There were plenty of home runs up and down the system on Saturday, including Trayce Thompson‘s team-leading 15th homer in Syracuse’s victory over St. Paul. Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz also went back-to-back in the Rumble Ponies win. Junior Tilien extended his on-base streak with a two-run shot, and A.J. Ewing rocked his first Low-A round-tripper.

Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (37-24) 8, St. Paul Saints (27-34) 3

BOX SCORE

• CF Trayce Thompson 2-for-5, 2 R, HR (15), 2B, 3 RBI (41), 3 K (.882 OPS)
• SS Rylan Bannon 2-for-5, 2 R, HR (10), 3 RBI (38), K (.872 OPS)
• 3B Pablo Reyes 1-for-5, 2 R, HR (4), RBI (12), K (.981 OPS)
• DH Mike Brosseau 3-for-5, 2B, RBI (21), K (.913 OPS)
• 2B Luisangel Acuña 2-for-5, R, K (.651 OPS)

Trayce Thompson added to his club lead in home runs with his 15th of the year (tied for second in the International League), while Rylan Bannon and Pablo Reyes hit homers to guide Syracuse to a third straight win over St. Paul.

Mike Brosseau continues his incredible start to his Syracuse career, collecting three more hits while raising his Mets OPS to an unreal 1.069 in 29 games.

• LHP Joey Lucchesi (3.86 ERA) 6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (88 pitches/ 56 strikes)
• RHP Max Kranick (3.66 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Grant Hartwig (2.45 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Joey Fuego was solid for Syracuse, giving the Mets his first quality start since May 8th. The Saints struggled to bring home their baserunners, going 1-for-6 in RISP situations. This can be accredited to the Mets earning timely strikeouts and holding off any St. Paul 2-out rallies.

Double-A

Bowie BaySox (28-27) 3, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (28-26) 7

BOX SCORE

• SS Jeremiah Jackson: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI (20), SB (4) (.579 OPS)
• 1B Ryan Clifford 1-for-3, R, HR (5), 2 RBI (12), BB (.781 OPS)
• 3B JT Schwartz 1-for-4, R, HR (3), RBI (17) (.758 OPS)
• CF Omar De Los Santos 1-for-4, R, HR (1), RBI (1), K (.555 OPS)

The long ball powered the Rumble Ponies in Saturday’s win over Bowie. The scorching hot Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz went back-to-back in the first inning, followed by Omar De Los Santos putting one over the left field fence in the fourth.

Clifford has now homered four times in the last six games. In that span, he has walked eight on occasions while striking out only three times – he has raised his Double-A OPS to .781.

Another day with Ryan Clifford hitting BOMBS

Ponies up 2-0 pic.twitter.com/MlE3ins98f

— Binghamton Rumble Ponies (@RumblePoniesBB) June 8, 2024

• RHP Cameron Foster (2.92 ERA) 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 7 K (71 pitches/ 51 strikes)
• RHP Cam Robinson (1.69 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Nolan Clenney (8.53 ERA) 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cameron Foster led the Binghamton pitching staff with his second longest outing of the year. Foster struck out a season-high seven batters while walking zero Baysox in the process. Robinson and Clenney came in for relief and held down the fort, combining to allow two runs on three hits, while striking out three in three and a third innings.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (30-26) 6, Aberdeen Ironbirds (28-28) 14

BOX SCORE

• SS Junior Tilien: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR (2), 4 RBI (15) (.659 OPS)
• 2B Wilfredo Lara: 1-for-2, 2 R, RBI (16), BB (.651 OPS)
• CF Nick Morabito: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, 2 K(.796 OPS)

After a rough day from their pitching staff, Brooklyn played from behind the entire night. Junior Tilien reached base for his 18th consecutive game- he got on with this three-run jack to left field.

Junior Tilien get the Cyclones within shouting distance courtesy of this three-run home run.

He also extends his hitting streak to nine games and is batting .353 (12-34) during the stretch.#AmazinStartsHere I #LGM pic.twitter.com/YaUjyGMMxg

— Brooklyn Cyclones (@BKCyclones) June 9, 2024

• RHP Kade Morris (4.19 ERA) 4 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (75 pitches/ 50 strikes)
• RHP Jeffrey Colon (8.18 ERA) 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• RHP Jimmy Loper (6.75 ERA) 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• RHP Joey Lancellotti (6.59 ERA) 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Although Aberdeen scored most of their runs against Morris, all Brooklyn pitchers who appeared gave up an earned run and combined to allow 18 hits.

Low-A

Daytona Beach Tortugas (25-30) 11, St. Lucie Mets (19-37) 2

BOX SCORE

• 3B Boston Baro: 2-for-4, R (.736 OPS)
• 2B A.J. Ewing 1-for-4, R, HR (1), RBI (3) (.838 OPS)

Ewing and Baro were the only bright spots for the Mets in their 11-2 loss against the Tortugas. Ewing’s fifth-inning home run had an exit velocity of 105.8 MPH – it’s his sixth homer this season, first with St. Lucie.

• RHP Saul Garcia (7.64 ERA) 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 5 K (66 pitches/44 strikes)
• LHP Jeremy Peguero (4.15 ERA) 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Jorge De Leon (9.45 ERA) 3 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 3 WP

While control sometimes eludes him, De Leon has some elite-level stuff. In only three innings, De Leon collected seven strikeouts and 17 (!) whiffs. His fastball also touched 96 MPH.

Florida Complex League 

FCL Mets 1, FCL Astros 3 

BOX SCORE

• SS Jeremy Rodriguez 1-for4, K (.856 OPS)
• DH Julio Zayas 2-for-3 (.837 OPS)
• CF Simon Juan 1-for-3, K (.784)

Rodriguez has tallied at least one hit in 10 of the last 11 games. Out of the 16 total hits, four were for extra bases.

Dominican Summer League 

DSL Mets Blue 0, DSL Rangers Blue 10

BOX SCORE

• DH Vladi Guerrero 1-for-2, 2 BB, K (.425 OPS)
• C Daiverson Gutierrez 1-for-3 (.922 OPS)

DSL Mets Orange 8, DSL Arizona Black 12

BOX SCORE

• 1B Arnaldo Montano 2-for-4, R, HR (1), 4 RBI (4), BB (1.850 OPS)
• 3B Keiver Garcia 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B, 3 BB, K (1.207 OPS)