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<p>MOOSIC &#8211; Recently, the RailRiders have run into trouble holding leads of four runs.</p><p>After blowing a four-run advantage the last time out, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was heading for the same outcome on Tuesday as it returned home for a brief three-game series with Rochester.</p><p>But the RailRiders held off the charge by the Red Wings and scored a handful of runs late to take the series opener with Rochester 9-3 at PNC Field.</p><p>With Rochester holding momentum having piled up three runs and 10 baserunners in a span of 3 1/3 innings heading to the bottom of the eighth, the team was closing in on overcoming an early four-run deficit.</p><p>Then the RailRiders stymied those hopes with a five-spot outburst in the bottom of the eighth inning.</p><p>Run-scoring hits by Donovan Solano, Dustin Fowler and Tyler Austin got the inning going, while a two-run single from Gleyber Torres capped the frame for enough insurance.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s huge when you have a one-run ballgame and come up and put up (five) runs,&#8221; said Austin, who ended the game with two doubles. &#8220;It&#8217;s always big. It takes stress off of our bullpen and it was a good inning for us.&#8221;</p><p>Scoring started right out of the gate for the RailRiders as Dustin Fowler hit his minor league-leading eighth triple of the season to score Tyler Wade, then came home on a sac fly from Clint Frazier for a 2-0 lead after one inning.</p><p>The RailRiders kept adding runs in the second and third innings. Another triple, this time by Mason Williams, led to a run in the second, while a single by Kyle Higashioka scored Clint Frazier in the third.</p><p>Left-hander Caleb Smith (4-0) picked up the win for the RailRiders going 5 2/3 innings and allowing two runs on six hits.</p><p>He got off to a solid start, but the 25-year-old looked rusty in his last two innings. In the fifth inning with rain falling at a steady and hard pace, he retired the first two outs before walking the next two. But still got out of the frame without any damage.</p><p>In the sixth, he gave up a long homer on the first pitch of the inning when Niko Goodrum drilled it over the fence in left field.</p><p>Smith walked a batter and allowed a single later in the sixth before being pulled. JP Feyereisen gave up a RBI hit to Leonardo Reginatto for Rochester&#8217;s second run of the sixth charged to Smith.</p><p>Manager Al Pedrique said that the rain affected the end of Smith&#8217;s outing.</p><p>&#8220;Once you find a rhythm, you establish a fastball, you get ahead in the count, you have the lead, and all of a sudden the rain comes, and the mound gets wet it probably changes things a little bit, especially the mental part,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad he came back and finished the fifth inning, but you can tell from what I saw that he was a little bit off with the rain.&#8221;</p><p>A three-base error committed by SWB centerfielder Dustin Fowler led to a Rochester run in the eighth as it cut the lead to 4-3.</p><p>Game 2 of the three-game set with Rochester is tonight at 6:35 with SWB righty Brady Lail (3-2, 4.91) taking the hill against Red Wings right-hander Aaron Slegers (4-4, 4.23).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>RailRiders 7, Red Sox 2</strong></p><p><strong>Rochester`AB`R`H`BI</strong></p><p>Granite cf`5`0`3`0</p><p>Goodrum rf`5`1`1`1</p><p>Hague 1b`4`0`1`0</p><p>Field lf`3`1`1`0</p><p>Park dh`4`0`0`0</p><p>Murphy c`4`1`1`0</p><p>Reginatto 3b` 4`0`1`1</p><p>Vielma ss`3`0`0`1</p><p>Gonzalez 2b`3`0`1`0</p><p><strong>Totals`35`3`9`3</strong></p><p><strong>RailRiders`AB`R`H`BI</strong></p><p>Wade ss`5`1`1`0</p><p>Fowler cf`5`2`3`2</p><p>Bird dh` 3`1`0`0</p><p>Austin 1b`4`1`2`1</p><p>Frazier lf`4`1`1`1</p><p>Torres 3b`4`0`3`2</p><p>Higashioka c`5`0`3`1</p><p>Williams rf`4`2`1`0</p><p>Solano 2b`3`1`1`2</p><p><strong>Totals`37`9`15`9</strong></p><p><strong>E:</strong> Fowler (4). <strong>DP:</strong> Red Wings 0, RailRiders 2. <strong>LOB:</strong> Red Wings 10 RailRiders 11. <strong>2B:</strong> Granite (9), Fowler (16), Austin 2 (8), Solano (8), Higashioka (4). <strong>3B:</strong> Fowler (8), Williams (1). <strong>HR:</strong> Goodrum (6). <strong>SF:</strong> Frazier, Solano. <strong>SB:</strong> Frazier 2 (9).</p><p><strong>Rochester`000`002`010` &#8212;`3</strong></p><p><strong>RailRiders`211`000`05x`&#8212;`9</strong></p><p><strong>Rochester`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO</strong></p><p>Heston (L, 0-1) `2.1`6`4`4`2`1</p><p>Melville `4.2`5`2`2`2`5</p><p>Chapman `1.0`4`3`3`1`1</p><p><strong>RailRiders`IP`H`R`ER`BB`SO</strong></p><p>Smith (W, 4-0) `5.2`6`2`2`3`3</p><p>Feyereisen (H, 1) `1.0`2`0`0`2`0</p><p>Jones (H,3)`1.1`0`1`0`0`2</p><p>Graham `1.0`1`0`0`0`2</p><p>Melville pitched to 2 batters in the 8th</p><p>Umpires: HP: Eric Gillam. 1B: Brian Peterson. 3B: Alex Tosi.</p><p>Time: 3:28; Att: 4,529</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Railrider Dustin Fowler slides into 3rd after hitting a triple against the Red Wings. Tony Callaio | For Times Leader</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Railrider Dustin Fowler slides into 3rd after hitting a triple against the Red Wings. Tony Callaio | For Times Leader</caption0><photoCredit0>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Clint Frazier (5) is safe as he slides into third base. Tony Callaio | For Times Leader</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Clint Frazier (5) is safe as he slides into third base. Tony Callaio | For Times Leader</caption1><photoCredit1>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Railriders center fielder Dustin Fowler runs down a long ball at the warning track for an out. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Railriders center fielder Dustin Fowler runs down a long ball at the warning track for an out. </caption2><photoCredit2>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-4.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">RailRiders second baseman Donovan Solano touches second for the forceout before tossing to first base for the double play. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-4.jpg</photo3><caption3>RailRiders second baseman Donovan Solano touches second for the forceout before tossing to first base for the double play. </caption3><photoCredit3>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Railriders designated hitter Greg Bird taps teammate Tyler Austin on the head after both scored in the bottom of the 8th inning. Bird was 0 for 3 while walking twice and scoring a run. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Railriders-Red-Wings-5.jpg</photo4><caption4>Railriders designated hitter Greg Bird taps teammate Tyler Austin on the head after both scored in the bottom of the 8th inning. Bird was 0 for 3 while walking twice and scoring a run. </caption4><photoCredit4>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Torres polishes off eighth-inning rally that puts away Rochester</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dave Rosengrant</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

RailRiders erupt in eighth inning to put away Rochester at PNC Field