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Moosic, Pa. — The Syracuse Mets fell to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 6-2, on a clear Friday night at PNC Field.
After two scoreless frames to start the game, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre opened the scoring in the bottom of the third inning.
With one out, Spencer Jones walked and took second base on a wild pitch. Jones scored on an RBI single by J.C. Escarra to put the RailRiders in front, 1-0.
That deficit held through four innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Syracuse met its maker once again.
After singles by Escarra and T.J. Rumfield, Jose Rojas blasted a three-run homer, extending the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre advantage to 4-0. In 20 games against the Mets this season, Rojas has 11 home runs and 31 runs batted in.
In the seventh, the RailRiders added some insurance ru