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| Lorenzo Cedrola had the walk-off hit for Syracuse on Sunday night in a 9-8 Mets victory (Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com). |
Syracuse Mets Press Release: Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets came back from two separate three-run deficits and walked off in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 9-8 win over the Louisville Bats on Memorial Day Sunday at NBT Bank Stadium. On a sunny and warm Sunday night, an electric crowd of 7,181 packed the park to cheer on the Mets to the dramatic win. During the six-game homestand, 39,906 fans came to NBT Bank Stadium for an average of 6,651 fans per game.
Syracuse and Louisville entered
the bottom of the ninth inning tied, 8-8. Tayron Guerrero came out of the
bullpen for the Bats and was wildly ineffective, recording just one out while
walking the bases loaded. That necessitated another call to the bullpen,
bringing Franklin German into the fray. German struck out Carlos Cortes to make
it two outs in the frame and just one out from the third extra-inning game of
the week. However, Lorenzo Cedrola had other ideas. The former Louisville Bat
lined a sharp single into left field, ending the game and propelling Syracuse
to the 9-8 walk-off win.
Louisville (26-24) entered Sunday
night’s game on a five-game win streak this week, racking up 51 runs on 69 hits
in the initial five games of the series. The Bats got right back to work on Sunday,
scoring three times in the first to race out to a 3-0 lead. All of the
runs came with two outs after Alejo Lopez struck out and Nick Martini grounded
out to start the game. Elly De La Cruz singled to extend the inning, followed
by a two-run blast from Christian Encarnacion-Strand that put Louisville up,
2-0. The next batter, Matt Reynolds, smacked a home run of his own over the
left-field fence, making it a 3-0 game just like that. Reynolds was making a
pseudo-homecoming this week to NBT Bank Stadium. Reynolds had played for both
the Syracuse Chiefs and Syracuse Mets previously in his professional
career.
In the bottom of the first,
Syracuse (20-31) got two runs back of their own with two outs. After Danny Mendick popped out and Jonathan Araúz lined out to start the inning, Ronny Mauricio singled and then DJ Stewart lofted a fly ball over the right-field
fence to make it a 3-2 game just like that. It was the second home run of the
week for Stewart and his fourth extra-base hit.
In the top of the second, the
Mets surrendered another run to the Bats and fell behind further by a 4-2
score. Jhonny Pereda singled to lead off the inning and then moved to second on
an Andy Yerzy groundout. Another groundout from Lopez had the Mets dreaming of
getting out of the inning unscathed, but it wasn’t to be. Martini laced a
double to right field that plated Pereda and turned it into a 4-2 advantage for
Louisville.
In the bottom of the third, the
Mets rallied all the way back with three runs to take a 5-4 lead for the first
time on the night. After Warren Saunders flied out to start the inning,
Syracuse got to work. Consecutive singles from Mendick and Araúz put two
runners on base with one out, and then Mauricio was hit by a pitch to load up
the bases. Stewart, the next batter, drew a bases-loaded walk to push across
one run and make it a 4-3 game. Jaylin Davis followed with a two-run single
into center field that propelled the home team in front, 5-4. Davis now has
hits in 12 straight games and has reached base in 13 straight.
The lead wouldn’t last.
Louisville scored once in the fourth, once in the sixth, and two times in the
seventh to score four unanswered runs and build an 8-5 lead. Once again, each
of the runs came with two outs. Yerzy hit a two-out, two-strike solo homer to
tie the game in the fourth, 5-5.
In the sixth, Matt Reynolds
doubled to lead off the inning, moved to third on a one-out groundout, and
scored on a two-out wild pitch from Eric Orze for a 6-5 Bats edge.
In the seventh, raw power from
Encarnacion-Strand burned the Mets again. With two runners on base and two
outs, the right-handed slugger pounded a double off the base of the
center-field wall that scored two more runs to give Louisville an 8-5
advantage. Encarnacion-Strand finished the game with four RBIs.
In the bottom of the seventh,
the Mets once again trimmed the deficit via the long ball. Nick Meyer doubled
to start the inning, and after Warren Saunders grounded out, Mendick smacked a
two-run shot over the left-field fence to make it an 8-7 ballgame. It was the
first home run of the week for Mendick and his fourth of the season.
In the bottom of the eighth,
the Mets scored again to knot the game up in the late innings. With JaylinDavis on first base and one out, Lorenzo Cedrola hit a groundball to shortstop
that looked like it could be an inning-ending double play. However, Cedrola
beat the throw to first base for just a fielder’s choice. The next batter, NickMeyer, kept the inning alive by working an excellent walk in a plate appearance
that took ten pitches. Luis Guillorme then strode to the plate as a pinch
hitter and tied up the ballgame, smacking a single into center field that
scored Cedrola, knotting the game up, 8-8. Guillorme also had a game-tying
single in the seventh inning of Saturday night’s game.
That sequence set the table for
Syracuse’s walk-off win in the ninth to snap a five-game losing streak. The
Mets have now scored at least seven runs in 21 of 51 games this season with an
11-10 record in those games.
Syracuse hits the road for a
six-game series in seven days at the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington
Nationals, the Rochester Red Wings. Game one of the series will be played on
Memorial Day Monday. Right-hander Alex Valverde is scheduled to start on the
mound for the Mets, opposed by right-hander José Ureña for the Red Wings. First
pitch is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. at Innovative Field.
We were down 3-0, and then DJ Stewart smashed this 2-run 💣!
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 28, 2023
3-2 Bats in the first pic.twitter.com/9eCSyBp24F
Let’s take a minute to appreciate C Nick Meyer’s Charlie O’Brien impression as he picks off the runner at first! 😎 pic.twitter.com/Vx3MQkQ8nY
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 28, 2023
Jaylin Davis: clutch
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 28, 2023
This 2-run single turns a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead! He’s got a 12-game hitting streak 👏 pic.twitter.com/5pFzav9MrN
Danny Mendick: never say die
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 29, 2023
His second hit of the night is a two-run HR that pulls us back within one 💥
8-7 Bats in the 7th pic.twitter.com/wH0NMtz2mh
Luis Guillorme: gold
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 29, 2023
His RBI single ties the game in the bottom of the eighth!!! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/Emk7hgdkia
Lorenzo Cedrola: 🔥
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) May 29, 2023
He walks it off with this RBI single and we win it 9-8! #NeverSayDie pic.twitter.com/JQNlyBmprV
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