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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets fell victim to incredibly hot hitting from the Buffalo Bisons (Triple-A Toronto Blue Jays) on a muggy Tuesday night at NBT Bank Stadium. The Mets lost to the Bisons 13-4, dropping the first game in the week-long, six-game series. Buffalo has now won eight of the first 13 games the two teams have played against one another this season.
Buffalo (43-47, 9-6) got off to a solid start in the top of the first, plating two runs to take an early 2-0 lead. It took exactly two batters for the Bisons to score their initial run as Addison Barger doubled, and Ernie Clement singled Barger home to make it 1-0 Buffalo in a flash. After a single from Spencer Horwitz, plus a hit batter loaded up the bases with nobody out, Tylor Megill was staring down a bases-loaded, nobody out situation that could have proved to be disastrous. However, Syracuse’s starting pitcher mitigated the damage from there. Megill induced a fielder’s choice groundout, a pop out, and a groundout to allow just one more run to cross home plate and make it a 2-0 game after the first.
Syracuse (37-52, 4-11) bounced right back and tied the game via a familiar face in the bottom of the second. After Luke Voit singled to start the inning, Abraham Almonte hit yet another home run to tie the game, 2-2, just like that. Almonte has been on a power binge lately for the Mets. He’s homered three consecutive games. In fact, eight of Almonte’s 11 hits in 12 games with Syracuse this season have been home runs.
From there, the game spiraled out of control on the Mets. Buffalo scored six times on five hits in the top of the third inning to take an 8-2 lead and essentially put the game out of reach. The frame was highlighted by five hits from the Bisons, including home runs from Davis Schneider and Orelvis Martinez. Schneider now has 18 homers this season, while Martinez’s home run was his first hit in Triple-A. The 21-year-old, widely considered one of the top prospects in…
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