Francisco Alvarez, Photo by Rick Nelson

Francisco Álvarez has put his May slump far behind him in the rearview mirror. With an RBI-double on Saturday, he extended his hitting streak to eleven games and is now has an 1.139 OPS in June.

AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (23-36) 8, Syracuse Mets (20-38) 4 Box Score

The Mets dug themselves into a 6-1 hole before their bats finally came alive in the bottom of the seventh. Unfortunately, although RBI-hits from Palka and Smith cut the deficit to two runs, the comeback was too little, too late. That was as close as they would come to tying the game.

Smith has a hit in seven of his first eight games in Triple-A. Ritter’s single to lead off the first inning broke an 0-for-18 streak that spanned his first six Triple-A games.

  • RHP Connor Grey (L, 3-2, 4.62 ERA) 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
  • RHP Adonis Medina (0-0, 1.74 ERA) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, K
  • RHP Tommy Hunter (1-0, 4.97 ERA) 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 K

Grey has struggled since his stretch of three straight scoreless starts in mid-May. In his three starts since that stretch, he has given up nine earned runs in 12 2/3rd innings pitched. Hunter’s poor relief outing broke a streak of three straight scoreless outings of more than one inning pitched. His 13:1 K:BB ratio through 12 2/3rd, however, is still quite good, despite his high ERA.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats (27-28) 7, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (20-35) 5 Box Score

Binghamton’s trio of top prospects were responsible for a majority of the team’s offense. They drove in three of Binghamton’s five runs and had four of Binghamton’s eight hits. Baty has not been hitting for much power this year, but he has been consistently collecting hits in June, as evidenced by his .367/.424/.467 line for the month. Álvarez, on the other hand, has been hitting for both average and power. He has a .303/.351/.788 slash line in June, although he has had at least one strikeout in each game this month. Álvarez also extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Valverde has struck out an impressive 12.98 batters per nine innings this year. However, due to an incredibly high .406 BABIP and 2.09 HR/9, he has still allowed 53 hits in just 43.0 innings pitched. After posting an 8.76 ERA in April, Ragan has a 1.50 ERA since the beginning of May. Edwards has struck out 20 batters in 13 1/3rd innings pitched this season.

A+: Brooklyn Cyclones (23-31) 10, Aberdeen IronBirds (38-17) 3 Box Score

In one of the most wild box scores in the Mets’ minor league system this season, the Cyclones managed to push across 10 runs on just six hits. While many of these strange runs-to-hits ratios are the result of numerous home runs with runners on base by the offense or errors by the defense, in Saturday’s affair it was the wild pitch that aided the Cyclones.

Brooklyn scored four of their runs on the wild pitch, including, amazingly, three of them in one at-bat. Brandon McIlwain stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh inning. By the time he walked six pitches later, the runner on first to start the at-bat was trotting home on the third wild pitch of the at-bat.

Rojas pitched to contact in Saturday’s start and, although he had plenty of traffic on the bases, he was able to work his way out of each inning with minimal damage. Lavender gave up his first run since April 28th on a ninth inning home run. It was the first home run he had allowed in his professional career.

A: St. Lucie Mets (37-18) 9, Jupiter Hammerheads (28-26) 2 Box Score

St. Lucie rode a power surge to victory on Saturday night. Six of their 10 hits went for extra bases, including three home runs. Tilien continues to be a major breakout prospect for the Mets. After finishing May off with a three-home-run game, he has continued to be blazing hot in June, hitting .393/.452/.750 since the start of the month. Ramirez has slumped to a .231/.286/.385 slash line in June. Despite a bit of a slump, he still has a hit in five of the six games he’s played this month.

Scott and Atencio combined to hold the Hammerheads to just two runs in Saturday’s game. Scott struggled a bit in May, but has really begun to dominate in June. In two appearances this month, Scott has given up just two runs and has a 13:1 K:BB ratio over 9.0 innings pitched. His sinker averaged 94.4 MPH and topped out at 96.7 MPH in this appearance. Atencio has given up just one earned run over four appearances with St. Lucie. He averaged 91.8 MPH on his fastball on Saturday.

FCL: FCL Mets (4-1) 5, FCL Astros Blue (1-4) 2 Box Score

Gomez’s two-run home run capped off a five-run seventh inning that propelled the Mets to victory.

The hard-throwing Brito made his professional debut on Saturday nearly two years after signing with the Mets in 2020.

DSL: DSL Yankees (2-3) 14, DSL Mets 1 (2-3) 8  Box Score

The Mets, with eight runs on eight hits, could not quite keep up with the Yankees’ constant offensive barrage in Saturday’s game.

Mets’ pitchers walked 13 batters and allowed 12 hits in this game. Along with three errors and four hit batters, the Yankees averaged just over three-and-a-half baserunners per inning.

DSL: DSL Mets 2 (3-2) 13, DSL Rockies (3-3) 12  Box Score

  • Dyron Campos RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, K, .308/.333/.692

Six batters in the Mets’ lineup had multiple hits in Saturday’s game.

Mets’ pitchers blew a one-run lead in the ninth and a four-run lead in the tenth. However, they were able to hold on for the victory in the 11th inning. Sanchez was the only pitcher not to allow a run.