Walk‑off single sinks Red Wings against Syracuse

The Rochester Red Wings lost to the Syracuse Mets 3-2 on Thursday night at NBT Bank Stadium.

A.J. Ewing’s walk-off single with two outs in the ninth inning secured the win for Syracuse. Rochester led twice and carried a 2-2 tie into the final inning before Syracuse scored the winning run.

Early lead for Rochester Red Wings

Christian Franklin opened the scoring in the third inning with a solo homer to right-center, his first home run of the season.Syracuse answered in the fourth when Christian Arroyo doubled and Ji Hwan Bae followed with a sharp RBI double to right to even it at 1.The Red Wings took the lead again in the sixth inning. Dylan Crews singled, moved up on a groundout, stole third and scored on Andrew Pinckney’s sacrifice fly to left for a 2-1 edge. The Mets tied the game in the bottom half when Nick Morabito singled, stole second and scored on Arroyo’s two-out single to right.

In the ninth, Syracuse started its rally after two quick outs. Ben Rortvedt was hit by a pitch, Kevin Villavicencio came on to run and Jackson Cluff walked to push Villavicencio into scoring position. Ewing then lined a single to right field, scoring Villavicencio and ending the game.

Rochester Red Wings offensive highlights

Franklin was the offensive standout for Rochester, going 3-for-4 with the home run out of the leadoff spot. Crews added a hit, run and his sixth stolen base of the season, while Robert Hassell III doubled and was hit by a pitch to reach twice. Pinckney’s sacrifice fly provided Rochester’s other RBI.