Rodriguez lifts RailRiders with second homer

On Monday night, Eddy Rodriguez played the hero Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with a walk-off grand slam that ended with him sliding into the celebration at home plate. Wednesday's shot didn't come with the same theatrics, but it brought the same result.
Rodriguez homered twice, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, as Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre rallied for its fifth straight win, 9-8 over Pawtucket.

Batting out of the ninth spot in his team's order, Rodriguez got his night started with a single to right field in the fourth before clubbing a two-out, two-run shot to left-center in the sixth, one that pulled the RailRiders level with the Red Sox at 6-6.

A two-run top of the eighth shifted the lead back to Pawtucket's side, but Scranton/Wilkes-Barre closed quickly again. New York's No. 2 prospectClint Frazier walked to lead off the inning and went to third on a throwing error by Pawtucket reliever Edgar Olmos attempting to pick him off of first. Frazier scored on Mark Payton's groundout to second to pull the RailRiders within a run.
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After Rubén Tejada singled, Olmos exited in favor of Noé Ramirez. Ramirez retired Cito Culver for the inning's second out but served up a first pitch that Rodriguez hammered out to left-center field for the go-ahead shot.
The three-hit night extended Rodriguez's hitting streak to five games, and the four-RBI tally matched Monday for his season high. Rodriguez has now driven in 10 runs in his last five games after having just four RBIs in the season's first 19.

Frazier, baseball's No. 20 overall prospect, added two singles and scored two runs.
Boston's No. 3 prospectSam Travis went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs in the loss.