Riley Adams belted a game-tying three-run homer and Andrew Pinckney added a two-run shot as the Rochester Red Wings rallied from a six-run deficit, but Josh Kasevich's eighth-inning homer gave the Buffalo Bisons a 7-6 victory Friday night at Sahlen Field.
Down 6-0 after three innings, Rochester chipped away at the deficit.
Pinckney got the Red Wings on the board with a two-run homer to left-center in the fourth after Brady House worked a one-out walk. In the fifth, Adams doubled and later scored when Christian Franklin grounded into a force out at second, cutting the margin to 6-3.
Adams delivered the night’s biggest swing in the sixth. House reached on a leadoff single and moved to third on Trey Lipscomb’s single before Adams crushed a two-out,
three-run shot to center off Chase Lee, tying the game at 6.
Adams finished 2-for-4 with a double, homer and three RBIs, while Pinckney went 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs and a walk. Lipscomb added a double, single and a stolen base, and Phillip Glasser collected two hits out of the leadoff spot.
Kasevich's homer caps Buffalo's power surge
Trevor Williams was hit hard early, allowing six runs on seven hits, including four homers, over 4 1/3 innings. Robert Cranz and Erik Tolman steadied things with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, setting up the tie.
The decisive blow came in the eighth, when Kasevich hit a two-out solo homer to left off Chandler Champlain, who allowed one run on two hits over two innings. Rochester managed just two baserunners over the final three frames against Conor Larkin and Tanner Andrews.
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This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Six-run comeback not enough as Red Wings fall to Bisons
