For the second straight year, the Thruway Cup will reside in Rochester.

The Buffalo Bisons scored three times in the second inning but couldn’t hold on as the Rochester Red Wings came back for a 6-3 win at Frontier Field on Thursday.

The night started out strong for the Herd as Jesus Montero’s second-inning single to left was followed up by a replica from Chris Colabello. Domonic Brown then delivered the opening score as he took a slow slider from Jason Wheeler and drove it into right field.

Two batters later, Andy Burns brought home both runners as his high fly ball nearly left yard, coming down into the top half of the wall for a stand-up double.

However, that’s as much damage as the Bisons would cause for the rest of the night.

Rochester starter may have allowed the three runs in the second inning, but then he certainly found his groove. After Ryan Goins’ doubled to lead off the third, Wheeler retired the next 12 Buffalo batters.

The big lefty finished with six punch-outs over seven frames as he picked up his 10th win of the year.

Melky Mesa and Montero each reached base to lead off the eighth and ninth frames respectively, but both were unable to advance any further.

In his eighth career start against the Red Wings, Jason Berken lasted 5.2 innings before exiting the game down 4-3 with a man on second. The veteran righty, who had only made two appearances with the Herd so far this season, fanned four and was charged with four earned runs on four hits and three walks.

Chad Girodo was unable to hold the fort when he took over for Berken, as he allowed two hits and two walks to the next four batters, extending the Wings’ lead to three.

BISONS NOTES:
With a second-inning single, Jesus Montero extended his hitting streak to 10 games…Dustin Antolin struck out two of three batters he faced and now hold as 1.94 ERA over 40 appearances with the Herd this year…Andy Burns’ double puts him two ahead of Montero and Domonic Brown for the team lead…Buffalo is now 8-10 against Rochester with their final battle of 2016 slated for 7:05 p.m. on Friday.

from Bisons.com via IFTTT