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Game Recap and Highlights: Baty and Mauricio combine for three homers, but Syracuse falls in ten innings 8-7

Ronny Mauricio hit two home runs and had four RBIs for Syracuse on Friday night (Rick Nelson).




Moosic, PA – Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio were shining stars for the Syracuse Mets on Friday night. The two young sluggers combined for three home runs in the ballgame, but it just wouldn't prove to be the Mets night. Syracuse fell in a heartbreaker on Friday, as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A affiliate, New York Yankees) rallied back multiple times on their way to an 8-7 win in ten innings. The six-game series is now tied at two games apiece.  

  

Early on, the pitching staff for the Mets was terrorized by one man. Franchy Cordero hit a homer for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (52-57, 18-17) leading off the bottom of the first and then hit yet another solo homer in the bottom of the third to up the lead for the RailRiders to a 2-0 count. Cordero was batting in the leadoff spot for the first time this week and certainly took advantage. He also had hits in Wednesday and Thursday night's games earlier this week.  

  

Syracuse (46-64, 13-23) answered back with a pair of big flies of their own, and they came from two very familiar names to New York Mets fans. First, Brett Baty smacked a solo shot on the first pitch of the top of the fourth to make it a 2-1 game. Baty has homered in each of the two games he's played with Syracuse so far this week. Then, in the top of the sixth, Ronny Mauricio hit a solo shot of his own to tie the ballgame up, 2-2. Mauricio had also homered in the series opener on Tuesday night.  

  

While home run power provided the scoring in the first seven innings, overall, it was a pitcher's paradise for the early majority of Friday night's game. The two teams attacked in different ways. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre featured an excellent start from Mitch Spencer, who continued to befuddle the Mets batters. In seven innings, Spence allowed just two runs on five hits while walking only one and striking out eight. Spence also struck out eight Syracuse batters in a start at NBT Bank Stadium on July 1st. 

  

As for Syracuse, it was a multi-pitcher approach all evening long. Dennis Santana, Vinny Nittoli, and William Woods each tossed two innings to start the game. Santana and Nittoli each gave up runs, while Woods tossed two scoreless innings on just three hits. The trio combined to strike out seven batters in the first six innings.  

  

It remained a 2-2 game entering the eighth when the floodgates opened on both sides. First, Syracuse took a 5-2 lead with one mighty blow. After Cesar Berbesi was hit by a pitch and Wyatt Young singled to put two runners on base with one out, Mauricio slugged his second homer of the day to propel the Mets to a three-run advantage. The 22-year-old has utterly haunted the RailRiders while playing at PNC Field so far this season. In ten road games at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Mauricio has ten extra-base hits, including six home runs.  

  

In the bottom of the eighth, the RailRiders tied it back up via a series of unfortunate events for the Mets. First, Andrés Chapparo and Carlos Narvaez both singled to put two runners on base with nobody out. Then, Jake Lamb laced a double to center field that scored Chapparo, moved Narvaez to third, and made it a 5-3 game. That was immediately followed by a Michael Hermosillo infield single that scored Narvaez and turned it into a 5-4 game. 

  

Later in the bottom of the eighth inning, the rally was completed via a tough break for the Syracuse Mets. With Jake Lamb standing on third base with two outs, Adam Kolarek threw a pitch to the backstop that immediately bounced back to the catcher, Nick Meyer. Lamb initially decided to not try and score, however, Meyer didn't realize that and threw the ball errantly to home plate, allowing Lamb to prance all home and tie the game, 5-5. 

  

It remained knotted up at five into extra innings, when the Mets scored twice to open up a 7-5 cushion. Nick Meyer started the inning as the free runner at second base, and after a Joe Suozzi strikeout, Cesar Berbesi laced a double to the wall in left-center field that plated Meyer and made it a 6-5 game. It was the first Triple-A hit and RBI for Berbesi. Later in the inning, with Ronny Mauricio now at first and Berbesi at third with two outs, Baty hit a chopper deep in the hole at shortstop that he beat out for an infield single. The second hit of the night for Baty scored Berbesi to cap off the two-run frame for the Mets and a 7-5 edge. 

  

However, it wasn't to be on this night for Syracuse. The RailRiders won the game with a three-run flurry in the bottom of the tenth. Michael Hermosillo started the inning as the free runner at second base, promptly sprinting to third with nobody out on a wild pitch. That was followed by a Wilmer Difo walk and stolen base to put two runners in scoring position with still nobody out, and then Franchy Cordero burned the Mets one last time. Cordero laced a sharp single into right field that scored both runners thanks to an error by Joe Suozzi in right field that allowed Cordero to advance to second base. Cordero then moved to third on another wild pitch and scored on an Everson Pereira sacrifice fly into left field that ended the game and handed the RailRiders an 8-7 win in ten innings.  

  

Syracuse continues its six-game road trip this week at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. The fifth game of the series is slated for a 6:35 p.m. start time on Friday. Right-hander Justin Jarvis is expected to start on the mound for the Syracuse Mets.  


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