Jefferson Rojas. Photo Credit: Syracuse Mets
Syracuse continues to stay afloat in the playoff race, now sitting 1.5 games back of two teams for the final playoff spot in the International League.
Triple-A
Syracuse (78-64) 5, LeHigh Valley (67-78) 4
- LF Ryan Clifford – 1-for-4, HR, RBI
- 3B Jefferson Rojas – 3-for-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- SS Ronny Mauricio – 1-for-4, 2B, R, RBI
The most notable over the last two games has been top prospect Rojas, as he is 5-for-8 with homers in two games since arriving at the Triple-A level. After crushing Double-A pitching for 29 games, he has hit the ground running in the final batch of games for Syracuse.
Clifford was activated off the development list on September 1, since then he has shown encouraging results. Clifford is hit .286 (8-for-28) with two homers and five RBIs since his return.
Mauricio brought home the first run for Syracuse with an RBI double, his last four games have been solid (5-for-18).
- LHP Jonathan Santucci: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 K
- RHP Kevin Herget : 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- LHP Cionel Perez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- RHP Chayce McDermott: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Santucci went five innings and struck out six. The southpaw has a 3.52 ERA in the month of September with 18 strikeouts through 15 1/3 innings. His 163 strikeouts in 2026 between the Triple-A and Double-A levels lead all of minor league baseball.
McDermott has been incredible over his last six appearances, allowing one run over 7 2/3 innings.
