IronPigs score four in the 7th inning, beat Syracuse 4-1 behind Cloyd and Diekman

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER The bottom of the seventh inning here at Coca-Cola Park tonight took about as long as the first six-and-a-half innings combined. The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the seventh, sent 10 men to the plate and scored four times to take the lead and went on to post a 4-1 winover the Syracuse Chiefs. The uprising gave Tyler Cloyd a chance to pick up his second win of the season. Cloyd is the young righthander who got the season off to a good start back on April 5 when he retired all 18 hitters he faced in what turned out to be a 3-0 IronPigs win over Scranton/Wilkes Barre. Cloyd then went to Reading where he had four solid starts, going 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA while walking just three and striking out 20 in 25 innings. Cloyd was not perfect on Saturday night, giving up a lead-off home run to Syracuse's Corey Brown. However, he worked out of trouble several times and didn't allow another run before departing after seven innings. The IronPigs, blanked by Yunesky Maya through six innings, got plenty of help from the Chiefs (10-18) in the bottom of the seventh as a throwing error started the rally for Lehigh Valley. John Suomi and Derrick Mitchell singled to tie the game. Suomi swiped third when Chiefs third baseman Carlos Rivero went over to talk to Maya without calling time and Suomi alertly saw no one was covering and took off for the vacant bag. He made it without a play. That led to a bases loaded situation and Hector Luna delivered the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit single. The third run scored on a wild pitch and a bases-loaded walk by Mike Fontenot capped the inning. Once the Pigs had the lead, they had no trouble holding on to it as Jake Diekman came on to retire all six hitters he faced for his fifth save. The IronPigs (16-12) conclude their record-breaking 13-game homestand on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. when they again play the Chiefs (10-19).