Red Wings stay hot behind Morales and a four-hit shutout

Yohandy Morales homered and drove in four runs while five Rochester pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout Sunday as the Rochester Red Wings rolled past the Omaha Storm Chasers 9-0 at Werner Park.

The victory gave Rochester a dominant finish to its six-game series in Omaha, with the Red Wings collecting 12 hits while keeping the Storm Chasers off the scoreboard for all nine innings. Rochester improved to 76-48 overall and remains atop the International League's second half standings.

The Red Wings broke a scoreless tie in the third inning when Leandro Pineda singled and eventually scored on an RBI single by Seaver King. Moments later, Morales delivered the big blow, crushing a two-run homer to left-center field for a 3-0 Rochester lead.

The home run was Morales' 24th of the season and highlighted a three-hit afternoon for the Red Wings first baseman.

Rochester added three more runs in the seventh.

After Liover Peguero reached base and stole second, Pineda lined an RBI single that scored Peguero and made it 4-0. Following a walk by King and a sacrifice bunt from Phillip Glasser, Morales lined a two-run single to left field, bringing home Pineda and King for a six-run advantage.

The Red Wings put the game completely out of reach in the ninth.

Glasser drew a leadoff walk and Trey Lipscomb followed with a single before Cayden Wallace launched a three-run homer over the fence, extending Rochester's lead to 9-0. Wallace finished with three RBIs and two hits.

Lipscomb's hit extended his hitting streak to 19 games.

The Red Wings' pitching staff never allowed Omaha to generate consistent offense.

Left-hander Jared Simpson opened the game with three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. Riley Cornelio followed with two scoreless innings and earned the victory to improve to 6-1. Yovanny Cruz, Luis Perales and Jack Sinclair finished off the shutout.

Omaha's best opportunity came in the fourth inning when it put runners on the corners with nobody out. Cornelio responded by striking out three consecutive hitters to keep the Storm Chasers off the board.

Rochester pitchers allowed four hits, walked three and struck out 10. Omaha finished 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

• Yohandy Morales: 3-for-5, HR, 4 RBI.
• Cayden Wallace: 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI.
• Seaver King: 2-for-4, triple, RBI, two runs scored.
• Rochester pitchers combined for a four-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts.

Information gathered from milb.com.

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