Mets Minors Recap: Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez Homer for Kingsport

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Syracuse (43-47) 4, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (52-38) 2 Box Score

C Rene Rivera 2-for-4, R, .269/.319/.466
1B Travis Taijeron 1-for-4, HR (17th), 2 RBI, .226/.357/.526

Everyone in the Syracuse lineup reached base at least once. Rivera is hitting .359 over his last nine games with five home runs.

RHP Drew Gagnon (2.17 ERA) 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, BB, 8 K
RHP Stephen Nogosek (0.00) IP, 0 H, 0 R
RHP Jacob Rhame (5.63) IP, 0 H, 0 R
RHP Tim Peterson (2.10) IP, H, 0 R, BB, 2 K, Save

Binghamton (44-42) 3, Portland (36-51) 2, F/8 Box Score

2B Gavin Cecchini 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R, .233/.233/.367
SS Andres Gimenez 1-for-3, .240/.307/.355

Gimenez is heating up, he’s hitting .375 with six RBI over his last nine games.

LHP David Peterson (4.18) 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 5 K
RHP Eric Hanhold (0.96) 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, Win

Binghamton and Portland started their second game of the doubleheader but it was suspended. Peterson has a 3.28 ERA with 31 strikeouts in his last 5 starts spanning 30.2 innings.

St. Lucie (48-42) 7, Jupiter (30-55) 4, F/10 Box Score

1B Jeremy Vasquez 3-for-5, 2 2B (20), 4 RBI, .278/.356/.392
2B Carlos Cortes 1-for-2, 3 BB, 2 R, .250/.332/.393

Jacob Zanon hit a solo homer and Hansel Moreno was on base three times. The Mets are 16-8 in the second half and three games out of first place.

RHP Dedniel Nunez (4.53) 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
RHP Joe Cavallaro (3.86) 2 IP, H, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Marcel Renteria (5.14) 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Nunez, 23, has 93 strikeouts in 80 innings this season between St. Lucie and Columbia. Renteria has one of the better fastball/slider combos of a Mets minor league reliever, but he struggles mightily with both command and control.

Columbia (35-52) 5, Augusta (47-42) 2 Box Score

2B Walter Rasquin 2-for-4, HR (1st), 2 R, .187/.253/.269
SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-4, R, .276/.313/.371
3B Mark Vientos 0-for-4, R, RBI, .256/.309/.396

Rasquin has gone 8-for-19 with three stolen bases since coming off the injured list. After a disastrous first half (24-42), the Fireflies are just one game out of first place in the second half standings with a 11-10 record.

RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (4.63) 5 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 6 K
RHP Briam Campusano (3.86) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Woods-Richardson now has a 2.20 ERA over his last seven starts and has two straight starts of going five innings while allowing only two hits and one run. His 2.68 FIP ranks 7th in the South Atlantic League and his 22.6 K-BB% is tied for fifth, he’s 18 years old.

Kingsport (10-12) 8, Princeton (10-12) 6 Box Score

C Francisco Alvarez 2-for-2, RBI, 2 BB, 2 R, HR, .263/.462/.474
3B Brett Baty 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .143/.280/.333
LF Jhoander Saez 2-for-3, 3 RBI, BB, 2B, 3B, .310/.345//.405

Alvarez and Baty hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning for their first in Appalachian League action. Both of them are among the Mets top 10 prospects.

RHP Junior Santos (5.25) 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
LHP Jefferson Escorcha (1.80) 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K

The 17-year-old Santos had his best start of the 2019 season. The 6’8” right-hander has been fast tracked through the best system having pitching only five innings in the GCL last year before starting this year with Kingsport.