Syracuse Mets rally in 10th, beat RailRiders for another home win

Christian Arroyo kept Syracuse alive in the eighth inning, then helped finish the job in the 10th. The Mets scored four runs in the extra frame Saturday night at PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania, and beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 6-2, for a win that extended their recent run of late-inning resilience.

Down 2-1 in the eighth, Arroyo delivered the game-tying RBI single. Two innings later, he came through again with an RBI double as Syracuse broke the game open with four runs in the 10th. The outburst turned a tight contest into a comfortable finish and gave the Mets another sign that their lineup has been producing when the game gets deepest.

The victory was Syracuse’s second straight over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. It came one night after the teams played a 13-inning marathon on May 12, a 7-4 Syracuse win that lasted 4 hours and 11 minutes. That game was Syracuse’s longest by time since becoming the Mets affiliate in 2019, and it marked the first time the club had reached the 13th inning since July 30, 2018, against Pawtucket.

The back-to-back extra-inning wins have added weight to Syracuse’s strong home performance this season, even with Saturday’s game played on the road. The Mets improved to 23-20, three games above .500, and have given fans plenty to follow as the club keeps finding ways to finish late, whether by manufacturing runs in the eighth or piling them up in the 10th.

For Syracuse, that matters beyond one box score. A club that can keep winning one-run games and survive long nights like these carries a different kind of momentum into its next homestand. Arroyo’s two biggest swings of the night, the tying single and the go-ahead double, gave this stretch a clear identity: the Mets are not just hanging around in extra innings, they are closing them out.