The RailRiders club 6 homers in 14-5 victory over Rochester.
MOOSIC, PA. — The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders hit a season-high six home runs and cruised to a 14-5 win over the Rochester Red Wings on Friday night at PNC Field.
Switch-hitter Andrew Velazquez hit home runs while batting both right-handed and left-handed, becoming the second player in SWB franchise history to switch-hit home runs in a game.
The RailRiders jumped out to an early lead when Armando Alvarez struck a three-run home run off Tomshaw. It was Alvarez’ third home run of the series following a two-homer performance on Tuesday night.
Rochester crept closer with two runs in the top of the third off Glenn Otto on a two-run triple by Jake Noll. Otto (1-0) was terrific in his first start at PNC Field, striking out eight and walking one in 6.0 innings of work. He allowed three runs on seven hits to record the third quality start for SWB pitchers in the last four games.
SWB extended its lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the third on a two-run homer from Donny Sands. Thomas Milone and Velazquez (batting right-handed) both went deep in the fourth, and Alvarez added an RBI double to run the lead to 9-3.