Elian Peña went 3-for-7 with a double over two games as Low-A St. Lucie was swept in a doubleheader Wednesday. The 18-year-old is on a six-game hitting streak and has recorded a knock in 18 of 21 contests. (In two of the three games where he didn’t get a hit, he walked). His .346 batting average is second in the Florida State League, and his .941 OPS is tied for third.
Triple-A Syracuse’s home game with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs was postponed because of bad weather. It will be made up on Thursday as part of a single-admission doubleheader starting at 4:05 p.m. ET.
Elian Pena. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (8-14) 2, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (12-8) 8
- 1B Nick Lorusso, 2-for-3, 2B, RBI (.708 OPS)
- 3B Jacob Reimer, 0-for-2, R, 2 BB (.609 OPS)
- DH Eli Serrano III, 0-for-3, R, BB (.796 OPS)
Reimer, 22, hit nine homers in 61 games for Binghamton last season, but has connected only once in 20 contests this year.
- RHP Will Watson (6.98 ERA) 3 IP, 7 R, (6 ER), 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K, L
A rough one for Watson, a 2024 seventh-round pick out of the University of Southern California. He has struck out 19 and walked 10 in 19 1/3 innings. He is the No. 10 Mets prospect on MLB Pipeline.
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (8-15) 3, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (13-8) 5
- C Chris Suero, 0-for-4, 3 K (.783 OPS)
- DH Jacob Reimer, 2-for-4, 2B, R, K (.643 OPS)
- CF Eli Serrano III, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB, 2 K (.813 OPS)
Suero, the No. 15 Mets prospect on MLB Pipeline, is 2-for-28 with one homer, 12 strikeouts and five walks over his last eight games.
- RHP Joander Suarez (3.52 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 K
- RHP Saul Garcia (5.59 ERA) IP, K
High-A
Frederick Keys (12-10) 5, Brooklyn Cyclones (5-17) 0
- LF Corey Collins, 1-for-2, BB (.794 OPS)
- 2B Mitch Voit, 2-for-4, 2 SB (.696 OPS)
- SS Antonio Jimenez, 1-for-4, 2B (.437 OPS)
Voit has stolen 10 bases in 11 attempts. He swiped 20 in 21 tries in 22 games at St. Lucie last year after being drafted in the first round (38th) out of the University of Michigan. The last-place Cyclones were held to five hits.
- RHP Joel Díaz (8.68 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, L
Low-A
St. Lucie Mets (10-12) 6, Tampa Tarpons (9-13) 7, 8 innings
- SS Elian Peña, 2-for-4, 2 K (.932 OPS)
- 1B Randy Guzman, 1-for-4, 2 R (.868 OPS)
- LF JT Benson, 1-for-3, HR (3), SF, 3 RBI, CS (.931 OPS)
- RF AJ Salgado, 2-for-4, 2 SB (.791 OPS)
Salgado has four homers and four steals in 23 games. He hit 12 homers and stole 14 bases in 64 games for UCLA last year.
- RHP Frank Camarillo (4.64 ERA) 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, BB, 7 K, HR
Low-A
St. Lucie Mets (10-13) 4, Tampa Tarpons (10-13) 7
- DH Elian Peña, 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB (.941 OPS)
- C Francisco Toledo, 1-for-3, HR (2), K (.742 OPS)
- CF Edward Lantigua, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 K (.375 OPS)
Lantigua, 19, of the Dominican Republic, is off to a slow start after posting an .832 OPS in 149 plate appearances in Rookie Ball last season.
- LHP Conner Ware (6.50 ERA) 4 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K, HR, L
