Seaver King blasts two homers as Red Wings extend streak

The Rochester Red Wings broke open a close game with a barrage of late home runs and rolled to a 13-3 victory over Omaha on Thursday at Werner Park.

Rochester scored 13 runs on 13 hits, including four home runs, while the pitching staff limited the Storm Chasers to seven hits and struck out 15 batters.

Rochester seized control with a four-run second inning. Singles by Cayden Wallace, Maxwell Romero Jr. and Sam Petersen loaded the bases before Leandro Pineda reached on a fielder's choice and throwing error that brought home two runs. Seaver King followed with a two-run single to give the Red Wings a 4-0 lead.

Omaha chipped away when Peyton Wilson hit a solo shot to center in the third and Abraham Toro scored on a Josh Rojas groundout. Wilson added another home run in the fifth, trimming Rochester's lead to 5-3.

The Red Wings responded by scoring in each of the game's final five innings. Cayden Wallace tripled and scored on Maxwell Romero Jr.'s groundout in the fifth. In the sixth, Yohandy Morales delivered an RBI single after King reached on an error and stole third. Those runs pushed Rochester's advantage to 6-3.

The game turned into a rout in the seventh. After Romero worked a walk, Petersen launched a two-run homer to left-center field. Later in the inning, Pineda doubled and King crushed a two-run homer, extending the lead to 10-3.

Trey Lipscomb added a solo homer in the eighth before King capped the scoring with another two-run blast in the ninth.

King finished 4-for-6 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored. Petersen went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs, while Wallace and Romero each collected two hits. Morales drove in a run and scored once.

On the mound, Zak Kent allowed one run and struck out five over 2⅔ innings before Matt Krook earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief.

Paxton Schultz, Carson Palmquist, Eddy Yean, Justin Lawrence and Gus Varland combined to finish off the victory.

The victory was Rochester's sixth straight and improved the Red Wings' position atop the International League playoff race, moving them into a tie for first place in the second-half standings.

Information gathered from milb.com.

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