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

Jonah Tong bounced back in a big way on Tuesday night. After allowing six runs in 4. 2 innings in his last start (April 14), Tong dominated for Triple-A Syracuse.

Pitching against the Worcester WooSox, Tong set down six of the first seven batters he faced, including striking out five. The Mets ' young right-hander would push his strikeout count to six batters through three no-hit innings -- he did allow two walks. He wouldn't allow his first hit until three batters into the fourth inning when Anthony Seigler hit an opposite-field single to left field.

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.