Saturday’s News & Notes

Rochester 15 Lehigh Valley 14 (10 inn.)
• Soroka 5IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 11K, HR
• Helvey 3BF, 1H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 0K, 3-3 IR-S
• Grissom (BS, 1) ⅔ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K, 3-3 IR-S
• C. Romero (W, 1-0) 1IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
• Hassell 4-5, 3R, 2HR, IBB, 3RBI
• Cluff 4-5, R, HR, 3RBI, CS
• House 4-6, 2R, 2RBI
• Pinckney 3-6, 3R, 2RBI, E

The Red Wings went for two and made it to end it after one overtime. OK, fine. After blowing a 10-6 lead in the top of the 9th, Rochester got a two-run HR from Jackson Cluff and two-out error to tie it. After the IronPigs took a 14-13 lead in the next half-inning, Andrew Pinckney singled to push the free runner to third and, after an IBB to Robert Hassell—who had singled twice and homered twice—Andrew Knizer singled to center for tying and game-winning runs. MLB rehbber Michael Soroka got a no-decision despite turning in five strong innings of one-run ball on four hits, three walks, and eleven whiffs. Roster moves: RHP Michael Soroka MLB rehab transferred from Harrisburg.

Harrisburg 6 Reading 4
• Luckham (W, 2-1) 7IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 6K
• Cuevas (SV, 3) ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Schnell 3-5, 2R, 2B(5), HR, 2RBI
• Glasser 2-4, R

Harrisburg homered three times in a five-run third and held off a late charge by Reading to win, 6-4. Kyle Luckham tossed seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk while striking out six to win for the second time. Michael Cuevas stranded one while getting the last two outs in the 9th stopping a four-run rally for the save, his third. Every Sens starter had a hit, with Nick Schnell leading the 12-hit offense with a single, double, and a homer, followed by Phillip Glasser with two safeties.

Brooklyn 3 Wilmington 2
• Tolman (L, 0-1) 3IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 2K, WP
• Glavine 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 0K
• Suggs 2-3, R, 2PB
• Lomavita 2-4, 2B, RBI

The Blue Rocks got six shutout innings from the ‘pen but so did the Cylcones, thus the 3-2 mark after the 3rd became the final score. Erik Tolman gave up all three Brooklyn runs on three hits and two walks over three innings to lose his High-A debut. Murphy Stehly ended the shutout with a solo HR. Matt Suggs followed with a single and scored ahead of Chad Lomavita’s one-out double. Lomavita and Suggs both singled again while T.J. White rounded out Wilmington’s six-hit barrage with a single in the 6th.

Salem 3 Fredericksburg 2 (10 inn.)
• Y. Tejeda 5IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 7K, E
• Baldo (BS, 1; L, 2-1) 1+ IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Made 3-4, 2B
• Ross 1-3, R, HR, 2RBI

Jackson Ross homered in the top of the 9th to give Fredericksburg a 2-1 lead. Alas, Freili Encarnacion matched him to tie it at 2-2 in the last of the 9th and force extras. The FredNats went in order in their half of the 10th while the Red Sox got a single by the first batter in their half to end it, 3-2. The blown-save-loss went to Merrick Baldo on two runs let in over one-plus innings. Yoel Tejeda spun five frames of one-run ball on three hits. He walked none and struck out seven for a no-decision. Kevin Made singled twice and doubled to lead the FredNats hit column of five.