BY CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Perhaps Mitch Garver's moonshot to left field in the seventh inning was what got the Rochester Red Wings' rally started Wednesday night. Maybe it was Tommy Field's ground ball in the eighth that ricocheted off the third base bag and landed safely in the outfield grass. However, the fire may have been sparked hours before, when Garver … [Read more...] about Plate-eating Wings come back to sweep Knights
Minor League Baseball
Mendick gets promotion to Double-A
By PAUL GOTHAM Danny Mendick wasn't satisfied. A mid-season all-star nomination during his first full year as a minor leaguer didn't seem like enough. He had questions. The best answers he received came from the reflection in a plate-glass window. "I got to a point in the off-season and sat down, looked in the mirror and asked: 'Do you want to do this?'" Mendick said … [Read more...] about Mendick gets promotion to Double-A
Wings break through in sixth to assure series win over Charlotte
BY CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Charlotte Knights second baseman Yoan Moncada slammed his helmet down and shouted at second base umpire Ryan Additon, earning baseball's top prospect an eighth-inning ejection on top of his caught stealing. The play was close, the game was close, but the Rochester Red Wings still defeated a frustrated Charlotte team for the third time … [Read more...] about Wings break through in sixth to assure series win over Charlotte
Slegers goes the distance, Park goes yard in Red Wings’ doubleheader sweep
BY CHUCKIE MAGGIO ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Entering Tuesday's Rochester Red Wings-Charlotte Knights doubleheader, Aaron Slegers was looking for his first complete game of the year while ByungHo Park was homerless at Frontier Field in 2017. Both men checked an item off their lists, and Matt Hague continued his consistent campaign, to help the Wings earn their fourth doubleheader … [Read more...] about Slegers goes the distance, Park goes yard in Red Wings’ doubleheader sweep
IronPigs hold off Wings
J.P. Crawford and Rhys Hoskins combined for four hits, two runs and two RBI as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs defeated the Rochester Red Wings 4-3 in International League play at Coca Cola Field, Sunday night. Crawford tripled home Scott Kingery and scored on a Hoskins single in third as Lehigh Valley took a lead it did not surrender at 2-0. Hoskins singled and scored on a … [Read more...] about IronPigs hold off Wings