'Riders out-last Wings 10-7
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the Rochester Red Wings 10-7 in a wild contest Thursday night at Frontier Field. Reynaldo Rodriguez homered and drove in five runs for the Wings.
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Extra base hits were the theme for the Wings in the first inning, as Danny Santana opened up the hitting for the Wings with a triple to lead off the game. Santana scored after the next batter, James Beresford, drove him home with an RBI double. Eric Fryer had a base hit of his own, extending his season-high hitting streak to ten games. Later in the inning, Oswaldo Arcia had an RBI double of his own, scoring Fryer. Rodriguez kept the scoring going with yet another RBI double, scoring Arcia, and the Wings found themselves ahead 3-0 at the end of the first.
After two solid innings from Red Wings starter Jason Wheeler, the wheels fell off for the lefty. The Wings found themselves with the bases loaded and no outs after an error by Wheeler, and a pair of RailRiders singles. Wheeler then hit Rob Refsnyder with a pitch, scoring Nick Noonan for the the first run of the night for the RailRiders. Kyle Roller grounded out on the next ball hit into play, but Ben Gamel managed to score. Gregorio Petit tied up the game with an RBI single, and a Cole Figueroa walk loaded the bases for the second time in the inning. Austin Romine cleared the bases, hitting a grand slam and putting the RailRiders up 7-4. After a Noonan single, Wheeler's night came to an early end. Wheeler (1-6) pitched 2 2/3 innings, surrendering seven runs (one earned) on six hits, walking two batters, and hitting another. Wheeler threw 66 pitches, 40 for strikes.
The Wings responded in the third inning, as Eric Fryer began the inning by reaching on an error. After two consecutive fly outs, RailRiders starter Esmil Rogers' night came to an end, and he was replaced by Matt Tracy. Renaldo Rodriguez was the first Wings hitter to face Tracy, and he took the ninth hit of the at bat out of the park, putting the Wings back to within two, 7-5. Rogers pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, and striking out one. He threw 56 pitches, 37 for strikes.
The Wings continued to close the scoring gap in the fifth inning. A Fryer walk, a Danny Ortiz base hit, and an Arcia walk in consecutive at bats loaded the bases for the Wings. Rodriguez kept his stellar performance at the plate going, driving home Fryer with a sacrifice fly, giving Rodriguez his third consecutive at bat of the night with an RBI, and bringing the Wings to within one.
Wings right-hander Alex Meyer took the mound in relief of Wheeler, and pitched three scoreless innings before running into trouble in the seventh inning. A fielding error by Santana, and a Gregorio Petit single put men on first and second for the RailRiders. Two batters later, Austin Romine drove home both base runners, putting the RailRiders up 9-6, and ending Meyer's night. Logan Darnell took over for Meyer.
Rodriguez knocked in his fourth run of the night in the seventh, as the Wings pulled within two runs at 9-7. The Wings had a chance for more, but Fryer was called out sliding into home on a very close play for the second out.
Darnell gave the Wings 1 1/3 strong innings before exiting in the ninth inning, allowing an unearned run on one hit and a walk while striking out two.
Mark Hamburger and Ryan O'Rourke split the remainder of the ninth inning. Hamburger walked a batter in 1/3 innings pitched, and O'Rourke allowed a sacrifice fly, and struck one out, in 2/3 innings pitched.
Diego Montero (3-0) picked up the win in relief for the RailRiders.
The teams combined for 24 hits. The last Red Wing to drive in five runs in a game was Ortiz at Norfolk July 20, 2014.
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NOTES: Red Wings hitting coach Tim Doherty has been named to the coaching staff of the International League All-Star Team. Wings players Danny Ortiz, James Beresford and A.J. Achter are among the leaders in fan voting; click here to find out more about voting for the Wings to get to the Triple -A All-Star Game. |
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