Spencer Jones’ grand slam highlighted another big offensive day by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders as they beat the Rochester Red Wings, 16-5, in the series finale Sunday at ESL Ballpark in New York.

Jones’ blast was one of four homers by the RailRiders (6-3), who collected 18 hits in winning their fourth straight game. Every player in the lineup except Jones had mulitple hits, led by Ali Sanchez with three. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre now heads home for its opener at PNC Field on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m. against the Durham Bulls.

Oswaldo Cabrera, the game’s second batter. gave the RailRiders a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when he hit a 3-2 pitch from Rochester starter Andry Lara out to right-center field for his first home run of the season.

Luis Gil, the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year with the New York Yankees, started for the RailRiders. Gil was a bit wild early as he walked three of the first batters he faced, then allowed a two-run single to Andres Chaparro that gave the Red Wings a 2-1 lead.

But the RailRiders responded in the top of the second and reclaimed the lead for good. With one out, Ernesto Martinez Jr. homered to right-center field to tie the score at 2. Sanchez walked and Braden Shewmake doubled. Jonathan Ornales and Jasson Dominguez followed with RBI singles to put the RailRiders in front, 4-2.

Zack Short homered to left field off Gil with one out in the bottom of the second to cut the Rochester deficit to 4-3. But Ornales drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the third and Yanquiel Fernandez tripled and scored on a throwing error from the outfield in the top of the fourth to give the RailRiders a 6-3 lead.

Then, in the top of the fifth, Sanchez led off with a single. One out later, Ornales singled. With two outs, Cabrera walked to load the bases and bring up Jones, who with the wind blowing out, hit an 0-1 pitch from Trevor Gott out to right-center field for a grand slam. It was his second home run of the season and put the RailRiders in front, 10-3.

In the top of the eighth, the RailRiders added five more runs. Oswaldo Cabrera led off with a single, moved to second on a groundout by Jones and scored on a single by Fernandez. With two outs, Rochester brought in position player Phillip Glasser to pitch. Martinez greeted him with a single and Sanchez followed with a home run to left field that made it 14-3. Shewmake then singled, Ornales walked and Dominguez had a RBI single for a 15-3 advantage.

Sanchez had a RBI single in the top of the ninth to finish the scoring for the RailRiders. Rochester scored twice in the bottom of the ninth off Carson Coleman on a sacrifice fly by Harry Ford and a single by Abimelec Ortiz to provide the final margin.

Gil allowed three runs on four hits in 4.2 innings with four walks and six strikeouts. When he reached 90 pitches, with a 3-2 count to Chaparro, he was relieved by Yovanny Cruz, who retired Chaparro on a groundout, then struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to get the win.

RailRiders 4, Rochester 3: At Rochester on Saturday, Seth Brown and Paul DeJong each hit solo home runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally the RailRiders past the Red Wings.

Brown led off the inning with his homer off Erik Tolman to tie the game, 3-3. One out later, DeJong homered to put the RailRiders ahead.

From there, the bullpen protected the advantage. Angel Chivilli worked two scoreless innings and Kervin Castro worked around a pair of two-out singles in the bottom of the ninth for the save. Yerry De los Santos (1-1) got the win, retiring all eight batters he faced in 2.2 innings of relief with four strikeouts.