Hoskins Homer Not Enough As Pigs Split Series

Rhys Hoskins hit his league-leading 20^th home run, however, the IronPigs (52-32) were defeated by the Rochester Red Wings (44-37) Monday night 12-3 at Coca-Cola Park before 10,100 fans. It was the 10th capacity sellout at Coca-Cola Park this season.

After Mitch Garver hit a solo home run to give Rochester a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth, Hoskins launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the Pigs a 3-1 lead at the time. The three RBI on the night for Hoskin adds on to his league-leading now 66 RBI this season.
The Red Wings then responded with a five-run top of the fifth, highlighted by a ByungHo Park three-run home run to give Rochester a 6-3 lead.
Rochester added a run in the sixth, a three-run seventh and a two-run eighth with Matt Hague's two-run home run capping off the Red Wings 12-3 victory over the Pigs.
 Pigs starting pitcher César Ramos started the night strong, as he began the night with a 1-2-3 inning in the first, second and third innings.
Ramos surrendered five runs (only one earned) on four hits in four 2/3 innings with the lone earned run coming on the Garver home run in the fourth.
In the fifth inning, Ramos surrendered a lead-off single to John Ryan Murphy before J.B. Shuck's fielder's choice to J.P. Crawford erased Murphy. Engelb Vielma then reached on a Héctor Gómez error that triggered the five-run frame.
Ramos would pick up his third loss of the season, and was followed by Colton Murray, Pat Venditte and Mark Peterson.
With the loss and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders win over Pawtucket, the Pigs keep lead is down to just 0.5 games over the RailRiders in the International League's North Division.  
The Pigs now hit the road for a six-game road trip beginning in Syracuse with the Chiefs at NBT Bank Stadium. The IronPigs will send right-hander Tom Eshelman (6-2, 2.15) and the Chiefs will send right-hander Jaron Long (1-2, 3.32). First pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
The 2017 Season is the IronPigs 10^th  Anniversary season at Coca-Cola Park and 10^th as the top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The IronPigs are debuting the brand-new Bacon, USA, Membership Program this season -- a year-round IronPigs experience pass featuring numerous new amenities such as savings on parking at games and at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Coca-Cola Park, on-field VIP access to watch batting practice, access to an annual holiday party, an invitation to an exclusive player and coaches photo session and more. For more information, visit ironpigsbaseball.com or call (610) 841-PIGS (7447). Memberships and group outings are on sale now.
The 2017 IronPigs baseball season is presented by Capital BlueCross.