Ryan Clifford Hits Fourth Home Run In Last Six Days

09.06.2024 15:00

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There were plenty of home runs up-and-down the system on Saturday. This includes Trayce Thompson‘s team-leading 15th homer in Syracuse’s victory over St. Paul, Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz going back-to-back in the Rumble Ponies win, Junior Tilien extending his on-base streak with a two-run shot, and A.J. Ewing‘s first Low-A round-tripper. Triple-A Syracuse Mets […]

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There were plenty of home runs up-and-down the system on Saturday. This includes Trayce Thompson‘s team-leading 15th homer in Syracuse’s victory over St. Paul, Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz going back-to-back in the Rumble Ponies win, Junior Tilien extending his on-base streak with a two-run shot, and A.J. Ewing‘s first Low-A round-tripper.

Rylan Bannon. Photo by James Farrance

Triple-A

Syracuse Mets (37-24) 8, St. Paul Saints (27-34) 3

BOX SCORE

CF Trayce Thompson 2-for-5, 2 R, HR (15), 2B, 3 RBI (41), 3 K (.882 OPS)
SS Rylan Bannon 2-for-5, 2 R, HR (10), 3 RBI (38), K (.872 OPS)
3B Pablo Reyes 1-for-5, 2 R, HR (4), RBI (12), K (.981 OPS)
DH Mike Brosseau 3-for-5, 2B, RBI (21), K (.913 OPS)
2B Luisangel Acuña 2-for-5, R, K (.651 OPS)

Trayce Thompson added to his club lead in home runs with his 15th of the year (tied for second in the International League), while Rylan Bannon and Pablo Reyes hit homers to guide Syracuse to a third-straight win over St. Paul.

Mike Brosseau continues his incredible start to his Syracuse career, collecting three more hits while raising his Mets’ OPS to an unreal 1.069 across 29 games.

LHP Joey Lucchesi (3.86 ERA) 6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (88 pitches/ 56 strikes)
RHP Max Kranick (3.66 ERA) 1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Grant Hartwig (2.45 ERA) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Joey Lucchesi was solid for Syracuse, giving the Mets his first quality start since May 8. The Saints struggled to bring home their baserunners, going 1-for-6 in RISP situations. This can be accredited to the Mets earning timely strikeouts and holding off any St. Paul two-out rallies.

Ryan Clifford. Photo by Bronson Harris of Binghamton Rumble Ponies

Double-A

Bowie BaySox (28-27) 3, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (28-26) 7

BOX SCORE

SS Jeremiah Jackson: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI (20), SB (4) (.579 OPS)
1B Ryan Clifford 1-for-3, R, HR (5), 2 RBI (12), BB (.781 OPS)
3B JT Schwartz 1-for-4, R, HR (3), RBI (17) (.758 OPS)
CF Omar De Los Santos 1-for-4, R, HR (1), RBI (1), K (.555 OPS)

The long ball powered the Rumble Ponies in Saturday’s win over Bowie. The scorching hot Ryan Clifford and JT Schwartz went back-to-back in the first inning, followed by Omar De Los Santos putting one over the left field fence in the fourth.

Clifford has now homered four times in the last six games. Over that span, he has walked eight times while striking out only three times. As a result, he has raised his Double-A OPS to .781.

RHP Cameron Foster (2.92 ERA) 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 7 K (71 pitches/ 51 strikes)
RHP Cam Robinson (1.69 ERA) 2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Nolan Clenney (8.53 ERA) 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cameron Foster led the Binghamton pitching staff with his second-longest outing of the year. Foster struck out a season-high seven batters while walking zero Baysox in the process.

Robinson and Clenney came in for relief and held down the fort, combining to allow three hits, two runs, and striking out three in three and a third innings.

Kade Morris. Photo by Ryan Levy of Nevada Athletics

High-A

Brooklyn Cyclones (30-26) 6, Aberdeen Ironbirds (28-28) 14

BOX SCORE

SS Junior Tilien: 2-for-3, 2 R, HR (2), 4 RBI (15) (.659 OPS)
2B Wilfredo Lara: 1-for-2, 2 R, RBI (16), BB (.651 OPS)
CF Nick Morabito: 0-for-3, R, 2 BB, 2 K(.796 OPS)

After a rough day from their pitching staff, Brooklyn played from behind the entire night. Junior Tilien reached base for his 18th consecutive game- he got on with this three-run jack to left field.

RHP Kade Morris (4.19 ERA) 4 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (75 pitches/ 50 strikes)
RHP Jeffrey Colon (8.18 ERA) 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
RHP Jimmy Loper (6.75 ERA) 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Joey Lancellotti (6.59 ERA) 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Although Aberdeen scored most of their runs against Morris, all Brooklyn pitchers who appeared gave up an earned run and combined to allow 18 hits.

Boston Baro. Photo by Ed Delaney of MMO

Low-A

Daytona Beach Tortugas (25-30) 11, St. Lucie Mets (19-37) 2

BOX SCORE

3B Boston Baro: 2-for-4, R (.736 OPS)
2B A.J. Ewing 1-for-4, R, HR (1), RBI (3) (.838 OPS)

Ewing and Baro were the only bright spots for the Mets in their 11-2 rout against the Tortugas. Ewing’s fifth-inning home run had an exit velocity of 105.8 mph. It’s his sixth homer this season, the first with St. Lucie.

RHP Saul Garcia (7.64 ERA) 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 5 K (66 pitches/44 strikes)
LHP Jeremy Peguero (4.15 ERA) 1 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Jorge De Leon (9.45 ERA) 3 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 3 WP

While control sometimes eludes him, De Leon has some elite-level stuff. In only three innings, De Leon collected seven strikeouts and 17 whiffs. His fastball also touched 96 mph.