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Brodey Launches Syracuse to Series-Opening, Comeback Win in Rochester for 3-2 Mets Victory

Published on June 21, 2022 under International League (IL)
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Quinn Brodey of the Syracuse Mets
Quinn Brodey of the Syracuse Mets
(Syracuse Mets, Credit: Rick Nelson)

Rochester, NY - Quinn Brodey hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning and made a lead-saving defensive play in the bottom of the seventh as the Syracuse Mets started the second half of their 12-game, two-week road trip in style, rallying back from an early deficit to nab a 3-2 win at the Rochester Red Wings on a warm, early summer's evening. The Mets have now won five of their first seven games on the lengthy road trip.

Rochester (37-30) plated the game's first run in the bottom of the first inning. Andrew Stevenson led off with a single, stole second base, and scored on a Joey Meneses RBI single to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.

From there, the game was a classic pitcher's duel as each starting pitcher stole the spotlight. Mets starter Thomas Szapucki held the Red Wings in check all evening, striking out five batters in five innings of work while allowing just the one run on three strikes and two walks. Szapucki finished superbly strong, allowing just three out of the final 15 batters he faced to reach base.

Red Wings starter Logan Verrett was, for the most part, a Rubik's cube that Syracuse (26-40) could not solve at first, tossing five scoreless frames to begin the game with six strikeouts. In Verrett's final inning of work, the sixth, the Mets finally got to him. With one out, Mark Vientos walked. Then, Kahlil Lee lined a double down the left-field line that scored Vientos from first to tie the game, 1-1. Lee is making his return to Syracuse this week since his call up to the New York Mets.

As the game turned to the bullpens, the offenses started to go back-and-forth. Rochester briefly grabbed the lead back in the bottom of the sixth as Cole Freeman led off with a double and scored on successive groundouts to give the Red Wings a 2-1 edge.

That 2-1 lead wouldn't last. Syracuse roared back in front for good in a big way. First, Nick Dini doubled with one out in the top of the seventh to put the potential tying run in scoring position. Then, Brodey sliced a go-ahead, eventual game-winning, two-run homer over the fence in left-center field to give the Mets a 3-2 advantage.

Brodey wasn't done making magic for the Mets, however. The 26-year-old saved the game in the bottom of the seventh with an outstanding defensive play. With Taylor Gushue standing on second and two outs, Andrew Stevenson looped a single into left field to seemingly score Gushue and tie the game. Brodey had other ideas, fielding the single on one bounce, rearing back, and throwing a perfect one-hop strike to home plate. Dini applied the tag on Gushue in time, keeping it a 3-2 Mets lead after seven innings.

In the eighth and ninth, Syracuse reliever Stephen Nogosek shut the door. The right-hander earned a six-out save, striking out five batters combined between the last two innings to give the Mets another win on the road. Four of Nogosek's five strikeouts were swinging, utilizing a high-90s fastball with devastating precision.

Syracuse continues its 12-game, two-week road trip on Wednesday afternoon with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch against the Rochester Red Wings. Left-hander Nate Fisher is slated to start for the Mets, opposed by right-hander Joan Adon for the Red Wings.

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Quinn Brodey of the Syracuse Mets
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