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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets became the Syracuse Salt Potatoes on Friday night and came from behind three times to beat the Buffalo Bisons, 9-7, in ten innings at NBT Bank Stadium. A Brandon McIlwain walk-off home run punctuated a three-run bottom of the tenth inning for the Salt Potatoes, marking Syracuse’s ninth walk-off win this season.
Syracuse (51-70, 18-29) trailed, 6-4, entering the bottom of the ninth inning. With one out, Lorenzo Cedrola doubled. Ronny Mauricio followed with a double that scored Cedrola to pull the Salt Potatoes within one, 6-5. Then, Brett Baty snuck a single through the infield, allowing Mauricio to score from second base, tying the game, 6-6, and sending it to the tenth.
In the top of the tenth, Buffalo (60-62, 26-21) regained the lead. Orelvis Martinez was the free runner at second base and moved to third on a Tanner Morris single. Then, Jamie Ritchie hit a sacrifice fly out to right field, scoring Martinez from third to give the Bisons a 7-6 edge. That was the only run Buffalo scored in the tenth though.
In the bottom of the tenth, the Salt Potatoes had Carlos Cortes as the free runner at second base. Wyatt Young led off with a single to right-center field that scored Cortes, knotting the game up, 7-7. Three batters later, with two outs and Young still at first, McIlwain crushed a ball over the wall in left-center field for a walk-off, two-run home run that gave Syracuse a 9-7 win. McIlwain is the ninth different Syracuse player with a walk-off hit this season.
At the start of the game, the Bisons didn’t waste much time taking a lead. For the third straight game, Buffalo scored multiple runs in the first inning. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases, but there were two outs when Morris came to the plate. With a 3-2 count, Morris hit a pitch over the right-field fence for a grand slam to give Buffalo a 4-0 lead.
Those were the only runs Syracuse starting pitcher Denyi Reyes allowed though. After the grand slam, Reyes…
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