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Reliever Jonathan Holder struck out 12 of the 13 men he faced including 11 in a row to seal the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders&#8217; 3-1 win on Sunday and secure the franchise&#8217;s seventh playoff appearance in a decade as the Yankees&#8217; top affiliate.It was Holder&#8217;s sixth save of the year. The RailRiders&#8217; pitching staff combined for 22 strikeouts while the Red Wings (76-60) scored just one unearned run.In his first outing after he was activated from the Yankees&#8217; 60-day disabled list and optioned to SWB, Bryan Mitchell overcame a slow start to strike out eight over 3 2/3 innings at the start. He allowed one unearned run thanks to his own throwing error in the first inning.Rochester took the lead in the bottom of the first on a double by James Beresford which scored scored Byron Buxton.Former Red Wing Chris Parmelee (2 for 4) tied the game with a solo homer in the fourth. He gave the RailRiders (84-51) the lead with a single to center in the sixth and scored on a triple to right from Donovan Solano.Tyler Webb (4-3) got the win with 1 1/3scoreless innings of relief and Holder earned his sixth save.The series concludes at 7:05 p.m. on Monday night when right-hander Brady Lail (6-5, 4.79) faces Tyler Duffey (0-0, 1.72).RailRiders 3, Rochester 1RailRiders`AB`R`H`BIGame lf`3`1`1`1Diaz ss`3`0`0`0Refsnyder 2b`3`0`0`1Parmelee dh`4`2`2`2Solano 3b`4`0`1`0Williams cf`4`0`1`0Kozma 1b`4`0`0`0Cave rf`4`0`1`0Rodriguez c`4`0`1`0Totals`33`3`7`3Rochester`AB`R`H`BIBuxton cf`5`1`1`0Beresford 2b`4`0`1`0Rodriguez dh`4`0`0`0Vargas 1b`3`0`0`0Walker lf`4`0`2`0Palka rf`4`0`1`0Tovar ss`3`0`0`0Reginatto 3b`4`0`0`0Murphy c`4`0`3`0Totals`35`1`8`1RailRiders`000`102`000`&#8212;`3Rochester`100`000`000`&#8212;`12B &#8212; Beresford, Walker (2). 3B &#8212;Solano. HR &#8212; Parmelee. LOB &#8212; RailRiders 6, Rochester 9. SAC &#8212; Diaz. SB &#8212; Palka.RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOWebb, W (4-3)`1.1`3`0`0`0`2Mitchell `3.2`4`1`0`2`8Holder`4.0`1`0`0`0`12Rochester`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SOWheeler (L, 11-5)`7.0`6`3`3`2`3Baxendale`2.0`1`0`0`0`2Umpires &#8212; HP &#8212; Joey Amaral; 1B &#8212; Shane Livensparger; 2B &#8212; Toby Basner; 3B &#8212; Jeremie Rehak.T &#8212; 2:48. Attendance &#8212; 8,093<style>
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RailRiders secure playoff berth after 3-1 win over Rochester