Mets Minors Recap: Consuegra Mashes Fifth Home Run
Stanley Consuegra, Photo by Ed Delany of MMO
Triple-A: Syracuse Mets (16-21) 6, Buffalo Bisons (16-21) 8 Box Score
- SS Ronny Mauricio 1-for-3, R, RBI (23), 2 BB, .965 OPS
- 3B Mark Vientos 0-for-3, RBI (33), BB, 1.090 OPS
- DH Gary Sánchez 1-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI (4), BB, 1.389 OPS
- RF Jaylin Davis 1-for-4, R, HR (6), RBI (17), .796 OPS
The Syracuse Mets suffered a brutal loss Friday night as the Buffalo Bisons won in walk-off fashion.
The Mets’ offense rallied early on in the game, trailing 4-0 after two innings. In the third inning, with the bases loaded, Ronny Mauricio drew a walk to bring in a run. Then Mark Vientos followed with an RBI sacrifice fly for his 33rd of the season.
Switch-hitting Mauricio walked two times in the contest. Since April 12th, Mauricio previously walked just two times. Over his last five games, Mauricio is 8 for 22 with four doubles and four runs batted in. He continued hitting the ball hard as his ground out in the seventh clocked a 115 mph exit velocity.
Heading into the fourth, outfielder Jaylin Davis led off the inning and crushed his sixth homer with Syracuse. Davis has hit back-to-back homers in games. Later in the inning, the Mets tied the game when catcher Nick Myer scored on a wild pitch. Myer reached base on all four of his plate appearances and scored three runs.
In the ninth inning, with the game still tied at 4-4, Gary Sánchez stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two out. On a 2-0 count, he smoked a line drive two-run double off the top of the left field wall that barely missed being a home run. Sanchez is off to a sizzling start with Syracuse. In three games, he’s slashing .455/.571/.818 with a 1.389 OPS.
Gary Sánchez just missed a grand slam, but still hit a two-run double in a tie game with outs in the 9th inning.
The former Yankee is 5-for-11 in three games with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets.
— Mike Mayer (@mikemayer22) May 13, 2023
- RHP Denyi Reyes 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 K, 5.91 ERA
- RHP John Curtiss (L, 0-1) 1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, BB, K, 5.06 ERA
The Bison’s lineup jumped all over Mets starter Denyi Reyes early on. He surrendered four runs on six hits through two innings. Clean-up hitter Jordan Luplow supplied two of the runs as he took Reyes deep for a two-run bomb.
Luplow would be the villain of this game as he came up in the ninth inning and delivered the crushing blow with a three-run walk-off bomb that John Curtiss served up.
The 26-year-old Dedniel Núñez pitched 2.1 scoreless innings in relief for Reyes, punching out three batters. Last night was Núñez’s fifth appearance for the Mets, and he has yet to allow a run. He has a ten-strikeout to nine-walk ratio.
Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats (16-14) 10, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (13-17) 9 Box Score
- DH Matt Rudick 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI (13), 2 BB, SB (5), .877 OPS
- LF JT Schwartz 2-for-2, RBI (20), SB (1), .676 OPS
- 2B José Peroza 2-for-4, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI (19), .960 OPS
- CF Rowdey Jordan 1-for-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI (11), BB, .613 OPS
The Binghamton Rumbles Ponies looked like they would coast to an easy win Friday night. Leading 7-2 heading into the sixth inning, the Hartford Yard Goats came roaring back, and the Ponies were outscored 8-2 in the final four frames. Overall, Binghamton’s offense had a ton of base runners and plenty of scoring chances. They went 5-for-20 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.
José Peroza continued to rake for the Ponies and plated the first run with an RBI sacrifice fly in the first inning. He also struck a pair of doubles in the contest. Peraza’s double in the fourth inning drove in two runs and put the Ponies up 6-2. In May, Peroza is slashing .294/.366/.765 with four home runs, 13 runs batted in, and a 1.131 OPS.
Playing left field for the ninth time this season, JT Schwartz knocked in a run in the second inning to give him a team-leading 20 runs batted in.
In the seventh inning, switch-hitting outfielder Rowdey Jordan broke the 7-7 tie with an RBI sacrifice fly that looked like it would seal the victory for the Ponies. Jordan finished the game with two runs batted in to give him eleven on the season.
