Ronald Torreyes and Luke Raley each homer for Rochester.
MOOSIC, PA. — The Rochester Red Wings got their week-long IL North road trip off to a good start with a 10-6 win over the Scranton/WB RailRiders at PNC Field.
When Ronald Torreyes’ 3-run homer highlighted a five-run frame for the Wings in the 7th inning it looked the Wings would cruise to the easy win. But, back came the RailRiders plating five of their own runs in the bottom of the inning. The big blow was a Trey Amburgey grand slam off Gabriel Moya.
However, the combo of Jake Reed and Preston Guilmet would shut the door on the comeback bid tossing 2.1 scoreless innings.
The Wings (9-14) would tack on insurance runs on back-to-back bases loaded walks in the 8th inning.
Lewis Thorpe – the reigning IL Pitcher of the Week – wasn’t as dominant as he was last Tuesday against the RailRiders when he struck out 12 in eight innings, but he still picked up the win allowing four runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 6.1 innings.
Luke Raley had himself a nice Monday collecting three RBI including his fourth homer of the season. Torreyes finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored.
Chad Green made the start for Scranton and struck out 5 over 2 scoreless innings to start the game.
The 4-game set continues Tuesday night at 6:35. Kohl Stewart (1-2, 6.00) will get the ball for Rochester opposite righty Jonathan Loaisiga (0-1, 3.60)
Thorpe receives 2 honors
Rochester Red Wings left-handed pitcher Lewis Thorpe has been named the International League and Minnesota Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Week.
Thorpe made one start during the period ending April 28, tossing a career-high 8.0 innings while matching a career-best with 12 strikeouts on April 23 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He also struck out 12 batters in his previous start on April 17 vs. Syracuse. The 23-year-old retired 18 straight batters after a two-out homer by Gosuke Katoh in the 1st inning. Thorpe finished his night by surrendering just three hits and did not issue a walk.
Thorpe is the first Rochester pitcher to be named International League Pitcher of the Week since Stephen Gonsalves on May 7, 2018.
*NOTES — From JJ Cooper at Baseball America: Rochester scored 10 runs tonight. This is the 7th time this April that Rochester or its opponent has scored 10 or more runs. Last season, over 140 games, Rochester had 9 games where they or their opponent scored 10+…The Wings improved to 4-1 against the Yankees top affiliate in 2019…Rochester has hit 29 home runs to produce 44 of the 101 total runs scored this season. The Red Wings hit just 7 April homers last year, all coming on or before April 20. The 29th, 30th, and 31st homers of 2018 didn’t come until the 50th game on May 31. Rochester is on pace to hit 184 home runs. Only 5 teams in the history of the International League have hit 200 or more homers in a season: Baltimore in 1932 (232), 1930 (231), and 1935 (202), Pawtucket in 1996 (209), and Buffalo in 1998 (206).