BY DAN GLICKMAN Three runs in the final innings sent the Rochester Red Wings down in defeat at the thruway rival Syracuse Mets on Thursday, 8-6, as a Brett Baty seventh-inning two-run home run and an eighth-inning Trayce Thompson sacrifice fly brought the Mets back from a 6-5 deficit. Rochester (36-34) held the lead several times during the game, taking the lead in the … [Read more...] about Late Syracuse runs sink Red Wings
Wings come off big weekend as top prospect moves up to Rochester
BY DAN GLICKMAN The Rochester Red Wings had a week to remember both on and off the field- and now they are set to receive a big reinforcement: Dylan Crews, one of the best prospects in baseball, is coming to AAA, where he'll join James Wood to help form one of the most promising outfields for the Red Wings in decades. First, the past is prologue: the Red Wings' six-game … [Read more...] about Wings come off big weekend as top prospect moves up to Rochester
Gerrit Cole on ABS Challenge System: A “nice little wrinkle”… but with room for improvement
BY DAN GLICKMAN In the second inning of Friday's record-setting game between the Rochester Red Wings and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, something happened to 2023 Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole for the first time: a strike he threw was overturned and changed to a ball. Red Wings center fielder Alex Call received an 88.8 MPH cutter from the rehabbing Yankee righty … [Read more...] about Gerrit Cole on ABS Challenge System: A “nice little wrinkle”… but with room for improvement
Red Wings weather Gerrit Cole, walk it off 2-1 in front of record crowd
BY DAN GLICKMAN ROCHESTER, N.Y. – In the most-attended regular season game in Innovative Field's history, where reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole made a rehab start against them, the Rochester Red Wings were consistently stymied, leaving eight men on base and striking out a season high 16 times... until the bottom of the ninth, when small ball sent … [Read more...] about Red Wings weather Gerrit Cole, walk it off 2-1 in front of record crowd
Denard Span returns to Rochester, glad Negro Leaguers getting recognition they deserve
BY DAN GLICKMAN ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Friday's Rochester Red Wings game was, for months, going to be all about the Negro Leagues. The Red Wings were going to wear the uniforms of the Rochester American Giants; displays would be up honoring Negro League greats, and Denard Span, a former Red Wing and long-time advocate for African-Americans in baseball would be in attendance … [Read more...] about Denard Span returns to Rochester, glad Negro Leaguers getting recognition they deserve