Syracuse Mets Game Notes Thursday, June 17th – 7:05 p.m. – PNC Field – Moosic, PA Syracuse Mets (11-27) at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (25-11) RHP Corey Oswalt (1-0, 2.79) vs. RHP Brody Koerner (1-3, 4.45) Game #39 of 120 – Road Game #21 of 60 Last Game Syracuse vs. Scranton/W-B Syracuse Mets News and Notes All-Time Meeting # 530 10 inn. R H E Bring in the Reinforcements: Syracuse currently has three players Scranton/W-B leads series, 314-215 on a Major League rehab assignment travelling with the team. SYR 7 10 3 Outfielder Albert Almora, Jr. joined Syracuse on June 8th while he This season: SYR 1-7 vs. SWB SWB 10 11 1 recovers from a left shoulder contusion from running into the outfield 1-5 @ SYR 0-2 @ SWB wall at full speed with his left arm extended on May 11th…Infielder Jeff McNeil joined Syracuse Tuesday to continue his rehab WP: Nick Goody (4-1) assignment. McNeil left a game on May 16th with left hamstring Last Season: SYR 6-14 vs. SWB LP: Yennsy Díaz (0-1) tightness and was placed on the injured list with a left hamstring strain 4-7 @ SYR 2-7 @ SWB on May 17th…Outfielder Michael Conforto joined Syracuse on __________________________ SV: None Wednesday to begin his Major League rehab assignment. Conforto left the May 16th game for the Mets with right hamstring tightness. He 2021 – 24 Games (12 Home, 12 Away) HR: Blankenhorn (2), Calixte (2), pulled up while running to first base on a groundout. Conforto was 5/4 H – W 5-2 (Cervenka 2-3, HR, 2 R) Brantly (3) placed on the injured list on May 17th with a strained right hamstring…Yesterday, Conforto went 1-for-3 with a single and a run 5/5 H – L 7-5 (Hager Grand Slam) TOG: 4:01 scored, Almora was 1-for-4 with a double, walk, and run scored, and 5/6 H – L 17-11 (SYR led 5-2 and 9-5) Attendance: 4,003 McNeil went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI single, and a run scored. 5/7 H – L 7-3 (Cervenka 2-R HR) 5/8 H – L 4-2 (Drury HR) League Leaders: Syracuse leads the Triple-A East League with 58 5/9 H – L 15-10 (SWB: Runs in 8 of 9 inn.) -SWB: 1 run in 9th inning stolen bases, 15 more than Worcester, the next closest team…The 6/15 A – L 12-6 (SWB: 3-R 7th, 7-R 8th) -Rob Brantly: Walk-off 3-R HR in 10th Mets are third in the league lead defensively in double plays with 37, 6/16 A – L 10-7 (10) (Brantly: 3-R HR In 10th) behind Gwinnett (43) and Omaha (48)…Drew Ferguson is tied for 6/17 A – 7:05 p.m. fifth with eight stolen bases and tied for 19th with 18 walks…César 6/18 A – 7:05 p.m. Puello is tied for 13th in the league with seven stolen bases (Six with 6/19 A – 6:05 p.m. Worcester and One with Syracuse)… Drew Jackson is tied for 6/20 A – 1:05 p.m. seventh in the league with two triples and 13th with 19 walks… Jerad 7/6 A – 7:05 p.m. Affiliates Report Eickhoff is third in the league with 44 IP and ranks tied for tenth with 7/7 A – 7:05 p.m. 41 strikeouts…Jesús Reyes is sixth in the league with 41.1 IP… 7/8 A – 7:05 p.m. Franklyn Kilomé has the only complete-game shutout thrown in the New York Mets (MLB) 7/9 A – 7:05 p.m. - W 6-4 vs. Chicago Cubs league this season. 7/10 A – 6:05 p.m. - Jacob deGrom: 3 IP, SO 8 of 9 batters Mets Dig the Long Ball: Syracuse has hit 41 home runs this season, 7/11 A – 1:05 p.m. - Left game after 3 with right shoulder scoring 69 total runs from those homers. That accounts for 39% of 7/27 H – 6:35 p.m. soreness Syracuse’s run production this season (176 runs). 7/28 H – 6:35 p.m. - Record: 35-25 | Today: 7:10 vs. 7/29 H – 6:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Stroman vs. Hendricks) Capacity Updates: Beginning this month, Syracuse was able to 7/30 H – 6:35 p.m. expand capacity at NBT Bank Stadium from 2,163 (20%) to 5,079 7/31 H – 6:35 p.m. (47%) because of easing of restrictions by New York State. NBT Bank Binghamton Rumble Ponies (AA) 8/1 H – 1:05 p.m. Stadium’s full capacity is 10,815. When the Mets return home on June - L 5-4 (10) vs. Portland 22nd capacity will be nearly 100%. All but three sections will be at - POR: Run in 9th and run in 10th 100% with those three sections having socially-distanced seating for - Record: 11-26 | Today: 6:35 vs. fans who are more comfortable in that setting. 