Binghamton keeps rolling, Syracuse survived a wild one, and the lower levels delivered their own brand of chaos in Wednesday’s Mets prospect action.
The loudest result of the night came from Double-A, where Binghamton made its ninth straight win look easy in a 13-5 rout of Portland. Jefferson Rojas got it started with an RBI single in the first, and from there the Rumble Ponies just kept piling on. They put up five runs in the second, then added one in each of the third and fourth before blowing it open again with five more in the sixth.
Nearly everybody chipped in. Everyone in the lineup except John Bay recorded a hit, and the damage came from all over the order.
Billy Amick’s three-run homer was the big swing, Chris Suero went deep for his 15th, and D’Andre Smith and Yohairo Cuevas each turned in multi-hit nights. Mitch Voit added two hits and kept his batting average at a ridiculous .533, while Émilien Pitre collected three knocks.
It was one of those nights where the box score just kept getting more lopsided.
Gary Gill Hill got the win despite giving up all five Portland runs over six innings. He allowed five hits and one walk, struck out five, and was done in by two home runs. The bullpen took it from there and finished off the last three innings without any trouble.
At Triple-A, Syracuse and Jacksonville put on the most dramatic game of the day. The Jumbo Shrimp were in control early and led 3-0 after five, but the Mets offense finally came alive in the sixth. MJ Melendez got the rally going with a two-run homer, Zack Short followed with a three-run shot, and Syracuse suddenly had a 5-3 lead.
Eric Wagaman kept things moving in the seventh with a double, and Melendez brought him home with a single to stretch the lead to 7-3. Jacksonville wasn’t done, though. The Jumbo Shrimp stormed back with five runs in the bottom of the eighth to grab an 8-7 lead.
Syracuse answered right back in the ninth. Christopher Morel launched a two-run homer to put the Mets back in front, and Wagaman followed with a homer of his own to make it 10-8. Jacksonville got one back with a solo shot in the ninth, but Zach Franklin shut the door to finish off the 10-9 win.
Brooklyn had its own grind-it-out game, falling 4-3 in 11 innings to Jersey Shore. The Cyclones were held scoreless for the first four innings before Daiverson Gutierrez singled home Ronald Hernandez in the fifth. That 1-0 lead held until the eighth, when Jersey Shore tied it, then took a 2-1 lead in the ninth on a Chase Meggers error.
Brooklyn tied it again in the bottom of the ninth when Yonatan Henriquez lifted a sacrifice fly, sending the game to extras. Both teams traded runs in the 10th, with Gutierrez doubling home Brooklyn’s run. Jersey Shore answered on a fielder’s choice and then held on from there.
Gutierrez was the bright spot offensively for the Cyclones, finishing 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Emilio Obispo gave Brooklyn five scoreless innings to start, and Josh Blum took the blown save. Joe Scarborough took the loss in the 11th.
St. Lucie’s game against Jupiter turned into a shootout before the Mets affiliate ran out of answers in a 16-8 loss.
Jupiter jumped ahead 6-0 after two innings and led 7-3 after five, but St. Lucie punched back hard in the sixth.
Bohan Adderley drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 7-4, then Dylan Carey and Aiden Robbins followed with singles that flipped the game and gave St. Lucie an 8-7 lead.
That lead didn’t last. Jupiter scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and then exploded for seven runs in the eighth to put it away.
Adderley was all over the bases, scoring three times, driving in a run, walking once, and stealing three bags. Carey finished with two hits, two RBIs, and two steals, while Robbins drove in three. Elian Peña also swiped a bag and Aiden Robbins added one of his own.
On the mound, the damage piled up quickly. Owen Woodward allowed four runs in one inning, Jose Lopez took the loss after 4.2 innings, and Brett Banks had a rough outing, surrendering six runs without recording an out in the eighth.
Eric Wagaman and Brett Banks were the names that stood out most in the day’s wrap, but the bigger story was Binghamton’s continued surge and Syracuse’s knack for surviving a mess.
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