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Nick Meyer 9th-Inning, Game-Tying Home Run
Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets and Worcester Red Sox wrapped up an entertaining week of baseball with yet another wild game. Down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth, the Mets tied the game in the ninth and later won it in the tenth by a 9-8 final on a sunny Sunday afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium. The game featured 17 runs and 24 hits in the extra-inning contest. It was the third game of the week decided by just one run.
Syracuse (44-62, 11-21) trailed, 8-5, going to the bottom of the ninth inning. Tomás Nido led off with a single, and Brandon McIlwain also singled, placing runners on first and second base with no outs. After back-to-back outs, the Mets were down to their final out as Nick Meyer came to the plate. Meyer proceeded to hammer the first pitch he saw over the left-field wall for a three-run home run that knotted the game up, 8-8, and sending it into extra innings.
In the top of the tenth, Worcester (58-49, 19-13) had Ronaldo Hernandez at second base as the free runner that team’s get in extras. Mets reliever Dennis Santana kept Hernandez on the bases without scoring as Santana retired all three batters he faced in the tenth to keep the game tied.
After the Red Sox did not score in the top half of the tenth, the Mets were on the doorstep of winning the game in the bottom of the tenth. Abraham Almonte was Syracuse’s free runner at second base, and Luke Ritter was intentionally walked to start the frame. Branden Fryman followed with a sacrifice bunt that moved Almonte to third and Ritter to second. Nido then came to the plate and ended the game, smacking a walk-off single into right field to plate Almonte and hand the Mets a 9-8, walk-off win over the Red Sox. This is the seventh walk-off win for Syracuse, and seven different players have been at the plate for the walk-off moments.
The game started with Justin Jarvis making his Mets…
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