SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When an opponent tries to hand you the game, or even begs you to take it, you might as well go ahead and take them up on the offer.

Last night, the Pawtucket Red Sox, who were the beneficiaries of five Syracuse errors, did just that in taking a messy, extra-inning 8-6 triumph in front of 7,809 fans at Alliance Bank Stadium.

Junior Spivey’s two-run double in the top of the 10th inning proved to be the difference in what was a truly bizarre affair.

“It was a good game,” said Spivey, “I was just fortunate to come up with a hit right there. I’d been scuffling at the plate, so that’s a start.”

Spivey’s hit came with one out and the bases loaded off Syracuse reliever Blaine Neal (5-7) and occurred after the second error of the game by Chiefs first baseman Kevin Barker.

The errors, including one in the fifth inning, opened the gates for six unearned PawSox runs, helping them to a four-game sweep of their set with the Chiefs.

“It was one of those nights,” said left fielder Bobby Scales. “How many times are you going to see a team make five of them? You’ve got to take advantage of them. When a team gives you that many extra outs, you’ll be disappointed if you didn’t win the game.”

The first frame itself was a matter of get and give back.

Syracuse committed three errors in that inning, which the PawSox parlayed into a 2-0 lead.

But the Chiefs replied in their half with a two-out, three-run shot by John-Ford Griffin off Pawtucket starter David Pauley.

In the fourth, Syracuse plated three more runs to expand their lead to 6-2.

But the PawSox got back into the game in the fifth, tallying four times to tie the score, 6-6.

It was Barker’s bobble of a throw from shortstop Sergio Santos that allowed leadoff man Jacoby Ellsbury to reach safely.

Two outs later, Ellsbury scored ahead of Bobby Kielty, who slugged a towering home run off Chiefs starter Mike MacDonald, to make it 6-4.

Brandon Moss followed with a single before Scales deposited a line drive into the left-field bullpen.

“There’s no substitute for the two-run homer,” said Pawtucket manager Ron Johnson, “to get you back into the ballgame.”

A quartet of relievers held Syracuse scoreless for five innings, which bought the PawSox enough time to put together the winning rally.

“I just didn’t want to get too jumpy, right there,” said Spivey. “I didn’t want to hit the ball on the ground. I wanted to get it in the air, and I was able to do that.”

Reliever Lincoln Holdzkom (1-0) earned his first Triple-A win while Travis Hughes closed out the Chiefs in the 10th to pick up his 18th save.

AROUND THE BASES: Barring the unforeseen, this was likely the last game the PawSox will ever play on this artificial turf. The faded green carpet that was laid here when this stadium opened in 1997 is the last “faux field” left in the International League. However, the Astroturf surface is scheduled to be ripped out on Sept. 1, to be replaced by real grass.

Veteran PawSox infielder Joe McEwing, for one, will be glad to see the phony stuff disappear.

“That’s a good thing,” he said. “It puts wear and tear on your body. You come here for four games and you feel like you’ve been playing for three weeks in a row. It’s something that should be outlawed in the game of baseball.”

Johnson, whose brief big-league career was spent with Kansas City and Montreal, both of which were turf teams, echoed McEwing’s sentiment.

“When I came up in the [late] 1970s,” he said, “. . . turf was it. I was a hitter and I loved it. It was beautiful. But you don’t see it any more. It’s a different game now. It’s about development, and you want to play on surfaces where you can evaluate your players properly. If [the big leagues] aren’t playing on it, anymore, why have it?”

After last night’s game, the PawSox motored north to Ottawa, where tonight (7 o’clock) they will open their last-ever series against the Lynx, soon to move to Allentown, Pa. RHP Devern Hansack (7-7, 3.77) is scheduled to open the four-game set against Ottawa LHP J.A. Happ (4-5, 4.55).