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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets got back in the win column on Thursday night, walking off as 8-6 winners over the Buffalo Bisons on a warm summer’s evening at NBT Bank Stadium in front of an electric crowd of 6,216. The Mets had dropped the first two games of the six-game series. Syracuse has now won three of the six games that they have played since the post-All Star Break portion of the schedule began last Friday.
Syracuse (38-53, 5-12) led, 6-3, going into the ninth inning, but Buffalo (44-48, 10-7) found a way to extend the game. Tanner Morris, Addison Barger, and Ernie Clement all singled to load the bases. Then, Spencer Horwitz and Davis Schneider both worked bases-loaded walks to cut the deficit to one, 6-5. The Mets brought Dennis Santana out of the bullpen, and Santana induced a double play, but Clement scored from third base on the play to tie the game. Santana did get the final out of the frame to keep the game tied going to the bottom of the ninth.
Luckily for Syracuse, Rafael Ortega was there to save the day in the bottom of the ninth. After Abraham Almonte walked with two outs and nobody on base to extend the frame, Ortega pummeled a drive down the right-field line over the right-field fence for a walk-off two-run home run to end the game in ultimate style with Syracuse winning, 8-6.
Buffalo got the scoring started in the game in a hurry. Three batters into the game, it looked like The Bisons would run away with an easy victory. Addison Barger homered leading off the ballgame, and after an Ernie Clement strikeout, Spencer Horwitz slugged another solo homer to make it a 2-0 lead for the Bisons just like that.
However, from there, José Butto settled into a groove. The next 11 Buffalo batters did not get a hit (a stretch lasting into the fourth inning) and the Bisons would not score again until the fifth inning. Horwitz hit his second solo shot of the game in the fifth, forcing Butto’s early removal from the game later on in the inning….
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