Photo by Rick Nelson

Omar De Los Santos continues to set the base paths ablaze in Florida with two more stolen bases to give him 62 on the season in a St Lucie 4-3 loss. The Brooklyn Cyclones used big games from Jose Peroza and William Lugo to get back to the .500 mark and Dominic Smith and Khalil Lee would hit long home runs for Syracuse.

Syracuse Mets (49-64) 7 vs. Charlotte Knights (44-69) 8   BOX SCORE

The Syracuse offense seemed to be stuck on snooze mode through most of this game as the Mets managed to score only a couple of runs and came into the eighth inning trailing 7-2. The Mets would then mount a rally as their bats came alive in a big way as they put up a five-run inning and pulled even with Charlotte. The rally would ultimately fall short as the Knights would sneak by with an 8-7 victory. The Syracuse offense, despite missing Brett Baty is rolling in Charlotte, scoring a combined 15 runs in two games so far in the series.

Veteran outfielder Travis Jankowski made his return to the Mets organization, though he went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.

Outfield prospect Khalil Lee had two hits in the game including this massive home run:

With the sudden plague of injuries to Met starters, pitchers on the Syracuse Mets might be auditioning for a spot start with the big club in the coming days. It wouldn’t be a memorable start for Connor Grey, who would struggle through 2 2/3 innings of work, allowing five hits and three earned runs. Next up was Jordan Yamamoto, who has major league experience as a starter but wouldn’t fare much better in this one as in his 2 2/3 innings, he would allow Charlotte to scatter seven hits and four runs. After the Syracuse offense rallied back to tie the game, Josh Walker would give up the deciding home run to Mark Payton that sunk Syracuse, 8-7.

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (41-68) 0 vs. Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-56) 8   BOX SCORE

It’s been a rough season for Binghamton and tonight was no different for the Rumble Ponies as they were shutout in an 8-0 loss to Richmond. The Ponies were held to just three hits and the only extra-base hit went to Carlos Cortes, his first triple of the season.

Ronny Mauricio, the last of the top Met prospects still in Double-A went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.

  • RHP Tony Dibrell: (L,1-1) 3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 7.00 ERA
  • LHP Cam Opp: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 SO, 13.50 ERA
  • RHP Joe Zanghi: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, SO, 1.53 ERA

Tony Dibrell made his second Double-A start in this one and had a similar outing as his first. Dibrell would again last three innings and gave up four runs this time as he suffered his first Double-A loss. Despite laboring through 60 pitches, Dibrell did punch out five batters, a new single-game season high for him. Cam Opp, making his Double-A debut, came into the game in relief. Opp wouldn’t make a good first impression as he was tagged for six hits on four earned runs and walked three batters in just 2 2/3 innings of work in a messy 8-0 loss.

Hudson Valley Renegades (58-51) 5 vs. Brooklyn Cyclones (55-55) 7   BOX SCORE

The Brooklyn offense was firing on all cylinders in this one as the Cyclones used ten hits to score seven runs in a 7-5 win over Hudson Valley. The Cyclones scored early, with a three-run second inning, and often as they scored a run in four out of the remaining six innings. Jose Peroza and William Lugo would put up big games at the plate, each tallying a three-hit game and Lugo launching his second High-A home run. On the base paths, Matt Rudick and Jaylen Palmer would each have a stolen base.

In his first start in High-A, Jeffrey Colon turned in a serviceable effort for Brooklyn. Through 2 2/3 innings, Colon would allow only one run, despite having a lot of traffic on the base paths as he allowed five hits and two walks. Nolan Clenney would earn the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief with a couple of strikeouts. Things would get dicey for the Cyclones in the ninth as Askew who had been cruising, suddenly began to stumble and allowed Hudson Valley to score four runs to cut the Brooklyn lead to two. Daison Acosta would come in and put out the fire as he got a big strikeout to strand the tying run on base and give the Cyclones a 7-5 victory.

St Lucie Mets (65-44) 3 vs. Lakeland Flying Tigers (52-56) 4   BOX SCORE

Despite outhitting Lakeland, the Mets wouldn’t be able to outscore the Flying Tigers in a tight 4-3 loss. The loss didn’t stop the 2019 13th-round draft selection, Blaine McIntosh, from continuing his hot hitting in Single-A since his call-up from the FCL. In just five games, McIntosh already has seven hits, three RBIs, and is batting .389. Omar De Los Santos added two more stolen bases to his total, which has now reached 62 and he is just two away from Carlos Gomez‘s total of 64 back in 2005. Also worth noting, Long Island native Brad Malm would notch his first professional RBI in this game. The Mets signed the SUNY Albany product in late July to a minor league contract.

A three-run Lakeland third inning would doom Franklin Sanchez and the Mets to an eventual 4-3 loss. Sanchez had a smooth first two innings retiring six of his first seven batters, but things would unravel in the third inning, which was capped off by a Manuel Sequera game-tying home run. Jace Beck would come in in relief, but an unusual loss of control for Beck would hand him the loss despite not allowing a hit, as three walks and a run-scoring wild pitch would give Beck his first loss of the season.

Dominican Summer League: DSL Rockies (33-23) 5 vs DSL Mets (27-27) 1   BOX SCORE

The DSL Mets only managed to score one run in this one off of a Jesus Baez RBI-double as the Mets lost to the Rockies 5-1.

Wilson Esterlin would suffer his first loss of the season, giving up two earned runs in his 3 2/3 innings of work. Ernesto Mercedes would rack up six strikeouts through 4 1/3 innings of relief.