Luke Ritter had two doubles and an RBI for Syracuse on Sunday afternoon (Kylie Richelle). Kylie Richelle Box Score St. Paul, MN – The Syracuse Mets capped off their week at the St.
Paul Saints (Triple-A Minnesota Twins) in fitting fashion, holding off the home team to win 7-4 on a sunny Sunday afternoon at CHS field. The Mets won the final four games of the series after dropping the first two games. Syracuse is now five games back of first place in the International League with 12 games remaining in the first half of the season.
Syracuse (38-24) hopped on top in the top of the first. Mike Brosseau singled with one out in the inning, moved to third on a double from Rylan Bannon, and scored on a wild pitch to make it 1-0 in a flash for the Mets. St.
Paul (27-35) tied it right back up in the bottom of the second on a Yunior Severino solo home run, his tenth big fly of the season. Starting in the top of the third, the game began to hit hyper speed. The Mets went back in front on consecutive two-outs hits.
A single from Rylan Bannon extended the inning, and then Luke Ritter’s RBI double made it a 2-1 advantage for Syracuse. The Saints shot back in front in the bottom of the third when Michael Helman hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to make it a 3-2 game. It was Helman’s third home run of the week and his tenth of the season.
In the top of the fourth, the Mets rode the roller-coaster back in front via a three-run rocket of a home run from Yolmer Sánchez that sailed over the hi.