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Jesús Reyes pitched six scoreless innings for Syracuse on Friday night (Herm Card).
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse Mets starting pitcher Jesús Reyes delivered his best start of the season, throwing six scoreless innings to lead Syracuse to a 6-0 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at NBT Bank Stadium on Friday night (Box Score). Reyes allowed just three hits while striking out three batters.
Syracuse (25-50) struck first with a run in the bottom of the second inning. Khalil Lee worked a leadoff walk, and then Cheslor Cuthbert reached on an error by Scranton/Wilkes-Barre pitcher Josh Maciejewski, who delivered a throw wide of second trying to retire Lee. After Martin Cervenka drew a walk to load the bases, Albert Almora Jr. hit a sacrifice fly to score Lee and put the Mets up 1-0.
Syracuse added two more runs in the bottom of the third. Wilfredo Tovar led off with a double. After Travis Blankenhorn struck out, Patrick Mazeika delivered with an RBI single to make it 2-0 Mets. Lee followed with a walk, and then Cuthbert hit a single, scoring Mazeika to put Syracuse in front, 3-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Travis Blankenhorn connected on a solo home run to make the score 4-0 in favor of the Mets. It was Blankenhorn's fifth home run of the season with Syracuse.
The Mets extended their lead in the bottom of the sixth, starting with an Almora Jr. leadoff single. After Payton flew out, Tovar walked, and then Blankenhorn hit a one-run single, scoring Almora Jr. to increase the lead to 5-0. Mazeika followed with an RBI groundout to make it 6-0 Mets.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (47-25) was stymied by the Syracuse pitching staff. The bullpen followed Reyes with a three scoreless innings of its own. Yeizo Campos made his Triple-A debut and delivered two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and walking just one. Franklyn Kilome pitched the ninth, walking one and striking out one.
The Mets and RailRiders return to NBT Bank Stadium for game five of the series on Saturday night. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. and gates open at 5:30.
The Brooklyn Cyclones head to the Jersey Shore to take on the Blue Claws. It's game 2 of tonight's double header.
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The Mets are home to play the Cincinnati Reds. It's game one of the three game series.
Tonight’s Lineup: Brandon Nimmo CF; Jeff McNeil 2B; Pete Alonso 1B; Dominic Smith LF; Michael Conforto RF; Jonathan Villar 3B; Tomás Nido C; Luis Guillorme SS; Carlos Carrasco P;
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies are on the road to play the Hartford Yard Goats. Today is the fourth game of the six game series.
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FLUSHING, N.Y., July 30, 2021 – The New York Mets today announced the club has acquired two-time All-Star infielder Javier Báez, RHP Trevor Williams and cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for minor league outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.
Báez, 28, has spent his entire eight-year major league career with the Cubs. This season with Chicago-NL, he is tied for sixth in the National League with 65 RBI and tied for seventh with 22 home runs. He has a 2.8 WAR according to Baseball-Reference.
Since 2016, his first full major league season, he has accumulated 9.6 defensive WAR, tied for fourth in the majors and tied for second in the NL. Báez is a four-time winner of The Fielding Bible Award for defensive excellence. He won the award three times as a multi-position player and was honored as a shortstop last year.
The 6-0, 190-pounder was named an NL All-Star in 2018 and 2019, won a Gold Glove in 2020 and was an NL Silver Slugger recipient in 2018, when he finished as the runner-up for the NL MVP Award. The Bayamon, Puerto Rico native won the 2016 World Series with Chicago-NL. That October, he was named the NLCS Co-MVP with LHP Jon Lester.
Báez became the first player in major league history to start the All-Star Game at second base and shortstop in consecutive seasons.
Williams, 29, has made 13 appearances (12 starts) for the Cubs this season, going 4-2 with a 5.06 ERA (33 earned runs/58.2 innings) with 22 walks and 61 strikeouts.
He has appeared in 119 games (106 starts) across six major league seasons between the Pirates (2016-2020) and Cubs (2021). Overall, he is 35-39 with a 4.49 ERA (296 earned runs/593.1 innings) with 199 walks and 477 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the Marlins in the second round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Arizona State University.
Williams has made two starts at Citi Field and owns a 1.93 ERA (three earned runs/14.0 innings) with four walks and 10 strikeouts.
Crow-Armstrong, 19, was the Mets first-round pick in the 2020 First-Year Player Draft out of Harvard-Westlake High School in California. He appeared in six games with the St. Lucie Mets before he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury. He underwent surgery on his right shoulder for a GLAD lesion (glenoid labral articular disruption) in May.
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The St. Lucie Mets are on the road in Daytona to play the Tortugas. Tonight, it is game four of the six-game series. Follow all the action here on Mack's Mets.
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The Syracuse Mets are on home to take on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for a six-game series. Tonight, it's game four of the series.
Tonight’s Lineup: Albert Almora jr. CF; Mark Payton LF; Wilfredo Tovar SS; Travis Blankenhorn 2B; Patrick Mazeika DH; Drew Jackson 3B; Cheslor Cuthbert 1B; Khalil Lee RF; Martin Cervenka C; Jesus Reyes P;
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Sandy Alderson & Zack Scott Speak Following the Trade Deadline https://t.co/sOWAonVCW2
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