Rochester, NY – The Syracuse Mets came out of the gates slowly in a 9-4 loss to the Rochester Red Wings on Sunday afternoon at Innovative Field.
Rochester wasted no time to get its offense going, putting up eight runs in the bottom of the first inning. To start the game, Christian Franklin and Nick Schnell singled, then Andrés Chaparro walked to load the bases. With one out, Andrew Pinckney hit a two-run single, putting the Red Wings on top, 2-0. Next, Trey Lipscomb singled, and Francisco Mejia drove in a run with an RBI single. With the bases loaded, Jackson Cluff followed with a grand slam, making it 7-0. Schnell later added an RBI groundout to make it 8-0.
Syracuse scored its first run in the top of the third inning. With one out, Luke Ritter reached second base on a throwing error by the shortstop Nuñez, and scored on an RBI single by Hayden Senger to make it 8-1.
The Red Wings added one more run in the fifth on a Christian Franklin RBI triple, growing their lead to 9-1.
In the top of the eighth, the Mets cut into the lead when Jett Williams walked and came around to score on an RBI single by Ryan Clifford. Later in the inning, José Azocar tripled to score Clifford and make it 9-3. A wild pitch by Andry Lara allowed Azocar to score.
In relief of starter Justin Hagenman, the Mets’ bullpen covered seven and one-third innings and only gave up one run after the first. Justin Garza recorded four outs without allowing a run, and Huascar Brazobán tossed a scoreless third. Jonathan Pintaro pitched the fourth and fifth, only allowing one run. Austin Warren pitched a clean sixth inning, Chris Devenski did the same in the seventh, and Richard Lovelady tossed a scoreless eighth.
Syracuse (62-58, 31-14) starts a six-game series with the Indianapolis Indians on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
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