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Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:\u00a0W, 11-3<\/a> vs. Syracuse Mets \u2014 they really walloped Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong, who allowed more runs (seven) than outs recorded (five)<\/p>\n

SS George Lombard Jr. 1-6, RBI, GIDP, throwing error \u2014 level adjustments are real, and that\u2019s OK
RF Yanquiel Fern\u00e1ndez 1-5, 2 K, HBP
2B Marco Luciano<\/a> 2-3, HR, BB, 2 RBI, K, HBP \u2014 first homer with Scranton
3B Oswaldo Cabrera<\/a> 2-2, HR, 3 BB, 3 RBI \u2014 helluva day for Waldo, good for him (it was probably overdue)
1B Seth Brown<\/a> 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K
DH Ernesto Mart\u00ednez Jr. 1-3, HR, 2 BB, RBI, K \u2014 went back-to-back with Henry; pretty nice when the 3-7 hitters in an order all homer!
C Payton Henry<\/a> 2-5, HR, RBI, K, catcher interference error
C Ali S\u00e1nchez<\/a> 0-0
LF Jonathan Ornelas<\/a> 3-5, 2B, 3B, K \u2014 homer shy of cycle
CF Duke Ellis<\/a> 1-4, BB, 3 K<\/p>\n

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Adam Kloffenstein<\/a> 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 5 K
Yovanny Cruz 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K (win)
Dylan Coleman<\/a> 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Zach Messinger 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K<\/p>\n

Double-A Somerset Patriots:\u00a0W, 5-3<\/a> vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies<\/p>\n

LF Jace Avina 1-3, HR, BB, RBI, K \u2014 10th homer<\/a> in 32 games thus far
DH Garrett Martin 1-4, 2B, K, SB
RF Jackson Castillo 0-4, K
3B Tyler Hardman 2-4, RBI \u2014 put Patriots ahead with RBI single
1B Coby Morales 1-4, RBI
CF DJ Gladney 0-3, BB, 2 K
2B Connor McGinnis 0-3, K, SB, HBP
C Abrahan Gutierrez 2-4, 2B, K
SS Owen Cobb 1-3, 2B, RBI, K<\/p>\n

Ben Hess 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K \u2014 first start since April 11th after forearm inflammation (had clean imaging <\/a>afterward at least), so held to 25 pitches<\/a>
Michael Arias 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Xavier Rivas 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 10 K, HR (win) \u2014 whifferific bulk work from the 2024 16th-rounder
Hayden Merda 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (save)<\/p>\n

High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: L, 2-8<\/a> vs. Frederick Keys<\/p>\n

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SS Kaeden Kent 0-4, BB, K, SB \u2014 10-for-11 on steals thus far
DH Eric Genther 1-5, 2 K
1B Kyle West 1-4, RBI, 3 K
LF Wilson Rodriguez 0-1, 3 BB
3B Roderick Arias 0-4, 2 K
2B Enmanuel Tejeda 0-4, K
C Josue Gonzalez 1-4, throwing error
CF Camden Troyer 1-4, 2B, 2 K
RF Cole Gabrielson 1-1, 2B, 2 BB, 2 SB \u2014 perfect day at the plate on his end anyway<\/p>\n

Allen Facundo 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 6 K (loss)
Tanner Bauman 1 IP, 3 H, 5 R (5 ER), 1 BB, 0 K \u2014 yeesh
Thomas Balboni Jr. 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
Wilmy Sanchez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K<\/p>\n

Low-A Tampa Tarpons: W, 5-4<\/a> vs. Dunedin Blue Jays<\/p>\n

3B Jackson Lovich 2-3, 2 HR, BB, 2 RBI \u2014 hit game-tying homer<\/a> in the third and then launched 401-foot go-ahead shot in the eighth (2025 16th-rounder out of Missouri now has six dingers in 107 at-bats)
SS Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek 0-4, K
1B Hans Montero 1-4, HR, RBI, K \u2014 go-ahead blast in the fourth nearly went 400 feet
<\/a>DH Luis Puello 1-3, 3B, 2 K
LF Willy Montero 0-3, K
C Ediel Rivera 0-3, 3 K \u2014 has likely had better days
CF Luis Durango 0-3, 2 K
RF Gabriel Lara 1-3, 2B
2B Santiago Gomez 0-3, RBI<\/p>\n

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Chase Hampton 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K \u2014 second rehab start
Parker Seay 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
J.T. Etheridge 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 6 K, WP (win) \u2014 wild pitch tied game in the sicth
Matthew Tippie 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (save)<\/p>\n

Florida Complex League Yankees: W, 15-5<\/a> vs. FCL Phillies<\/p>\n

3B Richard Matic 0-3, 4 BB, K, 2 SB \u2014 [Jonah Hill voice] \u201che gets on base\u201d (also stole home on a double steal)
CF Wilberson De Pena 3-4, HR, BB, 5 RBI, K, SB \u2014 three-run homer boosted lead to 10-3
DH Queni Pineda 1-5, 3 K
2B Leni Done 0-3, BB, RBI, K, GIDP, SF, fielding error
LF Jose Castro 2-3, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI, K, 2 SB, picked off
C Justin Capellan 1-5, HR, RBI, 2 K
SS Dexters Peralta 1-4, HR, BB, RBI, 3 K \u2014 third homer in nine games
RF Estivenzon Montero 3-5, 2 2B, RBI, K, SB
1B John Cristino 1-2, BB, RBI, HBP, picked off<\/p>\n

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Blake Gillespie 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, balk (win)
Sunayro Martina 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 2 WP
Austin Breedlove 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 4 K, WP, pickoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:\u00a0W, 11-3 vs. Syracuse Mets \u2014 they really walloped Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong, who allowed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[68439,65926,68105,68441,86170,68104,35186,51795,65925,178,180,179,57208,71451],"class_list":["post-193526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-adam-kloffenstein","tag-ali-sanchez","tag-duke-ellis","tag-dylan-coleman","tag-jonah-tong","tag-jonathan-ornelas","tag-marco-luciano","tag-oswaldo-cabrera","tag-payton-henry","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-seth-brown","tag-somerset-patriots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}