The Rochester Red Wings ran into a dominant performance from Yankees prospect Brendan Beck on Tuesday night, as the right-hander struck out a career-high 12 batters in six scoreless innings to help the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders earn an 8-3 win at PNC Field.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre started the scoring in the third. Marco Luciano doubled to center, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI single by Oswaldo Cabrera.
The RailRiders broke the game open in the fifth. Duke Ellis reached on a fielding error by shortstop Seaver King, then stole second and third. J.C. Escarra hit a two-run homer to left, followed by an RBI single from Yanquiel Fernández, extending the lead to 4-0.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre continued to add runs in the sixth
and seventh. Christian Bethancourt scored on an RBI single by Kenedy Corona in the sixth. In the seventh, Cabrera and Fernández opened with singles, and Tyler Hardman hit an RBI double. After Christian Bethancourt reached on a fielder's choice, Duke Ellis lined a two-run double down the right-field line, extending the RailRiders' lead to 8-0.
Rochester finally got on the board in the eighth. Phillip Glasser reached on a fielder's choice, and Trey Lipscomb doubled. Riley Adams drove in both with a single to center, and Cayden Wallace hit his second double of the night to bring Adams home.
Lipscomb finished 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored, while Wallace went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Adams drove in two runs with his eighth-inning single. Champlain took the loss, allowing four runs (two earned) on four hits over 2 2/3 innings.
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This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Yankees prospect strikes out 12 as Red Wings fall in series opener
