Yanquiel Fernández homered twice and drove in five and Ernesto Martínez Jr.’s two-run double in the 10th inning led the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders past the Worcester Red Sox, 9-7, in 10 innings on Wednesday afternoon at Polar Park.
Trailing, 3-0, the RailRiders sent seven to the plate in the top of the fifth to take a 4-3 lead. Spencer Jones doubled home Kenedy Corona, and Fernández launched a Jacob Webb offering 425 feet to right, a three-run blast to put Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ahead.
The Red Sox, however, countered quickly in the bottom of the fifth when former RailRider Mickey Gasper lined a two-run homer to right for a 5-4 advantage.
With two down in the top of the seventh, Fernandez doubled and scored on a single from Oswaldo Cabrera to tie the game at 5.
In the ninth, Fernández drilled a 1-2 slider from Wyatt Olds over the high wall in right to push Scranton/Wilkes-Barre up 7-5.
Worcester tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI double by Braiden Ward and a sacrifice fly from Nick Sogard.
After Martinez Jr. gave the RailRiders a two-run lead in the top of the 10th, the WooSox loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the inning, but Dylan Coleman struck out Anthony Seigler and induced two popouts to close the door.