Santana, Wings beat PawSox
Danny Santana had three hits and three RBI, helping the Rochester Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox Monday night at Frontier Field. The win keeps the Wings within five games of the first place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, with the 'Riders coming to town Tuesday night.
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21-year-old rookie right-hander Jose Berrios started for the Wings Monday, coming off a four-game stretch in which he struck out 39 batters in 27 innings. Berrios caught Deven Marrero looking at a third strike to open Monday's contest. A single and two fly outs later, the half-inning was over with Berrios having thrown 19 pitches.
The Wings took an early lead against PawSox starter Zeke Spruill. Aaron Hicks led off the bottom of the first with a double, moved to third base on a grounder by James Beresford, and scored when Santana ripped a double to right-center for a 1-0 Rochester lead.
In the second inning, the Red Wings made it 2-0. Eric Fryer and Doug Bernier hit back-to-back singles with one out. Fryer scored on a fielding error by Spruill, on a play at first base attempting to retire Beresford. Santana followed by beating out an infield hit, with Bernier scoring to give the Wings a 3-0 lead.
Pawtucket had a scoring chance in the third inning, when Mike Miller singled with one out. Miller stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch, but was stranded when Berrios retired the next two batters.
Berrios set down the first two PawSox batters in the fourth, but Chris Marrero drilled a home run off the auxiliary scoreboard in left field to make the score 3-1. It was Marrero's sixth homer of the season, and ended a stretch of 14 2/3 scoreless innings by Berrios.
Santana drilled a line drive home run that just cleared the wall in the bottom of the fifth, pushing the Wings' lead to 4-1. The homer was Santana's third with the Red Wings
Through five innings, Berrios had allowed three hits with no walks - having tallied 79 pitches.
Spruill (4-10) worked five innings, allowing eight hits and four runs (two earned) with one walk. He struck out two and threw 95 pitches, 61 for strikes.
Berrios (5-2) pitched six innings with four hits and an earned run allowed. He did not walk a batter and struck out four, throwing 91 pitches - 63 for strikes. Aaron Thompson took over to start the seventh inning, setting down the side with a strikeout. In the eighth inning,
With one out and one on in the eighth inning, Mark Hamburger relieved Thompson. That's when Bernier made the play of the game, a diving stab on a line shot hit by Carlos Rivero to take away a potential extra base hit. Chris Marrero had a run-scoring single in the eighth to make it a 4-2 game.
Hamburger set down the side in order in the ninth, ending the game with a strikeout to pick up his first save of the season.
Santana's three hits gave him six multiple hit games in a row.
| NOTES: Red Wings pitcher Logan Darnell has been named the Batavia Downs Gaming and Racetrack Player of the Week for the period of Aug. 24-30, and the International League Pitcher of the Week for the same period. Click here for the story.....With big league rosters expanding on Sept. 1, the Wings are expected to have some players recalled by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday...The International League will announce the 2015 All-Star Team Tuesday morning.
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