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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets and Worcester Red Sox played yet another entertaining game on Wednesday afternoon. The WooSox rallied back with two runs in the eighth inning to claim a 7-6 win over the Mets at NBT Bank Stadium. Syracuse had won Tuesday night’s contest, 5-4, in ten innings. Each of the last four games overall for the Mets has been decided by just one run.
Syracuse (43-59, 10-18) opened the scoring via a familiar face in the bottom of the third. Nick Meyer singled to start the inning and up to second base on a sacrifice bunt from Branden Fryman. The next batter, Wyatt Young, sliced a single into left field that scored Meyer and made it a 1-0 game. Young started last season up with Triple-A Syracuse and made quite the impression, batting .352 in 19 games. In fact, Young led the International League in batting average and on-base percentage during his brief time with the Syracuse Mets last season.
Mets starting pitcher Mike Vasil has had an up-and-down time in his Triple-A career since being called up from Double-A Binghamton in the middle of June, and that trend continued on Wednesday afternoon. The 23-year-old right-hander started brilliantly, allowing just one hit in three scoreless innings to begin the game with six strikeouts. However, Vasil’s start unraveled in the fourth as Worcester (55-48, 16-12) surged in front with four runs on three hits plus two walks and two hit batters. Vasil recorded just one out in the fourth as the WooSox sent ten men to the plate in the fateful frame. The pivotal blow in the inning was a go-ahead, three-run homer from Stephen Scott.
The Mets got a run back in the bottom half of the fourth when Abraham Almonte walked to start the inning, moved to second on a wild pitch, and then scored on a sharp double down the left-field line from Luke Ritter. The former Wichita State Shocker continued his terror on opposing pitchers on Wednesday afternoon, finishing the game 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and a…
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