Jonah Tong had one of his better outings of the season Friday night in Triple-A Syracuse’s 8-1 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He struck out nine and allowed one earned run on four hits over 4 2/3 innings to lower his ERA to 5.59. But the 23-year-old also walked four, tying a season high, and needed 91 pitches to come up one out short of qualifying for a win.
Tong’s strikeouts per nine innings are down (14.2 to 10.6 entering Friday’s game), and his walks per nine innings are up (3.7 to 5.3) compared to a year ago when he pitched to a 1.43 ERA over 113 2/3 innings, with 102 of those innings coming at Double-A.
Jonah Tong
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Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (49-50) 8, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (52-45) 1
- 1B Ryan Clifford, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, K (.655 OPS)
- SS Ronny Mauricio, 2-for-5, HR (9), 4 RBI (.916 OPS)
- RF Nick Morabito, 0-for-1, SB, 2 BB, HBP, R (.777 OPS)
- 2B Ji Hwan Bae, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 SB, R, BB, K (.736 OPS)
- C Ben Rortvedt, 2-for-3, 2B, 2 R, BB (.709 OPS)
Mauricio has homered in two of his last three games. Bae has stolen 34 bases in 39 attempts and Morabito is 32-for-34.
- RHP Jonah Tong (5.59 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 9 K
- LHP Nate Lavender (3.30 ERA) 2 IP, 3 K
Lavender has struck out 65 in 40 innings.
Double-A
Portland Sea Dogs (51-42) 8, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (34-60) 1
- C Chris Suero, 1-for-3, 2B, CS, BB, 2 K (.747 OPS)
- 1B Corey Collins, 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (1.200 OPS)
- CF John Bay, 1-for-3, BB, 2 K (.633 OPS)
Suero leads the team in walks with 55, which is tied for third in the league. His 15 doubles are second on the team. Binghamton was held to two hits. The Rumble Ponies have the worst record in the Eastern League and have scored the fewest runs by far. They have scored 52 fewer runs than Harrisburg, the team with the second-fewest runs scored in the league.
- RHP Danis Correa (2.87 ERA) 2 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K
- LHP Felipe De La Cruz (2.32 ERA) 1 2/3 IP, H, 2 BB, 4 K
High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (38-53) 4, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (33-58) 3, 8 innings
- SS Mitch Voit, 3-for-4, 2 CS (.747 OPS)
- DH JT Benson, 0-for-3, SB, R, BB, 2 K (.869 OPS)
- 2B Jamari Baylor, 1-for-3, RBI, HBP, K (.846 OPS)
Voit came through with an RBI single in a three-run eighth. He is 35-for-43 stealing bases. He was 20-for-21 at St. Lucie last season.
- RHP Noah Hall (4.58 ERA) 6 IP, ER, 4 H, BB, 10 K
The 10 strikeouts were a season-high for Hall, who turned in his fourth consecutive excellent performance. The 2023 seventh-round pick out of South Carolina has given up one run in his last 23 1/3 innings while striking out 30 and walking 10.
Brooklyn Cyclones (38-54) 0, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (34-58) 5
- SS Mitch Voit, 0-for-3 (.740 OPS)
- C Ronald Hernandez, 1-for-2, BB, K (.711 OPS)
- 1B AJ Salgado, 1-for-3, K (.522 OPS)
Voit was the only Cyclone who didn’t strike out. Brooklyn struck out 12 times and was held to two hits.
- RHP Hunter Hodges (3.57 ERA) 2 IP, R, (0 ER), H, 2 BB, 4 K
Low-A
Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (50-42) 9, St. Lucie Mets (43-50) 3
- CF Trey Snyder, 1-for-4, 2 SB, BB, K (.821 OPS)
- 1B Jack Scanlon, 1-for-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, K (.518 OPS)
- 3B Jackson Hauge, 1-for-1, HR (2) (.541 OPS)
- RF Randy Guzman, 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (.853 OPS)
- SS Antonio Jimenez, 0-for-5, 3 K (.755 OPS)
Snyder, 20, in his last six games: 14-for-22, one homer, four doubles, one triple, 10 RBIs, four stolen bases.
- RHP Christian Rodriguez (4.39 ERA) 3 2/3 IP, ER, 3 H, BB, 3 K, HR, L
- RHP Caden Wooster (6.38 ERA) 2 2/3 IP, BB, 5 K
Rodriguez, 21, of Venezuela has struck out 61 in 53 1/3 innings.
Dominican Summer League
DSL Marlins (20-17) 8, DSL Mets Blue (14-24) 4
- CF Henry Manrique, 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R, K (.879 OPS)
- RF Royner Bravo, 1-for-4, 2 RBI, K (.761 OPS)
Manrique, 17, of Venezuela, leads the team in doubles with 14 in 37 games.
- LHP Cristopher Hernandez (5.59 ERA) 2 IP, 3 BB, 3 K
DSL Mets Orange (20-19) 6, DSL Nationals (10-27) 4
- DH Wandy Asigen, 0-for-4, 3 K (.819 OPS)
- SS Sebastian Toro, 1-for-4, 2B, SB, 2 R (.655 OPS)
Asigen has drawn 11 walks and struck out 16 times in 51 plate appearances.
- RHP Olmedo Barria (2.18 ERA) 4 IP, ER, 5 H, 3 K, W
Barria, 19, of Panama is 5-0, has given up one earned run or fewer in eight of his 10 outings and struck out 35 and walked five in 33 innings.
