Mets Minors Recap: Jonathan Santucci Shines for Binghamton

Syracuse was ambushed in their loss, Binghamton managed five hits between two players and lost despite a solid, but wild outing from Jonathan Santucci, St. Lucie pulled out a victory behind a scorching-hot performance by Yonatan Henriquez and Brooklyn came up short in their loss on Thursday

Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (62-61) 1, Indianapolis Indians (72-50) 16

BOX SCORE

• 2B/CF Jett Williams – 0-for-5, 1 K (.634 OPS)
•  RF Luke Ritter – 2-for-4, 1 R, HR (7), 1 RBI (32) (.688 OPS)
• 1B/lF Ryan Clifford – 1-for-2, 1 K (.550 OPS)

Since his hot start with Syracuse, Williams has cooled down significantly. Ritter was the best performer at the plate and on the mound, which would be Ohtani-esque if it weren’t for the fact he doesn’t pitch.

• RHP Dom Hamel (5.83 ERA) 1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR allowed (21 of 34 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Jonathan Pintaro (4.88ERA) 2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

The first three pitchers allowed 15 of the 16 runs. Ritter pitched two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and lowering his season ERA to 5.40.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (76-39) 0, Portland Sea Dogs (56-58) 2

BOX SCORE

• CF A.J. Ewing – 2-for-4, 1 K (.718 OPS)
• DH Nick Morabito – 0-for-4, 2 K (.761 OPS)
• 3B Jacob Reimer – 0-for-3, 1 BB, 3 K (.790 OPS)

Ewing and Jefrey De Los Santos combined for all five of the Rumble Ponies’ hits, with three more hitters reaching base via the walk. JT Schwartz has had an odd month of August, slashing .200/.333/.200 while walking seven times and striking out twice.

• LHP Jonathan Santucci (2.34 ERA) 5 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 3 K (50 of 84 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Ryan Lambert (2.08 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, 3 K

Lambert has struck out 11 batters in August, while allowing only three hits in 6 2/3 innings. Santucci had his most walks allowed in a game as a professional, but managed to avoid allowing any of the runs to score.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (67-50) 3, Aberdeen IronBirds (48-67) 6

BOX SCORE

• DH Boston Baro – 0-for-4 (.602 OPS)
• CF Eli Serrano III – 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI (45), 2 SB (9) (.691 OPS)
• C Ronald Hernandez – 1-for-4, 3B, 1 K (.637 OPS)

Hernandez had his second extra-base hit in as many days, utilizing his speed to get a triple. Corey Collins has struggled mightily in August, striking out 19 times in 42 at-bats with zero extra-base hits.

• RHP Noah Hall (2.37 ERA) 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (38 of 67 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Hoss Brewer (2.45 ERA) 1 IP, 1 K

Hall had his eighth start of the season with four or more walks and has only had one start this season where he walked zero batters. Brewer has only walked one batter across 9 2/3 innings in August.

Low-A

St. Lucie Mets (69-47) 4, Palm Beach Cardinals (56-59) 3

BOX SCORE

• 2B Mitch Voit 1-for-5, 3 K (.490 OPS)
• LF John Bay – 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K (1.048 OPS)
• 2B Trey Snyder – 1-for-4, 1 RBI (46), SB (36), 1 BB (.635 OPS)
• CF Yonatan Henriquez – 3-for-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 SB (33), 1 K (.752 OPS)

Voit has struck out 12 times in the last six games and has not had an extra-base hit in August. Snyder stole his team-leading 36th base of the season.

• RHP Irving Cota (4.36 ERA) 4 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (49 of 81 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Yuhi Sako (6.00 ERA) 2 IP, 2 H, 3 K

Yuhi Sako bounced back from a rough appearance on Wednesday to earn a two-inning save, striking out three batters in the process.

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