ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Interstat) — The Syracuse Mets defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park. Ryan Lambert earned the win, improving to 3-1, and Nate Lavender recorded his second save. Syracuse scored one run in the third, one in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in the eighth. Lehigh Valley scored two in the second, one in the third and one in the seventh. Jack Wenninger started for Syracuse, pitching five innings and allowing three earned runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Andrew Painter pitched four innings for Lehigh Valley, giving up one earned run on two hits and striking out four. Key hits included a double by Nick Morabito in the third that drove in a run and a double by Ben Rortvedt in the eighth that provided the decisive margin. The IronPigs scored in the seventh on a flyout that scored a run after an error. Attendance was 8,929, and the game lasted 2 hours, 54 minutes. Syracuse improved to 41-39, while Lehigh Valley fell to 36-44.