Jason Bilous had an iffy first inning, allowing two runs to the Syracuse Mets, but looked like he was going to shake it off with no further damage. Then the fifth inning came and he gave up a three-run home run to go from a 3-2 Knights lead to a 5-3 Knights deficit. Zach Muckenhirn relieved him with one runner on and gave up a (sobs) Palka Smash, making it 7-3.
Those three early Knights runs were clustered in the first and second; Mark Payton walked to start the first inning and scored on Jake Burger’s single, then Blake Rutherford and Zach Remillard homered one batter apart in the second inning.