Domínguez delivers 11th-inning walk-off as RailRiders stun Red Wings 6-5

Jasson Domínguez turned a tense, back-and-forth night into a 6-5 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre win with an 11th-inning RBI single, capping an extra-inning game that swung hard in both directions before the RailRiders finally finished it at PNC Field.

The Red Wings had every chance to steal it first. Rochester erased a late deficit with five consecutive hits in the ninth inning, piecing together a three-run rally that pushed it ahead 5-4 and forced the RailRiders into survival mode. Christian Franklin kept the pressure on with three hits, his third multi-hit performance in four games, and Rochester said the game marked its first extra-inning contest of the 2026 season.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre answered when it had to. Spencer Jones brought home the tying run with a groundout in the ninth, a small but vital play that gave the home dugout another life and sent the game to a 10th, then an 11th, where every pitch carried leverage. Zach Messinger helped keep Rochester from taking the upper hand in extras by stranding the inherited runner, setting the stage for Domínguez to end it.

That finish felt possible because the RailRiders had already shown enough punch earlier. Jonathan Ornelas supplied the first big swing for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with a two-run homer, and Carlos Lagrange gave the game a foundation on the mound before the late bullpen scramble. Lagrange worked five innings, struck out a season-high eight and allowed two runs, one earned, while flashing a fastball that reached 102.6 mph and also checked in at 102.3, 102.2 and 99.8.

For a Triple-A club built around prospects moving toward bigger stages, the night carried the exact mix of urgency and opportunity that defines this level. Domínguez, a 23-year-old switch-hitter from Esperanza, Dominican Republic, came in as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s No. 24 player and MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 Yankees prospect, and he delivered the kind of at-bat that makes a lineup look deeper and a stadium feel smaller. The swing gave the RailRiders their second straight extra-inning walk-off in recent history against Rochester, after they beat the Red Wings 8-7 in 11 innings on Ronaldo Hernández’s two-run homer in April 2025.

The result moved Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to 12-11 and dropped Rochester to 12-12, but the bigger takeaway was how the RailRiders kept extending the night until Domínguez made the final word. In a league where every game doubles as an audition, this one had the rhythm of a warning and a showcase at the same time.