Bona will face either Clemson or Temple in the second round on Nov. 19 and, if it wins both matchups, could meet Bob Huggins and 2021 NCAA Tournament participant West Virginia in the Nov. 21 final.
The Red Wings finished Friday’s victory, a 7-3 decision, before defeating Buffalo 4-3 in a seven-inning second game. Though not officially a doubleheader, it marked the first time this season Rochester scored two wins on the same day.
Reetz has thrown out 144 of the 292 runners who have attempted steals off him in his seven-year professional career (49.3 percent). His work behind the plate has given rise to his quick trajectory through the Washington Nationals’ organization this season. After Yan Gomes left Friday’s game at San Francisco early, the Nats called up Reetz, who hurriedly headed West.
Walks haunted the home team on Thursday night, as the Rochester Red Wings gifted Buffalo seven free passes. Three of the Bisons’ four runs were scored by a player who reached on a walk, lifting them to a 4-2, ninth-inning victory in front of 3,830 fans at Frontier Field.
Bautista is batting .410 (16-for-39) since June 20, recording two home runs and six runs scored. He has increased his average by 77 percentage points, to .256.
The Red Wings plated two runs in the seventh but lost that lead to a three-run Buffalo Bisons ninth. The Bisons took the series opener 3-2, handing Rochester its third defeat in four contests.
Brandon Snyder examined his bat, scanning for answers after a swinging strikeout in the fourth inning. Jake Noll threw his hands up in frustration after an inside pitch was called a strike by home plate umpire Jose Matamoros…
Rochester left 10 runners on base, but Tyler Eppler pitched six shutout innings and Rafael Bautista drove in the go-ahead score to highlight a three-run ninth as the Red Wings defeated the Mets 4-1.
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO St. Bonaventure women’s basketball players Tori Harris and Nikki Oppenheimer sat on the steps that lead to the Richter Center hardwood and made their initial pitches to be pitchwomen. “DMs are open for any paid partnerships,” Harris said on an Instagram story. “DMs are open,” Oppenheimer reiterated. Harris and Oppenheimer, who boast […]
By CHUCKIE MAGGIO Josh Rogers’s first professional hits surely boosted his cause in the first game of the Rochester Red Wings’ doubleheader split with the Syracuse Mets on Thursday. The lefthander not only threw five innings of one-hit baseball in his fifth start as a Red Wing, he also lined two singles. Rogers, who told […]