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Ronny Mauricio Three-Run Home Run
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…
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