Syracuse Mets Game Notes Saturday, June 12th – 6:35 p.m. – NBT Bank Stadium – Syracuse, NY Syracuse Mets (11-23) vs. Worcester Red Sox (21-13) RHP Jerad Eickhoff (5-0, 4.62) vs. RHP John Schreiber (1-0, 2.63) Game #35 of 120 – Home Game #17 of 60 Last Game Syracuse Mets News and Notes Syracuse vs. Pawtucket/Worcester All-Time Meeting # 861 Who’s Hot?: Since being optioned down from New York, Khalil R H E PAW/WOR leads series, 438-422 Lee is hitting .313 (10-for-32) with seven RBIs, six doubles, and WOR 5 6 1 nine walks. Lee has a hit in nine of ten games he’s played since This season: SYR 1-9 vs. WOR returning to Syracuse and has a double in six of ten games. Lee’s SYR 3 11 2 .463 on-base percentage since June 1st ranks 10th in the Triple-A 0-4 @ SYR 1-5 @ WOR East League…Martin Cervenka is on an eight-game on-base WP: Marcus Walden (2-2) streak. Over those eight games, Cervenka is hitting .381 (8-for-21) Last Season: SYR 12-6 vs. PAW with 7 BB and 4 K. 10-1 @ SYR 2-5 @ PAW LP: Stephen Nogosek (0-3) SV: Kaleb Ort (7) League Leaders: Syracuse leads the Triple-A East League with __________________________ 53 stolen bases, 12 more than Worcester, the next closest HR: Chavis (2) team…The Mets are second in the league lead defensively in 2021 – 24 Games (12 Home, 12 Away) double plays with 35, two behind Gwinnett…Drew Ferguson is 5/11 A – L 8-5 (1st game ever at Polar Park) TOG: 3:19 tied for fifth with eight stolen bases and tied for 12th with 17 5/12 A – W 4-2 (Brodey: 2-R HR) walks…César Puello is tied for tenth in the league with seven 5/13 A – L 7-4 (SYR led 4-1 after 3 innings) stolen bases (Six with Worcester and One with Syracuse)… Drew -SYR: Led 2-0 after 1st inning, 2-1 5/14 A – L 2-1 (10) (WOR: Walk-off walk) Jackson is tied for sixth in the league with two triples… Jerad 5/15 A – L 10-5 (WOR: 5-R B7th w/ game tied 5-5) after 4th and entering 8th Eickhoff is fourth in the league with 39 IP and ranks tied for 11th 5/16 A – L 7-4 (SYR: First game with no HR) -WOR: 2 runs in 8th with 36 strikeouts… Jesús Reyes in third in the league with 39.1 6/8 H – L 11-4 (WOR: 5 players w/multiple hits) -SYR: Tied game, 3-3, in bottom 8th IP…Franklyn Kilomé has the only complete-game shutout 6/9 H – L 12-5 (WOR: 5 runs in 4th and 5 in 5th) thrown in the league this season. -WOR: 2-run 9th inning 6/10 H – L 14-8 (WOR: All 5 runs on 2 HRs) Mets Dig the Long Ball: Syracuse has hit 34 home runs this 6/11 H – L 5-3 (WOR: 2-R 8th and 2-R 9th) season, scoring 59 total runs from those homers. That accounts 6/12 H – 6:35 p.m. for 38% of Syracuse’s run production this season (154 runs). 6/13 H – 1:05 p.m. 8/10 A – 6:35 p.m. Affiliates Report Capacity Updates: Beginning this month, Syracuse was able to 8/11 A – 12:15 p.m. expand capacity at NBT Bank Stadium from 2,163 (20%) to 5,079 8/12 A – 6:35 p.m. New York Mets (MLB) (47%) because of easing of restrictions by New York State. NBT 8/13 A – 6:35 p.m. - W 3-2 vs. San Diego Bank Stadium’s full capacity is 10,815. The Syracuse Mets had 8/14 A – 4:05 p.m. - deGrom: 6 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K their two largest crowds of the season at NBT Bank Stadium the 8/15 A – 1:05 p.m. 1-2, 2 RBI last two nights. On Thursday, a season-high 4,814 fans were at 9/14 H – 6:35 p.m. the stadium, and yesterday, 3,762 fans were at the ballpark. 0.56 ERA in 2021 9/15 H – 6:35 p.m. Those are the two largest crowds Syracuse has played in front of 9/16 H – 6:35 p.m. - Record: 31-24 | Today: 4:10 vs. San this season at home or on the road. Diego (Stroman vs. Musgrove) 9/17 H – 6:35 p.m. 9/18 H – 6:35 p.m. We’re Going to Need a Bigger Base: Major League Baseball is 9/19 H – 1:05 p.m. