The Railriders came back home after a week as they started a three game series with the Rochester Red Wings. Caleb Smith got the start for the Railriders. The Red Wings sent Chris Heston on the mound. Zack Granite hit a single to left but Smith got a 5-4-3 double play for the first two outs. Matt Hague kept the inning alive with a single to left but a flyout ended the top of the first. Tyler Wade hit a leadoff single for the Railriders then Dustin Fowler hit a triple to center to score Wade for a 1-0 lead. After a groundout, Tyler Austin drew a walk. Clint Frazier would bring home Fowler on a sacrifice fly to center for a 2-0 advantage. Gleyber Torres would hit a single to center but a groundout would end the inning. Smith threw a 1-2-3 second for the Railriders. Mason Williams hit a leadoff triple then Donovan Solano would bring him home on a sacrifice fly to center to increase the lead to 3-0. After a strikeout, Dustin Fowler hit a double to right, but a groundout would end the inning. Granite would hit a bunt single to keep the third alive but a lineout ended the third. Frazier hit a one out single to left then would steal second then stole third after Torres drew a walk. Tim Melville came in to pitch for the Red Wings. Kyle Higashioka brought home Frazier on a single to left for a 4-0 advantage. A strikeout and a groundout would end the third. Tommy Field would hit an infield single but Smith would get an inning ending double play to keep Rochester off the board. Greg Bird drew a two out walk then Tyler Austin hit a double to left to get Bird to third but a strikeout would end the inning. Engelb Vielma and Bennie Gonzalez drew two out walks. After an on-field delay, Smith would get a groundout to keep the shutout going. Gleyber Torres hit a leadoff single to center then Higashioka hit an infield single. Melville then retired the next three batters to end the fifth. Niko Goodrum hit a leadoff homer to left to cut the Railriders lead to 4-1. After a groundout, Tommy Field drew a walk. After a strikeout, JR Murphy hit a single to center to move Field to third. JP Feyereisen came in to pitch in relief for the Railriders. Leonardo Reginatto hit a single that scored Field to make it 4-2, but a popout prevented any more Rochester scoring. Melville threw a 1-2-3 sixth for the Red Wings. Bengie Gonzalez hit a leadoff single to center. Gonzalez would go to second on a groundout. After a flyout, Matt Hague would draw a walk then Tommy Field would follow with another walk and the Railriders went to Tyler Jones in relief and would get a forceout to end the seventh. Melville would throw another 1-2-3 inning in the seventh for Rochester. Murphy would reach on an error and reach third to start the eighth. After a strikeout, Murphy would score on an RBI groundout by Vielma to cut it to 4-3. A strikeout would end the top half of the eighth. Mason Williams drew a leadoff walk, then Donovan Solano hit a double to center that scored Williams to make it 5-3. The Red Wings went to Kevin Chapman out of the bullpen. He would get a groundout to start off the inning. The groundout would move Solano to third. Fowler would bring him home on a bloop single to left to make it 6-3. Tyler Austin followed with a double to left to score Fowler and a 7-3 advantage. After a flyout, Gleyber Torres brought home Bird and Austin for a 9-3 lead. Higashioka hit a double to left, moving Torres to third. A strikeout would end the inning. JR Graham would come in to pitch for the Railriders. Zack Granite would hit a leadoff double to right but Graham would retire the next three batters to give the Railriders a 9-3 victory over the Red Wings.
Thoughts on the game: The Railriders looked like they would dominate early on, Smith had some issues late but the bullpen was able to keep the lead. The Red Wings looked like they would close the gap in the eighth but a big bottom half for the Railriders snuffed out a comeback for the Red Wings. Gleyber Torres had a great game with three hits on the night.
Rochester 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
Railriders 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 x 9
Rochester
CF Granite 5 0 3 0
RF Goodrum 5 1 1 1
1B Hague 4 0 1 0
LF Field 3 1 1 0
DH Park 4 0 0 0
C Murphy 4 1 1 0
3B Reginatto 4 0 1 1
SS Vielma 3 0 0 1
2B B Gonzalez 3 0 1 0
2B: Granite
HR: Goodrum
Railriders
SS Wade 5 1 1 0
CF Fowler 5 2 3 2
DH Bird 3 1 0 0
1B Austin 4 1 2 1
LF Frazier 4 1 1 1
3B Torres 4 0 3 2
C Higashioka 5 0 3 1
RF Williams 4 2 1 0
2B Solano 3 1 1 2
2B: Fowler, Austin (2), Solano, Higashioka
3B: Fowler
Pitching
Rochester
Heston (L) 2.1 IP 6 H 4 R 4 ER 2 BB 1 K
Melville 4.2 IP 5 H 2 R 2 ER 2 BB 5 K
Chapman 1 IP 4 H 3 R 3 ER 1 BB 1 K
Railriders
Smith (W) 5.2 IP 6 H 2 R 2 ER 3 BB 3 K
Feyreisen (H) 1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 0 K
Jones (H) 1.1 IP 0 H 1 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Graham 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
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