The night across the Mets’ system had a little bit of everything: a runaway in Syracuse, a rain-soaked win in Binghamton, a shutout loss in St. Lucie, and another dominant turn from Daviel Hurtado in Brooklyn. If you were looking for the cleanest performance of the bunch, Hurtado owned that conversation.
Brooklyn’s left-hander was electric in a 5-3 win over Frederick, dealing six scoreless innings and allowing just one hit while walking one and striking out eight. That followed a previous outing in which he threw six scoreless frames, gave up two hits, walked one and punched out six.
The bullpen made the finish far more interesting than it needed to be, but Hurtado had already done the heavy lifting. Ronald Hernandez gave the Cyclones a jolt with a solo homer before Hurtado exited, and Mitch Voit added the big swing later with a three-run homer.
Voit finished 2-for-5 with a run, three RBIs and two strikeouts, while Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Colin Houck and Jamari Baylor each added two hits for Brooklyn.
Gregori Louis was the only real wobble in relief, giving up three runs in one inning, but Parker Carlson and Ryan Dollar closed it out.
The Mets also got a solid result in Binghamton, though it came with a long interruption. The Rumble Ponies beat Chesapeake 5-3 after a two-and-a-half hour rain delay, picking up their second win of the second half.
Binghamton jumped on the board with two runs in the bottom of the first, then waited out the weather before adding three more once play resumed. Jonathan Santucci opened the game and threw 29 pitches over two innings before the delay changed the rhythm of the night.
He allowed no hits and no runs, with one walk and three strikeouts, though he also committed an error. Chris Suero led the offense with a 2-for-4 night that included two runs, a double, a strikeout and his 21st steal.
Nick Lorusso chipped in with a hit, an RBI, a run, a walk, a strikeout and his fifth stolen base. Felipe De La Cruz earned the win with two scoreless innings after being assigned to Binghamton from Syracuse, and Saul Garcia picked up the save.
Syracuse, meanwhile, got hit hard in a 15-5 loss to Worcester. Nick Morabito stayed hot, finishing June with three more hits, including a double.
MJ Melendez provided one of the few bright spots with a homer and two RBIs, but the Woo Sox poured it on anyway. Luis Robert Jr. was in the lineup on rehab assignment and went 1-for-2 with a walk, while Jorge Polanco also appeared on rehab and went 0-for-3.
Robert was sent to Syracuse on a rehab assignment by the Mets. The pitching line told the rest of the story: Daniel Duarte, Jack Weisenburger, Adbert Alzolay, Ofreidy Gómez and Dylan Ross all took damage, and Alzolay was especially rough, allowing four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Matt Turner was the only Syracuse reliever who came away clean.
St. Lucie had the toughest night of all, falling 6-0 to Tampa and managing only three hits.
Emilio Obispo gave the Mets five innings, but the Tarpons got to him for four runs in the middle innings. Zack Mack allowed two more, and the offense never gave the club a path back in.
Antonio Jimenez doubled, Taylor Darden doubled, and Jack Scanlon had the other hit. Elian Peña had a difficult night at shortstop, going 0-for-4 with two errors.
The rest of the lineup never really found traction, and St. Lucie was blanked.
There was no game elsewhere on the schedule. As for the night’s honors, Daviel Hurtado was the Star of the Night, and Adbert Alzolay took Goat of the Night.
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