It was a day of mixed results in the Mets farm system on Wednesday with the five affiliates combining to go 2-3 on the day. There was a record broken in Brooklyn as one of their outfielders became the franchise’s all-time hits king.

In St. Lucie, one of the Mets top draft picks from a year ago had a three-hit performance. Meanwhile, Brooklyn and the Florida Complex League saw players hit home runs for the second straight game. At Syracuse, one of the Mets top pitching prospects had a quality start in his second outing at the level.

Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (32-20) 5, Buffalo Bisons (28-25) 3

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The Mets only had one extra-base hit on Wednesday and five hits total, but they managed to pick up the win. Ritter got the scoring started with an RBI single in the bottom of the first and his single in the eighth ended up breaking a 3-3 tie. Ritter has a hit in five of his last six games (three multi-hit games) and has 24 RBIs in May.

As for Acuña, his base hit gave him a hit in 12 of his last 13 games. His 32 hits this month are the second-most of any player in the International League.

  • RHP Blade Tidwell (1.54 ERA): 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 2 K (47 of 85 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Drew Smith (1-0, 12.00): 1 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, K (15 of 22 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Grant Hartwig (2nd save, 2.45 ERA): 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, BB, K (10 of 17 pitches for strikes)

For the second consecutive start, Tidwell did end up walking four batters. However, the 22-year-old right-hander did not allow a single extra-base hit and he was able to get six groundball outs. According to Baseball Savant, he had eight swings-and-misses and had an average fastball velocity of 93.8 miles-per-hour.

Drew Smith continued his rehab assignment and allowed the only three runs of the game in the top of the eighth that allowed the Bisons to tie the game.

Double-A

Harrisburg Senators (28-19) 2, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (24-21) 0 in 7 Innings

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On a rain-shortened afternoon, it was a rough day for the Binghamton offense. The only hit that they had was a one-out single by Young in the bottom of the third.

  • RHP Nolan McLean (0-1, 5.00): 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K (48 of 76 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Cam Robinson (2.45): 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, K (11 of 17 pitches for strikes)

The one mistake McLean made came in the second inning when Harrisburg worked a two-out rally that was capped by a two-out single from Robert Hassell III. Three of the six hits that he allowed came in that inning. The 22-year-old right-hander went five innings in three of the five starts he made this month.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (25-22) 5, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (26-21) 2

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For the second straight game, Morabito was able to hit a home run. This time, he started the game with a solo shot to left field. He has recorded at least one hit in five of the last six games.

Later in the game, Lorusso hit a solo shot of his own in the ninth for his seventh of the year and his fifth this month. As for Consuegra, his double in the fourth gave him 165 career hits for the Cyclones, which is a franchise record.

  • RHP Dakota Hawkins (4.08): 4 IP, 2 ER< 4 H, BB, 5 K (38 of 54 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Jeffrey Colon (1-0, 6.89): 2 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, K (10 of 18 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Josh Hejka (1.89): 2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K (17 of 24 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Brett Banks (1st save, 3.48): 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H (4 of 5 pitches for strikes)

On Wednesday, Hawkins made his first start of his professional career. Jersey Shore did put up a couple of runs in the first inning against the 24-year-old right-hander, but he was able to recover and minimize the damage. He retired 12 of the last 14 batters he faced with the last three coming via swinging strikeouts in the fourth. It is the third time this year he has struck out five batters in an outing (season-high).

Low-A

Dunedin Blue Jays (24-23) 6, St. Lucie Mets (14-33) 5

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The St. Lucie offense had nine hits on Wednesday, but it only came from four players in the lineup and they had a total of 15 strikeouts against five Blue Jays pitchers. Houck had a pair of RBI singles in the first and sixth inning respectively. He had a double in the eighth that would have led to another RBI, but Hernandez was thrown out at the plate. Nevertheless, it was Houck’s second three-hit game of the year and his sixth multi-hit game this month.

As for Hernandez, it was his second four-hit game of the month. His 28 hits in the month of May are second on the team behind Baez (29) and the fourth-most in the Florida State League. Clark came off the bench and had a two-run single in the eighth that tied the game at four at the time.

  • RHP Joel Díaz (3.00): 3.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 6 K (38 of 51 pitches for strikes)
  • LHP Gregori Louis (4.91): 2.1 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K (26 of 45 pitches for strikes)
  • RHP Alan Perdomo (7.56): 2 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 BB, K (13 of 25 pitches for strikes)
  • LHP Ryan Ammons (1-3, 2.87): 0.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 K (11 of 20 pitches for strikes)

Díaz got the start for St. Lucie and he did give up a pair of solo home runs. However, his six strikeouts were the most he has had in the five outings this year combined with the Florida Complex League. Ammons ended up allowing the game-winning run to score on a walk-off triple in the bottom of the ninth.

A.J. Ewing, Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized

Florida Complex League

FCL Cardinals (10-10) 6, FCL Mets (9-8) 2

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For the second straight game, Ewing was able to hit a home run as his solo shot in the first put the Mets up 1-0. The 19-year-old has eight RBIs over the last six games.

The other run on the day came via an RBI single from Sebastian Castro in the fourth. Zayas had the only multi-hit game on a day where the Mets had a total of 11 strikeouts.

It was a rough outing for Aracena as the 19-year-old right-hander had a season-high four walks (10 in his last four outings). The Cardinals made those walks pay by scoring five of their six runs in the first two innings. Moreta ended up keeping the team in the game with his strong relief outing. The four innings he threw were a season-high and he has 14 strikeouts to two walks in four appearances this month.