Never Say Die Wings Strike Late to Defeat Knights

Powered by a pair of home runs from LF Trey Lipscomb, the Rochester Red Wings (25-19, 70-47) secured a 5-2 victory over the Charlotte Knights (42-34, 64-55) on Saturday evening. Lipscomb went 3-for-4 at the plate and tallied four RBI, while RF Leandro Pineda added two hits alongside a run of his own. Six different arms saw time on the hill, with LHP Erik Tolman earning his third victory of the season.

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Charlotte started their half of the first with 2B Rikku Nishida and 1B Ryan Galanie hitting back-to-back singles. Both runners advanced 90 feet on a wild pitch following a flyout before former Red Wing DH Joey Wiemer hit a sacrifice fly, bringing in Nishida and giving the Knights an early 1-0 lead.

After two groundouts opened the Charlotte second, LF Dru Baker and RF Caden Connor followed with back-to-back singles, with Connor advancing Baker to third. Rikku Nishida then singled, his second of the night, bringing in Baker and giving Charlotte a 2-0 lead.

Following a series of scoreless frames, Rochester jumped back into the swing of things during the bottom of the sixth as Trey Lipscomb cracked an opposite-field home run to the far railing, his 23rd of the season to tie 3B Yohandy Morales for the team lead.

The Red Wings built upon their momentum after cutting the deficit to a single run, as Leandro Pineda muscled a hit between two infielders to kick off the bottom of the seventh. The bases became loaded after both SS Seaver King and DH Phillip Glasser were issued walks, prompting the Wings to knot the game at two runs apiece as Pineda rushed home on a force out. The cap was then almost blown off of ESL Ballpark moments later, when Trey Lipscomb bombed a three-run shot to the foul pole patio in right, his second of the game to give the Red Wings a 5-2 lead.

The score remained at a standstill for the remainder of the game, as robust defense from the Red Wings took precedence. The team secured a three-run victory, achieving their 70th victory of the season.

RHP Eddy Yean got the start for Rochester, pitching 1.2 innings with five hits and two runs allowed. LHP Jared Simpson came on for Yean, pitching 2.1 innings with five strikeouts. RHP Luis Perales followed Simpson, pitching 2.0 innings with five strikeouts, one walk, and two hits allowed. Eric Tolman came on for Perales, pitching 1.0 inning with one walk and one strikeout.RHP Kyle Nicolas took the mound after Tolman, pitching 1.0 inning with one hit and two strikeouts. RHP Gus Varland closed out the game for Rochester, pitching 1.0 inning with a flyout, popout, and groundout.

The Rochester Red Wings Player of the Game is LF Trey Lipscomb, who energized Rochester’s victory with a pair of home runs. His three-run bomb in the bottom of the seventh put the Red Wings ahead for the first time, headlining a day where the Tennessee product went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Lipscomb is now slashing .429/.429/.786 against Knights’ pitching this season, and has accounted for two separate multi-home run games against the team throughout his career (7/29/2025).

Rochester will play game six of the series against the Knights on Sunday at 1:05 p.m., as they look to win three in a row and pick up a series victory. RHP Jonathan Cannon is expected to start for Charlotte.

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