The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (5-6) left 12 men on base in a 3-2 loss to the Syracuse Chiefs (6-5) on Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Park.

Syracuse grabbed an early 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first. Brendan Ryan plated a run with an RBI groundout after a leadoff triple from Trea Turner and Brian Goodwin came through with an RBI single.

The Pigs cut the lead to 2-1 with a run in the fourth as J.P. Arencibia led off with a single, advanced to third on a single and later scored on Will Venable's RBI groundout. Lehigh Valley had the bases loaded with one out in the inning, but Chiefs starter Taylor Jordan was able to fan David Buchanan and Darnell Sweeney to avoid any further damage.

In the home half of the fifth, the IronPigs had the bases loaded with nobody out but were only able to push across one run to tie things at two as Venable drew a bases-loaded walk issued by Jordan.

Jordan (n/d) allowed two runs on eight hits to go along with three walks and four strikeouts in 4.2 IP.

LHP Matt Grace (1.1 IP, BB) earned the win for Syracuse and is 1-0 on the season. RHP Rafael Martin (1.0 IP) tossed a perfect ninth to notch his second save of the year.

The Chiefs quickly regained the lead at 3-2 with a run in the sixth as Matt Skole drew a leadoff walk, went to second on a balk, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Jhonatan Solano's sac fly.

Buchanan (0-1) surrendered three runs on four hits while walking three and fanning three in six innings of work.

Pigs INF Taylor Featherston extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the fifth.

RHP Colton Murray (2.0 IP, 5 K) and RHP Andrew Bailey (1.0 IP, H, 2 K) tossed a scoreless inning in relief for the IronPigs.

The two teams will begin a three-game set on Wednesday afternoon at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse. There will be a doubleheader on Wednesday with first pitch of game one set for 4:35 p.m. RHP Jake Thompson (0-2, 6.75) gets the ball for the Pigs in game one against Chiefs RHP Paolo Espino (0-0, 3.60). Game two will feature Lehigh Valley RHP Reinier Roibal (0-0, 8.31) against Syracuse LHP Aaron Laffey (1-0, 1.50).