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September 2, 2022 – International League (IL)Syracuse Mets News Release

Moosic, PA – The Syracuse Mets won the first game and lost the second in a Thursday night doubleheader at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, giving the RailRiders a two games to one lead so far in the six-game series. This week marks the final series of the season between the International League East division foes. So far this season, the RailRiders have won 13 out of the 21 total games.


Game one of the doubleheader would go the Mets way, although it got off to an inauspicious start. In a scoreless game in the bottom of the third, Oswald Peraza smacked a line-drive home run that sailed over the wall in left-center field to power the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (66-59) to an early 1-0 lead. Almost immediately after his home run, the 22-year-old from Venezuela was lifted from the game, with the news soon breaking that he has been called up to the Major Leagues by the New York Yankees for the first time. Peraza was in the midst of a terrific campaign for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, smacking 35 extra-base hits (17 doubles, 18 home runs) in 99 games in Triple-A.

From there, Syracuse (53-73) got to work. First, the Mets tied the game with a lone run in the top of the fourth. Dominic Smith was on base with two outs when Daniel Palka strode to the plate. Palka promptly lined a sharp drive to the centerfield warning track. Estevan Florial got crossed up while trying to catch the sharply hit drive, allowing the ball to sail over his glove for a double that plated Smith and tie the game, 1-1.

In the fifth, the Mets took the lead with another lone run. Gosuke Katoh singled starting the inning and moved up to second on a one-out single from Travis Jankowski. Jake Mangum then lined out, leaving Syracuse in danger of leaving two runners on base. It wouldn’t happen as the next batter, Smith, grounded a single into left field that scored Katoh and gave the Mets a 2-1 lead that they would never relinquish.

Syracuse was still seeking security with its late lead, and the Mets got it with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. A Palka walk and a Nick Plummer double put runners on second and third with one out. Katoh then strode to the plate and singled into left field, scoring Palka easily for a 3-1 edge. Plummer tried to make it a two-run single as he rounded third and raced home, but an excellent throw from the left fielder Matt Pita cut Plummer down at the plate. The fun wouldn’t end there, however….

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