Lehigh Valley (22-19) 9, Syracuse (24-19) 3 Box 

• RHP Corey Oswalt (4-1, 3.55 ERA): 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 K, BB
• RHP Stephen Villines (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K
• RHP Paul Sewald (2-1, 4.34 ERA): 0.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER
• LHP Sean Burnett (0-0, 13.50 ERA): 0.1 IP, H

The Mets bullpen blew up in the late innings, which culminated in a five-run eighth frame. Paul Sewald was the main culprit as he allowed the IronPigs to tack on five insurance runs. After several outstanding starts to kick off his Syracuse Mets career, Corey Oswalt simply didn’t enjoy the same dominance last night. The nine hits and four runs he gave up represented season-highs. Villines has been handling the transition to the minor’s highest level rather swimmingly; he still has not given up a run through 20.2 innings this season.

• C Rene Rivera: 1-3, 3 RBIs .266/. 348/.418

Before Sewald imploded, the Mets were fighting a back-and-forth battle against Lehigh. Cleanup hitter Rene Rivera, who’s hitting .318/.318/.933 with five RBIs in his last six games, drove in Gregor Blanco in the bottom of the first to grant the Mets a quick lead. After the IronPigs took the lead, Rivera again played hero, knocking in Oswalt and Rajai Davis. Luis Guillorme has a .444 OBP since being sent down to Syracuse on April 29th.

Binghamton (25-15) 7, Bowie (16-28) Box

• SS Ruben Tejada: 2-5, RBI, R, .400/.400/.600
• 1B Jason Krizan: 2-4, 2 HR, 2 R, 5 RBI, .152/.273/.212

In his first game with the Mets organization since 2015, Ruben Tejada knocked Michael Paez in with an RBI single in the third inning. An inning later, Jason Krizan slammed a two-run shot to double the Rumble Ponies’ lead. Krizan hit his second dinger of the night an inning afterward, driving in Dario Pizzano and Ali Sanchez. Krizan’s two-homer night was the second of his career.

• LHP David Peterson (2-2, 3.93 ERA) : 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 8 K, 2 BB
• LH David Roseboom (1-1, 6.35 ERA): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 2 BB
• RHP Joe Zanghi (2-0, 0.47 ERA): 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, K

While David Peterson didn’t exactly replicate Anthony Kay‘s performance on Monday night, he still had a pretty effective outing. In his five frames, Peterson recorded eight strikeouts and induced seven groundouts. Since his seven-run blow-up on April 29th, Peterson hasn’t allowed more than two runs in a start Zanghi allowed his first earned run of the season. With a win and a Trenton Thunder loss, Binghamton is in sole possession of the first place in the Eastern League.

St.Lucie (23-21) 3, Dunedin (25-19) 0 Box

• DH Blake Tiberi: 2-3, RBI, .275/.352/.345
• RF Jacob Zanon: 1-3, HR, RBI, R, .232/.304/.366

Jacob Zanon got the Mets off to a hot start with a second-inning blast; he’s hitting for more power this season compared to his career numbers. An inning later, Blake Tiberi drove in Cody Bohenak with a sacrifice fly. Matt Winaker added an insurance run in the eighth inning with an RBI double. Winaker’s started the season ice-cold and since he’s expendable, he could be on the chopping block if a player gets promoted to St.Lucie

• RHP Tommy Wilson (4-2, 2.01 ERA): 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 K, BB
• LHP Andrew Mitchell (2-0, 0.92 ERA): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K

Tommy Wilson is making a name for himself in the Florida State League. Wilson, a.k.a Biff Tannen’s son, allowed only one hit in seven shutout frames against the Blue Jays. Wilson only made two mistakes: a second-inning walk to Ryan Noda and a seventh-inning to Cullen Large. Excluding those two baserunners, he was perfect, inducing a mix of strikeouts, groundballs, and flyouts. He’s very quietly given up two earned runs in last four starts. If he qualified, his 2.01 ERA would be rank as the fifth-best mark in the Florida-State League. 2018 14th rounder Andrew Mitchell made his St.Lucie debut, striking out three in two scoreless innings.

Columbia (18-27) 5, Greenville(17-27) 2 Box

• 3B Mark Vientos: 1-4, R, .248/. 310/.390
• 1B Chase Chambers: 2-4, RBI, .310/.351/.465

The Mets 2018 18th rounder Chase Chambers got the scoring off to a quick start, driving in fellow 2018 draftee Brian Sharp. After Greenville pulled ahead, a couple of wild pitches allowed the Mets to regain the lead. Two extra-base hits off the bats of Wagner Lagrange and Hayden Senger tacked on insurance runs. Mark Vientos continued to rake, tallying a run and scoring a run during the Fireflies’ four-run sixth inning. Baseball America recently ranked him as the eighth hottest prospect in the MiLB.

• RHP Christian James (1-4, 5.18 ERA): 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
• RHP Bryce Hutchinson (2-1, 2.61 ERA): 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, K, BB
• RHP Darwin Ramos (0-0, 3.27 ERA): 0.1 IP, K, BB

Christian James continued his up-and-down season with a quality outing last night. James hasn’t been dominating opposing hitters the way he has over the last few years, but sans an eight-run outing, he’s been relatively effective. He kept the ball on the ground last night, inducing nine ground-balls. Coming off an injury-plagued campaign, Hutchinson piggybacked James and only threw 35 pitches over 3.1 scoreless innings.