Mets pitching prospect Blade Tidwell has been great since returning to Syracuse after his major league debut in St. Louis earlier this month, and Saturday’s performance was no different.
Tidwell threw 85 pitches (57 strikes) across 6.2 innings in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. The young right-hander was one out away from pitching the complete seven innings, but made one mistake.
Pitching against Andrew Pinckney with a 3-0 lead, Tidwell threw a 3-2 slider that was running in on the right-hander, but Pinckney launched it 381 feet for a three-run shot. Tidwell was done after that longball, leaving the game tied.
In all, Tidwell allowed three runs on five hits, one walk and two strikeouts.
In three starts since returning to Triple-A, Tidwell has allowed four runs across 15 innings.
Ronny Mauricio continued his hot hitting with Syracuse, going 1-for-3 with an RBI and two strikeouts in the first game of the doubleheader. He started at third base but did not play in the nightcap.
Mauricio extended his hitting streak to four games, collecting eight hits in that span.
Drew Gilbert, however, played both games. He went 0-for-2 with a walk, run and an RBI on a sac fly in the first game while he went hitless in five at-bats but did score a run in Game 2.
Dom Hamel did not start Game 2 of the doubleheader but did come on in long relief, throwing 52 pitches (33 strikes) across three shutout innings. Hamel did not allow a hit, but walked two while striking out two batters.
The 26-year-old continued his recent streak of dominant pitching with Syracuse. Including Saturday, Hamel has allowed just one run over his last 6.2 innings (three appearances). In eight appearances (five starts) with Syracuse, he’s pitched to a 4.01 ERA, lowered by Saturday’s performance, and a 1.30 WHIP.
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