ST. PAUL, Minn. (Interstat) — MJ Melendez homered twice and drove in five runs as the Syracuse Mets defeated the St. Paul Saints 10-4 on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at CHS Field. Syracuse collected 13 hits and scored early to support a bullpen effort. Saul Garcia earned the win with two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. Aaron Rozek took the loss for St. Paul. Jose Ramos added two hits and three RBIs for Syracuse, while Vidal Bruján homered. Aaron Sabato went 3-for-4 with a homer and an RBI for the Saints. St. Paul got scoreless relief from Eric Orze, Matt Bowman and Marco Raya. Brian Metoyer and Jefry Yan also contributed out of Syracuse’s bullpen. The Mets improved to 72-66, while the Saints dropped to 75-62. The game took 2 hours, 34 minutes and drew 7,221 fans. Syracuse will continue the series at St. Paul on Saturday.