Luisangel Acuña Stays Hot With Four Hit Game
The Syracuse Mets and Brooklyn Cyclones had contributions from up and down their lineups in their victories on Saturday. Luisangel Acuña collected his first four-hit game of the season for Syracuse and increased his on-base streak to ten games. Stanley Consuegra homered for the second consecutive day over in Coney Island.
Luisangel Acuña. Photo Credit: James Farrance
Triple-A
Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (32-18) 6, Syracuse Mets (30-19) 9
- SS Luisangel Acuña: 4-for-5, R, 2B, SB (17), K (.654 OPS)
- 1B Luke Ritter: 2-for-5, 2 R, HR (9), 2B, 5 RBI (32), 2 K (.877 OPS)
- RF Rhylan Thomas 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI (3), BB (.668 OPS)
- DH Mike Brosseau 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI (15), K (.832 OPS)
Syracuse jumped all over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre from the start of the game, scoring all nine of their runs in the first two innings. The red-hot Luisangel Acuña collected four hits, including a seventh-inning double, stretching his on-base streak to 10 games. Luke Ritter drove in five Mets and hit his ninth home run of the year. That is second on the team behind Trayce Thompson (13 home runs).
- RHP Dom Hamel (7.36 ERA) 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER, 8 H, 4 BB, 3 K (82 pitches/44 strikes)
- RHP Ty Adcock (7.71 ERA) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
- RHP Grant Hartwig (2.60 ERA) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K
Hamel’s struggles in 2024 persisted in his Saturday outing. His inability to strike out batters at the same clip as in previous seasons, in addition to nearly doubling career BB/9, has led to less-than-ideal results for the top prospect. Hamel gave up six runs while allowing 12 baserunners in only 3 1/3 innings on the mound.
Luckily, the Syracuse bullpen dominated the rest of the way. The rest of the Mets staff combined to throw 5 2/3 innings of scoreless ball, allowing only two hits and striking out 10 RailRiders. Newly signed Ty Adcock pitched a perfect inning in his Syracuse debut.
JT Schwartz. Photo by Bronson Harris of Binghamton Rumble Ponies
Double-A
Binghamton Rumble Ponies (23-19) 6, Reading Fightin’ Phils (19-25) 12 In 7 Innings
- 3B JT Schwartz 4-for-4, R, 2 RBI (14) (.758 OPS)
- RF Alex Ramírez: 2-for-5, R, 2B, 3 RBI (21), K (.677 OPS)
- C Kevin Parada: 1-for-4, R, 2B, BB, 2 K (.674 OPS)
- DH Nolan McLean 1-for-4, RBI (2), 2 K (.666 OPS)
The Rumble Ponies dropped the penultimate game of their series against Reading in an abbreviated seven-inning contest due to inclement weather. Alex Ramírez gave the Ponies a lead in the third inning with a two-RBI double, but Reading put up nine unanswered runs and never relinquished the lead.
- RHP Joander Suarez (3.74 ERA) 3 1/3 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 3 K (92 pitches/ 58 strikes)
- RHP Junior Santos (4.67 ERA) 1 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 3 K
- RHP Carlos Guzman (10.30 ERA) 1 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K
Binghamton’s pitchers have a rough go on Saturday night, each giving up multiple runs and combining to allow 14 hits in only six innings. It was a nasty, rainy evening that eventually canceled the game, but Suarez and his peers did not bring their typical stuff to the ballpark.
Felipe De La Cruz. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
High-A
Hudson Valley Renegades (20-21) 3, Brooklyn Cyclones (24-20) 7
- CF Stanley Consuegra 1-for-3, 2 R, HR (5), RBI (18), BB (.686 OPS)
- 3B Nick Lorusso 2-for-3, 2 R, BB (.925 OPS)
- RF Karell Paz 1-for-2, R, HR (2), 3 RBI (5), BB (.800 OPS)
- SS William Lugo 2-for-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI (17), BB (.614 OPS)
The Cyclones received dominant pitching and plenty of offense for the second night in a row as they defeated Hudson Valley. The Cyclones put up seven runs for the second consecutive night, led by Consuegra’s first inning, first pitch home run. Nick Lorusso continued his impressive stay in Coney Island, raising OPS to .925 and boasting a 155 wRC+.
Consuegra fueled the Brooklyn offense again with his second homer in as many days.
- LHP Felipe De La Cruz (2.68 ERA) 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 13 K (90 pitches/ 62 strikes)
- RHP Dakota Hawkins (4.01 ERA) 1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K
- RHP Justin Lawson (2.14 ERA) 2 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K
Building off Douglas Orellana‘s start from the previous day, Felipe De La Cruz returned to his dominant self. While holding the Renegades to a measly three baserunners in six innings, De La Cruz struck out a career-high 13 batters.
Ronald Hernandez. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized
Low-A
Clearwater Threshers (31-13) 6, St. Lucie Mets (14-30) 0
- C Ronald Hernandez 1-for-3, BB, K (.722 OPS)
- 3B Marco Vargas: 0-for-3, BB, SB (6), K (.683 OPS)
- SS Colin Houck 0-for-4, 4 K (.557 OPS)
St. Lucie was held to only one hit in their second blowout loss to Clearwater. The Mets struck out 12 times while leaving six baserunners stranded.
- LHP Franklin Gomez (4.26 ERA) 5 1/3 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 3 BB, 8 K
- LHP Jeremy Peguero (3.38 ERA) 2 2/3 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Franklin Gomez struck out eight Threshers while allowing most of the damage in his fourth inning on a Devin Saltiban three-run homer.
Jeremy Rodriguez. Photo by Ed Delany of Metmerized
Florida Complex League
FCL-Astros (4-12) 6, FCL-Mets (9-6) 2
- 2B Jeremy Rodriguez 1-for-4, R, SB (7), K (.886 OPS)
- 3B Yonatan Henriquez 1-for-2, RBI (3), SB (8), BB (.768 OPS)
- SS Branny De Oleo 1-for-3, SB (1), K (.675 OPS)
Jeremy Rodriguez is tied for third in the Florida Complex League hits leaderboard with 19 through 14 games.
- RHP Joseph Yabbour (3.97 ERA) 3 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K
Mets pitchers combined to allow seven walks and ten hits while striking out 11 batters.
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