Minor League Baseball

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Sean Poppen's first appearance at a Triple-A ball park came before he had even gone through high school graduation ceremonies. A native of Virginia Beach, Va., he sang the national anthem at a Norfolk Tides game. Now he's making music with his fastball and sinker from the mound, not the microphone. Poppen joined the Rochester Red Wings on Sunday — … [Read more...] about Just-promoted Poppen helps Wings gain split with Pawtucket

Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com ROCHESTER, NY – Saturday’s Rochester Hustlers (Red Wings) game against the Pawtucket Red Sox has been suspended in the middle of the 2nd inning with the Hustlers leading 6-1.   The teams will resume the game on Sunday, May 26 at 5:05 p.m. and will need to complete the regularly scheduled nine innings. The second game will be seven innings … [Read more...] about Hustlers, PawSox suspended Saturday

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA The Rochester Red Wings finally got a little help from Mother Nature on Friday night. It was 68 degrees at sun-drenched Frontier Field when the doubleheader against the Pawtucket Red Sox began, and while the temperature slowly dipped toward 60 throughout the 14 innings of baseball, it stayed dry. The respite was long overdue, especially for an … [Read more...] about This has the makings of a long and no-fun summer for Wings

Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com The Buffalo Bisons scored late to top the Rochester Plates (Red Wings) 4-3 Thursday afternoon at Frontier Field. Plates left-handed starter Devin Smeltzer began his work at 2:05 p.m. following a three-hour rain delay. Facing Bisons starter Sean Reid-Foley, Wilin Rosario got Rochester on the board first with a second inning … [Read more...] about Plates lose on late runs

Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com The Rochester Red Wings notched a 4-0 win over the Buffalo Bisons Wednesday night at Frontier Field. After loading the bases in the first inning, Wings starter Kohl Stewart got out of trouble with a big two-out strikeout. Rochester loaded the bases themselves in the bottom half before Buffalo starter Jacob Waguespack walked … [Read more...] about Stewart, Wings blank Bisons