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MMN Recap: Dilson Herrera Clubs Two Homers in Syracuse Win

By Joseph Hill

July 21, 2019 No comments

Photo by James Farrance Photography

Syracuse (50-49) 11, Toledo (44-55) 5   Box Score

The Mets hit five home runs in their offensive outburst, with Rene Rivera also homering and raising his OPS to .806. Herrera’s two homers gave him 21 on the season, tied for the highest among all Mets minor leaguers this season.

  • RHP Corey Oswalt (W, 6-2, 3.69 ERA): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
  • RHP Chris Flexen (4-2, 3.75 ERA): 1.0 IP, 2 H, R, 0 BB, K
  • LHP Daniel Zamora (1-1, 5.60 ERA): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Oswalt, who has quietly had a solid season for Syracuse, had one of his better starts of the season on Saturday. While he gave up four runs, they were all unearned, and he struck out eight while walking none. Flexen pitched an inning as he continues to transition to his new bullpen role. Zamora is finally busting out of his slump, with four straight scoreless appearances.

Binghamton (49-46) 8, Akron (43-56) 2   Box Score

The Rumble Ponies got a power surge in the fifth, blasting four home runs in the inning. Quinn Brodey also homered for Binghamton in the 14-hit attack. Five different Ponies collected multiple hits.

  • LHP Kevin Smith (W, 1-0, 3.18 ERA): 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 4 BB, K
  • RHP Ryder Ryan (2-1, 4.67 ERA): 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K
  • RHP Matt Blackham (5-2, 2.72 ERA): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 2 K

Smith, who impressed in St. Lucie with a 3.05 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 85.2 innings, had an okay Double-A debut, He allowed just three hits and two runs in 5.2 innings, although he did walk four and only strike out one. It will be interesting if he can keep his strikeout numbers up in the higher levels going forward. Blackham had another good outing, continuing his very good first full season in Binghamton.

Photo by Ed Delany, MMN

Clearwater (51-46) 3, St. Lucie (52-46) 0   Box Score

After an awful first three months, Winaker is starting to figure it out with a .318 average and .789 OPS in July. Overall he has still struggled in St. Lucie after posting an .803 OPS last year in Columbia.

Megill impressed in Columbia, posting a 2.61 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 31 innings, so this was his first start in High-A St. Lucie. It was a respectable but unspectacular debut, giving him something to build off of going forward. Hernandez threw three perfect innings; he’s been better lately with a 2.84 ERA in July.

Columbia (38-58) 6, Greenville (46-54) 3   Box Score

Mauricio recorded his second straight multi-hit game, although he has cooled down a little bit overall in the second half. After a brief hot stretch, fellow top infield prospect Newton has gone 0-for-hist-last-9. Vientos is the hottest of the trio right now, with a .972 OPS in July.

Coming off his best start this year, Acosta was more wild in Saturday’s start, but he still found a way to limit the damage. He has a 1.65 ERA with 42 strikeouts in 32.2 innings this year.

Brooklyn (20-14) 6, Connecticut (16-19) 1   Box Score

Avant is already 24 and has struggled at every level. Avant and Reyes both contributed to a four-run fifth inning, along with two bases loaded walks.

  • RHP Matt Cleveland (W, 2-2, 3.97 ERA): 5.0 IP, 5 H, R, 0 ER, 2 BB, K
  • LHP Andrew Edwards (0-1, 1.72 ERA): 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K
  • RHP Josh Hejka (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K
  • RHP Hunter Parsons (0-1, 18.00 ERA): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Cleveland recorded his second straight start with no earned runs allowed. Parsons’s second professional appearance went a lot better than his first, as for starters, he actually got an out this time.

Bristol (15-16) 3, Kingsport (14-17) 1   Box Score

Astudillo, brother of the Twins’ Willians Astudillo, got back on track with a home run after two hitless games. Baty’s early struggles in Kingsport continued, as through 41 at-bats he has the lowest average on the team.

  • RHP Michel Otanez (L, 2-2, 3.31 ERA): 7.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, ER, BB, 6 K
  • RHP Brendan Hardy (0-1, 4.05 ERA): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Otanez has been a pleasant surprise after his struggles in the GCL last year. Particularly, his strikeout numbers have been impressive, with 44 in 32.2 innings. Seven innings was the longest start of his season.

GCL Cardinals (11-12) 3, GCL Mets (12-8) 0   Box Score

After struggling in Brooklyn to start his pro career, Mets sixth-round pick Ashford has gotten off to a solid start in the GCL, as he hopes to make his way back up quickly. Bohorquez has also fared better in the GCL after he was underwhelming in his first seven games for Kingsport.

  • RHP Josh Wolf (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
  • RHP Joander Suarez (0-0, 2.29 ERA): 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 6 K
  • RHP Robert Colina (2-2, 3.24 ERA): 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Wolf, the Mets’ 2019 second-round pick, made his professional debut on Saturday. He threw one inning, allowing a double to his first batter but striking out two of the next three and escaping unscathed. Suarez was key in middle relief, providing scoreless frames. However Colina allowed three runs in the seventh, the only runs scored in the game as the Mets took the loss.

DSL Brewers (23-19) 6, DSL Mets2 (18-24) 5   Box Score

The Mets2 were helped out by four wild pitches, a balk, and a hit by pitch, along with three hits by Campos. They rallied in the ninth, bringing in a fifth run on a sacrifice fly by Jan Carlos Osorio, but it fell short.

Five errors hurt the pitching staff as three of the six runs were unearned. Juarez has been solid in seven games (five starts) outside of one blowup inflating his ERA.

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