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| Wyatt Young hit a walk-off double for Syracuse on Tuesday night (Herm Card - herm4444@gmail.com). |
Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets would not be denied on Tuesday night, walking off winners in a 5-4 final over the Buffalo Bisons at NBT Bank Stadium. The Mets have now won eight different times on walk-off hits this season from eight different players (Box Score).
Syracuse (50-68, 16-27) trailed, 4-3, heading to the bottom of the eighth inning. After a groundout to start the inning, Ronny Mauricio walked, and Brett Baty singled to put two runners on base with one out. Luke Ritter followed with a walk to load the bases and bring Carlos Cortes to the plate. Cortes worked a bases-loaded walk to bring home the tying run, 4-4. However, a Tomás Nido groundball turned into an inning-ending double play to keep it at a 4-4 game into the ninth inning.
In the top of the ninth, it looked like Buffalo (58-61, 24-20) would grab the lead when the first two batters, Rafael Lantigua and Spencer Horwitz, singled to put runners on first and third with nobody out. Then, Syracuse executed a disappearing act. First, Clement hit a fly ball to left field that looked like it would be deep enough to score Lantigua and hand the Bisons the lead back. However, Cortes caught the ball and launched a missile to home that beat Lantigua to the plate with Nido applying the tag for the second out of the inning. Addison Barger then grounded out to keep the game tied at four into the bottom of the ninth.
The Mets got the job done in the bottom of the ninth with their backs against the wall. After the first two batters went down in order, it took two batters for the Mets to walk off winners. After a walk to Lorenzo Cedrola extended the game, Cedrola got on his horse and scored all the way from first on a Wyatt Young double to right-center field that ended the game and handed the Mets a series-opening, 5-4 victory.
Syracuse jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a little two-out magic. With Baty standing on first with two outs, Ritter sliced a double down the right-field line that plated Baty all the way from first and handed the Mets the early advantage, 1-0.
For a long time, that one run would be all that José Butto would need on the mound. Syracuse’s starting pitcher completed confused Buffalo batters five innings into his outing, tossing five scoreless frames to start the game on just two hits with one walk and five strikeouts. The Bisons finally got to Butto in the top of the sixth, tying up the ballgame at one. Rafael Lantigua was hit by a pitch to start the frame, moved to second on a Spencer Horwitz single, advanced further to third on an Ernie Clement groundout and then scored on a wild pitch. Lantigua comes into the week batting .352 against the Mets this season in 58 total at-bats.
It took two batters in the bottom of the sixth for Syracuse to take the lead right back. After Ronny Mauricio tripled to start the inning, Baty pounded a two-run home run beyond the right-field fence to hand the Mets the lead back at 3-1. Baty now has nine home runs in 19 total games at the Triple-A level this season.
In the top of the seventh, Butto came back out looking to put the capper on what had been a brilliant outing up until that point. It wasn’t to be as Tyler Heineman started the inning with a single followed by a double from Cameron Eden that scored Heineman from first and made it a 3-2 game. Butto exited after that point, bringing José Chacin into the game trying to protect the lead. After Chacin struck out Nathan Lukes, Rafael Lantigua lined a single into right field that trickled by the right fielder Brandon McIlwain all the way to the wall. That plated Eden, advanced Lantigua all the way to third and tied the game, 3-3. The Bisons tied the game in short order as Horwitz lofted a fly deep enough into right field to score Eden and make it a 4-3 advantage for Buffalo. Horwitz enters the week batting a remarkable .450 in 60 prior at-bats against the Syracuse Mets. The sacrifice fly was his 15th run driven in against the Mets so far this season.
Despite the Mets losing the lead in the seventh, that just set things up for Syracuse’s comeback and walk-off victory.
Syracuse continues its two-week homestand with a six-game series this week against the Buffalo Bisons. The second game of the series is slated for a 1:05 p.m. start time on Wednesday afternoon. Right-hander Justin Jarvis is slated to start for the Mets against right-hander Mitch White for the Bisons.
Luke Ritter drives in Brett Baty with the first run of the game! 1-0 SMets in the first 👏 pic.twitter.com/hhiYMT7jFl
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) August 22, 2023
Ronny Maurico Triples, Brett Baty HRs (his 9th in 19 AAA Games) @syracuse now up 3-1 in the 6th #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadness @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @bronxfanatic pic.twitter.com/FmJWXuKiV7
— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) August 23, 2023
Unreal 👀
— Syracuse Mets (@SyracuseMets) August 23, 2023
Do NOT run on Carlos Cortes pic.twitter.com/RsbdgkrhYj
9 walk off wins from 9 different players for the @SyracuseMets. Wyatt Young has the honors tonight. His double drives in Lorenzo Cedrola for the 5-4 win. Grant Hartwig (W,4-2) #Mets #LGM #MetsTwitter @ernestdove @MiLBMetsMadness @bkfan09 @WexlerRules @ImAriBeRKO @bronxfanatic pic.twitter.com/825fx11V3J
— Mets News and Links (@JohnFromAlbany) August 23, 2023
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