Khalil Lee, Photo by James Farrance

AAA: Syracuse Mets 14 (22-41), Rochester Red Wings 12 (26-36) Box Score

The Syracuse Mets won in a football score today by the score of 14-12. Almora crushed his first home run of the season for Syracuse to left center to get things started and was followed up by plenty of other blasts. Lee continues to show off his raw power as he crushed a moonshot to center field for his fourth home run of the season in the second.

Drew Jackson showed his opposite field pop as he crushed a grand slam to right field in a nine-run third inning from Syracuse.  The Mets had 12 runs through three innings and even batted around without recording a single out.  Mazieka added what would be the finishing touch as he drilled a two run home run to right center which made it 14-8 in the eighth.  Brandon Drury had a good game as he collected three hits of his own and Travis Blankenhorn collected a pair of doubles for himself as well.  The starter Alex Sanabia threw an inning and two thirds and pitched well giving up only two hits and collected a strikeout as well.  JD Davis did not play today as he was called back up to rejoin the Mets for their series in Pittsburgh starting tomorrow.

Sanabia, the starting pitcher, was lifted early for an unknown reason. The Mets bullpen gave up five runs in the third (Trey Cobb 1 IP, 5 ER) four more in the ninth (Stephen Nogosek 1 IP, 4 ER) to make things interesting. Recently acquired lefty Anthony Banda allowed two runs in four innings and struck out four. Banda even walked in his only plate appearance as a hitter.

AA: Binghamton Rumble Ponies 4 (23-37), Altoona Curve 3 (33-27) Box Score

Binghamton picked up the win tonight as they won a close one 4-3.  Mark Vientos did not play after leaving the game yesterday after getting hit by a pitch on his hand.  Baty got another start in left which was interesting due to the fact that Vientos did not even play.

The Rumble Ponies rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take the lead, it was capped by a Mangum sac fly. Second baseman Nick Conti had two hits, two runs scored, and two RBIs in the game.

  • RHP Adam Oller (W, 4-3) 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 5.12 ERA
  • RHP Allan Winans (S, 2) 2 IP 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 0.00 ERA

Oller has just two walks compared to 20 strikeouts in his last three starts. Winans hasn’t allowed a run in seven innings since his promotion to Binghamton.

High-A: Jersey Shore BlueClaws 13 (28-35), Brooklyn Cyclones 3 (20-41) Box Score

Duplantis now has a .816 OPS in the month of July. Third baseman Cody Bohanek knocked in two runs with a double.

The long anticipated return of Carlos Carrasco happened tonight in his first rehab start with the Cyclones. Carrasco touched 94 mph in two innings of work today allowing one batter over the minimum.  Overall, Carrasco looked good as he ended the night with an absolutely filthy breaking ball picking up his second strikeout in his two innings of work.

The Mets plan to ease Carrasco back into things as he threw 27 pitches and 17 of those were strikes.  is velocity was right where it was in 2020 and after the game he raved about how excited he is to pitch at Citi Field in front of the fans. His hamstring feels great according to him and he passed his first step in coming back healthy to a Mets team in need for another arm.

Low-A Palm Beach Cardinals 5 (24-38), St. Lucie Mets 4 (33-30) Box Score

The Mets lost to the Palm Beach Cardinals on Thursday in walk-off fashion. Mets leadoff hitter Jaylen Palmer did not play and Saunders stepped up for the offense providing three hits of his own. St. Lucie had eight hits tonight, all being singles and went 2-11 with RISP. De Los Santos made a nice play in center field today as he gunned out a runner trying to score picking up the outfield assist.

  • RHP Oscar Rojas 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 5 K, 2.91 ERA

Reliever Nolan Clenney gave up a walk-off single to end the game.

FCL Astros 10, FCL Mets 5  Box Score

DSL Cardinals Red 3, DSL Mets2 0  Box Score

DSL Rockies 8, DSL Mets1 2  Box Score