Mets Minors Recap: Jonah Tong Makes Double-A in Hitless Fashion

Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong made his Double-A debut on Thursday night, and all he did was toss six hitless innings. Triple-A Syracuse utility player Luke Ritter hit his Mets minor league leading 26th home run of the season.

Triple-A

Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (77-56) 11, Syracuse Mets (71-62) 5

BOX SCORE

• DH Drew Gilbert: 0-for-5, 3 K (.659 OPS)
• LF Luke Ritter: 2-for-4, HR (26th), SB, BB (.881 OPS)
• CF Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-5, SB (.667 OPS)
• RF Carlos Cortes: 2-for-3, HR (11th), BB, 2 RBI (.803 OPS)
• 1B JT Schwartz: 2-for-4, HR (.626 OPS)

Ritter leads the league with 86 RBIs and is second with 26 home runs.

• RHP Mike Vasil (5.90) 3.1 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
• RHP Shintaro Fujinami (5.88): 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K
• LHP Matt Gage (4.30) 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Tyler Zuber (5.12) 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

It was the first time Fujinami pitched in back-to-back games this season, and he continued his strong stretch. Hitters are 1-for-31 with 14 strikeouts against Fujinami in his last seven outings.

Double-A

 Binghamton Rumble Ponies (64-63) 2, Somerset Patriots (68-60) 1

BOX SCORE

• 3B Jaylen Palmer: 2-for-4, HR (12th), 2B (.773 OPS)
• DH Ryan Clifford: 0-for-3, BB (.794 OPS)

The 24-year-old Palmer hit a walk-off homer for his 12th of the season and his second in as many days. It’s been a great turnaround story for the New York native who had a .482 OPS for Binghamton last season.

• RHP Jonah Tong (0.00) 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K (77 pitches/51 strikes)
• RHP Carlos Guzman (3.82) 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

What a Binghamton debut for 21-year-old Jonah Tong. The Canadian pitcher on Hockey Night at Mirabito Stadium had a perfect game going into the sixth inning when shortstop Jeremiah Jackson made an error with two outs. The 2022 draft pick has a 2.87 ERA and 155 strikeouts in 109 2/3 innings this season over three levels. Fittingly, Tong

High-A

Wilmington Blue Rocks (56-73) 8, Brooklyn Cyclones (63-66)

BOX SCORE

• RF Nick Morabito: 3-for-5, 2B, 3B (.745 OPS)
• C Christopher Suero: 3-for-4, RBI (.698 OPS)
• DH Jacob Reimer: 0-for-3 (.587 OPS)

Morabito has tied the single-season Brooklyn hits record with 109 with three games left in the season. Reimer was activated off the injured list before the game.

• RHP Kyle Crick (0.00) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Layonel Ovalles (0.00) 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• LHP Gregori Louis (1.35) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K

Crick was making his sixth overall rehab appearance and second straight with Brooklyn. He has nine strikeouts and has allowed only one run in 6 1/3 innings.

Low-A

Clearwater Threshers (62-62) 6, St. Lucie Mets (44-82) 5, F/8

BOX SCORE

• CF Carson Benge: 0-for-4 (.811 OPS)
• DH Corey Collins: 1-for-1, 3 BB (1.093 OPS)
• 3B Trey Snyder: 0-for-3, SB (.423 OPS)
• 1B Yohairo Cuevas: 1-for-3, SB (20th), 2 RBI (.628 OPS)

Collins, the Mets’ 2024 sixth-rounder, is showing he’s an advanced bat who probably should’ve gone straight to Brooklyn.

• RHP Joel Díaz (4.92 ERA) 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• LHP Franklin Gomez (4.28 ERA) 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

The biggest key for Díaz this season was staying healthy, and he managed to toss a career-high 74 1/3 innings after missing all of the 2023 season.

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