Alex Ramirez, Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized

Triple-A

Durham Bulls (10-6) 8, Syracuse Mets (10-7) 4, Game 1

Box Score

Vientos continued his great start to the season reaching base three times and hitting three balls at least 99 mph. Mauricio has been great at the plate, but made his fifth error of the season. Ritter homered in his first Triple-A at-bat of the 2023 season.

  • RHP Alex Valverde 3 IP, 5 H, 6 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 3 K, Loss, 5.14 ERA
  • RHP Nolan Clenney (AAA debut) 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 6.75 ERA
  • RHP Seth Elledge 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 7.71 ERA

The 26-year-old Clenney got an impressive 10 whiffs (40%) in his first-ever Triple-A outing.

Syracuse Mets (11-7) 3, Durham Bulls (10-7) 1, Game 2

Box Score

  • DH Danny Mendick 1-for-3, R, 2B, SB, .878 OPS
  • 1B Mark Vientos 0-for-3, 2 K, 1.182 OPS
  • SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-1, R, CS, 1.172 OPS
  • C Michael Perez 1-for-2, HR (2nd), 2 RBI, .513 OPS

The Mets won this game despite having just three hits and none of them with runners in scoring position.

Griffin was making his first start of the season and his first Triple-A appearance of the season as well. Walker has allowed only one earned run and struck out 10 in 6 1/3 innings this season. Hartwig has been the Mets best reliever so far in 2023 with only one run allowed in nine innings and this was his second six-out save of the season.

Double-A

Hartford Yard Goats (6-6) 1, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (5-7) 0

Box Score 

The Rumble Ponies only had three hits in the game and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

  • RHP Dominic Hamel 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1.59 ERA
  • RHP Sammy Tavarez 3 IP, 2 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1.17 ERA
  • RHP Hunter Parsons 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 5.68 ERA

Hamel allowed only one run but walked three more to put his total at 11 free passes in only 11 2/3 innings this year. Tavarez has allowed only one run in 7 2/3 innings, though he’s had his own struggles with walks, issuing seven walks in that span.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (4-8) 7, Wilmington Blue Rocks (6-6) 1

Box Score

  • CF Alex Ramírez 2-for-4, 3 RBI, R, .766 OPS
  • DH Kevin Parada 0-for-3, RBI, .706 OPS
  • SS Cesar Berbesi 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 1.118 OPS

The 20-year-old Ramírez extended his hitting streak to seven games, he has a 1.023 OPS during that span. The 23-year-old Berbesi is tied for third in the league with his .417 average and is fourth with his 210 wRC+.

  • RHP Raimon Gómez 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K, 6.43 ERA
  • RHP Trey McLoughlin 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1.17 ERA
  • RHP Jace Beck 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 0.00 ERA
  • LHP Quinn Brodey 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 3.00 ERA

The 100 mph throwing Gómez had his first scoreless outing of the season and now has 12 strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings. Brodey, a former outfielder, has now thrown back-to-back scoreless outings.

Low-A

Lakeland Flying Tigers (6-6) 6, St. Lucie Mets (4-8) 3

Box Score

Outfielder Carlos Dominguez left the game early after he appeared to injure his hand on a slide. Williams now has 13 walks in 11 games this season.

It was the second straight start for Ventura without allowing an earned run. Ventura and Ramirez were both getting horizontal movement on their changeups in the high teens (inches).