Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio made his season debut with Double-A Binghamton on Saturday afternoon, playing third base in the first game of the Rumble Ponies’ doubleheader, and he made an impact with his bat.
Mauricio went 1-for-3 but had an RBI double in the fifth inning to cut Reading’s lead to 5-2. The extra-base hit came on a 2-2 count with Charles King throwing a pitch middle-middle into right field to score D’Andre Smith.
Binghamton would come back to tie the game in the sixth inning, but Reading would pull out the 7-5 victory with two runs in the top of the seventh.
Jett Williams went hitless (0-4) while striking out twice in the first game of the doubleheader. Ryan Clifford went 1-for-3 and came in to score.
Saturday was a big step for Mauricio, who is looking to make his way back to the majors after sustaining a knee injury that would require surgery during the 2023-24 offseason. As a refresher, Mauricio was impressive in his first taste with the Mets at the end of the 2023 season, hitting .248 with two home runs, four doubles and driving in nine runs. He also stole seven bases in 26 games.
In five games with Single-A this year, Mauricio was 2-for-15 with two stolen bases in five games.
Mauricio was not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Binghamton’s doubleheader on Saturday.
Jonah Tong impresses
Tong, the No. 7 prospect according to Joe DeMayo, dominated in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon with 13 strikeouts over 6.2 innings. He took a perfect game into the seventh and final inning — minor league doubleheader rule — but after throwing 99 pitches (61 strikes), he was pulled for TJ Shook, who struck out the final batter to complete the first perfect game in Binghamton franchise history.
The right-hander earned his first win of the season (1-2) over six starts and lowered his ERA to 2.57 on the season.
On the offensive side, Game 2 saw Williams hit a two-run double in the fifth — his only hit in three at-bats — and Clifford drive in two with a single in the six-run fifth inning. Clifford finished 1-for-2 with a walk.
Jonah Tong has struck out 13 and faced 18 batters through the first six innings 👀
This is the second game of a 7-inning doubleheader pic.twitter.com/m96Oiv6z2P
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) May 10, 2025
A COMBINED 7-INNING PERFECT GAME FOR DOUBLE-A BINGHAMTON!
THE FIRST IN BINGHAMTON FRANCHISE HISTORY! pic.twitter.com/IN7LvApDsh
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) May 10, 2025
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