Minors Recap: Brooklyn Cyclones Toss First 9-Inning No-Hitter

Three Brooklyn pitchers combined for a nine-inning no-hitter and Jesus Baez hit yet another home run. Francisco Alvarez caught all nine innings of the no-hitter for Brooklyn.

Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (34-22) 5, St. Paul Saints (25-31) POSTPONED

The Syracuse Mets/St. Paul Saints game was postponed and will be made up Thursday, June 9 beginning at 6:07 ET as part of a doubleheader.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (26-24) 1, Bowie Baysox (26-25) 5
BOX SCORE

1B JT Schwartz 1-for-4, R, HR (2), RBI (16), K (.762 OPS)
CF Alex Ramirez 1-for-4 (.665 OPS)
LF Ryan Clifford 0-for-3, BB, K (.626 OPS)
DH Kevin Parada 0-for-3, BB, K (.638 OPS)

The Rumble Ponies offense struggled on the day only managing three hits and four walks. Matt Rudick had a rough day at the plate, going 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts.

RHP Nolan McLean (5.79 ERA) 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 8 K, 1 HR allowed (52 of 80 pitches for strikes)
LHP Daniel Juarez (3.94 ERA) 2 IP, BB, 3 K
RHP Cameron Foster (3.45 ERA) 1 IP, K

Nolan McLean has not had the same level of dominance in Double-A that he had in High-A, with his worst start of the season. Despite that, McLean did strike out eight batters and walked none.

Photo by Matt Kipp of the Brooklyn Cyclones

High-A

Aberdeen IronBirds (26-26) 0, Brooklyn Cyclones (28-24) 3
BOX SCORE

CF Nick Morabito 1-for-4 (.825 OPS)
*REHAB ALERT* C Francisco Alvarez 1-for-3, BB (.833 OPS)
1B Nick Lorusso 1-for-2, R, BB (.868 OPS)
LF Christopher Suero 0-for-4, 2 K

The Cyclones managed three runs on seven hits, the biggest hit a Jefrey De Los Santos solo home run which was the only extra-base hit on Tuesday.

RHP Dakota Hawkins (3.48 ERA) 5 IP, BB, 2 K (35 of 56 pitches for strikes)
RHP Joey Lancellotti (5.25 ERA) 1 IP, BB, K
RHP Joshua Cornielly (4.05 ERA) 3 IP, BB, 3 K

Three Cyclones pitchers combined for a no-hitter. Dakota Hawkins started the game and had one of his best outings of the season.

Low-A

St. Lucie Mets (18-34) 5, Daytona Tortugas (23-29) 3
BOX SCORE

2B Jesus Baez 1-for-3, R, HR (7), 2 RBI (31), HBP (.773 OPS)
SS Colin Houck 2-for-3, R, 2 RBI (21), BB (.643 OPS)
CF A.J. Ewing 0-for-2, R, 2 BB (.500 OPS)
DH Ronald Hernandez 1-for-4, R, 2 K (.756 OPS)

Jesus Baez and Colin Houck provided almost all of the offense for St. Lucie on the day. Houck especially has seemed to begin to figure it out at the plate after a rough start to the season. Jeffry Rosa continues to struggle with his promotion, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on the day.

Ewing was making his full-season debut.

RHP Ernesto Mercedes (4.93 ERA) 4 2/3 IP, 1 ER, H, 5 BB, 6 K (49 of 91 pitches for strikes)
LHP Jeremy Peguero (5.14 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 3 K
RHP Nick Bautista III (7.50 ERA) 1 IP, BB, 2 K
LHP Ryan Ammons (2.55 ERA) 1 IP, 2 K

Ernesto Mercedes had his start cut short by his lack of control. Mercedes has an impressive 59 strikeouts over his 38 1/3 innings pitched – but paired with 36 walks and five hit batters.

Florida Coast League

FCL Mets (10-11) 2, FCL Marlins (14-6) 8
BOX SCORE

SS Jeremy Rodriguez 0-for-4 (.915 OPS)
RF Simon Juan 1-for-2, R, HR (4), RBI (14), 2 BB (.843 OPS)
C Julio Zayas 0-for-2, 2 BB (.812 OPS)

The FCL Mets only mustered three hits on the day with Simon Juan accounting for a home run, his fourth of the season.

LHP Daviel Hurtado (0.00) 1 IP, 2 ER, H, 2 BB

Daviel Hurtado started off well, but could not register an out in the second inning and left the outing with the bases loaded.

Dominican Summer League

DSL Mets Blue (0-1) 1, DSL Marlins (1-1) 7
BOX SCORE

LF Vladi Guerrero 0-for-3, 2 K (.000 OPS)
C Daiverson Gutierrez 1-for-3, 2B, RBI (1) (1.000 OPS)

The DSL Mets Blue managed five hits on the day and one walk. Daiverson Gutierrez, the big international free agent of the 2023 class hit an RBI double.