Syracuse bats stay hot, Mets top Buffalo 10-5 on Education Day
A sold-out Education Day crowd watched Syracuse pile up 15 hits and turn a 2-1 deficit into a 10-5 win over Buffalo. Christian Arroyo drove the surge with three hits and three RBIs.
A sold-out Education Day crowd got exactly the kind of matinee that keeps Triple-A baseball humming: a fast start, constant traffic on the bases and enough extra-base damage to turn NBT Bank Stadium into an afternoon showcase. Syracuse followed Friday’s momentum with another offensive burst Sunday morning, topping Buffalo 10-5 and collecting 15 hits in front of a packed house built around a promotion for CNY students and teachers.
Buffalo struck first when William Simoneit launched a two-run homer in the second, but Syracuse answered immediately and never let the game settle back in Buffalo’s favor. Kevin Parada was hit by a pitch, Jackson Cluff singled and Christian Arroyo ripped a two-run single to flip the score. The Mets kept pressing in the third, when Cristian Pache singled and Parada tripled him home before Arroyo singled in another run to stretch the lead.
The Bisons made one more push, loading the bases and trimming the margin on a Carlos Mendoza single and a Josh Rivera sacrifice fly to pull within 5-4. Syracuse steadied from there. Parada brought home another run on a sacrifice fly in the fifth, then the sixth inning broke the game open.
Arroyo doubled to start the frame, Ryan Clifford followed with a two-run homer to center for his eighth long ball of the season, and the inning kept rolling. Eric Wagaman singled, Ji Hwan Bae drew a walk, the Mets executed a double steal and Pache drove in two more with a single that pushed Syracuse ahead 10-4. By the time the rally ended, the Mets had scored in four straight innings after falling behind early and had turned a one-run hole into a comfortable cushion.
Arroyo finished with three hits and three RBIs, Parada drove in two runs and scored twice, Clifford homered and walked twice, and Pache added two hits and two RBIs. On the mound, Matt Turner, Ben Simon, Ofreidy Gómez, Parker Carlson, A.J. Minter, Cionel Pérez and Alex Carrillo all had a hand in protecting the lead. Carlson earned the win with two scoreless innings, and Carrillo closed with a scoreless ninth after Buffalo got its final run on a Riley Tirotta RBI single in the seventh.
The win moved Syracuse to 25-21 and dropped Buffalo to 23-24, while also continuing a run of high-scoring meetings between the clubs. Syracuse had beaten Buffalo 9-5 the day before with a six-run first inning and had also overwhelmed the Bisons 10-2 in a weather-shortened five-inning game in April 2025, a reminder that when these two meet at NBT Bank Stadium, the offense often arrives early and stays late.
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