Binghamton rallied in the bottom of the ninth but fell one run short. With the tying run on third base, shortstop Wyatt Young flew out to end the game.
- RHP José Chacin 6 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 K, 6.00 ERA
- RHP Justin Courtney (L, 0-2) 2 IP, H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 7.04 ERA
The 6-foot-4 righty José Chacin pitched his longest outing of the season. He tossed a solid six innings, allowing three earned runs and recording four punch outs on 75 pitches.
Justin Courtney entered the game in the eighth inning and retired all three batters on 11 pitches with two strikeouts. He returned to the mound in the ninth and blew the save as he walked a pair of batters and then served up a three-run blast to Bladimir Restituyo.
High-A: Brooklyn Cyclones (11-17) 7, Wilmington Blue Rocks (15-15) 8 Box Score
- SS Kevin Kendall 2-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI (8), .643 OPS
- CF Stanley Consuegra 2-for-4, R, HR (5), 2 RBI (18), .876 OPS
- RF Omar De Los Santos 1-for-3, 2 R, RBI (5), .502 OPS
The Brooklyn Cyclones clawed their way back into this game after trailing most of the night, but the Blue Rocks crushed their comeback as they won on a walk-off against Brooklyn.
Outfielder Stanley Consuegra started the scoring Friday night for Brooklyn. In the first inning, he smacked a 383-foot two-run dinger to left center and put the Cyclones up 2-0. Consuegra hit his first homer since April 25th and currently leads the team with five.
Jaylen Palmer led off in the fourth inning with a line-drive double to left field. The next batter Omar De Los Santos, knocked in Palmer with a single back up the middle on an 0-2 pitch. De Los Santos was in a 2-for-28 slump in his previous eight games.
Heading to the ninth inning trailing 6-4, the Cyclones rallied for three runs as Kevin Kendall delivered the big hit in the inning with the go-ahead two-run double. Kendall finished the contest 2-for-5 with a double, triple, and two runs batted in.
Highly rated-prospect Alex Ramírez was out of the lineup for the second consecutive game.
- RHP Joander Suarez 2.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 3 K, 9.00 ERA
- LHP Daniel Juarez 2.1 IP, H, BB, 4 K, 0.00 ERA
- RHP Trey McLoughlin 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, K, 2.38 ERA
Right-hander Joander Suarez lasted just 2.2 innings as he surrendered six runs on four hits and issued four walks. His ERA jumped to 9.00 with a 1.88 WHIP in 17 innings.
22-year-old lefty Daniel Juarez continues to impress this season. He hurled 2.1 scoreless innings and punched out four Blue Rocks. Juarez has 17 strikeouts across 11.2 innings with a 0.00 ERA.
Trey McLoughlin blew the save and took the loss for Brooklyn, allowing two runs in the ninth after retiring the first two batters. He gave up a game-tying jack to Jared McKenzie, and three batters later, he yielded the walk-off single.
Low-A: St. Lucie Mets (8-23) 1, Daytona Tortugas (12-19) 8 Box Score
- SS Jett Williams 0-for-3, BB, .759 OPS
- LF Scott Ota 2-for-3, BB, .495 OPS
- 2B Junior Tilien 2-for-4, .704 OPS
The Daytona Tortugas quieted the St. Lucie Mets bats Friday night. The Mets scored just one run on five hits.
Outfielder Scott Ota and second baseman Junior Tilien recorded multi-hit games. Ota finished 2-for-3 with a walk. The 20-year-old Tilien was 2 for his last 18 coming into last night’s contest and broke out going 2-for-4.
With the game out of reach, the Mets finally got on the scoreboard when third baseman Luis Castillo slugged his first home run of the year in the seventh inning.
Jett Williams returned to the lineup last night for St. Lucie after missing a week of action since getting hit by a pitch on his left elbow
- RHP Saul García 4IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 5 K, 4.86 ERA
- LHP Luke Bartnicki 1.2 IP, H, 4 K, 7.20 ERA
19-year-old Saul García took the mound last night for his third start of the year. García yielded two runs in four innings and struck out five Friday night.
The Tortugas busted the game open in the sixth and seventh innings against relief pitcher Benito Garcia. He was ineffective and surrendered six runs on six hits in 1.1 innings.
Southpaw Bartnicki had his best outing of the season. He tossed 1.2 innings, permitting one hit, and fanned four batters.
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