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The bullpen of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders was cruising along, giving the team chance after chance to claim victory.Then Byron Buxton got in the way again.Buxton tied the game with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning Sunday, then singled home the winning run in the 12th as Rochester fought back from an early deficit to win 3-2 at Frontier Field.That spoiled an outstanding job by the RailRiders relief corps, in particular Johnny Barbato and Nick Goody, who each worked two scoreless innings while allowing just one hit between them.But Andury Acevedo took the mound for the RailRiders to start the 12th inning, and Rochester immediately put him in trouble.Jose Martinez stroked a single to center field, then Carlos Paulino sacrificed him to second base. Buxton followed by lining a shot to center field, bringing Martinez home with the winning run.The RailRiders opened the game by scoring runs in the first two innings to take a quick lead.Rob Refsnyder beat out an infield single in the first inning and eventually scored on a wild pitch for the game&#8217;s first run.In the second inning, Kyle Roller drilled a triple to left field and rode home on Gregorio Petit&#8217;s ground out to give the RailRiders a 2-0 lead.But it didn&#8217;t last long.James Beresford singled to start the Rocherster fourth inning and scored on a bases-loaded ground out by Danny Ortiz as Rochester chopped its deficit to 2-1.Then Buxton evened the score with a two-out homer to left field in the fifth inning.From there, it became a battle of the bullpens.Alex Meyer pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Rochester to get the Red Wings through the 11th inning, then Mark Hamburger pitched around two hits in the top of the 12th to pick up the victory.Nick Rumbelow relieved starter Kyle Hynes and worked 1 2/3 perfect innings for the RailRiders. Barbato followed him to the mound and surrendered just one hit while striking out three batters in his two innings of work through the ninth inning.Goody, just demoted from the parent New York Yankees, walked one batter and retired six of the seven batters he faced over two solid innings that forced the game to the 12th inning.The RailRiders have an off-day today before opening a three-game series with Lehigh Valley at PNC Field on Tuesday.Rochester 3, RailRiders 2RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIFigueroa 3b`6`0`2`0Refsnyder 2b`6`1`2`0Sanchez dh`6`0`2`0Judge dh`6`0`2`0Romine c`5`0`0`0Roller 1b`5`1`3`0Petit ss`4`0`1`1Dugas lf`5`0`2`0Noel cf`2`0`0`0Totals`45`2`13`1Rochester`AB`R`H`BIBuxton cf`6`1`3`2Berersford 2b`5`1`3`0Rodriguez lf`5`0`1`0Vargas 1b`3`0`0`0Ortiz rf`3`0`0`1Diaz ss`3`0`0`0Avery ph`1`0`0`0Bernier ss`0`0`0`0Arcia dh`5`0`0`0Martinez 3b`5`1`1`0Paulino c`4`0`0`0Totals`40`3`8`3RailRiders`110`000`000`000`-`2Rochester`000`110`001`-`33B - Roller. HR - Buxton.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHaynes`5.1`5`2`2`3`3Rumbelow`1.2`0`0`0`0`2Barbato`2`1`0`0`1`3Goody`2`0`0`0`1`0Acevedo, L (0-2)`0.1`2`1`1`0`0Rochester`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOHurlbut`6.2`9`2`2`0`2Meyer`4.1`2`0`0`2`4Hamburger, W (4-2)`1`2`0`0`0`2<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

Buxton burns RailRiders in extra innings