Syracuse Mets beat Lehigh Valley in walk-off fashion
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The Syracuse Mets walked off against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs with a 9-8 Syracuse victory on Saturday night at NBT Bank Stadium. Drew Jackson had two home runs, and David Thompson and J.D. Davis both hit solo homers for the Mets in the win.
Syracuse (4-13) entered the bottom of the ninth inning with the game tied, 8-8. Sebastian Elizalde worked a walk to lead off the inning. Nick Meyer followed with a single to left field on a hit-and-run where Elizalde was moving towards second base on the pitch and advanced to third base on the play to put runners at first and third. Then, with Davis batting, Lehigh Valley reliever Neftali Feliz threw a pitch that was outside and tipped off IronPigs catcher Edgar Cabral’s glove and went to the backstop for a
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