Frankie Montas struggled again in his latest rehab start with Syracuse.
Facing the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders the right-hander hit the second batter he faced and almost worked his way out of the first inning unscathed — but a T.J. Rumfield triple brought in the first run of the game.
Montas was then lit up in the second, and he ended up being pulled without finishing the frame.
He allowed the first four batters to reach on two singles and two doubles bringing in three more runs before finally getting an out — but a Jorbit Vivas walk and Everson Pereira double put another tally on the board.
After an RBI groundout resulted in the second out of the inning, outfielder Brennan Davis crushed a two-run homer to deep left-center capping off a seven-run inning and bringing his night to an end.
Montas’ final line: eight runs on seven hits a walk and a strikeout in just 1.2 innings.
With just one minor league outing remaining on his rehab assignment, Montas is now up to an ugly 15.43 ERA.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Mets handle the 32-year-old with his struggles continuing and a spot in their rotation opening up with Kodai Senga sidelined to a hamstring injury.
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