BUFFALO 9, SYRACUSE 4: With a little bit of luck, some timely hitting and the red-hot Lucas Duda, the Bisons powered past the Chiefs. Duda homered for the third straight game to snap a 4-4 tie and Buffalo benefited from numerous Syracuse miscues to close out a two-game sweep of its divisional rival. Duda's homer rescued the Herd as Syracuse fought back from 4-0 down to tie the score in the fifth inning. The Triple-A rookie led off the bottom of the frame and drove a 2-1 offering from Chiefs starter Matt Chico to right-center for a homer. The blast was Duda's fourth in only 14 games with the Bisons. He hit six homers in 45 games with Double-A Binghamton to start the season. The Bisons kept the rally going in the fifth inning to break open the game. Mike Cervenak singled and scored two batters later on a hit from Justin Turner. The game then swung even further in the Herd's favor as the Chiefs infield allowed Andy Green's two-out popup to land on the Coca-Cola Field dirt. Jorge Padilla made the miscue hurt with a booming two-run double off the left-field wall. Syracuse's defense cost it in the second inning as well. The Bisons scored two runs, when Tobi Stoner and Turner reached on errors and center fielder Justin Maxwell dropped Padilla's fly ball. Buffalo also scored a pair in the first inning on Green's double-steal of home and a bases-loaded wild pitch. Stoner (4-7) earned the victory for Buffalo, his first at Coca-Cola Field this season. He allowed four runs in five innings. The victory pulled the Bisons to within 4½ games of first place in the International League North. Green's steal of home in the first inning was the Bisons' first swipe of the plate since Asdrubal Cabrera on Aug. 15, 2006 in Pawtucket, when the Bisons were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians. Cervenak reached base all five times he came to the plate, with three singles and a pair of walks. The third baseman also had a stolen base. Padilla finished 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs. Boxscore

ALTOONA 6, BINGHAMTON 3: Mike Antonini matched a season high with seven innings while striking out seven, but allowed three runs to draw the loss. Justin Wilson outdueled Antonini with a quality start of six innings of two-run work to earn his sixth win. Binghamton (41-37) broke a scoreless deadlock in the bottom of the fourth with a two-out rally. Sean Ratliff doubled to center off Wilson to reach scoring position. Mike Nickeas followed with an RBI single to left-center, chasing home Ratliff to get the B-Mets on the board. Nickeas has now reached in 23 consecutive games dating back to May 24. Kirk Nieuwenhuis upped the lead to two runs in the fifth with his 10^th homer of the season, a solo blast off the scoreboard in right. Altoona (50-28) responded in the sixth with three runs to take the lead. Chase d’Arnaud dropped a perfect drag bunt down the third-base line to reach leading off the frame. Gorkys Hernandez joined him on base with a clean single to center. With the corners drawn in expecting bunt, Josh Harrison roped a double past Nick Evans at third, plating d’Arnaud. Antonini finally got an out when Matt Hague grounded out to short, however, that brought across Hernandez with the tying run. Jordy Mercer put the finishing touches on the inning with a sac fly to right, scoring Harrison to give the Curve a 3-2 lead. Antonini retired the final six hitters he faced before he departed as part of a double-switch before the eighth inning began. The southpaw limited Altoona to five hits and a walk over his seven innings but drew his sixth loss. The Curve rallied for three more runs in the eighth inning off relievers Emary Frederick and Roy Merritt. Frederick loaded the bases with one out after intentionally walking Matt Hague. With Jordy Mercer at the plate, Frederick wild pitched the first run home. Merritt followed the righty and gave up back-to-back RBI singles to Hector Gimenez and Miles Durham, giving Altoona a 6-2 advantage. The B-Mets showed signs of life in the ninth. Wilson and reliever Tony Watson had combined to retire 10 straight leading up to the final half-inning. However, Evans led off the stanza with a double on the first pitch he saw from Watson. Josh Satin, the next hitter, pushed Evans across with an RBI single. Then, Ratliff reached with a single to right, allowing the tying run to step to the plate. Watson settled down though and struck out Nickeas and Raul Reyes to move Altoona within an out of the win. Diego Moreno was called upon to seal the win and did so successfully with a strikeout of Marshall Hubbard to notch his first save of the season with Altoona. Boxscore

JUPITER 8, ST. LUCIE 3: The Mets came into the game riding a four-game winning streak and had Oliver Perez on the mound making a rehab start in hopes of sweeping the four-game set with the Hammerheads. Perez tossed six strong innings, but made two mistakes. The Hammerheads jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning, capitalizing on a leadoff double, but the Mets answered in the bottom of the third, evening the score at 1 on an RBI single by Wilmer Flores that scored Jordany Valdespin. One of Perez’s mistakes came in the fourth inning when he allowed a solo homer to Ben Lasater, giving the Hammerheads a 2-1 advantage. The Mets stormed back in the fifth inning when Carlos Beltran singled in Michael Fisher, knotting the score at 2. The Hammerheads would take the lead for good in the sixth inning. A solo homer by Paul Gran and an RBI double put the Mets in a 4-2 hole. Kyle Allen relieved Perez in the seventh inning and retired the side 1-2-3. Allen ran into trouble in the eighth inning. The Hammerheads plated two runs in the frame. Allen would yield two more runs in the ninth inning before the Mets were retired 1-2-3 in their half to end the game. Perez was tagged with the loss. He tossed six innings, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out seven batters. Valdespin, Flores and Beltran each had two hits for the Mets and Joey August homered for the second time this year to cap off the Mets scoring. Boxscore

GREENVILLE 2, SAVANNAH 1: Jeremy Hazelbaker singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Greenville Drive the victory. The Gnats, who trailed throughout, came back to tie the score at 1 a half-inning earlier. With two outs, catcher Dock Doyle snuck a single into right field, driving in left fielder Nick Santomauro with the tying run. Greenville had scored the game’s first run in the first inning against Savannah starter Armando Rodriguez. Hazelbaker doubled to start the inning and scored on Ronald Bermudez’s single into left. Rodriguez recovered to put together one of his best outings of the year. He threw a season-high seven innings, and struck out a personal-best nine batters, while walking just one. Santomauro and right fielder Cesar Puello each had two hits. Boxscore

GREENEVILLE 2, KINGSPORT 0: Boxscore

BROOKLYN 8, HUDSON VALLEY 3: The Cyclones won their fourth straight game, beating Hudson Valley behind 12 hits and two home runs from a red-hot offense. First baseman Jeff Flagg went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and hit his third home run of the season, deep to left field in the bottom of the third inning. In just his sixth game of the season for the Cyclones, Luis Nieves hit his first home run and went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs. Third baseman Jet Butler, right fielder Cory Vaughn and center fielder Darrell Ceciliani added two hits apiece and combined for four RBIs and three runs. Second baseman J.B. Brown and left fielder Cody Holliday also chipped in with one hit apiece. Holliday also crossed the plate once. Left-hander Angel Cuan (1-0) tossed five innings to earn his first win of the season, allowing two runs on five hits with one walk while striking out four. Right-hander Hunter Carnevale allowed one run on two hits, before Hamilton Bennett, Brian Needham and Daniel Carela tossed one scoreless inning each to close out the game. Boxscore

GCL METS 10, GCL ASTROS 6: Boxscore

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