By CHUCKIE MAGGIO
Brandon Snyder examined his bat, scanning for answers after a swinging strikeout in the fourth inning. Jake Noll threw his hands up in frustration after an inside pitch was called a strike by home plate umpire Jose Matamoros.
The Rochester Red Wings entered Syracuse on a high after winning five of six games against Worcester. That momentum fizzled in a series loss to the last-place Mets, who now have defeated the Red Wings in seven of 11 meetings after their 4-1 victory on Sunday evening.
Vance Worley stymied Rochester over eight innings, allowing just one run on six hits and striking out four. The outing was the righthander’s longest in three starts, two of which have been victories over Rochester.
Rochester left seven runners on base and hit 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Corban Joseph was the lone Red Wing standout, batting 3-for-4 with a run-scoring double in the sixth. Rochester attempted a ninth-inning rally off Stephen Nogosek, as the first two batters reached base and Jecksson Flores’s infield single drove in a run, but Cody Wilson and pinch hitter Wilmer Perez each struck out to end the game.
Sean Nolin fired 90 pitches over five strong innings, holding Syracuse to four hits and two runs while recording four strikeouts, but Nick Wells walked two batters and surrendered two runs on two hits in relief. Wilfredo Tovar continued to produce against his former team, going 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Brandon Drury notched three hits, while MLB veteran J.D. Davis got the scoring started with a first-inning double.
The 22-31 Red Wings, who now trail Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by 14 games in the Triple-A East’s Northeast Division, return home on Tuesday night to begin a six-game series against Buffalo.
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