RailRiders throw combined no-hitter in 4-0 win over Syracuse Mets

Brendan Beck gave Scranton/Wilkes-Barre exactly the kind of night that can change a conversation. Seven no-hit innings, six strikeouts and enough poise to survive three walks carried the RailRiders into the late innings, and Carson Coleman finished the job in a 4-0 win over the Syracuse Mets on Friday night at NBT Bank Stadium.

The combined no-hitter was the RailRiders’ first of the 2026 season and their first nine-inning no-hitter since July 21, 2021, when Luis Gil, Reggie McClain and Stephen Ridings shut down Rochester. It also came in a tense spot in the series, one night after Syracuse walked off Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3-2 and after the clubs split a doubleheader on June 3. The RailRiders, now 31-29, answered with their cleanest statement of the week.

Beck, New York’s 2021 second-round draft selection, worked with purpose from the start. He needed 93 pitches to cover seven innings, but he kept Syracuse off balance whenever the Mets threatened to build a rally. The walks gave the outing a little friction, but every time the game seemed ready to tilt, Beck found quality pitches and kept the ball out of the barrel. He left with the no-hit bid intact and the RailRiders already in control.

Coleman took the final two innings and handled them with the same calm. He struck out two in the eighth, then walked one in the ninth before inducing the double play that ended the game and preserved the history. Coleman has done this before, too. He was part of the Somerset Patriots no-hitter that clinched the Eastern League title on Sept. 28, 2022, and Friday’s finish added another line to a growing resume of high-pressure innings.

Abrahan Gutierrez caught the entire game and anchored the battery from start to finish. In a no-hitter, that matters as much as any fastball or breaking ball. The RailRiders’ defense backed Beck and Coleman every step of the way, turning the night from a strong pitching performance into a full-team milestone.

Offensively, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre gave the pitchers enough cushion early and kept adding to it. A walk and an error opened the door in the second inning, Kenedy Corona drove in a run, and Duke Ellis followed with a triple to make it 2-0. Ellis later led off the fifth with a home run to left-center, then Jonathan Ornelas added another homer in the eighth to stretch the lead.

The result carried extra weight for a Yankees system that is always sorting through arms at Triple-A. Beck’s seven no-hit innings and Coleman’s finish did more than erase one loss in Syracuse. They gave the organization a fresh reminder that the next call-up conversation may be forming right now.