Rehab trio powers Syracuse past Norfolk to seal series win
Lindor reached base twice, Mauricio three times and Taylor drove in two runs as Syracuse beat Norfolk 5-3 and took the series 4-2.
Francisco Lindor, Ronny Mauricio and Tyrone Taylor gave Syracuse the veteran punch it needed on Father’s Day, helping the Mets finish off Norfolk 5-3 at NBT Bank Stadium and claim the series four games to two. Lindor reached base twice, Mauricio reached three times and Taylor drove in two runs with an RBI single, a tidy line that showed how quickly a rehab assignment can reshape the feel of a Triple-A game.
The win mattered beyond the final score because it capped a first half that had turned into a useful test run for the Mets’ near-term big-league plans. Syracuse had already erased a five-run deficit to beat Norfolk 11-10 in 10 innings on Saturday for its sixth walk-off win of the season, and the club entered Sunday at 37-37 after that rally. Against the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, the Mets kept pressure on the Tides’ pitching again, only this time the comeback never had to get that far.
Lindor’s presence carried the most obvious big-league weight. The five-time All-Star had been on the Mets’ 10-day injured list since April 23 with a left calf strain, and his return to game action came after he opened a rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton on June 19. For a player with 1,559 major-league games on his resume and a 10-year, $341 million extension signed in 2022, every inning in Syracuse is less about numbers and more about how close the Mets are to getting their lineup back to full strength.
Taylor’s path was similar. He began his rehab stint in Binghamton on June 19 after going on the injured list with a right hip flexor strain, and his two-run RBI single in the finale gave Syracuse the kind of run support that had been making the homestand difficult for Norfolk to survive. Mauricio, meanwhile, kept his foot on the gas by reaching base three times, another sign that the Mets can expect immediate lineup value if his bat keeps tracking the way it did Sunday.
Syracuse’s 4-2 series win over Norfolk closed the first half on a cleaner note than the scoreboard had promised earlier in the weekend. With Lindor, Mauricio and Taylor all contributing in meaningful spots, the rehab group did more than fill innings. It gave New York a sharper look at which pieces can help first when the second half starts.
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