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Rochester (21-33) 9, Syracuse (29-28) 3 Box

  • Chris Mazza (1-2, 3.00 ERA): 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB
  • Louis Coleman (0-0, 108.00 ERA): 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB
  • Eric Hanhold (2-3, 5.54 ERA): 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, K, BB
  • Stephen Villines (0-0, 1.03 ERA): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER

Mazza held his own, scattering six hits and three runs (two earned) across six innings. He cruised the first couple of innings before allowing old friend Jordany Valdespin to cross the plate in the third inning. In the sixth frame, Mazza’s throwing error permitted the go-ahead run to score. Rather surprisingly, he’s emerged as Syracuse’s best rotation option this year.

No shocker here, but Stephen Villines was lights-out yet again. He’s only allowed seven runs in 26.1 innings between Binghamton and Syracuse this season. This was Hanhold’s fourth consecutive outing where he allowed multiple runs.

Louis Coleman didn’t make the greatest first impression in his initial appearance for the Syracuse Mets. The journeyman came into the game with the score at 3-2 and left it, one out later, with the Mets in a 9-2 deficit. Coleman struggled with his command, throwing only nine out of his 21 pitches for strikes.  He was signed to a minor-league deal earlier this week.

Relievers Corey Taylor and Daniel Zamora were placed on the IL.

The Mets threatened for the majority of the afternoon, but no one could deliver the clutch hit as they combined to go 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Guillorme tacked on more three singles; his on-base percentage ranks third among Mets minor-leaguers, but, yet again, his power hasn’t shown up (0.96 ISO). Alcantara has a 1.142 OPS since being promoted to Syracuse a few weeks ago.

Harrisburg (36-21) 9, Binghamton (30-22) 8 Box

Binghamton rallied to pull within one in the final innings, but a seven-run fifth doomed the Rumble Ponies. Peterson got through first four innings unscathed, but couldn’t get past the fifth. The Senators poured it on, with four consecutive batters having run-scoring knocks. Despite Peterson’s recent hot streak, his struggles in Double-AA are especially concerning given that he was considered a fast riser when drafted.

The trio of Jason Krizan, Michael Paez, and Barnes all had multi-RBI nights, driving in six of the nine Rumble Ponies runs. Will Toffey‘s sacrifice fly and Paez’s ribbie single gave Bingo a two-run cushion. A frame later, Barnes extended the lead with his fifth homer of the year.  After Barnes’ ninth-inning two-bagger drove in Luis Carpio and put Barnes on the bases representing the tying run, the Ponies couldn’t come up with the game-tying base knock.

Quinn Brodey went 0-for-4 with an RBI and a strikeout in his Double-A debut.  David Peterson‘s one silver lining from his start is that he recorded his first-ever MiLB hit. Shohei Otani who?

Tampa (24-33) 6, St.Lucie (28-29) 4 Box

Smith had the worst outing of his professional career, as he failed to make it out of the fourth inning. While short stints are nothing new for the lefty, the eight hits and five runs represent a career-high. Smith struggled from the onset, allowing two runs in the first and three more in third. Mitchell’s only allowed two earned runs since his promotion to St.Lucie two weeks ago.

After Dermis Garcia‘s two-run single in the first inning, Carlos Cortes halved in the lead by doubling in Blake Tiberi in the latter half of the inning. The Mets tried to rally in the ninth, but come up just short. With two runs already in and Alfredo Escalera dancing off the basepaths, Jeremy Vasquez and Dan Rizzie both came up as the game-tying run, but they were both retired by Andrew Bellatti.

Columbia (23-35) 3, Rome (26-32) 2 Box

  • RHP Willy Tavares (4-5, 3.90 ERA): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 8 K
  • RHP Billy Oxford (0-2, 4.12 ERA): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, K
  • RHP Tylor Megill (1-0, 0.82 ERA): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K

After allowing two runs to score in the first inning, Tavares proceeded to shut down the Braves for six innings, scattering only six hits and striking out eight. Tylor Megill‘s pristine 0.82 ERA and 12.27 K/9 looks promising, but his command issues (6.54 BB/9) are troubling.

A three-run second was all the offense Tavares and the rest of the Mets’ bullpen needed. Ronny Mauricio and Shervyen Newton led the charge with back-to-back knocks to open the frame. After Juan Uriarte drove in Vientos, Walter Rasquin beat out an infield single to even up with the game. Hansel Moreno‘s sacrifice fly,a batter later, proved to be the difference-maker. Ronny Mauricio‘s third-inning single extended his hitting streak to eight games.

DSL Mets I (3-0) 2, DSL Twins I (1-2) 1 Box

Polanco and Bradly Encarnacion both tallied multi-hit efforts, but the rest of the Mets’ offense was non-existent. Encarnacion drove in Carlos Dominguez to put the Mets up one in the bottom of the second and doubled Dominguez two frames later

In his first start of the year, Joshua Cornielly twirled five solid innings, punching out four Twins. Jose Valdez, who relieved Cornielly, struck out five Twins over two innings.

DSL Mets 2 (3-0) 11, DSL Diamondbacks (1-2) 5 Box

  • CF Dyron Campos: 2-3, 3 R, HBP, 2 RBIs, 2 BB, SB | .417/.563/.750

Campos led the offensive onslaught as he got on-base five times. The Mets scored in six out of their nine innings.

  • RHP Carlos Castro (0-0, 3.86 ERA): 2.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 K, 5 BB

The Mets had a no-hitter going until the bottom of the sixth inning despite allowing one run. The no-no ended as Pablo Marinez allowed a ground-ball single to Luis Rubio. Marinez proceded to struggle throughout the game, allowing seven hits and four runs in 2.2 innings