IL1 Rochester Red Wings

Wings Squander Chances, Fall in 14 at Scranton/WB

Published on August 21, 2015 under International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


MOOSIC, PA - Austin Romine delivered the walk-off single with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning as the Rochester Red Wings fell to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 3-2 Friday night at PNC Field.

The loss ends a five-game winning streak and drops the Red Wings (66-61) to 5.5 games behind the first place RailRiders (71-55). Rochester has four games remaining with Scranton/WB this season including Saturday and Sunday.

Romine earned a bit of redemption for the second time against Rochester after he was plunked in the head by Wings pitcher Lester Oliveros on June 12 after back-to-back Scranton/WB home runs. In his next game on the 18th, Romine hit a grand slam and drove in six runs. Tonight, he delivered what could prove to be a knockout blow to Rochester's playoff hopes.

Despite 14 innings of play, the Red Wings mustered just six hits including two from James Beresford. Rochester left 11 men on base while finishing 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Rochester left one man on in the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, 10th, 12th and 13th innings and two in the eighth and 11th.

Jose Berrios opposed rehabbing Michael Pineda and left with a lead. Berrios surrendered just one run on five hits without a walk while striking out 10 in 7.0 innings. He left in line for the win with Rochester leading 2-1 after Beresford's RBI double in the top of the eighth.

Aaron Thompson entered out of the bullpen and promptly walked the leadoff man, Kyle Roller. Speedy Rico Noel pinch ran for Roller and after Thompson got the next batter, Ben Gamel, to strikeout swinging, Alex Meyer took over on the mound. A fielder's choice forced Noel out at second base for the second out but Meyer walked Jose Pirela to move the tying run into scoring position and Gary Sanchez's seeing-eye single up the middle knotted the game at two.

Rochester's best chance in extra innings came in the 11th inning as Kennys Vargas and Xavier Avery drew back-to-back walks to begin the frame before Danny Ortiz sacrificed them both to second and third. Doug Bernier and Oswaldo Arcia both struck out to end the inning. Arcia finished 0-for-6 and is 0-for-his-last-24.

Mark Hamburger tossed 3.0 scoreless innings and Michael Tonkin followed suite with 2.0 innings of his own in relief. Adrian Salcedo (0-1) took over in the 14th and retired just one man, Aaron Judge, who crushed a deep fly ball that was caught on the warning track in straightaway center field. Tyler Dugas singled, Cole Figueroa executed a perfect hit-and-run for another single and Romine followed with the walk-off hit up the middle.

Andury Acevedo (1-2), who the Red Wings beat with a walk-off on Sunday at Frontier Field, threw a perfect 14th inning to earn his first Triple-A win.

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