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| Ronny Mauricio hit his 13th home run of the season and his 40th extra-base hit of the season on Friday night (Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com). |
Syracuse, NY – In the second game of the Duel of the Dishes series this season, the Syracuse Salt Potatoes lost to the Rochester Plates, 4-2, on Friday night in front of an electric crowd of 7,229 at NBT Bank Stadium. The Mets and Red Wings played as their alternate local food identities as part of the Duel of the Dishes. The Red Wings/Plates won the first Duel of the Dishes game in Rochester earlier this season.
Rochester (41-45, 7-6) struck first
in the top of the first inning. Darren Baker singled, and after Derek Hill
struck out, Jake Alu singled, putting runners at first and third base. Former
Syracuse Met Travis Blankenhorn followed with a three-run home run over the
right-field wall that instantly put the Plates up, 3-0. The homer came on the
tenth pitch of the at-bat.
From there, Syracuse (35-51, 2-10)
starting pitcher José Butto settled in. After a one-out single to Blake
Rutherford in the first, Butto retired the next 13 batters he faced.
Meanwhile the Salt Potatoes began
their comeback. Luke Voit led off the bottom of the second inning with a
mammoth home run over the wall in left-center field, cutting the deficit to
two, 3-1.
Then, Syracuse crawled closer in
the fourth when Ronny Mauricio led off the frame with a homer over the
right-field wall for his 13th home run of the season to make it a 3-2 ballgame.
Mark Vientos followed with a double, one of his three hits during the night,
but the next three batters were retired in order to keep the tying run off the
board.
The Plates responded in the sixth
with a lead-off home run from Derek Hill, giving Rochester a 4-2 edge. The
Plates collected all four of their runs and seven hits between the first and
sixth innings, going hitless in every other inning.
The Salt Potatoes had some
opportunities but left runners on base in five of the last seven innings.
Syracuse and Rochester continue their
three-game series with the second game on Saturday. Left-hander Joey Lucchesi
is scheduled to start for the Mets against Red Wings right-hander Joan Adon.
First pitch at NBT Bank Stadium is slated for 6:35 p.m.
Let’s just give Luke Voit a lifetime supply of theme jerseys pic.twitter.com/wjc7dDCM22
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) July 14, 2023
Ronny Mauricio: breaking out 💥 pic.twitter.com/qE684gymjJ
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) July 14, 2023
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