Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets had a tough day at the ballpark on Saturday afternoon turned evening, dropping both halves of a doubleheader against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The Mets fell in game one of the doubleheader, 5-1, followed by an 8-5 defeat in game two of the twin bill. The IronPigs have won three out of the first four games in the series.
Syracuse nearly opened the scoring in the top of the first in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, leaving the bases loaded. In the second, the Mets would indeed crack the scoreboard for the first time. After hits from Carlos Cortes and Tanner Murphy put two runners on base with one out, Danny Mendick brought home a run via a soft single into shallow center field. Mendick had been a consistent presence at the plate early on in the series, homering in each of the first two games.
In the top of the third, Lehigh Valley jumped in front in a big way. After Esteban Quiroz singled starting off the inning, Jake Cave crushed a go-ahead, two-run home run way beyond the fence in right-center field for a 2-1 advantage for the IronPigs. The home run was easily one of the longest hit at NBT Bank Stadium all season long. The estimated distance on Cave’s big fly was 454 feet.
From there, each starting pitcher held the line in game one of the doubleheader. José Butto allowed just two runs on four hits in five innings of work, striking out three batters in the process. The right-handed starter navigated through choppy waters at times as he walked four batters in his outing but limited the damage and stranded three runners on base in his five innings of work.
Speaking of navigating potential trouble, the IronPigs’ starter, Cristopher Sánchez, had to dance around some serious early trouble. In the first two innings of his start, the lanky left-hander allowed five hits and one run. Sánchez had to strand five total runners on base in the first two innings to limit the damage. From there,…
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