Rochester’s Ben Braymer is named the Triple-A East Pitcher of the Month.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Worcester Red Sox clipped the Rochester Red Wings, 4-2, Friday night for the Woo Sox’s fourth straight victory at Frontier Field.
The Wings loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth inning, but were only able to push across one run on a Blake Swihart walk.
Rochester went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.
Swihart homered in the fifth inning to account for the other Red Wings run on the evening.
Worcester scored one in the second and three in the third off Wings starter Bryan Bonnell.
Nick Wells and Andrew Lee combined to throw five innings of scoreless relief to keep Rochester in the game.
Daniel Palka had three of the Red Wings’ six hits on the night.
Game five of the six-game series is Saturday night at Frontier Field.
Braymer honored
Rochester Red Wings left-handed pitcher Ben Braymer has been named the Triple-A East Pitcher of the Month for August, Minor League Baseball announced.
Braymer was 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA (11 ER, 32.0 IP) in six appearances (five starts) with 18 hits, three home runs, two hit batters, 15 walks, and 21 strikeouts. He allowed two hits or fewer in four games and had three scoreless starts. Braymer won three consecutive appearances from August 14-25. Six of the 11 runs he allowed came in one outing. The former 18th round selection by the Nationals in 2016 out of Auburn University is now 6-7 with a 5.56 ERA in 19 games (16 starts) this season.
This is the first career Pitcher of the Month honor for Braymer. He is the first Rochester Player/Pitcher of the Month since OF Jaylin Davis earned International League Player of the Month in July, 2019. The last Red Wings pitcher to win the award was LHP Francisco Liriano in July, 2008.