Syracuse came out of the break scorching hot, and every full-season Mets affiliate minus St. Lucie won on Friday. Ryan Clifford hit his 13th homer of the year, raising his season OPS to .937. The FCL Mets game was canceled.
Ryan Clifford. Photo by Bronson Harris of Binghamton Rumble Ponies
The Syracuse Mets went ballistic on offense, scoring 13 runs on fourteen hits with only three of them going for extra bases. Every player reached base and scored a run.
JT Schwartz continues to struggle in his first exposure to Triple-A, going 1-for-5 on the day with a run scored, raising his OPS to .338.
Tylor Megill started the second half off strong, allowing no earned runs in his outing despite walking four. Mike Vasil piggybacked him, going three innings and having one of his best control games on the season, throwing almost 75% of his pitches for strikes. Shintaro Fujinami continued his rehab with a solid outing.
Clifford continued to mash in his return from the break, hitting his 13th homer of the season. Parada, went o-for-3 but still walked to raise his OPS closer to .700.
Joander Suarez allowed four runs on the day, but the bullpen was able to pitch a scoreless final four innings highlighted by Nolan Clenney’s 2 1/3 of hitless ball.
The Cyclones laid dormant for eight innings and in the ninth, they erupted for five runs to tie the game. Christopher Suero capped off the comeback with a walk-off RBI single in the tenth inning to secure the win for Brooklyn.
Drew Gilbert and Jacob Reimer, both on rehab assignments had nice days at the plate and it is good to see Gilbert able to play seven innings in the field and not get
Colin Houck continued his struggles defensively with his 16th error of the season.
The St. Lucie pitching staff just could not hold the lead, allowing the game-tying run in the ninth and then the game-winning run in the tenth. The defense let them down with three errors on the day allowing for four unearned runs.
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