MiLB

Buffalo 7, at Rochester 9

Sunday, August 30, 2026 · Final · International League (AAA)

Kyle Hayes, Cayden Wallace power Red Wings past Bisons, 9‑7

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Interstat) — Kyle Hayes went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs, and Cayden Wallace went 3 for 3 with a homer and an RBI, as the Rochester Red Wings defeated the Buffalo Bisons 9-7 on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at Frontier Field.

Rochester took control with a four-run second inning, added two in the third and solo runs in the fourth and fifth to lead 8-3. Buffalo, which had taken a 2-0 lead on Sean Keys’ first-inning homer and a second-inning RBI single by C.J. Stubbs, pulled within one with four runs in the sixth; Wallace homered in the bottom half to make it 9-7. Rochester outhit Buffalo 10-8.

Matt Krook earned the win, improving to 5-3, allowing no hits over 1 1/3 innings with three strikeouts. Gus Varland pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save. Grant Rogers took the loss, falling to 4-10.

Sean Keys homered and drove in two for Buffalo, and Peyton Williams also went deep. The Bisons fell to 63-67, while Rochester improved to 79-51 before an announced crowd of 7,885. The game lasted 2:58.