AAA: Columbus Clippers (8-3) 10, Syracuse Mets (1-9) 1 BOX SCORE

• Carlos Rincon – 1B: 2-4, R
• Khalil Lee – CF: 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB
• Wyatt Young – SS: 1-3, BB

It was a relatively lackluster day offensively for the Mets, as the team scored one run on five hits. Carlos Rincon hit a pair of singles in this game, and scored in the top of the 6th inning on Khalil Lee’s RBI double. Wyatt Young also reached base twice in this game, rising his season on-base percentage to .409. The offense will have to be more productive when Syracuse faces Worcester on Tuesday night.

• Félix Peña (0-1, 18.00 ERA): 2.0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, BB, 2 K
• Trey Cobb (0-0, 8.31 ERA): 2.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 5 BB
• Eric Orze (0-1, 7.20 ERA): 2.0 IP, 6 K

After allowing eleven runs to Columbus on Thursday and fifteen runs to Columbus on Friday, the Mets failed to control the Clippers’ bats yesterday, allowing ten runs on nine hits. Felix Peña started the game for the Mets and gave up a pair of home runs to Gabriel Arias and Alex Call in the 1st inning, putting Syracuse in an early 3-0 deficit. Peña was removed from the game shortly after giving up an RBI double to Richie Palacios.

Trey Cobb also had a poor showing on the mound, walking five batters in two innings and allowing a crushing 3 RBI double to Gabriel Arias that gave Columbus a 10-0 lead. The bright spot for Mets pitching was Eric Orze, who pitched the seventh and eighth innings and retired every batter via the strikeout.

AA: The Binghamton Rumble Ponies game was postponed today due to rain. Makeup date is to be determined.

A+ – Game 1: Brooklyn Cyclones (4-3) 4, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (1-6) 3 BOX SCORE

• Rowdey Jordan – LF: 2-4, 3 RBI
• JT Schwartz – 1B: 2-2, BB
• Matt Rudick – CF: 1-3, 2 R

In the first game of the doubleheader, the Cyclones scored four runs on six hits. It was a big day for Rowdey Jordan, who knocked in three runs in the game. In the bottom of the second, Jordan singled to right field, scoring Matt Rudick. Then in the bottom of the 6th inning, Jordan tripled into right field, scoring Ethan Wilson and Matt Rudick. Also, JT Schwartz reached base three times and Matt Rudick scored two runs and hit a triple in the first inning.

• Jose Chacin (0-0, 1.00 ERA): 5.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 4 K
• Nolan Clenney (2-1, 4.25 ERA): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB
• Sammy Tavarez (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 1.0 IP, 2 BB, K

Jose Chacin had a good start. He only allowed two hits and one earned run while walking no batters. Chacin threw 64 pitches in this game and 49 of them were strikes. In the 6th inning, Nolan Clenney entered with a 2-1 lead. However, a wild pitch allowed McCarthy Tatum to score and moved John Rojas to third. Then, Luis Garcia knocked in the game-tying run, giving Clenney his first blown save of the year. Sammy Tavarez got the save in the 7th inning after Brooklyn scored two runs in the bottom of the 6th inning.

A+ – Game 2: Brooklyn Cyclones (5-3) 6, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (1-7) 1 BOX SCORE

• Joe Suozzi – RF: 1-2, HR, 4 RBI
• Rowdey Jordan – CF: 1-4, RBI
• Nic Gaddis – C: 2-3, 2 R

In the second game, the Cyclones offense produced six runs on only four hits. In the bottom of the second inning, the Cyclones scored two runs on a hit by pitch and then a wild pitch by Mick Abel. Then in the bottom of the fourth inning, Joe Suozzi homered to left field, scoring Nic Gaddis and Matt Rudick. Finally, Jordan hit an RBI single into right field that scored Rudick. Gaddis had a couple of singles in the game, helping to boost Brooklyn’s offense.

• Oscar Rojas (1-0, 1.00 ERA): 5.0 IP, 3 H, ER, 5 K
• Reyson Santos (0-0, 0.00 ERA): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K

Oscar Rojas got the win in yesterday’s game two for Brooklyn, pitching five solid innings with only one mistake – a home run hit by D.J Stewart to left field in the second inning. Part of Rojas’s success in this outing was due to his control. He threw strikes 75% of the time (64 pitches, 48 strikes) and did not walk any batters. Reyson Santos finished off the game with two scoreless innings.

A: St. Lucie Mets (6-2) 5, Clearwater Threshers (1-7) 4 BOX SCORE

• Justin Guerrera – DH: 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, R
• William Lugo – 3B: 1-2, 2B, 2 R, BB
• Alex Ramirez – LF: 1-4

Wild pitching by the Threshers (eight walks) and three hits allowed the Mets to score five runs in yesterday’s game. Justin Guerrera hit a big RBI double in the bottom of the 7th inning to left field, scoring William Lugo. Guerrera got on base two more times by drawing walks. Lugo also had a double and two walks in the contest and Alex Ramirez had a single to reach base. Overall, the offense had a productive night as the Threshers pitching staff could not limit their mistakes.

• Luis Moreno (0-0, 13.50 ERA): 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Dylan Hall (1-0, 0.00 ERA): 2.0 IP, H
• Grant Hartwig (1-1, 2.16 ERA): 1.0 IP, H, K

After the rehabbing Jake Reed pitched a scoreless opening inning, Luis Moreno pitched four innings and allowed two earned runs in the top of the 3rd inning. Dylan Hall took over for Moreno and earned the win, pitching two innings and only allowing one hit. Finally, Hartwig earned the save for the contest, pitching a scoreless ninth inning while allowing one hit.