Mets Daily Prospect Report, 5/21/19: A. O-Kay

*All results from games played on May 20, 2019

Triple-A - Syracuse Mets (24-18)

NO GAME (SCHEDULE)

Double-A - Binghamton Rumble Ponies (24-15)

BINGHAMTON 3, BOWIE 0 (BOX)

Anthony Kay demonstrated once again that he’s too good for Double-A in a 3-0 win over Bowier. Kay tossed seven no-hit innings, walking one and striking out seven. lowering his ERA on the season to a pristine 1.07. He’s gone seven innings in each of his last three starts, allowing only one run since the start of May. That the Mets have no apparent plans to promote him to Triple-A is ridiculous. As for the rest of the team, Michael Paez led the offense with a home run and two RBI, while Andres Gimenez had a pair of singles.

• CF Braxton Lee: 2-5, 2 K
• SS Andres Gimenez: 2-5, RBI
• 2B Luis Carpio: 1-4, 2B, BB, 2 K
• 1B Patrick Mazeika: 1-4
• C Ali Sanchez: 0-3, BB
• 3B Will Toffey: 1-4, 2 K, CS (2)
• RF Kevin Kaczmarski: 0-4, 3 K
• LF Dario Pizzano: 3-4, 2 R
• DH Michael Paez: 2-3, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, K, CS (1)
• LHP Anthony Kay: 7.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, W (5-2)
• RHP Matt Blackham: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, S (3)

Advanced-A - St. Lucie Mets (22-21)

GAME 1: DUNEDIN 5, ST. LUCIE 2 / 7 (BOX)

St. Lucie imploded in the seventh inning of their first game of the day, blowing a two run lead in a 5-2 loss. Dedniel Nunez was great for six innings and was sent back out to start the seventh, but allowed a leadoff double and was pulled. Blake Taylor relieve him and had absolutely nothing going. A five run rally from Dunedin that included an error, two infield singles, a bloop double, and two walks put the game out of reach. Quinn Brodey provided the only offense for St. Lucie with a pair of sacrifice flies.

• LF Blake Tiberi: 0-3, K
• 2B Carlos Cortes: 1-3, R, K
• 1B Jeremy Vasquez: 2-3, R, 2B, 3B
• RF Quinn Brodey: 0-1, 2 RBI
• CF Jacob Zanon: 0-2, K
• DH Matt Winaker: 0-3, K
• SS Manny Rodriguez: 0-3, K, E (7)
• C Nick Meyer: 1-2, K, SB (4)
• 3B Cody Bohanek: 0-2
• RHP Dedniel Nunez: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• LHP Blake Taylor: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, L (2), BS (1)

GAME 2: DUNEDIN 2, ST. LUCIE 0 / 7 (BOX)

St. Lucie managed only two hits in their second game of the day, a shutout loss to Dunedin. Kyle Wilson made a solid start, allowing only two runs over 6.2 innings, but the Mets only had four opportunities with runner sin scoring position in the whole game. Carlos Cortes had the only ‘good’ game on offense, going 2-for-3 with a double, while Manny Rodriguez and Dan Rizzie each managed a single.

• LF Blake Tiberi: 0-3, K
• 2B Carlos Cortes: 2-3, 2B
• 1B Jeremy Vasquez: 0-2, BB
• RF Quinn Brodey: 0-3, 2 K
• CF Jacob Zanon: 0-3
• SS Manny Rodriguez: 1-3, 2 K, E (8)
• DH Dan Rizzie: 1-3
• C Mitch Ghelfi: 0-3, 2 K
• 3B Cody Bohanek: 0-3, K
• RHP Kyle Wilson: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K. L (2-5)
• RHP Luc Rennie: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Low-A - Columbia Fireflies (17-27)

COLUMBIA 4, ROME 2 (BOX)

Columbia continued their journey back towards .500 with a 4-2 win over Rome. Chase Chambers led the offense with a four hit, two RBI day, with Juan Uriarte driving in the winning run with an RBI double of his own. Colin Hlderman was shaky, allowing a two-run home run in the first and walking three, and wound up departing before qualifying for the win. Tylor Megill, Billy Oxford, and Jose Moreno made the lead stand up over 4.1 innings of scoreless relief.

• SS Ronny Mauricio: 1-5, R, K
• CF Hansel Moreno: 0-4
• 3B Mark Vientos: 1-4, R, K
• 1B Chase Chambers: 4-4, 2B, 2 RBI
• RF Gerson Molina: 0-4, R, K
• DH Wagner Lagrange: 1-4, R, K
• 2B Chandler Avant: 2-4
• C Juan Uriarte: 2-4, 2B, RBI, K
• LF Walter Rasquin: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Colin Holderman: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
• RHP Tylor Megill: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, W (1-0)
• RHP Billy Oxford: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, H (1)
• RHP Jose Moreno: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, S (2)

Star of the Night

Anthony Kay

Goat of the Night

Blake Taylor