ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A walk-off wild pitch lifted the Rochester Red Wings to a 6-5 victory on Saturday over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at ESL Ballpark.
The Jumbo Shrimp (50-43, 8-11) led 5-3 In the seventh when Cayden Wallace singled and Maxwell Romero Jr. walked with one out. After a strikeout, an error loaded the bases. Abimelec Ortiz then blooped a two-run double down the left field line to knot the score at five.
Jacksonville stranded a pair of runners in both the eighth and ninth innings. In the bottom of the ninth, Wallace drew a leadoff walk against Jumbo Shrimp reliever Josh White (5-2). After a sacrifice bunt, a ground out pushed Wallace to third. Following a walk to Christian Franklin, Jacksonville intentionally walked Ortiz. However, a wild pitch scored Wallace to win the game for the Red Wings (55-38, 10-10).
Connor Norby got the scoring started with a solo home run two batters into the game.
The score remained 1-0 until the fourth. Ortiz drew a leadoff walk. Two batters later, Andrew Pinckney singled and then Trey Lipscomb blasted a three-run homer to put Rochester in front 3-1.
The Jumbo Shrimp came charging back in the fifth. Andrew Pintar led off with a single before stealing second. After Gage Miller was hit by a pitch, a double steal put both runners in scoring position. Jared Serna cashed in Pintar with an RBI single and then Miller scored to tie the game on a double play ground ball. Cam Cannarella followed with a walk before swiping second. A Norby single coupled with an error allowed Cannarella to score, putting Jacksonville back in front.
Pintar walked with two outs in the sixth before advancing to second on a wild pitch. He scored on Miller’s RBI single to make it 5-3 Jumbo Shrimp.
Jacksonville seeks to salvage the series in Sunday 5:05 p.m. ET finale. LHP Patrick Monteverde (2-2, 5.80 ERA) starts for the Jumbo Shrimp against Red Wings LHP Zach Penrod (1-3, 3.58 ERA). Coverage begins at 4:50 p.m. ET on ESPN 690AM and www.ESPN690.com.
ABOUT THE JUMBO SHRIMP: The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp are the Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and compete in the International League. The 2025 International League and Triple-A National Champions, the Jumbo Shrimp call VyStar Ballpark home for baseball but also a wide variety of additional community focused events with a goal of providing Affordable, Family, FUN to Northeast Florida. Winners of many marketing and sales awards and recognition since the team was rebranded prior to the 2017 season, the Jumbo Shrimp continually lead the state of Florida in attendance across all minor league professional sports organizations.