Mark Vientos went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs Wednesday for Syracuse (Photo by Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com)
Worcester, MA – The Syracuse Mets ran into a hot-hitting bunch once again for the Worcester Red Sox on Wednesday night. The WooSox smacked seven home runs, one shy of a franchise record in a single game, on their way to a 10-4 win at Polar Park. Worcester has now won four of the first five games they’ve played against Syracuse so far this season, scoring 43 runs in the process.
Nate Lavender made his first professional start for Syracuse
(34-47, 1-6) on Wednesday night, carrying a sparkling 2.30 ERA in 14 relief
appearances with the Mets so far this season into the outing. However, the
WooSox (43-39, 4-3) were unfazed by Lavender, pouncing on the left-hander to
the tune of four runs on four hits in two innings. Three of those four hits
were home runs. Ceddanne Rafaela homered on the first pitch of the bottom of
the first, followed by a two-run shot from Nick Sogard and a solo blast from
Ronaldo Hernandez in the second. Lavender had allowed just one home run in
Triple-A this entire season prior to Wednesday night.
Hunter Parsons relieved Lavender in the bottom of the third and he
was rudely greeted by the Red Sox batters as well. The first batter he faced,
Enmanuel Valdez, homered off Parsons leading off the bottom of the third.
Valdez also hit a home run in Tuesday night’s game. In the fourth, a two-run
homer from Pablo Reyes capped off a three-run frame and pushed the WooSox lead
to a commanding 8-0 advantage. Reyes, a rehabbing Big Leaguer, also homered in Tuesday
night’s game as well.
The Mets have already rallied back two different times from
eight-run deficits this season to take the lead in ballgames, and it briefly
looked like they may equal the feat in Wednesday night’s game. Syracuse got on
the board via a two-run single from Mark Vientos in the bottom of sixth,
continuing his hot start to the week. Vientos also smacked a three-run homer in
Tuesday night’s series opener.
In the sixth, the Mets had their best chance to get back in the
game. Jonathan Araúz walked to start the inning followed by a single from
Jaylin Davis to put two runners on base with nobody out. After Luke Ritter
struck out, Michael Perez lined a double down the right-field line to plate
Araúz, advance Davis to third, and make it an 8-3 game. A walk to Rafael Ortega
then brought Ronny Mauricio to the plate with the bases loaded and a chance to
change the game with one big swing. However, it wasn’t to be as Mauricio
grounded into an inning-ending double play and the Mets squandered their best and
last chance to get back into the game.
Worcester pulled away from there, slugging two more home runs in
the bottom of the sixth take a seven-run advantage. Daniel Palka and Bobby
Dalbec both went deep in the frame. The WooSox finished the night with seven
home runs. Incredibly, seven of Worcester’s 11 hits in the game were homers.
Syracuse wrapped up its scoring on the night with a home run of
its own from Jonathan Araúz. The former member of the Worcester Red Sox burned
his old team with the big fly. Araúz’s homer was his 13th of the season,
adding to his new career high. Araúz has also hit home runs in four of his last
five games.
Syracuse is on the road all this week for a six-game series
against the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the Worcester Red Sox.
The third game of the series is slated for a 6:45 p.m. first pitch on Thursday
evening. Right-hander José Butto is slated to start for the Mets against
left-hander Rio Gomez for the WooSox.
All DJ Khaled does is win.
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) July 6, 2023
All Mark Vientos does is drive in runs. pic.twitter.com/Gac0A00742
Don't make it look too easy out there, Mark 😉 pic.twitter.com/ji6Nc0KS1k
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) July 6, 2023
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