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Flourishing: Leal & Ellis lead RailRiders past Red Wings

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre beats Rochester 7-5 Friday night to even set at two wins apiece
Duke Ellis went 4-for-4 with three doubles in the RailRiders 7-5 win on Friday. (Cheryl Pursell)
July 25, 2025

ROCHESTER, NY (July 25, 2025) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders bested the Rochester Red Wings 7-5 Friday night. Erick Leal pitched five scoreless and Duke Ellis paced the RailRiders with four hits, including three doubles, and two runs scored. Box Score Jesus Rodriguez led off the game with a single and

ROCHESTER, NY (July 25, 2025) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders bested the Rochester Red Wings 7-5 Friday night. Erick Leal pitched five scoreless and Duke Ellis paced the RailRiders with four hits, including three doubles, and two runs scored.

Box Score

Jesus Rodriguez led off the game with a single and advanced to third on a hit from Everson Periera. The duo executed a double steal for a 1-0 lead with Rodriguez taking home and Pereira stealing second. Rafael Flores singled home Pereira to extend the edge to 2-0 against Red Wings starter Cade Cavalli.

Ellis reached on a two-out double in the fifth. With Rodriguez at the plate, Cavalli unleashed a wild pitch while Ellis was stealing third. The ball bounced to the backstop, allowing Ellis to score for a 3-0 lead.

T.J. Rumfield led off the fifth with a double and scored on a base hit from Jeimer Candelario to build a 4-0 advantage.

Leal shut down Rochester over the first five innings, striking out seven and allowing just two hits.

In the sixth, Andrew Pinckney’s three-run homer off Jayvien Sandridge drew the Red Wings within one.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre responded with two runs in the top of the seventh. Ellis reached on his third double and scored on a base hit from Rodriguez, who later scored on a Rumfield sac fly.

Candelario’s first RailRiders’ home run extended the lead to 7-3 in the top of the eighth.

In the ninth, Rochester plated a pair on a single by Robert Hassell to cut the margin to two before Harrison Cohen induced a groundout fielder’s choice to close the game.

Leal (6-7) earned the win; his fifth since the second half started on June 24. Cavalli (3-6) took the loss after allowing the first four runs on ten hits over six innings.

Ellis went 4-for-4 to lead Scranton/Wilkes-Barre out of the ninth spot in the order and became the first RailRider with three doubles in a game since Estevan Florial on July 1, 2022, against Buffalo.

Game five of the series is slated for Saturday at 6:45 P.M. Carlos Carrasco takes the mound for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Shinnosuke Ogasawara and Rochester. The RailRiders return to PNC Field on Tuesday, July, to host the Nashville Sounds for a six-game set.

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