Mets Minors Recap: Clifford Homers in Return From Break

Syracuse came out of the break scorching hot, and every full-season Mets affiliate minus St. Lucie won on Friday. Ryan Clifford hit his 13th homer of the year, raising his season OPS to .937. The FCL Mets game was canceled.

Triple-A

Rochester Red Wings (51-41) 2, Syracuse Mets (58-35) 13

BOX SCORE

• SS Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-4, 3 R, RBI (32), SB (30), (.670 OPS)
• LF Luke Ritter: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI (66), K (.855 OPS)
• 2B Brett Baty: 0-for-2, R, 3 BB, K (.877 OPS)
• RF Carlos Cortes: 1-for-4, R, HR (9), 3 RBI (33), BB, K (.850 OPS)
• CF Rhylan Thomas: 3-for-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI (17) (.657 OPS)

The Syracuse Mets went ballistic on offense, scoring 13 runs on fourteen hits with only three of them going for extra bases. Every player reached base and scored a run.

JT Schwartz continues to struggle in his first exposure to Triple-A, going 1-for-5 on the day with a run scored, raising his OPS to .338.

• RHP Tylor Megill (2.38 ERA) 5 IP, 1 unearned run, 2 H, 4 BB, 7 K (55 of 85 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Mike Vasil (5.83 ERA) 3 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 K (31 of 42 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Shintaro Fujinami (10.97 ERA) 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K

Tylor Megill started the second half off strong, allowing no earned runs in his outing despite walking four. Mike Vasil piggybacked him, going three innings and having one of his best control games on the season, throwing almost 75% of his pitches for strikes. Shintaro Fujinami continued his rehab with a solid outing.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (47-38) 6, Portland SeaWolves (49-37) 4

BOX SCORE

• LF Ryan Clifford 1-for-4, R, HR (13), RBI (34) 3 K (.937 OPS)
• CF Matt Rudick 2-for-5, R, HR (4), 2 RBI (28), 2 K (.705 OPS)
• RF Stanley Consuegra 3-for-3, R, SB (1), CS (1), BB (.537 OPS)
• C Kevin Parada 0-for-3, BB, 2 K (.693 OPS)

Clifford continued to mash in his return from the break, hitting his 13th homer of the season. Parada, went o-for-3 but still walked to raise his OPS closer to .700.

• RHP Joander Suarez (4.85 ERA) 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 K (48 of 63 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Nolan Clenney (6.30 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 2 K
• LHP Daniel Juarez (4.97 ERA) 2/3 IP
• RHP Paul Gervase (3.51 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K

Joander Suarez allowed four runs on the day, but the bullpen was able to pitch a scoreless final four innings highlighted by Nolan Clenney’s 2 1/3 of hitless ball.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (41-47) 6, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (49-39) 5

BOX SCORE

• CF Nick Morabito: 2-for-4, 2B, R, BB (.712 OPS)
• RF Omar De Los Santos 1-for-4, HR (3), 2 RBI (14), K (.482 OPS)
• C Christopher Suero 1-for-5, RBI (27), 2 K (.633 OPS)

The Cyclones laid dormant for eight innings and in the ninth, they erupted for five runs to tie the game. Christopher Suero capped off the comeback with a walk-off RBI single in the tenth inning to secure the win for Brooklyn.

• RHP Jonah Tong (3.14 ERA) 3 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 4 K (45 of 75 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Luis Moreno (2.70 ERA)  1 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Jake Stevenson (7.36 ERA) 1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K
• RHP Ben Simon (4.21 ERA) 2 IP, 1 H, 1 K
• RHP Eduardo Herrera (0.00 ERA) 1 IP
• RHP Joshua Cornielly (4.14 ERA) 1 IP, 1 K

Low-A

Jupiter Hammerheads (46-42) 5, St. Lucie Mets (30-58) 4

BOX SCORE

• 3B Boston Baro: 2-for-5, R, RBI (31), BB (.739 OPS)
• 1B Ronald Hernandez: 1-for-5, SB (5), 2 K (.754 OPS)
• CF Drew Gilbert:1-for-3, RBI (1), K (.367 OPS)
• DH Jacob Reimer: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI (1) (1.750 OPS)

Drew Gilbert and Jacob Reimer, both on rehab assignments had nice days at the plate and it is good to see Gilbert able to play seven innings in the field and not get

Colin Houck continued his struggles defensively with his 16th error of the season.

• RHP Saul Garcia: (6.02 ERA) 3 2/3 IP, 2 unearned runs, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K (37 of 60 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Miguel Alfonseca: (4.74 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, 1 H
• RHP Austin Troesser: (4.94 ERA)  0 IP
• RHP Juan Arnaud: (5.00 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Joseph Yabbour: (8.31 ERA) 1 IP, 1 unearned run, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Jeremy Peguero: (3.04 ERA)  1 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• RHP Alan Perdomo: (4.50 ERA) 2/3 IP, 1 unearned run, 2 H, 1 BB

The St. Lucie pitching staff just could not hold the lead, allowing the game-tying run in the ninth and then the game-winning run in the tenth. The defense let them down with three errors on the day allowing for four unearned runs.

Florida Complex League

FCL Cardinals (18-32) vs. FCL Mets (22-28)  CANCELLED

Dominican Summer League

• 3B Bohan Adderley 0-for-2 (.689 OPS)
• C Yovanny Rodriguez 0-for-2 (.644 OPS)
• RHP Anthony Crespo (3.86 ERA) 5 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 6 H, 1 BB, 5 K

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