BY MIKE ROSE
One day after a media day filled with optimism the Rochester Red Wings were unable to turn it into results in a season-opening loss to the Syracuse Mets, 6-3. A three-run second inning for the Mets was ultimately the difference in the game. The Red Wings’ bats woke up late but they weren’t able to overcome the early deficit.
Trey Lipscomb got the call-up to Washington before ever making his Triple-A debut due to an injury to third baseman Nick Senzel. Joan Adon got the opening-day start for the Red Wings but he lasted just 2.1 innings. After a clean first inning, Adon walked the first two batters of the second before a single from Syracuse’s Jose Iglesias loaded the bases. A sac fly scored the opening run of the night before Luisangel Acuña reached on an error by Red Wings’s third baseman Carter Kieboom. Two runs scored on Keiboom’s miscue to make it a 3-0 lead for Syracuse.
Iglesias extended the lead to 4-0 with an RBI single in the third before Rochester finally got on the board in the top of the fourth when Travis Blakenhorn scored on a Mets’ error. The Mets responded in the bottom half of the inning with back-to-back solo home runs from the Mets’ second and third-ranked prospects according to MLB.com, Drew Gilbert and Acuña, essentially putting the game out of reach.
Nationals’s No. 2 prospect James Wood delivered his first career Triple-A hit with a double in the eighth and came in to score on an RBI groundout from Juan Yepez. Jack Dunn tacked on an RBI single in the ninth to cut the margin to 6-3 but Rochester couldn’t crawl any closer than that. Richard Bleier, Luis Reyes and Jacob Barnes posted 3.1 clean innings to close the game out on the mound for the Red Wings.
Joey Lucchesi pitched five innings for Syracuse, allowing two hits, one walk and one unearned run while striking out five. Jake Alu, Kieboom and Dunn each tallied 2-for-4 days at the plate for Rochester.
The Red Wings (0-1) will look to even the three-game set with Syracuse (1-0) on Saturday. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. from NBT Bank Stadium.
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