Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com Syracuse got an RBI double from Matt Reynolds in the 10th inning as the Chiefs walked off the Rochester Red Wings in extras for the second straight game Tuesday night at NBT Bank Stadium. Reynolds also tied the game with an RBI triple in the 8th inning last night and scored the winning run two batters later. He finished 4-for-5 … [Read more...] about Wings let late lead slip, fall in extras
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Wings split twin bill with Syracuse Monday night
Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com The Red Wings and Chiefs split their twin bill Monday night at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse. Adalberto Mejia pitched the Wings to a 4-1 victory in the opener, before the Chiefs walked off Rochester, 3-2, in the nightcap. After allowing a two-out walk in the first inning, Mejia (4-2) retired the next 14 straight hitters until a … [Read more...] about Wings split twin bill with Syracuse Monday night
One slider that caught ‘a little bit too much’ plate does in Rochester, Slegers
By BILLY HEYEN ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Tyler Austin and Brandon Drury have both spent time with the New York Yankees this season. They’re major league-level hitters stuck in Triple-A because of a numbers crunch. In the sixth inning Saturday, they showed their hitting abilities. Rochester’s Aaron Slegers had thrown five shutout innings to begin the ball … [Read more...] about One slider that caught ‘a little bit too much’ plate does in Rochester, Slegers
Buxton’s goal: more aggression, fewer strikeouts
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Byron Buxton said he needs to be more aggressive at the plate. He also said he needs to cut down on his strikeouts. The trick will be figuring out how to do both, but Buxton knows that's exactly what he must do to get back in the Minnesota Twins lineup. He succeeded with part of that dichotomy on Friday night in helping the Rochester Red Wings to … [Read more...] about Buxton’s goal: more aggression, fewer strikeouts
Granite delivers (finally) as Wings win in 10
By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA When you string three capital letters together, followed by a number, you'd better be talking about a television network and not baseball statistics. FSN1 is just fine. RBI1, not so much. Unless, of course, that first RBI of the season provides a walk-0ff, extra-inning victory as it did on Thursday night for the Rochester Red Wings. Zack Granite's … [Read more...] about Granite delivers (finally) as Wings win in 10