On Tuesday, offense was the deciding factor for the New York Mets minor league farm system. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, however, were rained out of their game against the Hartford Yard Goats. The game will be played as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Mets minor-leaguers who did play all took home wins. Their offenses were the key contributors to their wins on Tuesday. Led by Luisangel Acuña, José Iglesias, Ryan Clifford, Omar De Los Santos, and Chris Suero.
Triple-A
Syracuse (15-11) 13, Rochester (12-12) 5
Box Score
- Luisangel Acuña: 1-6, 2B, R, RBI (.643 OPS)
- José Iglesias: 2-5, 4 RBI, 2 HR (.846 OPS)
- Luke Ritter: 3-4, RBI, BB (.857 OPS)
The Syracuse Mets ended up scoring 12 unanswered runs after starter Dom Hamel didn’t have his best day. Down 4-1 in the top of the fourth, Yolmer Sánchez hit a three-run home run to tie the game 4-4 in the top of the 4th inning. In the top of the 6th, José Iglesias would then give Syracuse a lead they would not relinquish with a two-run homer to put them up 6-4. He would strike again with another two-run home run in the top of the 7th inning to give Syracuse an 8-4 lead. It was the beginning of a seven-run 7th inning for the Mets. It featured a Rylan Bannon two-run home run, an RBI double from Sanchez and another RBI double from Acuña.
- Dom Hamel: 4 1/3 IP, 7 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 5.16 ERA
- Tyler Jay: (W, 1-0) 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 1.42 ERA
- Jon Duplantier: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 7.88 ERA
- Hunter Parsons: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3.00 ERA
While Dom Hamel struggled by allowing seven hits and four earned runs, the Mets offense picked him up. The bullpen, led by the feel-good story Tyler Jay, also picked Hamel up. Jay earned the win on this day, his first for Syracuse. Jay has a 1.42 ERA in Triple-A. Jon Duplantier also pitched a scoreless inning.
Ryan Clifford, Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
High-A
Brooklyn (12-10) 9, Aberdeen (11-11) 2
Box Score
- Ryan Clifford: 2-4, 2 H, 2 R, BB, 2 K (.783 OPS)
- Omar De Los Santos: 1-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, (.250 OPS)
- Nick Lorusso: 2-3, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB
Back on Coney Island, the Brooklyn Cyclones offense opened the floodgates early in the first inning with seven runs. RBI base hits from Stanley Consuegra, Nick Lorusso, and William Lugo gave Brooklyn a 5-0 lead. The seven-run inning culminated in an Omar De Los Santos blast one into Luna Park. His first of the season for the Cyclones. Brooklyn would score two more in the bottom of the 6th inning as Lorusso tripled to score Wilfredo Lara and Ryan Clifford. Speaking of Clifford, one of the two Mets acquired for Justin Verlander, he had a nice day with two hits and scored twice.
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Douglas Orellana: 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K, 1.02 ERA
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Jordany Ventura: (W, 2-0) 3 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 2.57 ERA
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Victor Castaneda: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 5.59 ERA
Jordany Ventura highlighted the Cyclones’ work on the mound. He threw almost four shutout innings with five strikeouts. He relieved starter Douglas Orellana, who, while he wasn’t able to qualify for a win, was solid with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings pitched in his first start for Brooklyn. Victor Castaneda couldn’t complete the shutout and gave up two earned runs in the top of the 9th inning on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single.
Low-A
St. Lucie (10-12) 11, Jupiter (15-7) 1
Box Score
- Christopher Suero: 2-4, HR, 2 H, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB (.974 OPS)
- Yohairo Cuevas: 2-4, 1 RBI, 2 H, (.433 OPS)
- Diego Mosquera: 2-5, 1 RBI, 2 H, 1 R, 1 K (.572 OPS)
- Nick Morabito: 2-3, 2 H, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K (1.047 OPS)
Over at Clover Park, the St. Lucie Mets followed in what their Syracuse teammates did by pulling double-digits on their opponent. Eleven runs totaled on this day, highlighted by Christopher Suero, who crushed a two-run home run, his second of the season, to give the Mets a 6-0 lead. It was part of a four-RBI day for Suero. He hit a two-RBI single later in the game. Yohairo Cuevas, Diego Mosquera. and Nick Morabito also contributed with RBIs. Ronald Hernandez walked and scored on Suero’s RBI single.
Coming off a hamate injury, Boston Baro made his season debut, going 1-for-3 with a walk, RBI and a run scored.
- Wyatt Hudepohl: (W,1-1) 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 3.57 ERA
- Jimmy Loper: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4.32 ERA
- Miguel Alfonseca: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0.00 ERA
- Layonel Ovalles: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 6.10 ERA
Wyatt Hudepohl got the start for St. Lucie and was impressive. He struck out eight batters in five innings of work and allowed just an unearned run. The eight strikeouts are the highest he’s had in his minor-league career.
