Pitching was the story in the Mets minor leagues on Thursday night, with Brandon Sproat, Dom Hamel and Kade Morris all turning in notable performances.

Triple-A
Syracuse Mets (48-29) 1, Buffalo Bisons (38-39) 5

BOX SCORE

• 3B Brett Baty 1-for-4, BB, R (1.149 OPS)
• SS Luisangel Acuña 0-for-4, 2 K (.696 OPS)
• DH Rylan Bannon 2-for-4, RBI, 2B (.866 OPS)

The Mets produced only three hits on Thursday, and two of them came in the top of the ninth inning.

• RHP Dom Hamel (6.64 ERA) 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 9 K

Hamel came into the game with more walks (28) than strikeouts (26) in his last eight starts, so Thursday night was an important start for the right-hander.

Double-A
Portland Sea Dogs (34-37) 0, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (36-33) 8

BOX SCORE

• CF Alex Ramírez 2-for-5, RBI, 2 R, 2B (.684 OPS)
• RF Duke Ellis 2-for-4 (Mets system debut)
• 1B JT Schwartz 2-for-4, BB, 2 R (.789 OPS)
• C Kevin Parada 2-for-4, R, 2B (.653 OPS)

The 21-year-old Ramírez has a .996 OPS over his last nine games. Both Rowdey Jordan and Wyatt Young had two RBIs in the game for Binghamton.

• RHP Brandon Sproat (1.94 ERA) 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
• RHP Paul Gervase (3.63 ERA) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Sproat lowered his season ERA down to 1.61 and his impressive Double-A WHIP is 0.89 through seven starts. His fastball was up to 100 mph on the night.

High-A
Brooklyn Cyclones (34-38) 1, Aberdeen IronBirds (39-33) 6

BOX SCORE

• SS Jesus Baez 2-for-4 (.833 OPS)
• CF Nick Morabito 0-for-3, HBP, 2 K (.744 OPS)

The Cyclones continued their offensive struggles on Thursday, mustering only five hits and striking out 15 times. Second baseman Junior Tilien knocked in the only Brooklyn run with a double.

• RHP Kade Morris (4.54 ERA) 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Low-A
St. Lucie Mets (23-49) 5, Palm Beach Cardinals (40-31) 3 

BOX SCORE

• 2B Boston Baro 1-for-4, R (.758 OPS)
• 1B Ronald Hernandez 1-for-3, BB, 2 R (.770 OPS)
• CF A.J. Ewing 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B (.744 OPS)
• SS Colin Houck 1-for-3, HR (.627 OPS)

Houck gave the Mets a ninth-inning insurance run with his third homer of the season. Catcher Vincent Perozo also hit a solo home run in the third inning.

• RHP Saul Garcia (5.58 ERA) 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K
• RHP Juan Arnaud 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, Save

Arnaud threw the hardest pitch of the night in the Florida State League at 98.3 mph.

The DSL Mets lost both of their games on Thursday and combined for only five hits.