Mets Minors Recap: Jett Williams Homers for Syracuse
The story of Friday is the major league debut of one of the best pitching prospects in all of baseball, Jonah Tong. The 22-year-old starts tonight for the Mets against the Marlins. On the diamond from Thursday, the story was Mets top position prospect Jett Williams hitting his second Triple-A home run.
Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (65-64) 11, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (76-49) 8
BOX SCORE
- CF Jett Williams 2-for-5, .619 OPS
- SS Luisangel Acuña 2-for-5, RBI, 2B, SB, .721 OPS
- 1B Ryan Clifford 1-for-5, 2B, .809
- LF Jared Young 3-for-5, 3B, 2 RBI, .966 OPS
Luke Ritter and Joey Meneses also homered for Syracuse.
- RHP Tylor Megill 4 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Megill struggled to throw strikes in his rehab appearance. Righties Austin Warren (2.0 IP) and Chris Devenski (1.2 IP) had scoreless outings out of the bullpen.
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (80-41) 7, Somerset Patriots (63-60) 5
BOX SCORE
- 3B Jacob Reimer 1-for-3, RBI, BB, 2B, .897 OPS
- RF D’Andre Smith 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI, SB, BB, .746 OPS
Reimer has reached base multiple times in five straight games and has 15 RBIs in his last 13 games.
- RHP Jack Wenninger 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2.98 ERA
Righties Joshua Cornielly (1 IP), Joander Saurez (2 IP) and TJ Shook (1 IP, save) followed Wenninger with four combined scoreless innings.
High-A
Hudson Valley Renegades (73-47) 7, Brooklyn Cyclones (70-53) 1
BOX SCORE
- C Ronald Hernandez 2-for-3, 2 SB (23), RBI, BB, .648 OPS
Brooklyn had only four hits on the day, with Colin Houck and Diego Mosquera collecting one each.
- RHP Noah Hall 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 2.42 ERA
Hall hasn’t given up more than three earned runs in a start since May 24.
Low-A
St. Lucie Mets (73-49) 3, Lakeland Flying Tigers (70-49) 0
BOX SCORE
- RF AJ Salgado 1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI, .807 OPS
The St. Lucie Mets had three hits, but that was enough with Salgado hitting his first pro home run. Ronald Guzman and Sam Robertson each had one hit for St. Lucie.
- RHP Channing Austin 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 4.31 ERA
- RHP Jose Chirinos 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 3.27 ERA
The 20-year-old Chirinos has a 3.06 ERA between the FCL and St. Lucie Mets this season in 67 2/3 innings.
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