By Nick Sciarratta and Frank Lantigua / Rochester Red Wings
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Lehigh Valley IronPigs shut out the Rochester Red Wings 3-0 Friday night at Frontier Field. The series continues Saturday afternoon at 1:05 pm, for Autism Awareness Day at the ballpark
Red Wings starter Mike Morin worked the first inning, allowing one hit and striking out one.
Sean Rodriguez’s RBI triple gave the IronPigs the lead in the top of the second inning against Red Wings primary pitcher Zack Littell.
Lehigh Valley continued their attack in the third inning, adding one more run off the bat of Dylan Cozens, who hit his second homer of the season to make it 2-0 Lehigh Valley.
IronPigs starter Enyel De Los Santos walked a batter in the bottom of the fifth, ruining his perfect game.
A two-out double off the bat of John Andreoli ended the De Los Santos no-hit bid in the sixth inning.
Mitch Walding’s solo home run off Littell drove in another run for Lehigh Valley in the top of the sixth for a 3-0 lead. Littell pitched 5.0 innings and allowed five hits, three earned runs and three walks while striking out eight, Littell threw 86 pitches, 53 for strikes.
De Los Santos worked 7.0 scoreless innings and allowed just two hits, with two walks and nine strikeouts. De Los Santos threw 86 pitches, 63 for strikes.
Tyler Duffey pitched two relief innings, allowing just one walk while fanning five. Jake Reed pitched the ninth inning for the Red Wings, allowing one hit.
*NOTES — John Andreoli’s double in the sixth inning increased his hitting streak to six games…Enyel De Los Santos struck out a career-best 10 Red Wings batters in his first start April 6 in Lehigh Valley, and notched nine more Friday night.