Mets prospect Jonah Tong strikes out nine, Ronny Mauricio homers twice for Triple-A Syracuse

Tong lost his shutout in the sixth, however. He gave up a leadoff double to Nick Sogard and two batters later, Sogard came around to score on a Mickey Gasper one-out single. Red Sox prospect Kristian Campbell followed with a single, knocking Tong out of the game.

Dan Hammer came on to get the final two outs of the sixth (strikeout, lineout) to close the book on Tong's night.

Tong threw 87 pitches (59 strikes) across 5.1 innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks, while striking out nine batters. He lowered his ERA from 7.04 to 5.66.

On the offensive side, the Syracuse Mets smashed four home runs through the first six innings, including two from Ronny Mauricio.

Mauricio continues his impressive start to the minor league season, going 2-for-3 with a walk through Tuesday's first six innings. Mauricio now has four home runs in his last four minor league games.

In 14 games with Syracuse, Mauricio is batting .302 with five home runs, two doubles, and 11 RBI.

The other two homers came from Nick Morabito and a grand slam from first base prospect Ryan Clifford. It's the third straight game Clifford has homered.