Rochester ends its 10-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
MOOSIC, PA. — The Rochester Red Wings longest losing streak in 8 years finally is over.
Willians Astudillo hit a 2-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to propel the Red Wings to a 4-3 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Wednesday night to end the club’s 10-game losing streak.
The RailRiders got the tying run all the way to third base in the bottom of the ninth, but Trevor may escaped the jam to earn his second save as a Red Wing this season.
It was the first win for the Wings (29-33) since June 11.
Astudillo went 2-for-4 with a double to go along with his seventh homer of the season. Prior to 2018, the Wings stocky utility man hadn’t hit more than 4 homers in any of his 9 pro seasons.
Dietrich Enns dialed up a dandy for the Wings, allowing just 1 run on 6 hits over 6.2 innings in th the no-decision. The southpaw, facing his old team for the first time, struck out 5 without issuing a walk.
The Wings took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Wynston Sawyer knocked home Chris Carter with a 1-out doubled to center before coming around to score on a steal of home when Taylor Motter was picked off first base, but the RailRiders second baseman dropped the throw.
The RailRiders scored their only run off Enns on a Billy McKinneyy solo homer in the fourth inning to cut the lead in half.
Rochester clung to the 1-run lead all the way until the eighth inning when Brandon Drury knocked home Tyler Wade to even things at 2-2. The run came off Alan Busenitz, who had his streak of 12 straight scoreless outings spanning 22 innings come to an end. He hadn’t allowed a run at Triple-A since April 12.
Joe Mauer led off and played first base for the Wings Wednesday and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. In his first 3 games on rehab, the Minnesota Twins star is 0-for-10.
The Red Wings road trip continues Thursday with the start of a 4-game series in Buffalo. Southpaw Adalberto Mejia (1-2, 3.86) will make the start for Rochester.