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Worcester, MA – The Syracuse Mets ran into a hot-hitting bunch on the Fourth of July, as the Worcester Red Sox scored eight runs on 12 hits on the way to an 8-5 victory in the series opener at Polar Park. The Red Sox have now grabbed three of the first four games they’ve played against the Mets this season.
The WooSox (42-39, 3-3) got right to work, scoring four runs on four hits in the bottom of the first to take a lead that they would never give up. Worcester sent nine batters to the plate, combining four singles with two walks to plate their four runs. Enmanuel Valdez and Daniel Palka both had RBI hits in the inning. Palka, who led the Mets in home runs last season, finished Tuesday night’s game 2-for-4 at the plate with two singles, two runs driven in and even his first stolen base of the season.
After his rocky beginning, Tylor Megill turned around his night on the mound for Syracuse (34-46, 1-5), providing a workmanlike outing by the end of his start. The big right-hander tossed his final four innings in scoreless fashion, allowing just three hits in those frames. By the end of the outing, Megill had allowed four runs (all earned) on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Of the nine total runs Megill has given up in his last two starts for the Mets, seven of those runs have come with two outs in the inning.
Worcester’s starting pitcher wouldn’t need much run support. Kyle Barraclough was utterly dominant nearly his entire outing. The right-hander took a perfect game into the fifth inning and a no-hitter into the sixth inning, striking out ten batters in his six innings of work. The Mets finally got to him in the sixth when Rafael Ortega walked with two outs and then Ronny Mauricio smacked a two-out, two-run homer to make it a 4-2 game. Mauricio built off the momentum of his three-hit game on Monday with his home run on Tuesday night. Mauricio had not homered since June 17th in Buffalo, a ten-game span.
That brief momentum was…
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