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Durham, NC – The two-week road trip for the Syracuse Mets ended in frustrating fashion, as the Durham Bulls walked off winners in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 5-4 victory on a steamy Sunday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Despite the loss, it could not dim what was a very successful time spent away from NBT Bank Stadium. After taking four out of six at the Buffalo Bisons last week, the Mets won five out of six games at the Durham Bulls this past week. Syracuse has also won 10 out of its last 13 games overall.
Once again, Syracuse (33-41) got off to a great start by plating a run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead right away. The Mets got the first batters of the ballgame, Rafael Ortega and Ronny Mauricio, on base via a walk and a single respectively, and after a Mark Vientos popout, Luke Voit drove in Ortega from third via a sacrifice fly to center field for a 1-0 lead. Syracuse scored first in five out of the six games this week.
In the bottom of the second, Durham (40-35) roared in front in a flash. First, with a runner on base and one out, Nick Dini launched a no-doubt, two-run homer over the 32-foot-high wall in left field to make it a 2-1 game. The very next batter, Greg Jones, hit a solo shot over the right field wall to make it a 3-1 game just like that. It was the first homer of the week for Dini and the second big fly of the week for Jones, a former first-round pick by the Tampa Bay Rays.
In the bottom of the third, the Bulls hit yet another home run when Ruben Cardenas smacked a shot over that high wall in left field to make it a 4-1 game. Cardenas hit two home runs this week and has 16 homers on the season. Five of those round trippers have come against the Mets.
In the top of the fourth, Syracuse began its comeback. After a Luke Voit single with one out, Jonathan Araúz lifted a pitch on the outside part of the plate over the wall in left-center field for a two-run homer that slimmed the Mets deficit to 4-3. It capped off a…
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