Jefferson Rojas. (Photo Credits: Binghamton Rumble Ponies)
And thus we were down to one. With the minor league season coming to an end only the Triple-A Syracuse Mets remain. In an important game in a playoff race, the Syracuse Mets dominated Lehigh Valley. Featuring in his first career Triple-A game, Jefferson Rojas hit a homer as Syracuse shrunk their playoff deficit to a game-and-a-half.
Triple-A
Syracuse (77-67) 9, Lehigh Valley (67-77) 1
Box Score
- 2B Émilien Pitre: 0-for-5
- 1B Billy Amick: 0-for-3, BB
- LF Ryan Clifford: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R
- 3B Ronny Mauricio: 2-for-5, 2B, R, RBI
- SS Jefferson Rojas: 2-for-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
- CF D’Andre Smith: 1-for-3, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB
Jefferson Rojas was the story of this game. He not only got his first hit in Triple-A but crushed his first Triple-A home run; a 105.6 mph shot that went 361 feet.
D’Andre Smith also smacked a homer while both Ronny Mauricio and Ryan Clifford got doubles. It is too small of a sample to really judge anything, but Ryan Clifford is hitting .292/.393/.625 (1.018 OPS) across the eight games since returning from the developmental list.
- RHP Saul Garcia: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- LHP Cionel Pérez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- RHP Ben Simon: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (W)
- RHP Garrett Stratton: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
- RHP Dylan Ross: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
- RHP Dan Hammer: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
It may have been a bullpen game but it was a good one. Despite three walks Garrett Stratton looked good generating whiffs with his multiple fastball shapes and striking out three while running it up to 96 mph.
Ben Simon continues to show plus stuff with an inability to get whiffs while Dan Hammer shows plus stuff with plenty of whiffs.
