The Mud Hens rode a solid rehab start and a good night for infielder John Valente to victory over the RailRiders on Tuesday night. They now hold a 35-30 record and stand fourth in the International League West.
Pineda did his thing and looked very Michael Pineda-like over 3 1⁄3 innings of work. he scattered four singles, struck out two, and allowed one run, throwing 31 of 46 pitches for strikes. He shouldn’t be too long in rejoining the Tigers.
A single and a stolen base from Estevan Florial gave the RailRiders a lead in the top of the first when Oswald Peraza knocked a grounder through the right side for an RBI single against Pineda.