Five‑run sixth lifts Red Wings past Mets, evens series
Five‑run sixth lifts Red Wings past Mets, evens series
Staff reports, Rochester Democrat and ChronicleSat, May 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
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Five‑run sixth lifts Red Wings past Mets, evens series
The Rochester Red Wings used a five-run sixth inning to overcome a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Syracuse Mets 7-5 Thursday at NBT Bank Stadium. The win evened the six-game series at two games apiece.
Syracuse jumped ahead 1-0 in the first inning when Nick Morabito stole home. The Mets extended their lead to 3-0 in the fifth when Morabito singled to left field, scoring Yonny Hernández and Hayden Senger.
Rochester erased the deficit with a five-run sixth inning. Christian Franklin led off with a solo home run to left-center field, his second of the season. After Robert Hassell III walked and Dylan Crews singled, Yohandy Morales drew a walk to load the bases. Andrés Chaparro's sacrifice fly to center field brought home Hassell III, and Andrew Pinckney's RBI groundout scored Crews to tie the game 3-3. Trey Lipscomb capped the rally with a two-run homer to left field, his fourth of the season, giving the Red Wings a 5-3 lead.
Syracuse scored a run in the sixth when Hernández grounded out to score Ji Hwan Bae, making it 5-4. Christian Arroyo's sacrifice fly in the seventh scored A.J. Ewing to tie the game 5-5.
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Rochester added two runs in the eighth inning. Tres Barrera delivered a two-RBI single to grab the lead for good.
Eddy Yean earned the win (2-1), pitching 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Andrew Alvarez started for Rochester, allowing three earned runs over 4.2 innings while striking out eight. Erik Tolman recorded his first save, pitching a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts. Dan Hammer took the loss for Syracuse (0-1), allowing two earned runs in 0.2 innings. Jonah Tong started for the Mets, striking out eight over five innings but allowed two runs.
Information gathered from milb.com.
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