Jake Cave and Chris Carter hit back-to-back homers in the 6th in the 3-1 win over the Tide.
NORFOLK, VA. — Adalberto Mejia and Trevor May combined to allow just 6 hits as the Rochester Red Wings won its fourth straight game with a 3-1 win over the Norfolk Tides Friday night at Harbor Park.
Jake Cave and Chris Carter opened the 6th with back-to-back home runs to put the Red Wings (28-23) on the board against Tides (28-24) starter Yefry Ramirez (2-4). Ramirez had surrendered just two hits through four innings before the Wings left the bases loaded in the 5th.
Mejia (1-1) matched zero-for-zero through three innings but Norfolk was able to get on get on the board in the 4th on a two-out RBI single form Ruben Tejada. He was charged with one run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts over 6.0 innings and ended his night by striking out a pair to end his outing.
Rehabbing Trevor May worked a perfect 7th but the Tides pushed the tying run to second base with two outs in the 8th. Drew Dosch pinch-hit but flied out to end the inning.
Zack Granite looped a two-out double to left in the 9th and scored on a Nick Gordon soft liner. Granite slid in just ahead of the tag of Caleb Joseph.
May issued a one-out walk to Joseph in the 9th but he was able to secure his second career save. He allowed one hit and one walk with one strikeout in 3.0 scoreless frames.
Rochester has won 4 in a row to start this 6-game road trip after losing 5-of-6 games at home against Buffalo.
The series continues with games Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in Norfolk.
*NOTES — In a roster move, RHP Aaron Slegers was actived after being optioned by the Minnesota Twins (on May 31)…Rochester has hit 19 home runs in 13 games since May 22, including 8 in the three games in Durham, after hitting 16 homers in the previous 38 games. Kennys Vargas leads the club with 8 home runs and 5 have come since game one on May 25 vs. Buffalo, including homers the last 3 games. He is the first Red Wing with a home run in 3 straight games since ByungHo Park did so from August 20-22, 2017… The Red Wings started 1-3 in May but went 17-10 the rest of the way to finish the month 18-13. Rochester had only won 18 games in May one season since
1996 (19-10 in 2016).