Billy Amick’s two homers power Syracuse Mets past Lehigh Valley IronPigs

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Interstat) — Billy Amick homered twice and drove in three runs as the Syracuse Mets defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 11-1 on Wednesday at Coca-Cola Park.

Shawn Ross also homered and drove in three runs, and Mark Vientos added a home run and two RBI. Syracuse collected 15 hits, scoring two runs in the first inning, one in the third, two in the fourth, two in the fifth, three in the eighth and one in the ninth. Lehigh Valley managed seven hits and scored its only run in the fourth on Gabriel Rincones Jr.’s home run.

Tobias Myers (2-1) earned the win, allowing one earned run on one hit over 2.1 innings with six strikeouts. Joe Jacques struck out three over 1.2 hitless innings, and Kevin Herget tossed two scoreless innings. Drake Fellows (6-3) took the loss.

Syracuse improved to 65-62, while Lehigh Valley fell to 61-65. The game drew an announced attendance of 6,048 and lasted 2:28.