Mets Minors Recap: Alex Ramirez Homers, Drives in Five

Alex Ramirez, Photo by Ed Delany of MMO

Mets outfield prospect Alex Ramirez went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double and five RBIs in Brooklyn’s victory Friday night. More from around the Mets minors:

AAA: Syracuse Mets (41-50) 6, Worcester Red Sox (47-44) 5 Box Score

3B Kramer Robertson: 1-for-4, 2 R, BB, K, SB (2), .222/.397/.289
C Francisco Alvarez: 1-for-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, .261/.364/.518
1B Gosuke Katoh: 2-for-4, HR (6), BB, K, .234/.344/.449

Syracuse opened their second half with a win as they downed the Worcester Red Sox 6-5 in 10 innings.

Gosuke Katoh opened the scoring in the second inning with a solo home run. Five of Katoh’s six homers have come in July and he’s slashing. 327/.397/.673 through 52 at-bats this month.

After Worcester tied the game in the fourth Francisco Alvarez put Syracuse back in front with an RBI double in the sixth. Alvarez would later score on a Nick Plummer single.

The Red Sox would tie the game again at four to force extra innings before the Mets scored twice in the tenth, including a pinch-hit RBI single from Mark Vientos, en route to the one-run victory.

RHP Stephen Nogosek: 2.o IP, BB, 1.07 ERA
RHP Trey Cobb: (W, 4-1), 2.0 IP, ER, 4 H, 2 K, 6.23 ERA
RHP Bryce Montes de Oca: SV (5), R, 0 ER, H, BB, 3.50 ERA

Trey Cobb allowed the tying run in the eighth inning but pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win. Bryce Montes de Oca loaded the bases in the bottom of the tenth but stranded the winning run to pick up his fifth save with Syracuse.

Stephen Nogosek pitched another two scoreless innings in the contest. The right-hander has allowed just one earned run in his last 10.2 innings.

AA: Hartford Yard Goats (55-33) 6, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (33-55) 5 Box Score

2B Wyatt Young: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI, K, .260/.334/.355
3B Brett Baty: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 K, .290/.387/.490
LF Carlos Cortes: 2-for-5, 2 2B, R, 2 K, .222/.291/.358
CF Zach Ashford: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, .249/.323/.367

The Rumble Ponies scored five runs on 11 hits, including seven doubles, but fell 6-5 to the Hartford Yard Goats.

After Binghamton found themselves in a 5-0 hole, Brett Baty answered with an RBI double in the fifth inning. Baty had two doubles in the contest to raise his OPS to .854. He’s now slashing .317/.406/.600 through 60 at-bats this month.

The Rumble Ponies would tie the game with four runs in the sixth inning, capped by a Wyatt Young RBI double. However, they’d be held in check for the final three innings as the Yard Goats claimed the one-run victory. Young now has hits in five-straight games after a slow start in Double-A. The 22-year-old infielder is 7-for-23 in that span.

RHP Garrison Bryant: 4.0 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, BB, 2 K, 3.52 ERA
RHP Jesus Vargas: 2.0 IP, ER, H, 2 K, 5.40 ERA
RHP Mitch Ragan: (L, 1-3), 2.0 IP, ER, 2 H, BB, 3 K, 4.44 ERA

Garrison Bryant struggled in his first start with the Rumble Ponies allowing four runs on six hits in four innings. The 23-year-old right-hander was 5-1 with a 3.18 ERA in 65 innings with Brooklyn.

Mitch Ragan took the loss after allowing a home run to Michael Toglia in the eighth inning.

A+: Brooklyn Cyclones (42-46) 10, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (31-56) 3 Box Score

LF Matt Rudick: 2-for-5, 2B, R, .214/.343/.351
CF Alex Ramirez: 4-for-5, HR (1), 2B, 5 RBI, SB (2), CS, .281/.352/.444
1B JT Schwartz: 2-for-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI, K, .261/.353/.373

The Cyclones routed the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 10-3 thanks to a breakout game from Alex Ramirez. The 19-year-old outfielder opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the first inning, his first longball in High-A. Ramirez would finish the night 4-for-5 with five RBIs while falling a triple shy of the cycle — he’d also add a stolen base for good measure. After a slow start in Brooklyn, Ramirez is now 8-for-12 in his last three contests.

JT Schwartz also had two hits, including his fourth triple of the year, and drove in a pair of runs.

RHP Carson Seymour: (W, 1-5), 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 10 K, 2.85 ERA
RHP Sammy Tavarez: 1.0 IP, K, 1.80 ERA

Carson Seymour allowed three runs on just three hits (all solo home runs) while striking out 10 in six innings to earn his first victory in Brooklyn. Seymour has struck out 21 over his last two starts (12.2 innings) while surrendering just five hits. The 2021 6th-round pick now has a K/9 of 11.12 in High-A with a 3.97 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP.

Brendan Hardy, Daison Acosta, and Sammy Tavarez combined to pitch three scoreless innings to close out the win.

A: St. Lucie Mets (51-36) 0, Jupiter Hammerheads (45-41) 9 Box Score

CF Omar De Los Santos: 1-for-4, K, CS (10), .273/.340/.495
1B Raul Beracierta: 1-for-3, K, .282/.335/.420
LF Eduardo Salazar: 1-for-2, BB, K, .254/.338/.381

The Mets had just four hits, all singles, as they were routed 9-0 by the Jupiter Hammerheads.

Eduardo Salazar is now 6-for-26 in Low-A after slashing .270/.325/.405 through 37 at-bats in the Florida Complex League.

LHP Mike Montgomery: (L, 0-1), 1.1 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, K, 7.09 ERA
RHP Jeffrey Colon: 1.2 IP, 2 R, ER, 2 BB, 3.15 ERA
RHP Joel Diaz: 3.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 7.77 ERA

Mike Montgomery took the loss in a rehab start after allowing four runs (two earned) in the first inning. Jeffery Colon would let up another two runs (one earned) in the second.

Joel Diaz pitched three perfect innings after entering the game in the fifth inning but would allow three runs with two outs in the eighth. Diaz has 14 strikeouts through 14.2 innings in July with a 5.52 ERA.