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The Rochester Red Wings used a middle-inning surge to hold off the Worcester Red Sox 7-6 Tuesday night at Polar Park.
Worcester struck first in the opening inning when Nate Eaton doubled to center and scored on an RBI single to left by Anthony Seigler for a 1-0 lead. Red Wings starter Andry Lara then stranded a runner and retired the side in order in the second to keep the deficit at one. Trey Lipscomb pulled Rochester even in the third, lining a solo home run to left-center off Raymond Burgos.
The teams traded runs again in the third and fourth innings. Worcester briefly went back in front 2-1 in the third when Tsung-Che Cheng doubled and scored on a Mikey Romero line-drive double to left. Rochester answered in the fourth as Morales singled to center, moved up on an Andrew Pinckney single and scored on Seaver King's single to center to tie it, 2-2. The hit was King’s first as a Red Wing after he was called up from Double-A Harrisburg on Monday.
Later in the inning, Lipscomb forced in another run with a bases-loaded walk, bringing in Pinckney for a 3-2 Red Wings lead. The Red Sox pulled even again in the bottom of the fourth when Allan Castro walked, stole second, moved up on an infield play and scored on Cheng's RBI force at second.
Rochester took control with a three-run fifth. Christian Franklin drew a leadoff walk and scored when Yohandy Morales drilled an RBI double to center, knocking Burgos out of the game and putting the Red Wings ahead 4-3. Harry Ford, who had singled, came home on Pinckney's grounder to third to make it 5-3. Morales, who advanced on the play, then scored on a soft line-drive single to center by Robert Hassell III for a 6-3 cushion.
Lara allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits over five innings, walking three and striking out three to earn the win. Right-hander Clayton Beeter followed with a scoreless sixth inning before the Red Wings added an insurance run.
In the seventh, Morales launched his second extra-base hit of the night, a solo home run to right-center off Danny Coulombe to extend the lead to 7-3.
Worcester mounted its biggest threat in the bottom of the seventh against Zak Kent. Cheng walked and Eaton singled before a groundout put two in scoring position.
After a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Seigler punched a two-run single to right to trim the deficit to 7-5. Vinny Capra lifted a sacrifice fly to right, bringing home Kristian Campbell to make it a one-run game.
Zach Penrod came on and allowed a single but recorded the final out of the inning with Rochester still in front.
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Worcester struck first in the opening inning when Nate Eaton doubled to center and scored on an RBI single to left by Anthony Seigler for a 1-0 lead. Red Wings starter Andry Lara then stranded a runner and retired the side in order in the second to keep the deficit at one. Trey Lipscomb pulled Rochester even in the third, lining a solo home run to left-center off Raymond Burgos.
The teams traded runs again in the third and fourth innings. Worcester briefly went back in front 2-1 in the third when Tsung-Che Cheng doubled and scored on a Mikey Romero line-drive double to left. Rochester answered in the fourth as Morales singled to center, moved up on an Andrew Pinckney single and scored on Seaver King's single to center to tie it, 2-2. The hit was King’s first as a Red Wing after he was called up from Double-A Harrisburg on Monday.
Later in the inning, Lipscomb forced in another run with a bases-loaded walk, bringing in Pinckney for a 3-2 Red Wings lead. The Red Sox pulled even again in the bottom of the fourth when Allan Castro walked, stole second, moved up on an infield play and scored on Cheng's RBI force at second.
Rochester took control with a three-run fifth. Christian Franklin drew a leadoff walk and scored when Yohandy Morales drilled an RBI double to center, knocking Burgos out of the game and putting the Red Wings ahead 4-3. Harry Ford, who had singled, came home on Pinckney's grounder to third to make it 5-3. Morales, who advanced on the play, then scored on a soft line-drive single to center by Robert Hassell III for a 6-3 cushion.
Lara allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits over five innings, walking three and striking out three to earn the win. Right-hander Clayton Beeter followed with a scoreless sixth inning before the Red Wings added an insurance run.
In the seventh, Morales launched his second extra-base hit of the night, a solo home run to right-center off Danny Coulombe to extend the lead to 7-3.
Worcester mounted its biggest threat in the bottom of the seventh against Zak Kent. Cheng walked and Eaton singled before a groundout put two in scoring position.
After a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, Seigler punched a two-run single to right to trim the deficit to 7-5. Vinny Capra lifted a sacrifice fly to right, bringing home Kristian Campbell to make it a one-run game.
Zach Penrod came on and allowed a single but recorded the final out of the inning with Rochester still in front.
Information gathered from milb.com.
This story was created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Rochester Red Wings beat Worcester Red Sox in series opener
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