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Mark Vientos homered for Syracuse on Thursday night in Toledo (Photo by Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com)
Syracuse Mets Press Release: Toledo, OH – The Syracuse Mets led from start to finish on Thursday night, utilizing strong pitching throughout combined with patient plate approaches to claim a 7-3 win over the Toledo Mud Hens (Triple-A Detroit Tigers) on a chilly late April night in northwest Ohio. The Mets have won back-to-back games and two out of the first three games in the six-game series against the Mud Hens.
Syracuse (13-11) got the scoring party started right away, hitting
consecutive solo home runs in the top of the first to race out to a 2-0 lead.
First, Mark Vientos blasted a shot over the fence in left-center field to make
it 1-0. Then, the next batter, DJ Stewart, launched a solo homer of his own
down the right-field line to advance the lead to 2-0. The pair of homers were
the first this week for the Mets in Toledo.
Syracuse scored two more times in the top of the second to make it
a 4-0 game. First, the Mets put two runners on base with two outs via a Michael Perez walk and a Lorenzo Cedrola single. Then, Danny Mendick came to the plate
and sliced a sharp single into center field. Perez came racing to home plate as
Parker Meadows fired home from center field, a two-hop throw that eluded the
catcher Andrew Knapp. As the ball skittered to the backstop, Cedrola sprinted
home himself to push the lead to four runs for the Mets.
Syracuse wrapped up its scoring on Thursday night via two runs in
the sixth and a lone run in the ninth. In the sixth, the Mets drew five walks
and utilized a sacrifice fly to score twice and make it 6-0.
In the ninth, Jaylin Davis lined a single into left field to score
Mendick, who had also singled earlier in the frame. Mendick finished the night
with two hits, a walk, two runs driven in, and a run scored. By the end of the
night, every single Syracuse starter had reached base at least once.
While the hitters were humming along, the pitching staff was
holding Toledo (15-8) in check all evening long. Humberto MejÃa began the game
with three scoreless innings, striking out five of the first nine batters he
faced while allowing just two hits in his short start. The next two men out of
the bullpen, Eric Orze and Seth Elledge, held up their end of the bargain,
combining to toss five combined scoreless innings with just one hit allowed and
three strikeouts. Orze did not allow a hit in his three scoreless innings of
work, allowing just two total baserunners in the process.
In the bottom of the ninth, with Toledo down 7-0, the Mud Hens
made a valiant effort to make things interesting. After Andre Lipcius struck
out to start the inning, Andy Ibáñez and Knapp both singled to put two runners
on base with one out. The next batter, Jonathan Davis, lined a shot into the
gap in right-center field that rolled all the way to the wall, turning into a
two-run triple for Davis to make it a 7-2 ballgame. Davis promptly scored when
the next batter, Jermaine Palacios, lofted a fly deep enough into center field
for a sacrifice fly to make it a 7-3 game. From there, William Woods ended the
contest, inducing a lineout to ensure Syracuse won its second game of the week
in Toledo.
The Mets continue their six-game series against the Mud Hens on Friday
with the fourth game of the series. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.
Oh, we're hitting bombs tonight.
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) April 27, 2023
Mark Vientos. DJ Stewart. Back-to-Back 💪 💪 pic.twitter.com/w8MdpQY1pc
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