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MMN Recap: Brett Baty and Francisco Álvarez Stay Hot

By Ryan Kolakowski

May 12, 2021 No comments

Khalil Lee, Photo by James Farrance

Worcester (3-4) 8, Syracuse (1-6) 5 Box Score

Fargas led off the game with a double, but was thrown out third base while trying to stretch the hit into a triple. Hager lined a one-out single to left, then came around to score three batters later on a Deivy Grullon single. Lee drove in Brandon Drury with a line drive single to right field for Syracuse’s second run of the inning. Cervenka launched a solo home run to left in the fifth inning, and Grullon lifted a solo home run to center field in the sixth. With Syracuse trailing 6-4 in the eighth, Lee singled to score Wilfredo Tovar for the Mets’ final run of the day.

After a perfect first, Reyes allowed a solo run in the second. He pitched scoreless innings in the third and fourth, then surrendered a two-run home run in the fifth to tie the game at 3. Tarpley entered with two outs in the sixth and retired the first batter he faced to end the inning, but then ran into trouble in the 7th. Tarpley allowed four straight hits, including two home runs, in the seventh to give Worcester a 6-4 lead before leaving the game.

Zamora entered in relief of Tarpley and retired three straight batters to end the inning. The lefty returned to the mound in the eighth and allowed two runs on two hits.

Altoona (3-3) 5, Binghamton (0-6) 0 Box Score

Elizalde, 29, collected the only Binghamton hit of the night, a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Elizalde reached base for the second time with a two-out walk in the ninth. Pitcher Thomas McIlraith and center fielder Desmond Lindsay reached base on back-to-back two-out walks in the sixth. Vientos, 21, earned a Golden Sombrero with four strikeouts in four plate appearances.

Megill, a 6’7” 25-year-old, pitched a gem with five scoreless innings on Tuesday night. He struck out seven, allowed two hits and walked one, dropping his season ERA to 0.90. McIlraith entered in relief to start the sixth, and he struck out the first batter he faced before giving up a walk and a two-run home run. Gordon allowed two walks to lead off the ninth, then he served up a one-out, three run home run to give Altoona a 5-0 lead. 

Brooklyn (3-3) 6, Greenville (2-5) 1 Box Score

Baty, the Mets’ top third base prospect, kicked off the scoring for Brooklyn with a one-out, two-run double in the top of the first inning. The 21-year-old had two hits on the night to lift his batting average to .471. Genord extended Brooklyn’s lead to 3-0 with a solo home run to lead off the second inning. Baty walked in the third and came around to score on a Ritter double. Mauricio, the Mets’ top shortstop prospect, continued his hot start to the season with a two-out, two run home run in the fourth inning.

Walker, 2, struck out 7 over five innings. He allowed a leadoff single in the first, but Greenville batter Cameron Cannon was thrown out at second base while attempting to stretch the hit into a double. Walker gave up another single to the second Greenville batter, then induced a flyout and got a strikeout to end the inning. Walker’s lone blemish came in the third when he allowed a one-out double and a two-out RBI single.

Goggin entered in the sixth inning and allowed only one base runner over two innings. McDonald pitched a perfect eighth inning. In the ninth, McDonald pitched around a Ronny Mauricio throwing error to close out the game.

St. Lucie (5-2) 4, Daytona (4-3) 2 Box Score

St. Lucie came back from a late 1-0 deficit to win 4-2 on Tuesday night. With the Mets trailing by one in the seventh, St. Lucie right fielder Cole Kleszcz to score two. With the game tied at two in the eighth, Newton scored the go-ahead run after a fielding error on an Álvarez single. Top prospect Francisco Álvarez collected three hits to raise his average to .571, and Pete Crow-Armstrong reached base twice to continue his hot start to the season. 

Moreno, 21, struggled with his command on Tuesday night. The righty allowed a run to score on a wild pitch in the first, and he walked four over 3 ⅔ innings. Opp entered with two outs in the fourth, and St. Lucie notched the third out when Álvarez threw out Greenville’s Ivan Johnson attempting to steal second base.

Opp allowed one run on a single in the seventh, but it was unearned due to a Pete Crow-Armstrong fielding error earlier in the inning. Morris entered in the eighth with two runners on and nobody out, and he got a strikeout and induced a 4-6-3 double play to get out of the inning. Santos walked one in a scoreless ninth inning.