"Lehigh Valley, PA - The Syracuse Mets started off their final regular season series with a 4-3 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Park. The Mets remain three games behind the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in the International League second half standings with five games left to play in the regular season. Syracuse (74-71, 43-27) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning."
"The Mets broke the tie in the fifth inning with a trio of hits. Jose Azocar doubled to begin the frame, then stole third. Next, Kevin Parada ripped an RBI single to put Syracuse on top, 2-1. Soon after, Parada was picked off of first base, for the first out of the inning. To extend the lead, Luke Ritter smacked a solo homer, giving the Mets a 3-1 advantage."
"On the mound, Jonathan Pintaro got the start, pitching four innings, only allowing one run, and striking out six batters. Next, Kevin Herget gave up two runs across two innings, but the rest of the bullpen shut it down from there. Huascar Brazobán tossed a scoreless seventh, Richard Lovelady did the same in the eighth, and Wander Suero earned a save with a clean ninth inning."
Syracuse defeated Lehigh Valley 4-3 to open the final regular season series, remaining three games behind Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the second-half standings with five games left. Syracuse took an early lead after Jett Williams doubled and scored on an Alan Rangel balk. Lehigh Valley tied on an Aidan Miller solo homer. Syracuse added runs in the fifth and sixth through hits by Jose Azocar, Kevin Parada, Luke Ritter and Jared Young. Lehigh Valley cut the lead with a two-run homer by Felix Reyes. Jonathan Pintaro started effectively and the bullpen closed the game, with Wander Suero earning the save. Game two follows on Wednesday night.
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