Syracuse Mets rally with five in fourth, beat IronPigs 6‑3
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Interstat) — Eric Wagaman drove in three runs and Nick Morabito added two RBIs as the Syracuse Mets beat the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 6-3 on Friday, May 1, at NBT Bank Stadium.
Syracuse seized the lead with a five-run fourth inning. Yonny Hernández singled home Vidal Bruján, Morabito hit a two-run ground-rule double and Wagaman capped the rally with a two-run double. Lehigh Valley had scored in the first on a groundout by Bryan De La Cruz and added two in the fifth on Robert Moore’s RBI single, but could not overcome the deficit.
Bryce Conley (1-1) allowed two earned runs over four innings with four strikeouts to earn the win. Ryan Cusick (0-3) took the loss, yielding three earned runs in 3 1/3 innings while striking out four. A.J. Minter pitched a scoreless seventh.
Syracuse managed six hits to Lehigh Valley’s four. The Mets improved to 16-13, while the IronPigs dropped to 15-15. Attendance was 2,512. The game lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes. Syracuse has won the first three games of the series.