RHP Ben Lively tossed six shutout innings and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (51-38) went on to top the Buffalo Bisons (49-40) by a score of 3-1 on Friday night at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo.

Lively (4-2) gave up five hits to go along with a walk and four strikeouts in 6.0 IP. RHP Colton Murray (1.0 IP), RHP Michael Mariot (1.0 IP, H, 2 K) and RHP Edward Mujica (1.0 IP, H, R, ER, BB) combined to get the final nine outs for the IronPigs.

Mujica allowed a solo shot off the bat of Matt Dominguez in the top of the ninth to bring the Bisons within 3-1, but managed to pick up his 23rd save of the year. Trailing 3-1, Buffalo brought the tying run to the plate with a runner at first and two outs, but a diving catch by Cam Perkins down the right field line ended the game.

The Pigs took a 1-0 lead with a run in the fourth as Darin Ruf (3-4, 2B, R) reached with a one-out single, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on Brock Stassi's (2-3, RBI) RBI single.

In the top of the sixth, J.P. Crawford drew a leadoff walk, advanced to third on a double from Ruf and scored on Andrew Knapp's RBI single to give the IronPigs a 2-0 advantage.

Buffalo had a runner at second with two outs in the bottom half of the frame, but after a Jesus Montero single, Pigs LF Nick Williams was able to gun down Domonic Brown at the plate and keep the score 2-0 in favor of the Pigs for the time being.

Bisons starter Wilmer Font (0-1) allowed two runs on five hits while walking two and fanning three in six innings of work.

Darnell Sweeney's solo shot off of LHP Franklin Morales in the top of the seventh extended the lead to 3-0 for Lehigh Valley. The home run was Sweeney's fifth of the season.

The series continues on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. as LHP James Russell (2-5, 4.55) gets the ball for the IronPigs against Bisons LHP Scott Diamond (6-7, 3.33).