The closest thing to local action Thursday came from AAA ball, where the Syracuse Mets held off the Rochester Red Wings 3-2. The two upstate rivals kept it tight throughout, with Syracuse escaping with a one-run win. No individual stats were available, but a one-run margin between neighboring clubs is always worth noting on the Finger Lakes sports calendar.
In the majors, the New York Yankees continued to build one of the better records in baseball, routing the Texas Rangers 9-2 to improve to 26-12. Texas dropped to 17-20 with the loss, sitting three games below .500. The Yankees’ margin of victory suggests it wasn’t particularly close — a comfortable wire-to-wire win rather than a late surge.
The rest of the tracked teams were idle Thursday. The Bills, Sabres, Giants, Knicks, Rangers, Knighthawks, Cornell, and Hobart all had the night off, leaving a relatively quiet evening across the region.
