Syracuse Mets open season with 5-3 win over Scranton Kyle Evans covers local high school, college, and professional sports on FingerLakes1.com. Click here to contribute to our Sports Page or connect with Kyle using [email protected]. After 609 days without baseball, the Syracuse Mets opened a renovated stadium and the 2021 season with a 5-3 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Tuesday night at NBT Bank Stadium, the site of a $25-million renovation. Syracuse (1-0) scored its inaugural run of the season in the bottom of the third inning. Martin Cervenka led off the frame with a solo home run that landed on the new 315 Bullpen Bar past the left-field wall for a 1-0 Mets lead. Drew Jackson followed with a single. Andrew Ferguson then hit a ball to the left side of the infield that RailRiders shortstop Kyle Holder misplayed for an error, putting runners at first and second base. Jake Hager followed with a ball hit to third base that hit off Scranton/Wilkes-Barre third baseman Andrew Velasquez’s glove and bounced towards shortstop. Jackson made an excellent read on where the ball was going and scored from second base on the play for a 2-0 Syracuse lead.