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Allentown, Pa. — Behind a solid start from Luis Moreno and a dominant day of offense, the Syracuse Mets took down the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 8-1, on Friday night at Coca-Cola Park.

Despite the Mets’ victory, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre also won on Friday night to clinch the International League second half title for the RailRiders.

Syracuse wasted no time getting started on offense in the top of the first inning. With two outs, Ryan Clifford doubled, Jared Young walked, and Carson Benge smacked an RBI single to put the Mets on top at 1-0.

After a pair of scoreless innings, Syracuse blew the game open in the fourth. Young singled to start things off, then back-to-back triples by Benge and José Azocar stretched the lead to 3-0.

Next, with Azocar at third, Luke Ritter ripped an

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