Berrios fans 12 in another dominant outing

SYRACUSE, NY - Jose Berrios struck out 12 batters, one shy of his career-high, over 7.0 shutout innings as the Rochester Red Wings beat the Syracuse Chiefs 6-0 Wednesday night at NBT Bank Stadium.

Berrios (4-2) retired the final 10 men he faced after a two-out walk to Kevin Keyes in the bottom of the fourth. The only real threat came in the second inning as the Chiefs (59-73) had runners on second and third with nobody out and didn't score. Berrios retired the last two batter with swinging strikeouts to end the threat. He struck out two batters in five of his seven frames.

The top-rated Minnesota pitching prospect by MLB.com fanned a career-best 13 on June 1, 2013 for Ft. Myers vs. Tampa. He has now struck out 22 batters and surrendered just eight hits and one walk in his last two starts covering 14.0 innings. Berrios took a no-hitter through six innings two starts ago before he was touched up for five runs without recording an out in the seventh.

The Red Wings (68-64) now have 19 shutouts this season, most by a team in the International League since the Tidewater Tides had 21 in 1975. The franchise record is 24 set in 1974.

Oswaldo Arcia and Kennys Vargas both homered for Rochester while Danny Santana and James Beresford each went 3-for-5. Eight of nine starters had at least one hit.

Josmil Pinto gave the Wings a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-run single off Syracuse starter Taylor Hill (3-10). Vargas gave Rochester a 3-0 lead with a solo blast in the third and Xavier Avery added another with an RBI double in the fifth to make it 4-0. In four starts against the Red Wings this season, Hill is 0-3 with a 7.36 ERA (15 ER, 18.1 IP) with 21 total runs allowed on 29 hits and seven walks with 13 strikeouts.

Arcia hit his homer against former Wing P.J. Walters in the sixth and Vargas added an RBI groundout in the ninth to cap the scoring at 6-0. Michael Tonkin tossed the eighth and A.J. Achter threw a scoreless ninth for Rochester.

The Red Wings return home to begin the final homestand of the season when they faced the Chiefs at 7:05 p.m. For tickets, call 423-WING (9464) or visit RedWingsBaseball.com/Tickets.