José Butto struck out seven batters in six scoreless innings on Tuesday night for Syracuse (Kylie Richelle). Kylie Richelle Box Score Moosic, PA – The Syracuse Mets began their über-important series at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in remarkable fashion, scoring early and often on their way to a 12-1 win on a muggy May evening just outside of the Electric City. The Mets entered the week just 1.
5 games back of the RailRiders, who were tied with Omaha at the top of the International League standings at the start of action on Tuesday night. Syracuse has now won 11 of its last 13 games. Syracuse (28-16) got to the RailRiders in the top of the first inning, quickly plating a run to take a 1-0 lead.
Like usual, it was Luisangel Acuña who kickstarted the rally for the Mets. The 22-year-old was hit by a pitch to reach base to start the game, stole his way to second, advanced to third on a José Iglesias single and scored on a Rylan Bannon groundout. In the second, Acuña was in the middle of more Mets runs coming across home plate.
After a Mike Brosseau walk and a Rhylan Thomas single followed by a Hayden Senger groundout that advanced each man up 90 feet, Acuña chopped a single into left field to plate Brosseau and make it a 2-0 game. That was followed by an Iglesias single that scored Thomas for a 3-0 advantage. Then, a mammoth Bannon three-run homer capped off the inning’s scoring at five runs.
The Bannon blast traveled an estimated 442 feet over the center-fi.
