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| Max Scherzer struck out seven batters in three and two-thirds innings pitched in a Major League rehab start with Syracuse (Herm Card). |
Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets saw another New York Mets star dazzle on the mound on Wednesday night as Max Scherzer tossed a strong rehab start for Syracuse. Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young Award winner, is the second different former Cy Young Award winner to start for Syracuse this season. Jacob deGrom made a pair of rehab starts in July. As for the game itself, Buffalo won a tightly contested game by a 2-1 final in ten innings. Buffalo now has won 13 of the 20 games that have played against Syracuse this season.
Scherzer, making his first Triple-A start since late May of 2010, began with a flourish, striking out two batters in a scoreless top of the first inning. In the second, the right-hander hit a brief speed bump when LJ Talley hit a solo home run to start the frame for a 1-0 Buffalo lead. After that, Scherzer went on cruise control for the remainder of the outing. He left with nobody on base and two outs in the top of the fourth, racking up seven strikeouts and walking just one batter while surrendering three hits and the one earned run. The 38-year-old attacked the strike zone, tossing 41 strikes among 59 total pitches. Five of the seven Scherzer strikeouts were also swinging strikeouts.After that, the game settled into a well-played pitcher’s duel.
Casey Lawrence tossed quite the outing for Buffalo (71-64), holding Syracuse
(56-81) off the board in five scoreless innings with four strikeouts and not a
single walk. The 34-year-old right-hander has befuddled the Mets all season
long, allowing just one earned run in 17 and one-third combined innings in
three starts with 16 strikeouts and zero walks.
On the other side, the Mets bullpen kept the margin razor thin.
The first four pitchers to work after Scherzer (Sam Clay, Michel Otanez, EricOrze, and R.J Alvarez) combined to toss the next five and one-third innings in
scoreless fashion on just one hit and two walks with seven strikeouts. Alvarez
was electric in his two innings of work, tossing scoreless eighth and ninth
innings with three strikeouts to his name.
After leaving six runners on base in the fourth through seventh
innings, the Mets finally broke through and scored a run to tie the game in the
bottom of the eighth. After Travis Jankowski walked to start the inning, Jake Mangum looped a double into the left-field corner, scoring Jankowski all the
way from first and tying the game, 1-1, in one full swoop. Mangum finished the
night 2-for-4 at the plate, his fifth multi-hit game in the last six games.
Jankowski has also reached in 21 straight games, a new season-high on-base
streak for the Syracuse Mets.
The game remained tied, 1-1, into extra innings when Buffalo did
just enough to win the ballgame. With the placed runner at second base (John
Aiello) with nobody out in the top of the tenth, Cullen Large singled to put
runners on first and third with nobody out. The next batter, Yoshi Tsutsugo,
lofted a fly ball into left field that scored Aiello and made it a 2-1
ballgame. Locke St. John managed to evacuate the inning after that for the
Mets, inducing a lineout and a groundout to keep the game at 2-1 Buffalo into
the bottom of the tenth.
In the bottom of the tenth, JT Riddle started as the placed runner
at second base with nobody out for Syracuse. He moved to third on a Jankowski
groundout, followed by a Mangum strikeout that put the Mets one out away from a
loss. Francisco Álvarez kept the comeback hope alive with a two-out walk, but
then Dominic Smith struck out looking to end the game and give Buffalo a 2-1
win.
Syracuse plays its final
six-game home series of the series against the Buffalo Bisons (Triple-A
affiliate, Toronto Blue Jays) all week long at NBT Bank Stadium. The first game
in the series is set for a 6:35 first pitch on Thursday evening.
Max Scherzer’s first strikeout as a Syracuse Met: Davis Schneider. After this, he K’d Rafael Lantigua to end the inning 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1kBnoiGxYv
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 14, 2022
Max Scherzer’s night is done… he K’d 7 through 3.2 innings 😅 pic.twitter.com/ZvuC6eZBWO
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 14, 2022
Max Scherzer on the talented core of future @Mets here in Syracuse pic.twitter.com/WV1fsGrdbP
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 14, 2022
Max Scherzer rules pic.twitter.com/uBpQrnBtU6
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 15, 2022
First, it was Jacob deGrom in July. Tonight, it was Max Scherzer.
— Evan Stockton (@evstockton) September 15, 2022
Two @Mets stars and former Cy Young Award winners got to wow the crowd at NBT Bank Stadium with the @SyracuseMets this season.
What a summer to be a baseball fan in Syracuse! pic.twitter.com/EmMOo7IJ1D
So @jakemangum15 has been on base twice tonight; he’s hit in nine of his past ten games, with multiple hits in four of his past six. Also, he just did THIS pic.twitter.com/Rpt6DYSHP4
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 15, 2022
We’re down 1-0 in the eighth. But let’s take a moment to appreciate Gold Glover @CarlosSan29’s spectacular bare-handed grab and putout 👀 pic.twitter.com/qunud97izb
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 15, 2022
Did we just post a @jakemangum15 highlight? Well here’s another one 👀
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) September 15, 2022
He just tied this game up with an RBI double in the eighth 🙌 pic.twitter.com/nE8s9eHpRe
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