549 seats will be “buffer seats” in the socially-distanced sections as NBT Bank Active Mets Streaks Portland Stadium’s capacity will be 10,266 (95%). Consecutive Hits Brooklyn Cyclones (High-A) We’re Going to Need a Bigger Base: Major League Baseball is Orlando Calixte – 5 - L 5-2 @ Wilmington implementing different experimental rule changes at the various levels Consecutive Games On Base - Record: 11-24 | Today: 7:05 @ in the minors this season. In Triple-A, bigger bases are being tested. Wilmington In the Triple-A East League, where the Mets are, an 18x18 inch base David Thompson – 12 will be used instead of the traditional 15x15 inch base. But this base Drew Jackson – 8 will only be used for the first half of the season. In the second half, the Orlando Calixte – 5 St. Lucie Mets (Low-A) league will switch back to the traditionally-sized base in order to see - L 8-4 (8) @ Jupiter the differences. The Triple-A West League will do the opposite: Consecutive Innings Without an ER Allowed - Game called with two outs in Top 9th Starting with the 15x15 inch base and then switching to the 18x18 because of rain inch base. There will be another difference. The 18x18 inch bag used - Record: 20-18 | Today: 6:30 @ in the Triple-A East League is manufactured by Schutt. The bigger base that Triple-A West will use will be a new design that will have a Jupiter reduced height of 2.5 inches tall at the center of the bag instead of the current 3 inches. That new design is being built by Boombang. Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers Friday, June 18th @ Scranton/W-B 7:05 p.m. RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, 2.89) vs. RHP Nick Nelson (0-0, 1.96) Saturday, June 19th @ Scranton/W-B 6:05 p.m. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (5-1, 5.32) vs. LHP Matt Krook (First Appearance) Sunday, June 20th @ Scranton/W-B 1:05 p.m. RHP Jesús Reyes (0-5, 6.97) vs. RHP Deivi Garcia (1-2, 8.10) Monday, June 21st OFF DAY Syracuse’s Starting Pitcher Pitches (2020% and mph) RHP Corey Oswalt Four-Seam Fastball (48.4%, 92.1 mph) Slider (25.6%, 87.8 mph) Changeup (18.8%, 85.8 mph) 6’5” – 245 lbs – San Diego, CA Sinker (5.4%, 91.0 mph) Born: September 3, 1993 (27) Curveball (1.8%, 82.2%) Acquired: Seventh round of the 2012 amateur entry draft Career Highs Oswalt Notes IP: 8.0 (6/15/16 w/STL @ TAM) H: 11 (2x- last 7/17/15 w/SAV vs. CSC) • Started the season on the injured list…activated on May 22nd R: 7 (6x-last 7/30/18 w/LV vs. MEM) • 2020 w/NYM: 4G, 1GS, 0-0, 4.85 ERA, 13 IP, 14 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 11 K ER: 7 (5x-last 7/30/18 w/LV vs. MEM) • 2019 w/NYM: 2G, 0GS, 0-1, 12.15 ERA, 6.2 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 6 BB, 5 K K: 9 (3x-last 8/7/19 w/SYR @ DUR) • 2019 w/SYR: 16G, 16GS, 10-4, 2.91 ERA, 86.2 IP, 84 H, 35 R, 28 ER, 15 BB, 79 K BB: 5 (5/18/18 w/LV @ TAC) • In 2019, his 2.91 ERA was the second-best in the International League, and his HR: 4 (8/16/18 w/ NYM @ PHI) ten wins were tied for second-most in the I.L. Season Splits Pitches: 113 (8/25/19 w/ SYR vs. ROC) vs. LH stat vs. RH • Two-time International League Pitcher of the Week in 2019 9 AB 25 • 2017 Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, Eastern League Mid-Season and Post- Season Highs .111 AVG .200 Season All-Star, Mets’ Sterling Organizational Player of the Year, MiLB.com Mets IP: 3 (2x-last 6/10 vs. WOR) 1 H 5 Organization All-Star, Baseball America Double-A All-Star H: 2 (5/25 @ ROC) 1 HR 1 • 2017 2.28 ERA was lowest among qualified starters in Double-A R: 2 (6/10 vs. WOR) 4 K 6 ER: 2 (6/10 vs. WOR) • Made MLB debut on April 25, 2018 @ St. Louis: 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 K 2 BB 1 • 4.2 IP is longest outing by a Mets reliever in MLB debut in team history K: 5 (5/30 @ ROC) BB: 2 (6/10 vs.