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MMN Recap: Lowrie, Gomez Homer in Syracuse Win

By Joseph Hill

May 11, 2019 No comments

Photo by Ed Delany, MMN

Syracuse (20-14) 7, Columbus (19-14) 4   Box Score

On the day that Lowrie was originally going to be activated from the IL, he burst out offensively with a leadoff homer while reaching base four times total. The Mets were homer happy, with Rajai Davis, Gomez, and Rivera all going deep in addition to Lowrie, who should be coming off the IL very soon. Gomez got off to a slow start offensively with Syracuse but has been tearing it up lately, batting .410/.467/.821 over his last ten games. If he keeps up this high level of play, a promotion to the Mets would not be out of the question.

  • RHP Zach Lee (W, 2-0, 4.86 ERA): 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 8 K
  • RHP Paul Sewald (1-1, 2.81 ERA): 2.0 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 0 K
  • LHP Ryan O’Rourke (0-1, 3.78 ERA): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, BB, 0 K

Lee through 97 pitches through five innings was still pretty effective, recording eight strikeouts and allowing just two earned runs on a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. His last two starts have been very good. Sewald continued to be a bit of a mixed bag, while O’Rourke threw his fourth consecutive scoreless appearance.

New Hampshire (15-18) 10, Binghamton (19-11) 5   Box Score

Alcantara recorded his third multi-hit performance in his last four games, as he continues to put up solid numbers for Binghamton. Considering he has seen success in Triple-A and spent time in the Majors, this is not too much of a surprise. On the flip side, it was another rough game offensively for the Mets’ top prospect Gimenez, who is in a 1-19 rut and has gone 0-5 with three strikeouts in each of the last two games he’s started. He should be fine, but the 20-year-old definitely needs some more time in Double-A to adjust.

  • RHP Michael Gibbons (L, 3-4, 4.41 ERA): 0.1 IP, 4 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 0 K
  • RHP Austin McGeorge (0-0, 2.70 ERA): 3.2 IP, 3 H, R, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
  • RHP Stephen Nogosek (0-0, 0.56 ERA): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
  • RHP Joe Zanghi (2-0, 0.51 ERA): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
  • RHP Jason Krizan (0-0, 9.00 ERA): 1.0 IP, 2 H, R, 0 BB, 0 K

Gibbons had been very effective this season, posting a 2.78 ERA through his first six starts. However, his start on Friday was a disaster, starting with a walk and two homers, and it didn’t get much better from there. Gibbons could only record one out, and two errors by Pizzano and Braxton Lee made matters worse in an eight-run first inning. McGeorge did a good job to save the bullpen by providing 3.2 quality innings, but he did walk five.

Nogosek also pitched two very effective innings to lower his ERA to 0.56 through nine appearances. He does still have ten walks compared to only 15 strikeouts in 16 innings, which is not sustainable for success going forward. Zanghi is a similar case, with eight walks and only 15 strikeouts in 17.2 innings, but he has a stellar 0.51 ERA. It was very encouraging though that he did not walk anyone in his two innings of work on Friday, while strikng out three. Down 9-5 going to the ninth, the Rumble Ponies opted to go to one of their outfielders to pitch the ninth inning. Krizan induced two pop-ups to third and a groundout, with the lone run against him coming on an infield single and a double.

Charlotte (17-18) 3, St. Lucie (18-15) 1   Box Score

After Cortes hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first, the St. Lucie Mets offense was silent. They almost rallied in the second with one-out singles by Manny Rodriguez and Ghelfi, and a Matt Winaker walk, but Hansel Moreno and Blake Tiberi both struck out swinging with the bases loaded to kill that threat. They wouldn’t record another hit until a Carpio bloop to left in the bottom of the ninth.

Cortes quietly has a little three-game hitting streak going, while Carpio has hit in eight of his last nine and has been a pleasant surprise. Ghelfi has more walks than total bases, as all nine of his hits have been singles and he’s drawn ten walks in 14 games played this year for St. Lucie.

  • RHP Tony Dibrell (L, 3-2, 2.45 ERA): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, ER, 2 BB, 6 K
  • RHP Joe Cavallaro (0-1, 12.00 ERA): 1.1 IP, H, 0 R, 2 BB, K
  • RHP Joseph Shaw (0-0, 2.31 ERA): 2.0 IP, H, R, 0 ER, 0 BB, K

Dibrell continued to impress with another strong outing, despite getting the tough-luck loss. Cavallaro has been a little better in his past few games after he struggled badly in a couple mid-April outings, although he did walk a couple guys in this appearance. After struggling to a 6.47 ERA as a starter in Binghamton last year, Shaw has been surprisingly effective out of the bullpen, with 15 strikeouts in 11.2 innings so far, as well as a 2.31 ERA.

Columbia (10-23) 3, Charleston (19-15) 1   Box Score 

The Fireflies didn’t do much offensively outside of the first inning, when two errors allowed them to score three unearned runs. Ronny Mauricio got a day off, so Newton started at shortstop in his place and went 0-4 as his struggles continued. Particularly, he’s been striking out an alarming rate since starting his season late due to injury, but there’s still plenty of time for growth for the 20-year-old who posted an .857 OPS in Kingsport last season. Vientos is also off to a slow start but is slowly starting to show some flashes of breaking out of it.

Holderman’s a bit old for where he’s playing, but he’s been a pleasant surprise through his first two starts of the year. Moreno continues to do well, and it was encouraging to see him not walk anyone as he’s walked eight in 11.2 innings pitched this year. He has made a solid transition to his first taste of full-season ball. Mitchell, who is also old for A-ball, continues to flat-out dominate and should be seeing a promotion in the very near future. He has struck out 24 in 15.1 innings, and he has posted a 1.17 ERA to pick up right where he left off last year, when he also posted a 1.17 ERA.

 

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