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Yankees batters struck out 15 times during extra inning loss in Rochester.
ROCHESTER, N.Y – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees didn’t play on Friday due to a rainout at Lehigh Valley, but boy did they make up for it Saturday.
The Yankees squandered the lead five times and eventually lost 7-6 to the Rochester Red Wings on Jeff Bailey’s two-out solo homer in the bottom of the 12th off Lance Pendleton.
“It was back and forth the whole time,” said designated hitter Jordan Parraz, who hit the first of four Yankees solo homers. “It seemed like neither team could hold the other down.”
The Yankees struck out 15 times – that’s 30 in two games – and didn’t score after the seventh inning. Rochester forced extra innings on a one-out homer from Trevor Plouffe in the ninth – one of two hit by the shortstop on Saturday.
A standing-room-only crowd of 12,498 turned out under sunny skies for Rochester’s home opener. It was the largest crowd for a Frontier Field opener since 2005.
The Yankees got to right-hander Kyle Gibson in the first inning on a two-out single to left by cleanup hitter Jorge Vazquez. The 3-2 pitch brought home Chris Dickerson from third.
Gibson is the Minnesota Twins’ No. 1 prospect, according to Baseball America.
The Red Wings answered in the bottom half, as Matt Brown lined a double to left with two outs off Hector Noesi. Trevor Plouffe scored from second, but Brian Dinkelman was thrown out at home on a 7-6-2 throw.
Parraz gave theYankees a 2-1 lead in the second, belting a solo shot over the wall in left-center. But once again, Rochester tied it in the bottom half when speedy Ben Revere beat out a routine grounder to shortstop Ramiro Pena that scored Jeff Bailey from third with two outs.
In the top of the third, Brandon Laird laced a two-out single off Gibson to score Chris Dickerson with the Yankees’ third run. But in the bottom half, Jeff Bailey tied it for the third time with a one-out single off Noesi.
The Yankees had a chance to break it open in the fifth, when Dickerson and Jesus Montero opened with singles. But Yorman Bazardo struck out Vazquez and then induced Justin Maxwell to hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
Solo shots by Greg Golson and Ramiro Pena put the Yankees ahead 5-3 in the top of the seventh. But for the fourth time, the Red Wings rallied to tie it in the bottom half on a two-run shot by Plouffe off Eric Wordekemper.
The power surge continued in the top of the seventh when Jesus Montero ripped a solo homer off left-hander Chuck James to put Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in front 6-5.
But then came Plouffe’s homer in the ninth. And, finally, Bailey’s shot off the railing in left-center in the 12th. It came on an 0-2 pitch.
“I saw nasty slider, nasty slider – and then fastball up,” the first baseman said. “That was it.”
The series continues today at 1:05. Right-hander Adam Warren pitches for the Yankees against Red Wings left-hander Scott Diamond.
Red Wings 7, Yankees 6 (12 inn.)
Scranton-WB
AB
R
H
BI
Russo, 2b
6
0
0
0
Dickerson, cf
5
2
3
0
J. Montero, c
6
1
3
1
Jo. Vazquez, 1b
6
0
1
1
Maxwell, rf
5
0
1
0
Laird, 3b
5
0
1
Golson, lf
5
1
1
1
Parraz, dh
6
1
2
1
R. Pena, ss
6
1
3
1
Totals
50
6
15
6
Rochester
AB
R
H
BI
Revere, cf
5
0
2
1
Plouffe, ss
5
3
3
3
Dinkelman, 2b
6
1
2
0
Martin, dh
6
0
0
0
M Brown, 3b
4
0
1
1
J. Bailey, 1b
6
2
3
2
Tosoni, rf
5
0
2
0
Re. Rivera, c
4
0
0
0
B. Roberts, lf
5
1
0
0
Totals
46
7
13
7
SWB
111
002
100
00
—
6
Rochester
111
002
001
01
—
7
E—SWB: Noesi. LOB—SWB 12, Atlanta 5. 2B— ROC: Plouffe, M. Brown, Dinkelman. HR—SWB: Parraz, Golson, J. Montero; ROC: Plouffe, J. Bailey. RBIs—SWB: Vazquez, Parraz (2), Laird, Golson, Pena, Montero; ROC: M. Brown, Revere, Plouffe, Bailey. SB—SWB: Dickerson, Maxwell; ROC: Revere.
DP—SWB: 2; ROC: 2
SWB
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
ERA
Noesi
5
9
3
2
2
4
3.60
Wordekemper
2
1
2
2
1
0
9.00
Carlyle
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Whelan
1
1
1
1
0
2
9.00
Pendleton, L
2.2
2
1
1
2
1
3.38
ROC
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
ERA
Gibson
3
7
3
3
0
4
9.00
Bazardo
3
5
2
2
0
2
8.31
James
2
1
1
1
1
5
2.45
Dumatrait
3
2
0
0
3
3
0.00
Gutierrez, W
1
0
0
0
0
1
9.00
Ejections: Rochester Red Wings Manager Tom Nieto ejected by HP umpire Toby Basner (3rd).Umpires: HP: Toby Basner. 1B: Gerard Ascani. 2B: . 3B: David Rackley.Weather: 54 degrees, sunny.Wind: 6 mph, In from RF.T: 4:11.Att: 12,498.