{"id":155981,"date":"2026-04-03T03:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155981\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:39:07","slug":"alvarez-gem-helps-lead-wings-to-3-1-win-over-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155981\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez gem helps lead Wings to 3-1 win over Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Andrew Alvarez pitches during his 10-strikeout showing on Thursday. (Photo: GRANT BUSH RESKO\/Rochester Red Wings)<\/p>\n

BY DAN GLICKMAN<\/p>\n

The Rochester Red Wings moved to 4-1 on the season on Thursday with a 3-1 victory over the Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, paced by a 10-strikeout, one-hit performance over five innings from left-hander Andrew Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alvarez (1-0), who became the fourth Red Wings pitcher since 2004 to strike out 10 batters in five or fewer innings, faced only one major threat, when he walked Payton Henry<\/a> in the top of the third before Jonathan Ornelas<\/a> notched the lone hit against Alvarez with a double to put two men in scoring position with one out. Alvarez got out of it, however, striking out Spencer Jones<\/a> before getting Max Shuemann to line out to left to end the inning. Henry and Ornelas would be the only baserunners against Alvarez.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Red Wings offense jumped ahead early. Christian Franklin<\/a> led off the bottom of the first with a single, and then Harry Ford<\/a> doubled to left get two men into scoring position. The next batter, Dylan Crews<\/a>, brought Franklin home on a groundout. Although a double play later in the inning ended the Wings threat, they left the first inning up 1-0.<\/p>\n

That score remained static until the bottom of the seventh, when Robert Hassell III<\/a> drew an opening walk before moving to third on a ground-rule double from Trey Lipscomb<\/a>. Yohandy Morales<\/a> then sent a fly ball to right that dropped in front of Yanquiel Fernandez<\/a>, allowing Hassell to score and make it 2-0. Lipscomb later scored on a sacrifice fly by Zack Short<\/a> to extend the lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n

The Rochester bullpen held the RailRiders hitless until the ninth, when the Yankees farmhands threatened against reliever Seth Shuman<\/a>. With one out, Max Schuemann<\/a> drew a walk before Oswaldo Cabrera<\/a> sent a grounder into right to put men at the corners. A walk loaded the bases before Paul DeJong<\/a> flew out on a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1. The Wings were able to escape, though, with a force-out to second to end the game.<\/p>\n

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Rochester, at 4-1, are a half-game back of Lehigh Valley in the IL East and one game back of the unbeaten Memphis Redbirds in the International League\u2019s first half.<\/p>\n

The Red Wings and RailRiders continue their series on Friday with a double-header of two seven-inning games. Game one starts at 1:05 p.m., with the second game scheduled to begin a half-hour after.<\/p>\n

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