Taylor Motter homers as Rochester records just 3 hits.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Blake Trahan’s walk-off single in the 10th inning gave the Louisville Bats a 3-2 victory over the Rochester Red Wings in the rubber game Sunday night at Louisville Slugger Field.
The Red Wings (46-57) have now lost their last 4 series. The Bats (46-57) won the season series 4-2.
Rochester spoiled another good start from Stephen Gonsalves, who surrendered 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk with 6 strikeouts over 6.0 innings. Louisville scored both runs on 3 hits and a walk in the 3rd inning to tie the game after Taylor Motter gave the Wings a 2-0 advantage with a 2-run homer in the top half.
Motter’s home run was Rochester’s first and only hit against Robert Stephenson, though the Bats starter did walk 5 over 7.0 innings.
Addison Reed pitched around a pair of one-out walks in the 7th by getting a fly out and a strikeout to end his second rehab appearance. John Curtiss walked the first hitter he faced in the 8th but didn’t allow another runner to reach over 2.0 innings while striking out 3 hitters.
Louisville scored the game-winning run against Luke Bard (1-3) in the 10th as the placed runner scored on Trahan’s single with 1 out. Austin Brice (1-0) fired 2.0 perfect innings to earn the win.
Rochester returns home for a quasi-doubleheader with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at 5:05 pm on Monday. The teams will resume a suspended game in the bottom of the 4th inning from June 24 and complete 9 innings with a 7-inning game to follow.
*NOTES — Entering tonight’s game, Rochester was 71-for-the-last-403 (.176 average) with runners in scoring position since the 8th inning on June 2 in Norfolk. The Red Wings are batting .203 with RISP and .191 with RISP and two outs this season…Rochester is second in the International League with a 3.44 ERA. Lehigh Valley paces the league with a 3.40 mark. The Red Wings had a league-best 3.28 ERA on June 26 but have pitched to 3.90 number in July.