Mud Hens get walked off, Lakeland continues to rake

Syracuse Mets 4, Toledo Mud Hens 3 ( box ) Toledo led for eight innings, but a ninth-inning collapse allowed the Syracuse Mets to walk off the Mud Hens, 4-3. After tons of offense yesterday, we got an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel through five in Syracuse. Carlos Pena looked sharp in his first start of the year, giving Toledo five shutout innings.

Pena was with Erie, but he got called up to help Toledo’s staff get through the week. He struck out three while allowing four hits and three walks. Analytics-wise, Pena didn’t do anything special.

Mostly sinker and changeup, with a couple of hard-hit balls to gloves. Carl Edwards Jr. almost matched him, going five innings for the Mets.

He gave up a run in the first inning after allowing a leadoff double from Ben Malgeri and a single from Max Clark. Trei Cruz walked to load the bases, but Jace Jung grounded into a double play to make it just a one-run inning. Eduardo Valencia almost went deep, but it died at the warning track in left field.