Stellar Stuff: Rodriguez and Martinez Jr. power win at Syracuse

SYRACUSE, NY (April 15, 2026) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Syracuse Mets 4-1 on Wednesday night at NBT Bank Stadium. Yankees’ #3 Elmer Rodriguez struck out six over 5.2 scoreless innings for his first Triple-A win, and Ernesto Martinez Jr. homered and drove in two to pace the win.

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With two down in the top of the first, Max Schumann walked and scored on a Spencer Jones double for the early 1-0 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead.

Martinez Jr. started the top of the second inning with a home run to left, his second homer of the series and fourth of the year, to extend the advantage.

Ernesto makes it look EASY 🚀#RepBX pic.twitter.com/4OpzWMytbj

— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) April 15, 2026

Seth Brown led off the seventh with a double. Martinez Jr.’s single plated Brown and extended the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lead to 3-0.

The Mets loaded the bases against Brad Hanner with one out in the bottom of the inning, but the reliever struck out Hayden Senger and induced a foul popout from Jackson Cluff to end the threat.

Nick Morabito broke up the RailRiders’ shutout bid in the eighth with a solo home run.

Schuemann reached on an error to start the ninth, stole second and third, and scored on an errant throw to cap the scoring at 4-1.

Rodriguez (1-1) struck out six in the victory, walking two, and hitting one. Carson Coleman pitched a perfect ninth with a pair of strikeouts for his first Triple-A save. Christian Scott (0-2) took the loss after allowing the first two runs on a pair of hits.

Exemplary Elmer 💯

5.2 IP | 2 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 6 K#RepBX pic.twitter.com/C8oYNSE2EH

— SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) April 16, 2026

The RailRiders and Mets play the third game of this series on Thursday evening at 6:35 P.M. Carlos Lagrange, the Yankees’ #2 prospect, gets the start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Syracuse and Jack Wenninger, the Mets' #6 prospect.