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Syracuse Mets starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff threw six scoreless innings and hit a two-run home run as the Mets beat the Rochester Red Wings, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Frontier Field. The home run is the first hit by a pitcher in Frontier Field’s 24-season history.
Syracuse Mets lose series finale to IronPigs, 7-2
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The Syracuse Mets fell to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 7-2, on Sunday afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium. With the loss, the Mets dropped four of six games against the IronPigs during this homestand.
Lehigh Valley (11-7) got the scoring started in the top of the third inning. Luke Williams walked to begin the frame, moved to second base on a wild pitch, and advanced to third on a Roman Quinn sacrifice bunt. Mickey Moniak followed with a single that scored Williams for a 1-0 IronPigs lead. Two batters later, with two outs, Ruben Tejada walked. Cornelius Randolph followed with a two-run double to the center-field wall, scoring both Moniak and Tejada to make it a 3-0 ballgame.
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SYRACUSE 9, LEHIGH VALLEY 8 (BOX)
This one was a slug fest, with the IronPigs and the Mets trading blows in the late innings before Syracuse ultimately came out on top. Thomas Szapucki started strong, allowing only an unearned run in four innings and striking out five while the Mets built a lead off home runs from David Thompson and Drew Jackson. Bradley Roney and Sam McWilliams were much less successful, however, allowing six runs in four innings between and putting the Mets in a tie game despite another home run from Drew Jackson and a solo shot from J.D. Davis. Cody Bohanek came through in the bottom of the eighth, but Corey Oswalt - making his season debut - coughed up that lead in the top of the ninth as well. The Mets got a gift in the last frame thankfully, with a walk, single, and passed ball allowing Sebastian Elizalde to scamper home with the game winning run.
Syracuse Mets beat Lehigh Valley in walk-off fashion
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The Syracuse Mets walked off against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with a 9-8 Syracuse victory on Saturday night at NBT Bank Stadium. Drew Jackson had two home runs, and David Thompson and J.D. Davis both hit solo homers for the Mets in the win.
Syracuse (4-13) entered the bottom of the ninth inning with the game tied, 8-8. Sebastian Elizalde worked a walk to lead off the inning. Nick Meyer followed with a single to left field on a hit-and-run where Elizalde was moving towards second base on the pitch and advanced to third base on the play to put runners at first and third. Then, with Davis batting, Lehigh Valley reliever Neftali Feliz threw a pitch that was outside and tipped off IronPigs catcher Edgar Cabral’s glove and went to the backstop for a