 |
Mark Vienotos had a two-run home run and an RBI single on Tuesday night for Syracuse (Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com).
Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets battled the rain, cold, and hot bats of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Triple-A Philadelphia Phillies) on Tuesday night, dropping the series opener by a 9-7 final on a mid-40s evening in the Salt City. The Mets have now lost three games in a row. The game was also delayed by 17 minutes in the top of the third inning due to a passing rain shower.
Early on, the game was a bit of a pitchers’ duel, as it was a 4-2
lead for Syracuse (14-14) entering the top of the seventh inning. Lehigh Valley
(13-14) had taken an initial 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when
Dustin Peterson took a hanging breaking ball and hit it over the left-field
fence, a two-run shot that drove in Simon Muzziotti and gave the IronPigs a
two-run lead. However, that would be all the offense that Lehigh Valley would
get off Humberto MejÃa, who turned in one of the better starts for a Syracuse
Met all season. The right-hander allowed just the two runs on five hits in six
innings, striking out four while not walking a single batter.
While MejÃa was holding the IronPigs in check, his offense warmed
up as the evening went along. First, in the top of the fourth, the Mets tied the
game up in a flash. Ronny Mauricio doubled, and then Mark Vientos homered, tying
the game up at two in nearly an instant. Vientos now has nine home runs in 26
Triple-A games this season.
In the bottom of the sixth, Syracuse took the lead with a little
late-inning dramatics. Mauricio stood at third after hitting another double earlier
in the inning, and Jonathan Araúz danced off second with two outs, bringing
Jaylin Davis to the plate. Davis, who went just 2-for-19 at Toledo last week,
provided a slump-busting swing, lining a drive down the right-field line that
scored the two baserunners and powered Syracuse to a 4-2 lead entering the
game’s final three innings.
From there, the night unraveled for the Mets. Lehigh Valley scored
six runs on six hits in the seventh inning to take the lead for good,
highlighted by consecutive two-run doubles from Jim Haley and Esteban Quiroz to
power the IronPigs in front. They’d add on to their lead in the eighth, scoring
their ninth and final run of the night on another RBI double from Quiroz. By
the end of the game, Lehigh Valley had scored their nine runs on 12 hits, eight
of which came in the game’s final four innings.
Syracuse did have some late life offensively on Tuesday night, not
going down without a fight. First, in the bottom of the eighth, Jaylin Davis
continued his offensive turnaround, crushing a two-run home run over the
right-field fence to slim the deficit to 9-6. It remained a 9-6 game into the
bottom of the ninth, when the Mets tried to conjure some two-out magic. First,
Danny Mendick singled to get on first and keep the game alive, followed by a
Ronny Mauricio single to put two runners on base with two outs. Vientos strode
to the plate representing the potential tying run, and he promptly singled into
center field to score Mendick and make it a 9-7 game. That brought Araúz to the
plate, but he could not keep the game alive, popping out to third base to end
the game.
Syracuse returns home to NBT Bank Stadium all week, playing a
six-game series against the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies,
the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The second game in the week-long series is set for 1:05
p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
Mark. Vientos. Never. Stops.
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 3, 2023
111 MPH off the bat
2-run game-tying HR
Dang pic.twitter.com/XVkNlaOqfW
Jaylin Davis: tiebreaking 2-run triple 🔥
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 3, 2023
We’re up 4-2 in the 6th#LGM pic.twitter.com/DWmIIUiGZ7
Guess what?
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 3, 2023
Mark Vientos, that’s what
Another multi-hit game
3 RBI
Yes pic.twitter.com/xbnTF3NsWo
No comments:
Post a Comment