Rochester starter DJ Herz stifles Saints in Red Wings 6-3 win
Rochester starter DJ Herz allowed one run on two hits over 5 1/3 innings in the Red Wings’ 6-3 win over the St. Paul Saints in a Thursday morning game in Rochester, N.Y.
Herz, who struck out 10 and walked one, came out after allowing a single and getting a strikeout in the sixth. Reliever Orlando Ribalta struck out Royce Lewis, then gave up a two-run homer to Matt Wallner, his seventh of the season.
The Saints’ Yunier Severino hit a solo home run, his ninth of the season, in the ninth inning.
Lewis, who is on a rehab assignment from the Twins, started at third base and went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. Alex Isola went 2 for 4 for St. Paul.
Saints starting pitcher Jordan Balazovic allowed two runs on five hits in two innings, and Austin Schulfer followed by giving up two runs on three hits over two innings.
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