By JOHN LIKANJE After being on hiatus for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic along with the NBA and G-League bubbles, the NBA Summer League was back in action. Rookies, first-year and second-year players represented all 30 teams and competed for spots on the regular season roster during the two-week tournament in Sacramento, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. This included … [Read more...] about Rochester basketball at NBA Summer League: Lamb stuffs the stat sheet; Carter, Rose meet in head-to-head matchup
Ernie Clement: From Cobbs Hill to Progressive Field
By BLAKE SOK (Special to Pickin' Splinters) It was a picture-perfect slice of Americana. The roar of interstate 490 was humming in the distance. Mothers and fathers pushed colorful strollers with one hand while holding steaming card board cups in the other. The early sun had burned he morning dew from Field 3 at Cobbs Hill Park as the five and six-year olds gathered for … [Read more...] about Ernie Clement: From Cobbs Hill to Progressive Field
UBL Tuesday presented by the Tribune Catching Academy: Wallace leads DI Blue; Zona and Harnischfeger pace big night for DI Red
DI GOLD (0-1-2) 2 DI BLUE (2-1) 5 Donovan Wallace (Greece Athena) drove in two with a single that spearheaded a four-run fourth inning for DI Blue as they rallied back from a one-run deficit. Wallace finished the game 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run scored. Christian Morrison (Palmyra-Macedon) and Jack Salerno (Brighton) both singled earlier in the fourth, and scored on the … [Read more...] about UBL Tuesday presented by the Tribune Catching Academy: Wallace leads DI Blue; Zona and Harnischfeger pace big night for DI Red
Buffalo takes five of six from Red Wings after 7-1 victory Sunday
By TIM IRVING For the second straight start, Luis Reyes had one bad inning and got no run support in suffering the loss on the mound for the Red Wings in a 7-1 defeat on Sunday in Buffalo as Rochester dropped five of six at Sahlen Field. A three-run third inning did in Reyes and the Wings, Kevin Smith had a two-run single and Tyler White followed with an RBI … [Read more...] about Buffalo takes five of six from Red Wings after 7-1 victory Sunday
UBL Thursday: DI Gold rallies to tie DI Orange; DiFranco leads DI Red
DI ORANGE (0-0-1) 7DI GOLD (0-0-1) 7Matthew Tallini (Greece Athena) finished 3-for-3 with three RBI and scored the game's final run as DI Gold erased a three-run deficit to pull even with DI Orange. Tallini led the bottom of the seventh with a double. Zachary Haight (Irondequoit) moved the runner with a sacrifice bunt, and Ian Fleck (McQuaid Jesuit) followed with a sacrifice … [Read more...] about UBL Thursday: DI Gold rallies to tie DI Orange; DiFranco leads DI Red