Four Homers Rally Pigs To 9-7 Comeback Victory

The IronPigs (43-21) fell behind early, but rallied for another five-run comeback win thanks to four home runs in a 9-7 victory over the Buffalo Bisons (32-30) Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Field.

Héctor Gómez had the sixth multi-home run game of his career, and Jorge Alfaro and Brock Stassi each added home runs in the Pigs victory.
Trailing 6-1 in the top of the second inning, Gomez launched the first of his two homers on the night with a solo shot to left field as the Pigs trailed 6-2 after two.
Gomez then hit his second home run later in the game to tie the game at 7, before he and Brock Stassi went back-to-back as Stassi's homer gave the Pigs an 8-7 lead in the top of the fifth inning. It was the third time this season the Pigs went back-to-back and the first since the team had a pair of back-to-back homers on May 27 against Louisville (Cameron Perkins and J.P. Crawford, Taylor Featherston and Nick Williams).
Alfaro then added his solo home run to give the Pigs an AMG insurance run, as his homer gave the Pigs a 9-7 lead in the top of the sixth.
The combination of Colton Murray, Pat Venditte, Jesen Therrien and Pedro Beato blanked the Bisons for the final six innings of the game.
Murray (2-0, 3.00) picked up his second win of the season to as he tossed two scoreless innings, racking up four strikeouts while not allowing a hit before giving way Venditte.
Venditte picked up his fourth hold of the season as he tossed one 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out a pair.
Therrien tossed one 1/3 scoreless innings before giving way to Beato to finish things off in the ninth.
The International League leader in saves added yet another save to his total, notching his 20^th save of the season for the Pigs. Beato struck out Rowdy Tellez and Mike Ohlman to start the frame before getting Jarrod Saltalamacchia popped out Jorge Flores to end the game and preserve the Pigs 9-7 win.
Alfaro got the Pigs off to a hot start as the Phillies top catching prospect singled home Perkins to give the Pigs the early 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
The Bisons however compiled a six-run, seven-hit bottom of the first inning. Tellez tied the game at 1 with a RBI double to right scoring Steve Pearce. Jason Leblebijian singled home Tellez to give the Bisons a 2-1 lead, before Ian Parmley hit a two-run double to give Buffalo a 4-1 advantage. Christian Lopes then doubled home both Parmley and Gregorio Petit to give the Bisons a 6-1 lead.
Parmley then added the Bisons final run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third as he sent a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Saltalamacchia as the Pigs trailed 7-3 at the time after the Pigs got a Nick Williams RBI ground out scoring Dylan Cozens in the top half of the inning.
Cozens extended his hitting streak to eight games with his base hit in the third that he came around to score on the Williams ground out.
The series continues with game two of the three-game series with the Buffalo Bisons Wednesday night at Coca-Cola Park. The Pigs will send right-hander Mark Appel (4-2, 5.65) and the Bisons will send left-hander T.J. House (5-5, 3.77). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
The 2017 Season is the IronPigs 10^th Anniversary season at Coca-Cola Park and 10^th as the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The IronPigs are debuting the brand-new Bacon, USA, Membership Program this season -- a year-round IronPigs experience pass featuring numerous new amenities such as savings on parking at games and at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park, on-field VIP access to watch batting practice, access to an annual holiday party, an invitation to an exclusive player and coaches photo session and more. For more information, visit ironpigsbaseball.com or call (610) 841-PIGS (7447). Memberships and group outings are on sale now.
The 2017 IronPigs baseball season is presented by Capital BlueCross.