SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Interstat) — Jonathan Pintaro tossed two scoreless innings as the Syracuse Mets blanked the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 5-0 on Sunday afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium.

Syracuse struck first in the second inning when Yonny Hernández singled to score Cristian Pache. The Mets added three runs in the sixth. Nick Morabito scored on a double play grounder, then Pache crushed a two-run homer. Christian Arroyo’s RBI single in the eighth capped the scoring.

Syracuse had nine hits to Lehigh Valley’s four. Pintaro (2-0) struck out five in his two innings of relief. Carlos Guzman, Daniel Duarte, Alex Carrillo, A.J. Minter and Dylan Ross combined for seven shutout innings, allowing three hits with 12 strikeouts.

Alan Rangel (2-3) took the loss, allowing one earned run on five hits over five innings with six strikeouts for the IronPigs, who fell to 16-16. The Mets improved to 17-14 with their fourth win in five games against Lehigh Valley this series.

Attendance was 3,466. Game time was 2:24.