Red Wings rally in ninth, stun Syracuse Mets 8-5
Syracuse led 5-4 in the eighth, then watched Rochester score four in the ninth, capped by Abimelec Ortiz’s walk-off blast.
A one-run lead in the ninth inning disappeared in a hurry, and the Syracuse Mets were left with an 8-5 loss that raised fresh questions about how dependable they are in tight games. Before 10,565 fans at ESL Ballpark in Rochester, the Red Wings turned Memorial Day afternoon into a late collapse for Syracuse, scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth after the Mets had briefly seized control.
Syracuse had fought back from a 3-0 deficit, starting with Andy Ibanez’s RBI double in the fourth inning. Eric Wagaman tied it with a two-run home run in the sixth, then later delivered the go-ahead RBI single to right field in the eighth to push the Mets ahead 5-4. For a moment, it looked like a road comeback had taken hold. Instead, the lead lasted only until Rochester came up in the bottom of the ninth with the game on the line.
Trey Lipscomb opened the inning with a solo home run, and Abimelec Ortiz ended it with a three-run walk-off blast, giving him four RBIs on the day. The winning run scored with one out. Jared Shuman earned the victory and improved to 5-0, while Ross took the loss and fell to 2-1. Rochester finished with 10 hits and one error, compared with 7 hits and one error for Syracuse, a margin that reflected how little room the Mets had once the ninth inning started to unravel.
The box score told the same story as the final inning. Syracuse scored in the fourth, sixth and eighth, but Rochester answered in the third, sixth and ninth, and the Red Wings closed the game with the kind of late burst that can change a series mood in minutes. The teams were set to be back on the field Wednesday morning in Rochester, leaving Syracuse little time to sit on a defeat that erased most of its late work.
For Syracuse, the loss dropped the Mets to 27-24, while Rochester moved to 31-20. In a rivalry that has already produced close finishes, including a 5-4 extra-inning Red Wings win on May 25, 2025, this one fit the pattern: competitive for most of the afternoon, decided only when the ninth inning turned on the Mets.
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