IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

IronPigs rally to beat Red Wings

April 18, 2019 - International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


(Allentown, Pa) - The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (11-3) continue their dominant ways over the Rochester Red Wings (4-10) in 2019. They are now 7-1 against Rochester as they rallied back midway through the game to win 6-5.

Dylan Cozens got the Pigs on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning with a home run off Kohl Stewart (1-2). The home run was Cozens' fifth of the season.

Rochester answered with two solo home runs by Tomas Telis and Jordany Valdespin off Enyel De Los Santos in the top of the second inning to take a 2-1 lead. LaMonte Wade Jr. homered off De Los Santos in the top of the third inning to extend Rochester's lead to 3-1. Telis added an RBI double to put the lead at 4-1.

Lehigh Valley began their rally with a two-run home run hit by Sean Rodriguez off Stewart to cut Rochester's lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mitch Walding tied the game at 4-4 by hitting a double off Stewart in the bottom of the fifth inning. Rodriguez struck again as he hit the go-ahead two-run double off Stewart to give the IronPigs a 6-4 lead.

Rochester added a run in the top of the eighth inning Adam Rosales hit an RBI single off Yacksel Rios to trim the IronPigs lead to 6-5. Edubray Ramos earned his third save by pitching a scoreless top of the ninth inning.

Austin Davis (1-0) earned the win by pitching two scoreless innings in relief of De Los Santos. Davis has now extended his scoreless inning streak to 10.

The IronPigs and Red Wings meet again on Friday night at Coca-Cola Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

The 2019 IronPigs season is the team's 12th as the top affiliate for the Philadelphia Phillies and 12th at Coca-Cola Park. Follow the IronPigs on Twitter at @IronPigs and like them on Facebook via www.facebook.com/LHVIronPigs.

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