Rochester hurler Kohl Stewart suffers the loss despite allowing just 1 run to the RailRiders.
MOOSIC, PA. — Kohl Stewart turned in his best start of the season at Triple-A, but the offense didn’t provide any help as the Rochester Red Wings were blanked by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 4-0, Saturday night.
Stewart – after allowing 5 runs in each of his first 2 starts with Rochester this year – allowed just 1 run on 7 hits and 2 walks over 6 innings.
The lone run off Stewart came off the bat of Mike Ford, who hit a solo homer in the second inning.
The best chance the Wings had to break through on the scoreboard came in the 6th inning when Jordan Pacheco led off with a double. However, he wouldn’t move from there as a pop out and 2 strikeouts ended the threat.
The RailRiders broke the game open in the bottom of the eighth scoring 3 runs off Tyler Duffey.
Rochester (43-45) got back-to-back walks with 2 outs in the 9th, but Jon Kemmer struck out to end the threat and the game.
Kennys Vargas, Gregorio Petit, Taylor Motter, and Pacheco collected the 4 hits for the Wings, who lost for the first time since the All-Star break.
Nick Gordon left the game in the middle of his at-bat in the 6th inning with an apparent hand injury.
The Wings and RailRiders wrap up their 4-game weekend set on Sunday at 1:05 pm. The rehabbing Ervin Santana will make the start for the Wings, who can win the series with a victory.
*NOTES — In roster moves Saturday, RHP Ervin Santana had MLB rehab assignment transferred from Double-A Chattanooga to Rochester; and OF Byron Buxton was placed on the disabled list with a left wrist strain, retroactive to July 13…The Red Wings have the most road wins in the International League this season, going 28-19 away from Frontier Field. Rochester has hit 41 of its 60 home runs (68.3%) on the road. The Wings are averaging 3.8 runs per game on the road compared to 3.1 at home…Rochester leads the International League with a 3.28 ERA. The Red Wings have thrown 8 shutouts and allowed 3 or fewer runs in 46 of 88 games.