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Moosic, Pa. — Behind a solid start from Brandon Sproat, the Syracuse Mets won 2-0 over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Saturday evening at PNC Field.

After a pair of scoreless frames, Syracuse opened the scoring in the top of the third inning in unlikely fashion.

On the first pitch of the inning, Yonny Hernandez smacked a ball over the right-field fence for his first home run of the season, putting the Mets in front, 1-0. With the homer, Hernandez has now reached base in 30-straight games.

The one-run lead continued deep into the game thanks to an efficient outing by Brandon Sproat. The right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed just three hits and two walks, and struck out nine batters.

Over his last 11 games, Sproat has a 2.44 earned-run average thro

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