Mets Minors Recap: Jack Wenninger Goes 8 Innings

The St. Lucie Mets won Game 1 of their series against the Daytona Tortugas behind five scoreless innings from righty Jose Chirinos and early offense. Starter Jack Wenninger helped Double-A Binghamton set a franchise record with their 87th victory of 2025.

Triple-A

Worcester Red Sox (70-69) 4, Syracuse Mets (71-69) 1

BOX SCORE

• 2B Jett Williams 1-for-4, .659 OPS
• CF Carson Benge 0-for-4, .449 OPS
• LF Ryan Clifford 0-for-3, BB, .776 OPS

Catcher Kevin Parada knocked in the Mets’ only run of the game with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning.

• RHP Douglas Orellana 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 5.71 ERA
• LHP Joe La Sorsa 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2.76 ERA
• RHP Chris Devenski 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 3.44 ERA
• RHP Alex Carrillo 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 4.58 ERA
• LHP Dicky Lovelady 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1.80 ERA

La Sorsa was making his Mets organization debut after signing a minor league deal recently. The New York native has 47 innings of big league experience coming out of the bullpen.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (87-45) 6, Portland Seadogs (63-68) 5, F/11

BOX SCORE

• CF A.J. Ewing 2-for-5, 2B, .802 OPS
• RF Nick Morabito 1-for-3, BB, RBI, HBP, .734 OPS
• 3B Jacob Reimer 1-for-4, BB, R, .851 OPS

The Binghamton offense had more walks (7) than strikeouts (6), not something to see often in today’s baseball. Nick Lorusso and William Lugo each walked twice in the Rumble Ponies win.

• RHP Jack Wenninger 8 IP, 7, 3 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 2.92 ERA
• RHP TJ Shook 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2.44 ERA
• RHP Ryan Lambert 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1.77 ERA
• RHP Brian Metoyer 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 2.66 ERA

Wenninger pitched a career-high eight innings in what is the longest outing of the year for a Binghamton starter. He leads the Mets’ minor leagues this season with 127 2/3 innings pitched, and his 2.92 ERA is third in the Eastern League.

High-A Postseason – SAL North Division Final

The Brooklyn Cyclones take a 1-o series lead into a home game on Thursday against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. MMO writer Matt Mancusco will be covering the game.

Low-A – FSL East Divisional Series

St. Lucie Mets (1-0), 4, Daytona Tortugas (0-1) 2

Box Score

• 2B Mitch Voit 1-for-4, RBI, 2B, SB
• SS Antonio Jimenez 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, SB
• RF Simon Juan 2-for-4, R

The top two picks from the Mets’ 2025 draft class helped St. Lucie win their first playoff game. They can take the series with a win on Thursday at Clover Park.

• RHP Jose Chirinos 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
• RHP Elwis Mijares 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Tyler McLoughlin 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

The 20-year-old Chirinos finished the regular season, giving up more than two runs in only one of his final 11 starts of the season.

 

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