Carlos Cortes had three hits on Tuesday, including a two-run home run for Syracuse (Kylie RIchelle). Kylie RIchelle Box Score Buffalo, NY – The Syracuse Mets were a team on a mission on Tuesday night, crushing five home runs in their 10-2 romp over the Buffalo Bisons on a partly cloudy night in Western New York. The Mets offense was a well-oiled machine in their dominating win as every single starter reached base at least once and seven of the nine batters has hits.
The home run derby for Syracuse (47-28, 1-0) began in the top of the first via a Rylan Bannon solo home run with two outs. It was Bannon’s 13th homer of the season. The fun was only just beginning, as in the top of the second, Carlos Cortes crushed a two-run shot over the right-field fence to make it a 3-0 game.
It was an impressive return to the lineup for Cortes, who had not played since June 9th at St. Paul after being placed on the Development List. In the third, the Mets completely blew the game wide open with five more runs on a pair of pivotal long balls.
First, after a Luisangel Acuña single to start the inning, Brett Baty slugged a two-run shot over the right-field fence to give the Mets five runs on three different home runs in the game. Baty now has six home runs in 15 Triple-A games this season. Later in the third, Rhylan Thomas smacked a three-run blast to emphatically give Syracuse eight runs on the evening and an 8-1 lead.
Thomas remarkably now has five home runs in 29 games since being called.