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (AA) implementing different experimental rule changes at the various - W 5-4 vs. Bowie levels in the minors this season. In Triple-A, bigger bases are - BNG: 4-R Bottom 9th being tested. In the Triple-A East League, where the Mets are, an 18x18 inch base will be used instead of the traditional 15x15 inch - Record: 11-22 | Today: 6:35 vs. base. But this base will only be used for the first half of the Active Mets Streaks Bowie season. In the second half, the league will switch back to the traditionally-sized base in order to see the differences. The Triple- Consecutive Hits Brooklyn Cyclones (High-A) A West League will do the opposite: Starting with the 15x15 inch - L 8-0 vs. Hudson Valley base and then switching to the 18x18 inch base. There will be Consecutive Games On Base - Record: 10-21 | Today: 4:00 vs. another difference. The 18x18 inch bag used in the Triple-A East David Thompson – 12 League is manufactured by Schutt. The bigger base that Triple-A Martin Cervenka – 8 Hudson Valley West will use will be a new design that will have a reduced height of 2.5 inches tall at the center of the bag instead of the current 3 Consecutive Innings Without an ER Allowed St. Lucie Mets (Low-A) inches. That new design is being built by Boombang. - W 5-3 vs. Palm Beach - Record: 20-14 | Today: 6:10 vs. Better Get Comfy: In order to reduce travel for teams during the 2021 season, teams will only play opponents from the same Palm Beach division. The unique 2021 schedule also includes teams playing six straight games against the same opponent. Every Monday is an off day, and then teams will play a six-game series in the same city. Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers Sunday, June 13th vs. Worcester 1:05 p.m. RHP Jesús Reyes (0-4, 5.49) vs. RHP Ryan Weber (2-2, 4.63) Monday, June 14th OFF DAY Tuesday, June 15th @ Scranton/W-B 7:05 p.m. RHP Akeem Bostick (0-2, 11.81) vs. TBA Wednesday, June 16th @ Scranton/W-B 7:05 p.m. LHP Thomas Szapucki (0-2, 3.51) vs. TBA Syracuse’s Starting Pitcher Pitches (2019 % and mph) RHP Jerad Eickhoff Four-Seam Fastball (36.7%, 89.4 mph) Curveball (31.5%, 74.6 mph) Slider (29.5%, 83.8 mph) 6’4” – 246 lbs – Evansville, IN Two-Seam Fastball (2.4%, 89.7 mph) Born: July 2, 1990 (30) Acquired: Signed to a Minor League Contract, December 21, 2020 Career HiGHs IP: 8.1 (4/24/15 w/ RR vs. COL) H: 11 (5/10/15 vs. RR @ NAS) R: 8 (2x-last 7/9/16 w/ PHI @ COL) ER: 8 (7/9/16 w/ PHI @ COL) K: 11 (2x-last 4/25/15 w/ RR vs. COL) BB: 5 (2x-last 6/2/17 w/ PHI vs. SF) HR: 5 (6/10/19 w/ PHI vs. ARI) Pitches: 110 (10/1/15 w PHI vs. NYM) Season Highs IP: 6.0 (5x-last 6/5 w/ SYR @ BUF) H: 9 (6/5 w/ SYR @ BUF) R: 6 (2x-last (6/5 w/ SYR @ BUF) ER: 6 (6/5 w/ SYR @ BUF) K: 8 (5/15 w/ SYR @ WOR) BB: 3 (2x-last 5/20 w/SYR vs. LHV) HR: 2 (4x-last 6/5 @ BUF) Pitches: 108 (5/20 w/ SYR vs. LHV) Season Splits vs. LH stat vs. RH 65 AB 83 .277 AVG .265 Eickhoff Notes 18 H 22 3 HR 6 • Has started 199 of 220 games that he has appeared in during his professional career and 199 games of 2006 appearances since 2012 13 K 23 • Missed most of the 2018 season with a right lat strain and nerve irritation in his right hand 4 BB 5 • Went from August 30, 2017 until September 8, 2018 without an MLB appearance because of the injury • In 2017, ranked sixth-best in the National League an ninth-best in MLB holding opponents to a .218 batting average with runners in scoring position (29-for-133) Miscellaneous Stats w/ SYR • In 2016, tied for third in the National League with 33 starts, ranked fourth with 1.92 walks per nine innings, tied for sixth with 20 quality starts, tied for ninth with 197.1 innings pitched, and ninth with a 3.98 strikeout to walk ratio Run Support: 5.43 • Made his MLB debut on August 21, 2015 with Philadelphia at Miami where he received the win, tossing six **Mets average 4.53 runs/game** scoreless innings with five strikeouts Team Record in GS: 5-2 • Became the first Phillies starter since Cole Hamels on May 12, 2006 to not allow a run in his MLB debut GIDPs Induced: 4 • In 2014, led the Texas League with 144 strikeouts, ranked third with 154.1 innings pitched, fourth with a 1.17 WHIP, and tied for eighth with ten wins with Double-A Frisco GO/AO Ratio: 0.89 • Played two seasons at Olney Central Community College WHIP: 1.26 • During his sophomore year, he was the Great Rivers Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year after going 10-4 with a 1.90 ERA and striking out a school-record 116 batters in 88.1 innings pitched, earning NJCAA All-American honors • Drafted by the Cubs in the 46th round of the 2010 amateur entry draft (did not sign) • Drafted by the Rangers in the 15th round of the 2011 amateur entry draft and did sign Eickhoff 2021 Game-by-Game Date Opponent Decision IP H R ER BB K P/S Depart Notes 5/4 vs.