Four Rochester pitchers combined on a two-hitter as the Red Wings beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 3-1, on a chilly Thursday evening at ESL Ballpark in New York.

Lefthander Andrew Alvarez started for Rochester and allowed one hit with one walk and 10 strikeouts in five innings. Relievers Erik Tolman, Eddy Yean and Seth Shuman finished off the win as the Red Wings handed the RailRiders (2-3) their third straight loss.

Elmer Rodriguez, the No. 3 prospect in the New York Yankees system, made his season debut for the RailRiders. He allowed one run and four hits in five innings with two walks and two strikeouts.

In the bottom of the first, Rochester scored three batters in when Christian Franklin led off with a single, went to third on a double by Harry Ford and scored on a groundout by Dylan Crews. Abimelec Ortiz followed with a single, but Rodriguez got Andres Chaparro to ground into an inning-ending double play.

With one out in the third, Payton Henry walked and Jonathan Ornelas doubled to put runners at second and third. But Alvarez retired the next two batters to get out of the inning.

It stayed a 1-0 game until the bottom of the seventh.

Robert Hassell III led off with a walk and Trey Lipscomb had a ground-rule double. Kervin Castro relieved Harrison Cohen and Yohandy Morales dropped a fly-ball single into right field to score Hassell. Zack Short followed with a sacrifice fly to center to bring home Lipscomb and make it 3-0.

Held to three base runners through the first eight innings, the RailRiders mounted a rally in the top of the ninth to spoil the shutout. With one out, Max Schuemann walked. Oswaldo Cabrera singled and Yanquiel Fernandez walked to load the bases. Paul DeJong hit a sacrifice fly to score Schuemann, but Shuman got Ali Sanchez to hit into a game-ending forceout.

The series continues Friday at 1:05 p.m. with a doubleheader. No. 2 prospect Carlos Lagrange and Adam Kloffenstein are scheduled to start for the RailRiders. Parker Mitchell will start one of the games for Rochester with the other starter yet to be announced.