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Syracuse (73-63) 2, Lehigh Valley (63-72) 0 Box Score

Lowrie played five innings at second base and was playing in back-to-back nights for the first time in his rehab stint. Mets manager Mickey Callaway announced during his afternoon presser that Brandon Nimmo would be in the lineup, but he was not and then the Mets said it was a scheduled day off.

Rumbelow was recently signed by the Mets and had his fastball up to 96 on the night, he pitched in the majors early in the 2019 season for the Mariners.

Syracuse is now tied with the Scranton for the division lead with four games left in the season.

Portland (60-75) 4, Binghamton (64-72) 0 Box Score

Bossart has just a .601 OPS since coming over from the Phillies in exchange for Jason Vargas.

  • RHP Tylor Megill (5.40) 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
  • RHP Ryder Ryan (3.05) 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
  • RHP Joseph Zanghi (2.34) 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Megill was making his Double-A debut, he was the Mets eighth round pick in the 2018 draft. He has a 3.52 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, and 92 strikeouts in 71.2 innings this year. Ryan, acquired in the Jay Bruce trade, is having another fine year with a 1.58 ERA as a reliever (two emergency spot starts ballon his overall ERA).

St. Lucie (68-66) 3, Daytona (66-68) 0 Box Score

Cortes was named to the Florida State League End of Season All-Star team as their second baseman. He finished the season second in the league with 68 RBI and tied for 7th with 117 hits.

Holderman pitched well in his Advanced-A debut. He has a 3.53 ERA in 66 innings coming back from TJS. With the incoming hurricane, the Florida State League cancelled the rest of the regular season after Thursday night and the postseason.

Hickory (81-50) 5, Columbia (52-80) 1 Box Score

Fireflies offense mustered only three hits and struck out 11 times.

Gordon, the Mets 32nd round pick this year, has 38 strikeouts in 29.1 pro innings.

Aberdeen (40-31) 12, Brooklyn (40-31) 3 Box Score

The Cyclones announced on Thursday that 2019 draftees Brett Baty and Matthew Allan were added to the roster. Outfielder Kenedy Corona and reliever Reyson Santos were as well.

The loss dropped Brooklyn one game back of the division lead.

GCL Mets (30-24) 6, GCL Cardinals (20-34) 5 Box Score

The 17-year-old Valdez went 4-for-10 with three walks in three games for the GCL after receiving a promotion from the Dominican Summer League. O’Neill delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to end the GCL season.