RailRiders use seven-run seventh to beat Indians 8-3 in Indianapolis
Seven runs in the seventh turned a tight game into an 8-3 RailRiders win, with Ernesto Martínez Jr. driving in four and the lineup piling up 14 hits.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre turned a one-run game into a rout at Victory Field, hanging a seven-run seventh on Indianapolis and rolling to an 8-3 win with 14 hits on June 26. The RailRiders erased an early deficit, then punished the Indians when the game cracked open late, with Ernesto Martínez Jr. delivering the knockout blow.
Indianapolis scored first in the second inning when Rafael Flores came around on a fielder’s choice, but Scranton/Wilkes-Barre answered in the fifth. Payton Henry and Duke Ellis singled to set the table, and Marco Luciano followed with a two-run double that tied the game and flipped the pressure back onto the home side.
The seventh inning brought seven runs. Yanquiel Fernández singled in a run, Tyler Hardman drew a bases-loaded walk, and Martínez Jr. then ripped a bases-clearing double that made it 7-1. Martínez Jr. finished with four RBIs, and five different RailRiders had two hits apiece.
Indianapolis starter Noah Davis was sharp early. The right-hander struck out eight and allowed just two hits over four innings, but once the RailRiders got into the bullpen, the lead kept growing. Elmer Rodríguez gave Scranton/Wilkes-Barre four innings and allowed only one unearned run, and Zach Messenger got the win with two scoreless innings.
The RailRiders entered the night coming off a 6-4 win over Indianapolis on June 25, then made it back-to-back victories and three wins in four games with the series-clinching result.
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