Chiefs and IronPigs split doubleheader Saturday night
Allentown, PA (August 4, 2018) - The Syracuse Chiefs split a doubleheader against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Saturday evening with a 3-1 Chiefs win in the first game and a 11-5 IronPigs victory in the second game. Syracuse hit three home runs during the night. while Lehigh Valley hit
Allentown, PA (August 4, 2018) - The Syracuse Chiefs split a doubleheader against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Saturday evening with a 3-1 Chiefs win in the first game and a 11-5 IronPigs victory in the second game. Syracuse hit three home runs during the night. while Lehigh Valley hit two long balls.
Syracuse (47-65) took the game one lead in the second inning.
Lehigh Valley (69-43) answered in the bottom of the fifth.
The Chiefs broke the tie in the seventh inning.
In the second game, each team scored early. Syracuse picked up a run in the top of the first against Lehigh Valley starter
The IronPigs responded in the bottom of the first off Chiefs starting pitcher
Lehigh Valley added to its lead in the third. With one out, Altherr walked. Meneses then singled, moving Altherr to second. Two batters later,
The Chiefs trimmed the deficit in the top of the fourth against Mark Leiter, Jr. With two outs,
The IronPigs broke the game open in the bottom of the fourth. Goins singled to center field, Valentin singled on a bunt, and Cowgill reached on an error during a sacrifice bunt, loading the bases. Altherr followed with a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Goins to push the Lehigh Valley lead to 5-2. Meneses then hit a three-run homer to left-center field, giving the IronPigs an 8-2 advantage. The inning continued with a
Syracuse cut into the deficit again in the fifth against
Lehigh Valley put another run on the board in the sixth. With one out, McBride homered over the left-field wall off
The Chiefs and the IronPigs conclude their three-game series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch for the matinee is scheduled for 1:35 p.m.