacked multiple hits.

McNeil played six innings at second base and Alvarez played eight innings behind the plate.

• Drew Gilbert, CF, 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (1.152)
• Jesus Baez, 3B, 2-for-4, BB (.525)
• Colin Houck, 2B, 1-for-2,  (.553)
• 2B Jeff McNeil: 1-for-3 (.900 OPS)
• C Francisco Alvarez: 0-for-4, BB (.350 OPS)

Right-hander Chandler Marsh posted a strong outing on Sunday. Throwing 1 1/3 innings while striking out two.

• RHP Edgar Moreta, 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 K (14.73)
• RHP Will Watson, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 K (0.00)
• RHP Juan Arnaud, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K  (10.13)
• RHP Chandler Marsh 1.1 IP, 2 K (0.00)

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