Syracuse started the season off right, topping the Rochester Red Wings 6-3. Joey Lucchessi, despite posting some concerningly low velocity numbers, allowed only one unearned run over five innings. The offense, meanwhile, more than covered for that and a couple of runs coughed up by the bullpen, tallying three runs in the second on a sacrifice fly and throwing error. Another run came in an on a single by Jose Iglesias in the third before Drew Gilbert and Luisangel Acuña punctuated the day with back-to-back homers in the fourth. Reed Garrett also had a particularly impressive bullpen outing tallying four strikeouts in two innings.