Rochester tops Charlotte 3-1 after rain delay, earns series split

After a 1 hour and 43 minute rain delay at Truist Field, Rochester answered its 7-6, 11-inning loss from the night before with a 3-1 win over Charlotte and locked up at least a split of the six-game series. Jackson Kent worked 5.2 innings and allowed one run on four hits while striking out six, and Trey Lipscomb hit an RBI double and his 14th home run of the season.

Charlotte opened the scoring in the first when Dru Baker doubled, moved up on a groundout and scored on a Michael Turner single. Rochester answered quickly in the second, when Riley Adams doubled and Lipscomb followed with a two-bagger to bring him home and tie it 1-1.

In the third, Seaver King drew a walk, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a Brady House single for a 2-1 lead, then Lipscomb stretched the margin in the fourth with his 14th home run of the season.

Kent, a 23-year-old left-hander drafted by Washington in 2024 out of Arizona, entered with a 2026 line of 4-3 with a 3.72 ERA, 70 strikeouts and a 1.02 WHIP. In seven road starts between Rochester and Harrisburg, he had a 1.11 ERA, a 0.84 WHIP and a .161 opponent average.

Rochester’s bullpen finished the game. Cole Henry earned his second save by getting three flyouts in the ninth, after Charlotte’s last push began when Korey Lee and Mario Camilletti drew walks. The Red Wings kept the Knights off the scoreboard the rest of the way, held them to one run on five hits and left Charlotte at 44-36 and 2-3 in the series while improving to 48-30 and 3-2.