Ben Lively allowed one run over 6.1 IP and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (70-45) broke the game open late en route to a 10-1 win over the Rochester Red Wings (65-51) on Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park.

Lively (7-4) allowed the one run on five hits while walking three and fanning four in his 6.1 IP. LHP James Russell (0.2 IP, H), LHP Joely Rodriguez (1.0 IP, 2 K) and LHP Elvis Araujo (1.0 IP, BB, K) all had scoreless outings in relief of Lively.

With the win, the IronPigs now lead Rochester in the Wildcard race by 5.5 games and are unbeaten in 19 of their last 20 series.

A two-run second opened up an early 2-0 lead for the IronPigs as a walk and a single put two men on before Jesmuel Valentin and Peter Bourjos plated both runners with RBI singles.

Cedric Hunter's two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth off of Rochester starter Jason Wheeler opened up a 4-0 lead for the Pigs. The home run was Hunter's 9th of the season.

Wheeler (9-3) allowed the four runs on eight hits while walking four and fanning one in six innings of work.

Rochester cut the lead to 4-1 in the seventh as Buck Britton led off with a double and scored on John Ryan Murphy's RBI single. Later in the frame, the Red Wings had the bases loaded with one out, but Russell got Daniel Palka to fly to left and Byungho Park to pop back to the mound and end the threat.

The Pigs broke the game open with a five-run seventh which extended the lead to 9-1 as Valentin knocked home a pair with a two-run double while Cam Perkins and Brock Stassi delivered RBI singles and an error charged to Wings 1B Reynaldo Rodriguez allowed another run to score. All five runs were charged to RHP Alex Wimmers (0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 K).

In the home half of the eighth, Osmel Aguila was hit by a pitch to start the frame, advanced to third on a double and scored on a sac fly from Emmanuel Burriss to give the IronPigs a 10-1 advantage.

Four different Pigs had multi-hit games: Perkins (2-4, RBI, R), Stassi (2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R), Darnell Sweeney (3-5, 2 R, SB) and Valentin (2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R).

The IronPigs will enjoy an off day on Monday before opening a three-game set with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Tuesday night at PNC Field in Moosic. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. as RHP Phil Klein (1-1, 2.13) will be on the bump for the Pigs against RailRiders RHP Chad Green (7-6, 1.41).