Syracuse Mets fall to Red Sox, 7-3

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Worcester, MA – The Syracuse Mets fell behind early and never caught up on Friday night as Worcester scored seven runs on 11 hits en route to a 7-3 win over the Mets on a warm summer night at Polar Park. The WooSox have now won three of the first four games in this week’s six-game series. Worcester has also won five of the first seven games the Red Sox have played against the Mets so far this season, scoring 51 total runs in the process.

Syracuse (35-48, 2-7) entered the ballgame feeling about as confident as you can feel, bringing their star starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi onto the mound to begin the night. Lucchesi entered Friday night with a sparking 2.91 ERA in ten prior appearances in Triple-A this season, but this evening proved to be abnormal for the Californian. Worcester (44-40, 5-4) tagged Lucchesi for six runs on eight hits in his four innings of work, scoring a run in every inning that Lucchesi pitched on Friday night.

In the first and second frames, the WooSox burned Lucchesi via two-out RBI hits. In the first, with Pablo Reyes standing on second base, Bobby Dalbec drove Reyes home via an RBI double to make it a 1-0 ballgame.

In the second, consecutive RBI singles with two outs from Ceddanne Rafaela and Reyes drove in Nick Sogard and Narciso Crook respectively to give the Red Sox a 3-0 edge.

In the third and fourth, the Red Sox tacked on even more runs and chased Lucchesi from the ballgame early. In the third, Worcester scored twice yet again on a two-run double from Ronaldo Hernandez that plated Dalbec and Wilyer Abreu for a 5-0 advantage.

In the fourth, Rafaela hit a solo homer over the left-field fence that made it a sixth run allowed by Joey Lucchesi. The left-hander has hit a bit of rut overall in his last two outings, allowing 11 earned runs in his last nine and one-thirds innings pitched.

Syracuse got on the board themselves in the top of the fourth when Jaylin Davis pounded a two-run homer over the left-field fence to make it a 6-2…