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ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2013 The Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were held to two hits as Rochester posted a 3-1 victory Thursday night at ESL Ballpark.<\/p>\n
The RailRiders also had four walks as they dropped their third straight.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Ornelas had a double in the third inning and Oswaldo Cabrera singled in the ninth for the RailRiders\u2019 only hits.<\/p>\n
Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre broke up the shutout bid in the ninth when the RailRiders loaded the bases and Paul DeJong\u2019s sacrifice fly brought in Max Schuemann.<\/p>\n
The Red Wings opened the scoring in the first with a run on three hits against RailRiders starter Elmer Rodriguez. Christian Franklin led off the inning with a single and advanced to third on Harry Ford\u2019s double. A Dylan Crews groundout plated Franklin and staked Rochester to a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Red Wings starter Andrew Alvarez struck out 10 and limited the RailRiders to a pair of baserunners over the first five innings.<\/p>\n
The Red Wings extended their lead in the bottom of the seventh with a pair of runs off reliever Harrison Cohen.<\/p>\n
Robert Hassell worked a walk, and Trey Lipscomb doubled. Yohandy Morales singled home Hassell, and a Zack Short sac fly drove in Lipscomb for a three-run advantage.<\/p>\n
Alvarez (1-0) earned the win and Rodriguez (0-1) took the loss, despite allowing one run on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks in his season debut. Seth Shuman allowed the ninth-inning RailRiders run en route to his first save.<\/p>\n
Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre and Rochester play a doubleheader on Friday afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m. Carlos Lagrange and Adam Kloffenstein are slated to pitch for the RailRiders against Parker Mitchell and a yet-to-be-named starter for the Red Wings.<\/p>\n
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