BY DAN GLICKMAN
The Rochester Red Wings shut out the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Wednesday, 2-0, to move to 12-11 on the season.
The win, a bounce-back after a 7-1 loss on Tuesday, came courtesy of a five-man pitching effort that held the Yankees’ affiliate to two hit son the night. Righty Chandler Champlain went 4.2 innings in his second start and fourth appearance of the season, striking out five while allowing two hits. Jackson Rutledge followed with 1.1 innings pitched, and then was relieved in turn for an inning each by Paxton Schultz, Orlando Ribalta, and Eddy Yean. The Red Wings bullpen did not allow a hit over the 5.2 innings of work.
Offensively, the Red Wings took the lead in the top of the fourth, when first baseman Yohandy Morales led off with a double. “Yoyo” then moved to third on a ground-out, and then third baseman Andres Chaparro hit a grounder that was deflected by a rehabbing Anthony Volpe at short before getting into left, allowing Morales to score and put the Wings up 1-0.
The Wings added another in the top of the seventh, when right-fielder Andrew Pinckney caught a 2-2 sweeper pitch from Kervin Castro up high in the zone and rocketed it at 108.2 MPH over the center field wall for a 420-foot home run to make it 2-0.
Although the Wings threatened again by getting a man to third in the eighth, the 2-0 score held to the end for the win.
With the win, the Red Wings stand three games back of Memphis and Gwinnett for the International League first-half lead and one-back of Lehigh Valley for the IL East divisional lead.
Rochester plays Scranton again on Thursday at 6:35 p.m., with righty Luis Perales scheduled to go against right-handed Yankees’ prospect Carlos Lagrange.
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