Syracuse (1-0) 5, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (0-1) 2 Box Score

• Wilfredo Tovar SS: 1-2, 2 BB, SB, .500/.750/.500
• Khalil Lee RF: 1-4, 2 K, CS, .250/.250/.250
• David Thompson 1B: 1-4, HR, 2 K, .250/.250/1.000
• Martin Cervenka C: 2-3, HR, 2 R, .667/.667/1.667

Syracuse collected seven hits, launched a pair of home runs and took advantage of  Scranton/Wilkes-Barre miscues to win 5-2 on Opening Night. Catcher Martin Cervenka, 28, went yard in the third to open the scoring. First baseman David Thompson launched a solo home run in the sixth. 22-year-old right fielder Khalil Lee, acquired from the Royals in a February trade, hit a single in the second before getting picked off and caught stealing second base.

• RHP Jerad Eickhoff (W, 1-0, 3.00): 6 IP 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
• RHP Stephen Nogosek (0-0, 0.00): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Drew Smith (S, 0-0, 0.00): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K

Eickhoff, starting on short notice after the Mets promoted scheduled starter Jordan Yamamoto, allowed two runs over six innings of work. Eickhoff struck out five and surrendered seven hits, including a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Stephen Nogosek pitched a scoreless seventh inning, walking one batter. Drew Smith, 27, allowed two hits and walked one over two scoreless innings to close out the game.

Akron (1-0) 5, Binghamton (0-1) 4 Box Score

• Carlos Cortes LF: 2-4, 2B, BB, .500/.600/.750
• Luis Carpio 2B: 2-4, 2B, BB, .500/.600/.750
• Mark Vientos 3B: 0-4, 2 K, BB, .000/.200/.200
• Sebastian Elizalde DH: 3-5, K,  .600/.600/.800

Luis Carpio gave Binghamton a 4-2 lead in the ninth inning with a two-RBI double, but his late-inning heroics were not enough as the bullpen blew the save in the bottom of the ninth. Carlos Cortes collected two hits and a walk out of the leadoff spot. Mark Vientos went hitless, but reached base on a walk in the seventh. Sebastian Elizalde led the team with three hits.

• RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, 1.80): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
• LHP Andrew Mitchell (0-0, 0.00): 2 IP, H, 2 K
• RHP Trey Cobb (0-0, 9.00): IP, 3 H, ER
• RHP Joe Zanghi (0-1, 81.)): 0.1 IP, H, 3 ER, 2 BB

Megill allowed just one run over five innings. His lone blemish came in the third when he allowed a leadoff double and a RBI single. Reliever Joe Zanghi entered in the ninth to close the game, but he allowed a three-run walk-off home run and blew the save.

After going exclusively to the fastball with two strikes, Tylor Megill buried this slider to pick up his EIGHTH strikeout through four innings for Binghamton. #Mets pic.twitter.com/hzOLFU8ru0

— Jacob Resnick (@Jacob_Resnick) May 5, 2021

Brooklyn (1-0) 8, Asheville (0-1) 2 Box Score

• Ronny Mauricio SS: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, K, .500/.600/.750
• Brett Baty 3B: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, .500/.600/.750
• Scott Ota CF: 2-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, .500/.600/.500
• Hayden Senger C: 2-5, HR, 2B, .400/.400/1.200

Top prospects Ronny Mauricio, 20, and Brett Baty, 21, each collected multiple hits in the 8-2 win on Opening Night. Baty hit a two-run double in the first inning to start the scoring for the Cyclones, then doubled again in the fourth inning to score Mauricio for the second time. Catcher Hayden Senger slugged a double and a solo home run.

• LHP Josh Walker (W, 1-0, 0.00): 5 IP, 0 ER, 8 K, BB
• RHP Eric Orze (0-0, 4.50): 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K
• RHP Mitch Ragan (0-0, 4.50): 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Starting pitcher Josh Walker twirled a gem on opening night, striking out eight Tourists, allowing zero hits and walking only one over five scoreless innings. Reliever Eric Orze allowed a solo home run in the seventh, and Mitch Ragan gave up a solo home run in the eighth. Orze, a two-time cancer survivor, was making his pro debut after being drafted in the fifth round last year. 

St. Lucie (1-0) 13, Jupiter (0-1) 3 Box Score

• Pete Crow-Armstrong CF: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K, .400/.500/.600
• Shervyen Newton SS: 2-6, 2B, R, 3 RBI, 2 K, .333/.333/.500
• Francisco Álvarez C: 4-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB, .800/.833/1.000

The top of the St. Lucie Mets lineup performed as advertised in a 13-3 win on Opening Night as Pete Crow-Armstrong, Shervyen Newton and Francisco Álvarez all collected multiple hits. Crow-Armstrong walked in the third inning and scored St. Lucie’s first run of the night on an Álvarez single. With the game tied 2-2 in the fourth inning, Crow-Armstrong hit a two-RBI double. Newton drove in two runs with a two-out double in the seventh inning, and he came around to score on a Jaylen Palmer triple.

Álvarez, 19 and the Mets top prospect, reached base five times and led the team with four hits. Crow-Armstrong was making his pro debut after the Mets selected him in the first round of the 2020 draft. 

Pete Crow-Armstrong’s first hit with St. Lucie is a 2-RBI double to left field to give the Mets a 4-2 lead over Jupiter in the 4th.@Metsmerized @Mets_Minors pic.twitter.com/NdzkOAOt76

— Alexis Farinacci (@AlexisFarinacci) May 4, 2021

• RHP Joander Suarez (0-0, 3.86): 4.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
• RHP Austin Faith (W, 1-0, 0.00): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
• RHP Hunter Parsons (0-0, 0.00): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
• RHP Colby Morris (0-0, 9.00): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Starting pitcher Joander Suarez pitched a pair of scoreless innings before running into trouble in the third. He struck out the first batter of the third inning, walked the second batter and allowed a two-out, two-run home run. The Mets No. 28 prospect topped out at 95 mph with his fastball. 

Austin Faith came on in relief of Suarez and got four outs, then Hunter Parsons pitched two scoreless innings and struck out four. Colby Morris allowed a leadoff home run in the ninth, then struck out three of the next four batters to close the game.