Jaylen Palmer, Photo by Ed Delany of MMO

Triple-A: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders (73-75) 7, Syracuse Mets (61-85) 3  Box Score

The Mets had little going on offensively in Sunday’s game, as they recorded just two hits – both singles by Young, over the course of the entire game. They did walk seven times in the game, allowing them to push across three runs in the seventh inning: there were two walks and two hit batters before a single out could be recorded in the inning. The other two runs scored on a Young single and a forceout. After a rough season with both Brooklyn and Binghamton, Palmer has surprisingly come alive with his promotion to Triple-A and now has an 11-game on-base streak.

  • RHP Jose Chacin (L, 1-1, 5.66 ERA) 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K, HB
  • RHP David Griffin (2-5, 7.76 ERA) 3.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, K, 3 HB
  • LHP Nate Lavender (4-3, 3.27 ERA) 1.0 IP, BB, 3 K

Chacin put up a solid if lackluster pitching line over four innings on Sunday afternoon. He gave up a home run in the first inning and a RBI single in the second, but otherwise pitched to contact without giving up any more hits. Griffin struggled in almost every way, allowing 11 baserunners and needing 82 pitches to complete three innings of work. Over three appearances with Syracuse this month, he has a 10.38 ERA. Lavender continues to post enormous strikeout numbers: over 54 1/3 innings pitched this season, he has struck out 86 batters, good for a 14.25 rate per nine innings.

Double-A: Erie Seawolves (38-31) vs. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (39-27)

The first game of the Eastern League Championship series was rained out on Sunday evening. The series will begin on Monday night at 6:05 P.M in Binghamton.