Syracuse Mets erupt for season-high 15 runs against Buffalo
Four homers powered Syracuse's season-high 15 runs in a 15-2 rout of Buffalo, stretching the Mets to 31 runs on 38 hits over three games.
A rain delay could not slow Syracuse’s bats Saturday night, and Buffalo paid for it with a 15-2 loss as the Mets piled up a season-high 15 runs and four home runs at NBT Bank Stadium. After first pitch was pushed back to 8 p.m., Syracuse kept the pressure on from the start and turned a late-start Triple-A game into a one-sided offensive show.
The timing mattered as much as the total. Syracuse entered at 47-47 overall and 9-10 in the second half, but the series had already started to tilt hard in the Mets’ favor. Through the first three games against Buffalo, Syracuse scored 31 runs on 38 hits, a pace the club said was the best in Triple-A baseball that week at the time. Thursday’s 12-8 win had already put the Bisons on their heels; Saturday’s burst made the series feel like a showcase for a lineup that kept forcing traffic and cashing it in.
That is the part that should grab the New York Mets’ attention. Triple-A teams do not reach 15 runs by accident, and four home runs usually mean the contact quality is real, not just a string of bloops and mistakes. Under manager Dick Scott and Bench Coach/Assistant Hitting Coach J.P. Arencibia, Syracuse has now flashed that kind of damage early in the season, too, opening 2025 with a 4-3 win over Worcester before later putting together this run against Buffalo. When the offense is moving like this, the tone of a series changes fast, because opponents stop thinking about one bad inning and start worrying about the next big one.
Syracuse’s finish to the season would later include another power spike, a 9-0 win over Lehigh Valley with five home runs, which only reinforced the point. Saturday’s 15-run outburst did not look like a random spike. It looked like a lineup that had found a gear Buffalo could not match.
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