The Mud Hens came out on top in the first of six against the Syracuse Mets on Tuesday afternoon. The Hens pounced on the Mets in the top of the first and cruised to victory as the game was called in the seventh due to rain.

Veteran Cubs’ closer Carl Edwards Jr. got the start in this one, and the Hens took advantage of some walks and poor defense. Wenceel Pérez led off with a walk, and second baseman Ji Hwan Bae botched a grounder off the bat of Max Clark, leaving both runners safe. A walk to Jace Jung loaded the bases with no outs.

Edwards Jr. froze Eduardo Valencia on a called strike three after winning a challenge, but a seeing eye ground ball from Trei Cruz found the outfield grass, plating two runs. A soft tapper from Max Anderson scored Jung as Edwards Jr. couldn’t make the play in time to get Anderson at first. Corey Julks pulled a grounder to third and the Mets got Anderson at second, but Bae threw wide of first, botching the possible double play and allowing Cruz to score. A double from Gage Workman brought Julks all the way around from first, and it was 5-0 when Ben Malgeri grounded out to end the inning.

Reliever Ricky Vanasco took the mound for the Hens and gave up a leadoff single to MJ Melendez, but set the Mets down 1-2-3 after that. He punched out Ryan Clifford on a changeup foul tipped into Valencia’s glove to send this to the second inning.

Pérez led off again in the top of the second, lacing a single, but he was erased trying to steal second. Max Clark lined out and Jung grounded out to end the inning. Vanasco spun a 1-2-3 frame, punching out Cristian Pache swinging over a changeup along the way.

An Anderson double play ball erased Trei Cruz after a walk in the third. Lefty Drew Sommers took over from Vanasco and promptly walked the leadoff hitter, but cleaned things up from there with a pair of swinging strikeouts, one on a high fastball and the other on a good, biting slider.

Sommers gave up a homer to Ronny Mauricio in the fourth, along with a second walk, but right-hander Burch Smith came on to clean up the inning without issue.

Having survived the first inning, Edwards Jr. had delivered three scoreless, and right-hander Jordan Geber took over in the top of the fifth. Max Clark singled with one out, but was picked off, and Geber punched out Jung with a high splitter fading away out of the zone to send this to the bottom half. Smith tossed a 1-2-3 frame, striking out Mets’ catcher Hayden Singer on a high fastball to send this to the sixth.

Geber set down the Hens in order, and the rains let loose, delaying the game for a half hour. When things calmed down, lefty Konnor Pilkington took over for the Hens in the bottom half. He gave up a bunt single to start the inning, but bounced back to strike out Mauricio and Clifford and got out of the inning without issue.

Geber got Julks on a flyout to open the seventh, but walked Gage Workman. Ben Malgeri smoked a ball to center that was caught, but Geber followed by walking Pérez after Workman stole second base. The Mets went back to their pen, but reliever Alex Carrillo walked Max Clark after Clark challenged a 2-0 fastball away correctly. However, Jung went down 0-2 in the count, and Carrillo dropped a slider on the bottom rail of the strike zone. Called a ball, catcher Senger challenged it and Jung was called out.

That was all she wrote for this one, as the rains really cut loose, and the game was officially called official.

Cruz: 1-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, K

Vanasco: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, 2 K

Sommers (W, 1-0): 1.1 IP, ER, H, 2 BB, 3 K

Smith: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K

Pilkington: 1.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, 2 K

Coming Up Next: The 1-3 Hens and the Mets will get going again on Wednesday at 1:05 p.m. ET.