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Syracuse, NY – The Syracuse Mets lost a ninth-inning lead to fall to the Indianapolis Indians, 6-5, on a rainy Tuesday night at NBT Bank Stadium. Despite the loss, Brandon Sproat starred on the mound for the Mets, striking out eight batters in six innings of one-run baseball.

Syracuse (62-59, 31-15) got on the scoreboard early with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Luisangel Acuña led off the game with a walk, moved to third on a Ryan Clifford single, and scored on a bunt single by Jared Young, putting the Mets in front, 1-0.

After a scoreless second, Indianapolis (70-50, 28-18) tied it up in the third. Jase Bowen walked, and Tsung-Che Cheng hit an RBI double to knot it up, 1-1.

In the seventh, Indy stormed ahead. With two outs, Brett Sullivan walked, Bowen singled, a

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