With one batter to go and after throwing 99 pitches, Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Double-A/Mets) manager Reid Brignac came out for the ball from starter Jonah Tong, the sixth rated New York prospect.
Tong came from within one out of firing a seven-inning perfect game. Not to fret, as reliever TJ Shook retired the next batter to persevere perfection in the Rumble Ponies’ 6-0 win over the Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) Saturday at Mirabito Stadium in the back game of a double header.
Tong improved to 1-2 with a 2.57 ERA after striking out 13 batters in the victory.
Shortstop Jett Williams, the Mets’ second-ranked prospect, went 1-3 with a two-run double, while designated hitter Ryan Clifford, New York’s fourth-rated prospect, went 1-2 with two RBI of his own. Centerfielder Nick Morabito, the Mets’ 17th-ranked prospect, went 1-3 with an RBI.
Binghamton jumped to 18-12, while the Fightin Phils dropped to 8-21.
The Rumble Ponies and Reading take to the field again today at 1:05 p.m. at Mirabito Stadium.
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