Rochester remains a half game out of first as Buffalo falls to LV.
By Nick Grasso / Rochester Red Wings
MOOSIC, PA. — The Rochester Red Wings dropped the final game in their series against the Scranton/Wikes-Barre, 5-4, handing the RailRiders a 4-2 series win.
However, the Red Wings remain a half game behind Buffalo for first place in the IL East as the Bisons fell to Lehigh Valley, 5-2, on Sunday.
RHP Sterling Sharp got the ball and tossed for five innings, allowing eight hits and four runs. LHP Jace Fry and RHP Curtis Taylor saw the mound next and threw two scoreless innings, but RHP Patrick Murphy gave up a homer in the eighth to put Scranton up 5-4.
The Wings scored first off a sacrifice fly from SS Alcides Escobar but gave up a four-run bottom of the inning to go down 4-1. LF Cole Freeman, SS Alcides Escobar, and RF Josh Palacios logged a run each in the third to tie the game at 4-4.
Scranton’s Tim Locastro homered in the bottom of the eighth as Scranton took a lead that Rochester couldn’t overcome in the top of the ninth.
With the loss, Rochester has lost its fourth series of the year and second in a row, dropping their record to 37-29.
For the third time this series, the Wings outhit Scranton but failed to secure the victory.
The Wings will rest on Monday before coming home to host Syracuse at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday at Frontier Field.C&C Worldwide sports, SportsROC, Rochester Sports, Rochester Red Wings, Naomi Silver, Dan Mason, Frontier Field, Washington Nationals, Matt LeCroy