AAA: Syracuse Mets (37-51) 8, Rochester Red Wings (41-47) 2  Box Score

The Mets jumped off to a quick start against former-Met Anthony Banda; they homered twice off of him and scored six runs before he was removed with two outs in the first inning. That would be all the offense they needed, but Jaylin Davis added two more runs with a home run in the third inning as well. Ritter’s home run in the first inning was his third in the last seven games. Mauricio’s hitless game snapped a five-game hitting streak, but he is still hitting .308/.333/.692 for the month of July.

Mike Vasil, Photo by Rick Nelson

Vasil had a very rocky end of May through June, giving up four runs or more in four of his six starts in that stretch, but has been significantly better over his last two starts. This was his longest start since he went seven innings on May 18. The three relievers who appeared in this game did not strike out a single batter but they also did not give up any runs.

AA: Somerset Patriots (49-33) 9, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (39-44) 4  Box Score

The Rumble Ponies had eight hits in Sunday’s game, all but one of which were singles. Peroza is in a fairly significant slump so far in July: he is hitting .148/.273/.259 this month.

Moreno’s dominant stretch came to a halt with his six-run outing on Sunday; he had given up two runs or less in each of his last six start’s prior to this one. Santos had his first appearance out of the bullpen this season after struggling mightily as a starter.

A+: Greensboro Grasshoppers (40-41) 13, Brooklyn Cyclones (41-42) 5  Box Score

The Cyclones got on the board first in this game in a very unusual way: in the bottom of the first inning, Ramirez stole home as part of a double steal. Lugo then added two more runs on a home run to left field in the third inning. The last two runs scored on a Lugo single and a wild pitch in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Ramirez has struggled quite a bit since the start of July: he is hitting .179/.261/.231 for the month and has not had a multi-hit game since July 3. Lugo is heating up as he is now hitting .364/.436/.545 in July.

Suarez had one of his best starts of the season as this was his first scoreless start of the year and he also tied his season high with eight strikeouts. As poor of a season, as Suarez has had, he is still striking out 11.4 batters per nine innings. Hardy was part of a disastrous eight-run fifth inning, but much of the damage was not entirely his fault: two of the five batters he faced reached base on errors. Tavarez was likely sent down to Brooklyn to work on his control, as he has walked 13.25 batters per nine innings this year, and this outing showed just how much his control is a struggle for him. He walked more batters than he recorded outs and threw just 12 of 29 pitches for strikes.

A: Jupiter Hammerheads (43-41) 5, St. Lucie Mets (30-53) 0  Box Score

The Mets had almost no offense in Sunday’s game: they were held to just five hits, all of which were singles except for Williams’ leadoff double in the first inning. Williams is hitting .257/.435/.400 since the start of July and he has walked more than he has struck out over that span (11:8 BB:K ratio).

Coonrod was making his first rehab appearance after missing the first half of the season with a high-grade lat strain. He threw primarily changeups and curveballs, but his velocity on each of his pitches was down between 1.3 and 2.7 MPH from last season. De La Cruz sat in the mid-90s with his fastball and had a 33% whiff rate on all of his pitches. Atencio has given up at least four runs in each of his last four appearances.