MMN Recap: Mark Vientos, Alex Ramirez Hit Two Homers

Alex Ramirez, Photo by Ed Delany of MMN

Two of the Mets’ top hitting prospects, Mark Vientos and Alex Ramirez, both had two-homer games on Tuesday night.

The St. Lucie Mets magic number to win the first half division title is down to one!

AAA: Syracuse (22-38) 18, Norfolk (30-31) 6 BOX SCORE

DH Dominic Smith 3-for-4, 2 BB, 2 2B, 4 R, .350/.422/.575
3B Mark Vientos 2-for-4, 2 HR (10), 5 RBI, BB, 4 R, .255/.343/.524
RF Daniel Palka 5-for-6, HR (14), 3 RBI, 3 R, 2 2B, .260/.349/.526
SS JT Riddle 3-for-5, 2 HR (6), BB, 3 R, .260/.315/.520
1B Luke Ritter 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .233/.343/.400 (In Syracuse)

Well, the Mets had 17 runs in the first six innings of this game behind multiple guys going off. Dom’s Triple-A line in 10 games got a nice boost after he was on base five times.

Vientos is now hitting .329/.398/.709 with nine home runs in his last 20 games.

Palka leads the Mets minor leagues with his 14 home runs this season.

LHP Thomas Szapucki (3.60) 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, BB, 8 K
RHP Yennsy Diaz (8.04) 2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
RHP Joe Zanghi (4.91) IP, 0 R, BB, K

AA: Bowie (22-35) 9, Binghamton (21-36) 0 BOX SCORE

C Francisco Alvarez 0-for-3, BB, .270/.341/.541
3B Brett Baty 1-for-4, .274/.368/.435
SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-3, BB, .250/.291/.457

Álvarez had his hit streak snapped at 12 games, but did reach via a walk. I talked about when I thought we could see Álvarez in the big leagues on the latest episode of MMO Weekly.

Mauricio has walked a whopping five times in his last 25 plate appearances after walking only six times in his first 198 plate appearances of the season.

RHP Yeizo Campos (5.61) IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K

High-A: Wilmington (29-26) 6, Brooklyn (24-32) 5 BOX SCORE

RF Brandon McIlwain 2-for-3, BB, 2B, RBI, R, .291/.385/.457
LF Joe Suozzi 2-for-4, HR (4), .245/.336/.449

McIlwain, the former college QB, is hitting .375/.485/.643 with three doubles, three triples, two home runs, and four stolen bases in his last 17 games.

RHP Carson Seymour (3.72) 5.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 5 K

Low-A: St. Lucie (38-19) 8, Tampa Bay (24-34) 7 BOX SCORE

CF Alex Ramirez 2-for-3, 2 HR (5), 4 RBI, 2 BB, 3 R, SB .316/.364/.493
SS Junior Tilien 2-for-3, 2 BB, SB, R, .297/.354/.593
3B William Lugo 2-for-4, BB, .253/.343/.390
LF Stanley Consuegra 0-for-3, 2 BB, SB, RBI, .256/.329/.421
1B Jack-Thomas Wold 1-for-4, HR (3), .208/.246/.342

Alex Ramirez hits his 4th home run of the season.

He’s hitting .314 on the season.

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— Michael Mayer (@mikemayer22) June 14, 2022

Ramirez had his first career multi-homer game of his career and also had a rare two-walk game as well.

RHP Raimon Gomez (4.15) 2 IP, H, R (0 ER), 2 BB, 4 K, Win
LHP Daniel Juarez (1.73) 2.1 IP, H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, Save

The 20-year-old Gomez was up to 99 mph on the night, a number he’s hit on multiple occasions this season. Gomez has 9 whiffs on 18 swings against his fastball during the impressive outing.

Juarez, 21, now has 41 strikeouts in 26 innings this season out of the bullpen for St. Lucie.