Red Wings Edge RailRiders in Late-Inning Thriller
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Interstat) — Trey Lipscomb’s RBI double in the eighth inning lifted the Rochester Red Wings to a 5-4 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Wednesday afternoon at Frontier Field.
The RailRiders took an early lead with two runs in the first, but Rochester’s three-run fifth tied it. The game was knotted at 4-4 entering the bottom of the eighth when Lipscomb drove in Andrew Pinckney for the decisive run.
Rochester reliever Julian Fernández earned the win, while Orlando Ribalta secured the save. RailRiders reliever Yerry De Los Santos took the loss. Red Wings starter Riley Cornelio struck out seven over 4 1/3 innings.
Attendance was 2,549. The game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.