Minors Recap: Mike Vasil, Luke Ritter Lead Syracuse to Win

Mike Vasil had his best outing of the season, going seven strong innings, and Saul Garcia struck out nine over four innings in relief of Grant Hartwig in a St. Lucie win on Tuesday. Triple-A Columbus Clippers (49-52) 1, Syracuse Mets (62-40) 7 BOX SCORE SS Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-5, R, RBI (35), 2 K, (.666 OPS) 2B Luke Ritter: […]

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Mike Vasil had his best outing of the season, going seven strong innings, and Saul Garcia struck out nine over four innings in relief of Grant Hartwig in a St. Lucie win on Tuesday.

Triple-A

Columbus Clippers (49-52) 1, Syracuse Mets (62-40) 7

BOX SCORE

• SS Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-5, R, RBI (35), 2 K, (.666 OPS)
• 2B Luke Ritter: 3-for-3, R, 2B, HR (20), RBI (70), 2 BB (.874 OPS)
• 3B Brett Baty: 1-for-4, BB, 2 K (.904 OPS)
• LF Drew Gilbert: 2-for-4, RBI (2), BB, K (.641 OPS)

Luke Ritter just continues to hit, smashing his 20th home run of the season. Every Syracuse player had a hit on the day.

Mike Vasil, Photo by Rick Nelson

• RHP Mike Vasil (5.42 ERA) 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HR allowed (63 of 92 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Trey McLoughlin (0.00 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 2 K
• RHP Eric Orze (3.32 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K

Mike Vasil had by far his best outing of the season, with his only blemish being a solo home run he allowed in the first inning. The bullpen came out and shut it down, with newly promoted Trey McLoughlin making his Triple-A debut and pitching a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

Double-A

Binghamton Rumble Ponies (50-44) 0, New Hampshire (38-56) 6

BOX SCORE

• LF Ryan Clifford 0-for-3, BB, K (.863 OPS)
• CF Alex Ramirez 0-for-4, K (.636 OPS)
• C Kevin Parada 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, 2 K (.707 OPS)

Kevin Parada had one of the two hits on Tuesday, a double in the seventh inning. Ryan Clifford drew yet another walk, continuing to show his strong plate discipline.

• RHP Dakota Hawkins (12.00 ERA) 3 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 1 K (41 of 70 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Junior Santos (4.97 ERA) 3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 1 K
• RHP Josh Hejka (5.40 ERA) 3 IP, 1 H, 3 K

Dakota Hawkins struggled in his Double-A debut, going three innings and allowing four runs on four hits while only striking out one. It was the second straight outing for Hejka going three innings and not allowing an earned run.

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (45-51) vs. Aberdeen IronBirds (50-46) POSTPONED

The Brooklyn Cyclones will play a doubleheader on Wednesday, with game one starting at 4:35 PM.

Low-A

Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (52-37) 4, St. Lucie Mets (32-65) 4

BOX SCORE

• 3B Boston Baro 0-for-4, R, BB, 3 K (.755 OPS)
• SS Colin Houck 2-for-2, R, RBI (39), BB (.606 OPS)
• CF A.J. Ewing 0-for-3, R, BB, 3 K (.577 OPS)
• C Ronald Hernandez 1-for-4, K (.751 OPS)

St. Lucie only managed one extra-base hit on the day but turned five hits and five walks into four runs. Colin Houck is starting to come around offensively, but he committed his 18th error of the season.

• RHP Grant Hartwig (0.00 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 2 K (10 of 19 pitches for strikes)
• RHP Saul Garcia (5.47 ERA) 4 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 9 K
• RHP Irving Cota (0.00 ERA) 2 IP, 1 H, 3 K
• LHP Gregori Louis (1.54 ERA) 2 IP, 1 H, 5 K

Grant Hartwig made his first rehab appearance for St. Lucie and struck out two in his inning of work. Saul Garcia relieved him and struck out nine over four innings. Gregori Louis has been outstanding all season and a promotion should be coming soon.

Dominican Summer League

Mets Blue:

• 1B Vladi Guerrero 0-for-5, 4 K
• SS Yensi Rivas 2-for-4, R, BB, K, E (15)(.677 OPS)

Mets Orange

• RF Edward Lantigua 1-for-3, R, BB, 2 K (.940 OPS)
• SS Bohan Adderley 2-for-4, R (.692 OPS)

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