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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets scored the final six runs of the ballgame on their way to a 7-3 win over the Columbus Clippers on a sunny and pleasant Wednesday evening at NBT Bank Stadium. The Mets have now won the first two games against the Clippers to begin this week-long, six-game series.
Columbus (51-63, 18-22) got on the board first, tacking on single runs in the second and third innings to take an early 2-0 lead. In the second, Johnathan Rodriguez singled leading off the inning and then scored on a one-out, RBI single from George Valera. Rodriguez also homered in Tuesday night’s game. In the third inning, Chris Roller started the frame with an infield single, moved to third on a Daniel Schneemann single, and scored on a sacrifice fly from Bryan Lavastida.
In the bottom of the third, Syracuse (48-66, 14-26) got on the board when the leadoff batter, Joe Suozzi, lined a solo homer over the right-field fence to make it a 2-1 game. Suozzi now has three home runs in his first 12 games at the Triple-A level. All of Suozzi’s big flies have come at home at NBT Bank Stadium.
It remained a 2-1 game into the sixth inning when the Clippers tacked on a run to make it a 3-1 game. The damage came with two outs. Valera doubled to extend the inning, followed immediately by an RBI single from Zack Collins to plate the run and make it a two-run cushion again for Columbus. Valera is widely considered one of the best prospects in Cleveland’s minor-league system, but he had only played in 42 games this season entering this week’s series due to multiple injuries.
In the bottom of the sixth, Syracuse took their first lead of the night with a three-run flurry. It all started when Carlos Cortes reached on an error committed by Jose Tena at shortstop, followed by a Tomas Nido single that put two runners on base with nobody out. That was followed by a Nick Meyer single that loaded up the bases and brought Brandon McIlwain to the plate. The speedster chopped a…
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