IronPigs suffer third straight loss to Syracuse

May 1, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release

(Allentown, Pa) - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (16-9) lost their third straight game to the Syracuse Mets (17-9) on Wednesday evening as they lost 8-2.

Syracuse jumped out to a 2-0 lead off Tyler Viza (0-1) in the top of the first inning. Carlos Gomez hit a sacrifice fly while Travis Taiijeron added an RBI single. The Mets scored another run off Viza in the top of the third inning when Danny Espinosa hit an RBI single. Matt McBride hit an RBI double off Corey Oswalt (3-0) in the bottom of the second inning to cut the Mets lead to 3-1.

The Mets got runs in the top of the fifth and sixth innings off Viza and Austin Davis then scored three more runs in the top of the eighth inning off Tom Windle. Lehigh Valley did get a run in the bottom of the sixth inning. McBride scored on an RBI groundout by Ali Castillo.

Lehigh Valley did load the bases in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Lane Adams struck out swinging to end the game. Paul Sewald closed out the game for Syracuse.

The IronPigs and Syracuse Mets wrap up their series on Thursday morning at 10:35.

The 2019 IronPigs season is the team's 12th as the top affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies and 12th at Coca-Cola Park. Follow the IronPigs on Twitter at @IronPigs and like them on Facebook via www.facebook.com/LHVIronPigs.

The 2019 IronPigs season is presented by Capital BlueCross.

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