IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Pigs Take Rubber-Match in Syracuse

Published on August 23, 2018 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


The IronPigs broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth with two runs to take the rubber-match from Syracuse 3-2. Tonight's victory gives Lehigh Valley 10 wins on the season against the Chiefs and the IronPigs now have double-digit wins against three IL-North opponents.

The IronPigs and Chiefs team traded runs in the third inning. The IronPigs took a 1-0 lead against David Goforth with a RBI double by Mitch Walding. In the bottom half Syracuse scored an unearned run against Enyel De Los Santos to tie the game at one.

De Los Santos did not factor in the decision Thursday night in Syracuse. Allowing just one unearned run, De Los Santos went six-innings and struck out three lowering his ERA to 2.43.

Lehigh Valley took the lead back from Syracuse in the top of the eighth inning. Walding was hit by a pitch and later stole second to set up the go-ahead run.

Joey Meneses followed with a run scoring single to right to score Walding and make it 2-1 against Chris Smith (4-5). Two batters later, Aaron Altherr extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a RBI double to score Meneses and make it 3-1.

Tyler Gilbert (3-1) provided an inning and two-thirds of relief allowing one run in the bottom of the eighth but picked up the win. Pedro Beato (32) came on for Lehigh Valley to close out the ball game for the Pigs. Beato recorded four outs and retired the side in order in the ninth to shut door in ball game.

With the victory the IronPigs magic number to clinch their first ever IL-North title shrinks to 2! This sets up a win and in scenario with the Railriders heading into the four-game series. Tom Eshelman takes the mound for the IronPigs against Mike King for SWB.

Only one homestand remains in the 2018 regular season as the Pigs host the RailRiders August 24th-27th. Fans can catch Friday Night Fireworks presented by Penn State Lehigh Valley, and the first 7,000 adults 18 and older can pick up a 2019 IronPigs wall calendar presented by Nacci Printing.

The 2018 Season is the IronPigs' 11th season at Coca-Cola Park and 11th as the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Fans can get closer to the team than ever before with a Bacon, USA membership -- a year-round IronPigs experience pass featuring numerous amenities such as savings on parking at games and at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park, on-field VIP access to watch batting practice, access to the annual holiday party, and more. For more information, click here or call (610) 841-PIGS (7447).

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